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| Dato | Valore |
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| Title | Spatial gradients in species diversity of microscopic animals: the case of bdelloid rotifers at high altitude |
| Abstract | Aim Organisms smaller than 2 mm appear not to follow the spatial patterns in richness and diversity commonly observed in macroscopic organisms. We describe spatial patterns in species diversity in a group of microscopic organisms, bdelloid rotifers, living in moss and lichen patches, in order to test the hypotheses of no relationship between species richness and composition and spatial gradients, suggested by previously published patterns in microscopic organisms. |
| Source | Journal of biogeography (Print) 33 (7), pp. 1305–1313 |
| Keywords | alpha diversityalpine environmentbeta diversityBdelloideacommunity dispersalEuropeRotiferaspecies richness |
| Journal | Journal of biogeography (Print) |
| Editor | Blackwell Scientific,, Oxford, Regno Unito |
| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01502.x |
| Authors | Fontaneto, Diego; Ricci, Claudia |
| Text | 283716 2006 10.1111/j.1365 2699.2006.01502.x ISI Web of Science WOS 000238104700017 alpha diversity alpine environment beta diversity Bdelloidea community dispersal Europe Rotifera species richness Spatial gradients in species diversity of microscopic animals the case of bdelloid rotifers at high altitude Fontaneto, Diego; Ricci, Claudia University of Milan Aim Organisms smaller than 2 mm appear not to follow the spatial patterns in richness and diversity commonly observed in macroscopic organisms. We describe spatial patterns in species diversity in a group of microscopic organisms, bdelloid rotifers, living in moss and lichen patches, in order to test the hypotheses of no relationship between species richness and composition and spatial gradients, suggested by previously published patterns in microscopic organisms. Location Moss and lichen patches as habitats for bdelloids, on high elevation peaks at altitudes between 2984 and 4527 m a.s.l. across the Italian, French and Swiss Alps, with distances among sample sites ranging from 1 m to 420 km, in comparison with lower elevation samples at altitudes from 850 to 1810 m a.s.l. 33 Articolo in rivista Blackwell Scientific, 0305 0270 Journal of biogeography Print Journal of biogeography Print J. biogeogr. Print Journal of biogeography. Print diego.fontaneto FONTANETO DIEGO |