Biogeography of Microscopic Organisms (eBook, ePUB)

Is Everything Small Everywhere?
Redaktion: Fontaneto, Diego

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together the viewpoints of leading experts in taxonomy, ecology and biogeography of different taxa, this book synthesises discussion surrounding the so-called 'everything is everywhere' hypothesis. It addresses the processes that generate spatial patterns of diversity and biogeography in organisms that can potentially be cosmopolitan. The contributors discuss questions such as: are microorganisms (e.g. prokaryotes, protists, algae, yeast and microscopic fungi, plants and animals) really cosmopolitan in their distribution? What are the biological properties that allow such potential distribution? Are there processes that would limit their distribution? Are microorganisms intrinsically different from macroscopic ones? What can microorganisms tell us about the generalities of biogeography? Can they be used for experimental biogeography? Written for graduate students and academic researchers, the book promotes a more complete understanding of the spatial patterns and the general processes in biogeography.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139063449
• Artikelnr.: 52854416

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Part I. Theoretical Framework: 1. Why biogeography of
microorganisms? Diego Fontaneto and Juliet Brodie; 2. Historical
biogeography, microbial endemism and the role of classification: everything
is endemic David M. Williams; Part II. Prokaryotes: 3. Biogeography of
prokaryotes Donnabella C. Lacap, Maggie C. Y. Lau and Stephen B. Pointing;
4. Thermophilic bacteria in cool soils: metabolic activity and mechanisms
of dispersal Roger Marchant, Ibrahim M. Banat and Andrea Franzetti; Part
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 David Bass
and Jens Boenigk; 7. Arcellinida testate amoebae (Arcellinida: Amoebozoa):
model of organisms for assessing microbial biogeography Thierry J. Heger,
Enrique Lara and Edward A. D. Mitchell; 8. Everything is not everywhere:
the distribution of cactophilic yeast Philip F. Ganter; Part IV.
Pluricellular Eukaryotes: 9. Coalescent analyses reveal contrasting
patterns of intercontinental gene flow in arctic-alpine and
boreal-temperate fungi József Geml; 10. Biogeography and phylogeography of
lichen fungi and their photobiont Silke Werth; 11. Biogeography of mosses
and allies: does size matter? Nagore G. Medina, Isabel Draper and 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
Tom Artois, Diego Fontaneto, William D. Hummon, Sandra J. McInnes, M.
Antonio Todaro, Martin V. Sørensen and Aldo Zullini; 14. Molecular approach
to micrometazoans: are they here, there and everywhere? Noemi Guil Lopez;
Part V. Processes: 15. Microbes as a test of biogeographical principles
David G. Jenkins, Kim A. Medley and Rima B. Franklin; 16. A metacommunity
perspective on the phylo- and biogeography of small organisms Luc De
Meester; 17. Geographical variation in the diversity of microbial
communities: research directions and prospects for experimental
biogeography Joaquin Hortal; Index.