Evidence of avian-mediated long distance dispersal in American tardigrades

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Mogle, Matthew J., Kimball, Scott A., Miller, William R., McKown, Richard D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018
• Subjects: Biogeography; Water Bears; Tardigrade; water bear
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6044270/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018851; https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5035

Terrestrial tardigrades, commonly known as “water bears”, are part of a phylum of microscopic, aquatic invertebrates famous for cryptobiosis and space travel, but little is known about their modes of dispersal on Earth. Wind is assumed, but not truly demonstrated, to be the major method of global di...