COI gene and ecological data suggest size-dependent high dispersal and low intra-specific diversity in free-living terrestrial protists (Euglyphida: Assulina)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 640-650

  Lara, Enrique ^a   Heger, Thierry J ^a,b,c,f   Scheihing, Rodrigo ^d,e   Mitchell, Edward A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assulina; COI gene; Dispersal; Europe; Palaeoecological records; Peat bog; Sphagnum; Terrestrial; Testate amoebae; Western Palaearctic

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOG; COLONIZATION; CYTOCHROME; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOSS; PALEARCTIC REGION; PALEOECOLOGY; PEATLAND; PH; PROPAGULE; PROTIST; TOLERANCE; WATER TABLE;

EUROPE;

ASSULINA; ASSULINA MUSCORUM; ASSULINA SEMINULUM; EUGLYPHIDA; PROTISTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 79952713395     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02426.x     Document Type: Article

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