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- Title
A lift in snail's gut provides an efficient colonization route for tardigrades.
- Authors
Vuori, Tommi; Calhim, Sara; Vecchi, Matteo
- Abstract
In summary, we found that gastropods are not only a viable animal vector for tardigrade dispersal but could also improve the establishment of new populations thanks to the resources their feces provide and the targeted deposition (cf. the stochastic wind vector) in tardigrade-suitable habitats. Compared to wind dispersal, gastropod-mediated dispersal may be effective over very small geographic ranges (1-10 m), but it is also more targeted (Boch et al., 2011, 2013), since terrestrial gastropods actively move between humid habitats, where tardigrades are present or can persist. Keywords: Arianta; dispersal; gastropodochory; Helicidae; phoresis; Tardigrada; zoochory EN Arianta dispersal gastropodochory Helicidae phoresis Tardigrada zoochory 1 4 4 07/05/22 20220701 NES 220701 Colonization dynamics of microscopic invertebrates and the relative importance of different dispersal vectors are largely unknown.
- Subjects
TARDIGRADA; PLANT dispersal; SOIL animals
- Publication
Ecology, 2022, Vol 103, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
0012-9658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ecy.3702