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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Geographic ranges, sympatry and the influence of environmental factors on the distribution of species of an endemic Tasmanian freshwater crayfish</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Hansen, Brita</span> and <span class="person_name">Richardson, A.M.M.</span> (2001) <xhtml:em>Geographic ranges, sympatry and the influence of environmental factors on the distribution of species of an endemic Tasmanian freshwater crayfish.</xhtml:em> Invertebrate Systematics, 16 . pp. 621-629.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1482/1/Hansen%26ARGeogRanges.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" border="0" class="ep_doc_icon" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1482/1/Hansen%26ARGeogRanges.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />1042Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input value="1886" name="docid" accept-charset="utf-8" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS05035">http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS05035</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">The Tasmanian endemic freshwater crayfish genus Parastacoides is presently under review and 14 species have been recognised. The distributions of the putative species have been mapped using museum data. The distribution of geographical ranges of the species is highly skewed. Most species are local or short-range endemics, 11 of the 14 species (nearly 79%) having geographical ranges of less than 20 km2. Many sympatric contact zones exist where distributions of species meet, and in some cases the sympatric species partition the habitat. The majority of species appear capable of exploiting a wide variety of habitat types. Ecological factors such as climate, vegetation, substrate, baseline geology and burrow types do not seem to be major determinants of species distributions. A, but adequate rainfall and a low evaporation rate appear to be the major factors determining the eastern boundary of Parastacoides. It is likely that that historical factors have played an important role in determining the present distribution patterns.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" border="0" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Freshwater crayfish, geographic range, sympatry, parapatry, Tasmania</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270703.html">270000 Biological Sciences > 270700 Ecology and Evolution > 270703 Terrestrial Ecology</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270709.html">270000 Biological Sciences > 270700 Ecology and Evolution > 270709 Biogeography</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Collections:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">UNSPECIFIED</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">1482</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">A/Prof Alastair Richardson</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">27 Jul 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">12 Feb 2008 12:18</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1482;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=1482">item control page</a></p>
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