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Can environment predict cryptic diversity? The case of Niphargus inhabiting Western Carpathian groundwater.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Meleg Ioana Nicoleta, Zakšek Valerija, Fišer Cene, Kelemen Beatrice Simona, Moldovan Oana Teodora
Abstract excerpt
In the last decade, several studies have shown that subterranean aquatic habitats harbor cryptic species with restricted geographic ranges, frequently occurring as isolated populations. Previous studies on aquatic subterranean species have implied that habitat heterogeneity can promote speciation and that speciation events can be predicted from species' distributions. We tested the prediction that species...
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