Tardigrades in leaf litter were collected from beech forests on Roan Mountain (TN, U.S.A.) and Modenese Apennine (Italy) at different altitudes and during different seasons. Twenty-six species of eutardigrades and 6 species of heterotardigrades were found on Room Mountain and 20 species of eutardigrades on Apennine. In both cases the tardigrade communities showed great biodiversity and a similar species composition, represented by hygrophilous and eurytypic taxa. Differences in the number of specimens and the species composition were found, related to substrate layers, altitudes and seasons.
Ecological and faunistic studies on tardigrades in leaf litter of beach forests / Guidetti, Roberto; Dr, Nelson; Bertolani, Roberto. - In: ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER. - ISSN 0044-5231. - STAMPA. - 238:(1999), pp. 215-223.
Ecological and faunistic studies on tardigrades in leaf litter of beach forests
GUIDETTI, Roberto;BERTOLANI, Roberto
1999
Abstract
Tardigrades in leaf litter were collected from beech forests on Roan Mountain (TN, U.S.A.) and Modenese Apennine (Italy) at different altitudes and during different seasons. Twenty-six species of eutardigrades and 6 species of heterotardigrades were found on Room Mountain and 20 species of eutardigrades on Apennine. In both cases the tardigrade communities showed great biodiversity and a similar species composition, represented by hygrophilous and eurytypic taxa. Differences in the number of specimens and the species composition were found, related to substrate layers, altitudes and seasons.
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