| Description |
x, 365 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
The Systematics Association special volume ; 79 |
|
Systematics Association special volume ; 79
|
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 17.Geographic variation in the diversity of microbial communities: research directions and prospects for experimental biogeography / Joaquin Hortal |
|
Contents note continued: 9.Coalescent analyses reveal contrasting patterns of intercontinental gene flow in arctic-alpine and boreal-temperate fungi / Jozsef Geml -- 10.Biogeography and phylogeography of lichen fungi and their photobionts / Silke Werth -- 11.Biogeography of mosses and allies: does size matter? / Francisco Lara -- 12.Dispersal limitation or habitat quality - what shapes the distribution ranges of ferns? / Hanno Schaefer -- 13.Ubiquity of microscopic animals? Evidence from the morphological approach in species identification / Aldo Zullini -- 14.Molecular approach to micrometazoans. Are they here, there and everywhere? / Noemi Guil -- pt. V Processes -- 15.Microbes as a test of biogeographic principles / Rima B. Franklin -- 16.A metacommunity perspective on the phylo- and biogeography of small organisms / Luc De Meester -- |
|
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Theoretical framework -- 1.Why biogeography of microorganisms? / Juliet Brodie -- 2.Historical biogeography, microbial endemism and the role of classification: everything is endemic / David M. Williams -- pt. II Prokaryotes -- 3.Biogeography of prokaryotes / Stephen B. Pointing -- 4.Thermophilic bacteria in cool soils: metabolic activity and mechanisms of dispersal / Andrea Franzetti -- pt. III Unicellular eukaryotes -- 5.Dispersal of protists: the role of cysts and human introductions / Wilhelm Foissner -- 6.Everything is everywhere: a twenty-first century de-/reconstruction with respect to protists / Jens Boenigk -- 7.Arcellinida testate amoebae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida): model of organisms for assessing microbial biogeography / Edward A.D. Mitchell -- 8.Everything is not everywhere: the distribution of cactophilic yeast / Philip F. Ganter -- pt. IV Pluricellular eukaryotes -- |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Biogeography.
|
|
Microorganisms -- Geographical distribution.
|
|
Microorganisms.
|
| Author |
Fontaneto, Diego.
|
|
Systematics Association.
|
| LC no. |
2011008034 |
| ISBN |
9780521766708 (hardback : alk. paper) |
|
