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Barcoding the Collembola of Churchill: a molecular taxonomic reassessment of species diversity in a sub-Arctic area.
Molecular ecology resources - 1 Mar 2014
Porco David, Skarżyński Dariusz, Decaëns Thibaud, Hebert Paul D N, Deharveng Louis
Abstract excerpt
Although their functional importance in ecosystems is increasingly recognized, soil-dwelling micro-arthropods are usually poorly known in comparison with their above-ground counterparts. Collembola constitute a significant and species-rich component of the soil biodiversity, but it remains a woefully understudied group because of the taxonomic impediment. The ever-increasing use of molecular taxonomic tools, such...
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