Tardigrades in the city: A review of diversity patterns in response to urbanization

delBarco-Trillo, Javier

Tardigrades in the city: A review of diversity patterns in response to urbanization

dc.contributor.author	delBarco-Trillo, Javier
dc.date.accessioned	2019-11-14T14:38:35Z
dc.date.available	2019-11-14T14:38:35Z
dc.date.issued	2019-10-21
dc.date.updated	2019-11-14T14:30:31Z
dc.description.abstract	In different taxonomical groups, the number of species found in urban environments tends to decline compared to adjacent nonurban environments. It is unclear whether tardigrades also conform to this pattern of diversity decline in cities. Tardigrades are microscopic invertebrates which have been understudied, despite the fact that they are cosmopolitan and found in all types of habitats. Due to their capability to withstand extreme conditions, tardigrades should be able to successfully thrive in urban environments. Here, all available information about tardigrade diversity in cities was compiled. It was quantitatively determined that tardigrade diversity declines in urban areas compared to adjacent rural areas. Geographically, closer cities are also likely to harbor a more similar set of tardigrade species. In comparison to other groups like mammals and birds, there are no tardigrade species consistently found in most studied cities. In fact, most urban tardigrades have only been found in one single city. Ultimately, the species of tardigrades found in a given city will normally depend on the set of species already living in the adjacent native environments. One question that deserves further investigation is why only a subset of such native species is able to colonize the new environmental niches available in cities.	en
dc.description.status	Peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Accepted Version	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.citation	delBarco-Trillo, J. (2019) 'Tardigrades in the city: A review of diversity patterns in response to urbanization', Ecological Research, pp.1-7. doi: 10.1111/1440-1703.12055	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1111/1440-1703.12055	en
dc.identifier.endpage	7	en
dc.identifier.issn	0912-3814
dc.identifier.journaltitle	Ecological Research	en
dc.identifier.startpage	1	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/9008
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Wiley	en
dc.relation.uri	https://esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1440-1703.12055
dc.rights	© 2019 The Ecological Society of Japan. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: delBarco‐Trillo, J. 'Tardigrades in the city: A review of diversity patterns in response to urbanization', Ecological Research. 2019; 1– 7, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12055 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.	en
dc.subject	Diversity	en
dc.subject	Tardigrada	en
dc.subject	Tardigrades	en
dc.subject	Urban ecology	en
dc.subject	Urbanization	en
dc.title	Tardigrades in the city: A review of diversity patterns in response to urbanization	en
dc.type	Article (peer-reviewed)	en