The biological diversity in the soil is much higher than most people can imagine, and a very important group of animals living there are earthworms and other clitellate worms. It has been found that several clitellate morphospecies are in fact complexes of so called cryptic species, and the number of species in this group may be much higher than previously believed. In this thesis, I explore the species boundaries of terrestrial clitellates by combining various data sources and methods as a basis for taxonomical decisions. A widely used approach for studying cryptic species is DNA-barcoding, where a single standardised marker is used for the identification of organisms and discovering new species. For animals, the marker generally used is t...
Research on cryptic species complexes has reached a consensus on the necessity of integrating multip...
Background: Earthworms (Crassiclitellata) are a diverse group of annelids of substantial ecological ...
Using DNA-barcoding, we studied the diversity of invasive European earthworms in the south-western c...
The widely studied and invasive earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris L., 1758 has been the subject of nom...
<p>DNA-barcoding, using the mitochondrial marker COI, has been found successful for the identificati...
The terrestrial worm Cognettia sphagnetorum has been used as a model in several studies focusing on ...
Earthworms play a major role in many aspects of soil fertility, food web ecology and ecosystem funct...
The terrestrial worm Cognettia sphagnetorum has been used as a model in several studies focusing on ...
Earthworms play a major role in many aspects of soil fertility, food web ecology and ecosystem funct...
The terrestrial worm Cognettia sphagnetorum has been used as a model in several studies focusing on ...
Earthworms play a major role in many aspects of soil fertility, food web ecology and ecosystem funct...
Species identification of earthworms using morphology can be challenging and inconclusive as homopla...
Research on cryptic species complexes has reached a consensus on the necessity of integrating multip...
Background: Earthworms (Crassiclitellata) are a diverse group of annelids of substantial ecological ...
Background: Earthworms (Crassiclitellata) are a diverse group of annelids of substantial ecological ...
Research on cryptic species complexes has reached a consensus on the necessity of integrating multip...
Background: Earthworms (Crassiclitellata) are a diverse group of annelids of substantial ecological ...
Using DNA-barcoding, we studied the diversity of invasive European earthworms in the south-western c...
The widely studied and invasive earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris L., 1758 has been the subject of nom...
<p>DNA-barcoding, using the mitochondrial marker COI, has been found successful for the identificati...
The terrestrial worm Cognettia sphagnetorum has been used as a model in several studies focusing on ...
Earthworms play a major role in many aspects of soil fertility, food web ecology and ecosystem funct...
The terrestrial worm Cognettia sphagnetorum has been used as a model in several studies focusing on ...
Earthworms play a major role in many aspects of soil fertility, food web ecology and ecosystem funct...
The terrestrial worm Cognettia sphagnetorum has been used as a model in several studies focusing on ...
Earthworms play a major role in many aspects of soil fertility, food web ecology and ecosystem funct...
Species identification of earthworms using morphology can be challenging and inconclusive as homopla...
Research on cryptic species complexes has reached a consensus on the necessity of integrating multip...
Background: Earthworms (Crassiclitellata) are a diverse group of annelids of substantial ecological ...
Background: Earthworms (Crassiclitellata) are a diverse group of annelids of substantial ecological ...
Research on cryptic species complexes has reached a consensus on the necessity of integrating multip...
Background: Earthworms (Crassiclitellata) are a diverse group of annelids of substantial ecological ...
Using DNA-barcoding, we studied the diversity of invasive European earthworms in the south-western c...