Evidence of weak habitat specialisation in microscopic animals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Fontaneto, Diego ^a,b   Westberg, Martin ^b   Hortal, Joaquín ^c,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARK; BDELLOID; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HOST RANGE; LICHENS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PLANT GROWTH; ROCK; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BDELLOIDA; ROTIFERA;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; LICHENS;

EID: 80051987032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023969     Document Type: Article

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