Ecophysiology, Morphology and Phylogeography of Insects in the Scotia Arc ...
The Scotia Arc, comprising southern South America, South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula, is home to a range of understudied insect species which are constantly exposed to extreme environmental conditions. To help reduce the amount of uncertainty surrounding insect t...
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ftdatacite:10.17863/cam.56411 2024-02-04T09:56:03+01:00 Ecophysiology, Morphology and Phylogeography of Insects in the Scotia Arc ... Simoes, Felipe 2019 https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.56411 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/309314 en eng Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository open.access Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 insects phylogeography Antarctica South America Evolution ecophysiology morphology Dissertation Thesis thesis 2019 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.17863/cam.56411 2024-01-05T10:03:29Z The Scotia Arc, comprising southern South America, South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula, is home to a range of understudied insect species which are constantly exposed to extreme environmental conditions. To help reduce the amount of uncertainty surrounding insect taxa evolution in the region, we aimed to elucidate the evolutionary relationships and divergence times of non-biting midges (Diptera) and beetles (Coleoptera) naturally occurring in the lands around the Scotia Arc. The main objectives here were to learn how the evolution of select species of these two orders of insects is linked to the region’s geographical history, through the use of phylogeography, and what kind of adaptations (morphological and physiological) they have developed to deal with the environmental conditions and changes, such as osmotic stress and desiccation tolerance. There was also an intrinsic objective to ascertain the taxonomy of the midge Telmatogeton magellanicus, which potentially belongs ... Thesis Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica South Orkney Islands DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula South Orkney Islands ENVELOPE(-45.500,-45.500,-60.583,-60.583) The Antarctic |
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The Scotia Arc, comprising southern South America, South Georgia and the South Orkney Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula, is home to a range of understudied insect species which are constantly exposed to extreme environmental conditions. To help reduce the amount of uncertainty surrounding insect taxa evolution in the region, we aimed to elucidate the evolutionary relationships and divergence times of non-biting midges (Diptera) and beetles (Coleoptera) naturally occurring in the lands around the Scotia Arc. The main objectives here were to learn how the evolution of select species of these two orders of insects is linked to the region’s geographical history, through the use of phylogeography, and what kind of adaptations (morphological and physiological) they have developed to deal with the environmental conditions and changes, such as osmotic stress and desiccation tolerance. There was also an intrinsic objective to ascertain the taxonomy of the midge Telmatogeton magellanicus, which potentially belongs ... |
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Ecophysiology, Morphology and Phylogeography of Insects in the Scotia Arc ... |
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Ecophysiology, Morphology and Phylogeography of Insects in the Scotia Arc ... |
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Ecophysiology, Morphology and Phylogeography of Insects in the Scotia Arc ... |
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Ecophysiology, Morphology and Phylogeography of Insects in the Scotia Arc ... |
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Ecophysiology, Morphology and Phylogeography of Insects in the Scotia Arc ... |
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ecophysiology, morphology and phylogeography of insects in the scotia arc ... |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica South Orkney Islands |
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