Genetic diversity of sexual and parthenogenetic soil living arthropods (Collembola) in Europe: colonization patterns, pre-glacial diversifications and founder effects

• Main Author: von Saltzwedel, Helge
• Other Authors: Schäfer, Marina Dr., Scheu, Stefan Prof. Dr., Maraun, Mark PD Dr.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: German
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: 333; 577; Collembola; genetic diversity soil; Miocene divergences; pre-glacial; colonization patterns; parthenogenesis; founder-takes-it-all principle; Europe; Ökologie {Biologie} (PPN619463619); Kya; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0028-8712-C; https://doi.org/10.53846/goediss-5584; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:7-11858/00-1735-0000-0028-8712-C-6

Large parts of northern and central Europe were covered by ice sheets and permafrost due to climate changes in Europe during the last ice age (2.7 million to 11.7 kya). Plant and animal species had to adapt to lower temperatures, retreated to warmer areas in the south or went extinct. Once, after th...