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List of works by Roman Alther

Biodiversity increases and decreases ecosystem stability

scientific article published in Nature

Citizen science approach reveals groundwater fauna in Switzerland and a new species of Niphargus (Amphipoda, Niphargidae)

scientific article

Climate, immigration and speciation shape terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity in the European Alps

scientific article published in 2022

Description of a widely distributed but overlooked amphipod species in the European Alps

scientific article published in 2016

Dispersal behaviour and riverine network connectivity shape the genetic diversity of freshwater amphipod metapopulations

scientific article published in 2021

Diversity and distribution of freshwater amphipod species in Switzerland (Crustacea: Amphipoda).

scientific article

Fluvial network topology shapes communities of native and non-native amphipods

scientific article published in 2018

Groundwater environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals hidden diversity and reflects land‐use and geology

Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem

scientific article published in 2023

Haplotaxis gordioides (Hartmann in Oken, 1819) (Annelida, Clitellata) as a sub-cosmopolitan species: a commonly held view challenged by DNA barcoding

scientific article published in 2023

Integrating citizen science and environmental DNA metabarcoding to study biodiversity of groundwater amphipods in Switzerland

Monophyly of the Moitessieriidae Bourguignat, 1863 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea)

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Optimizing laboratory cultures of Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea: Amphipoda) as a study organism in environmental sciences and ecotoxicology

Phylogenetic structure and molecular species delimitation hint a complex evolutionary history in an Alpine endemic Niphargus clade (Crustacea, Amphipoda)

scientific article published in 2023

Pronounced changes of subterranean biodiversity patterns along a Late Pleistocene glaciation gradient

scientific article published on 14 June 2024

Spatial patterns of genetic diversity, community composition and occurrence of native and non-native amphipods in naturally replicated tributary streams

scientific article

Species multidimensional effects explain idiosyncratic responses of communities to environmental change

scientific article published on 22 June 2020

Systematic and highly resolved modelling of biodiversity in inherently rare groundwater amphipods

scientific article published on 2 July 2024

Taxonomic, phylogenetic and ecological diversity of Niphargus (Amphipoda: Crustacea) in the Hölloch cave system (Switzerland)

scientific article published on 15 December 2016

Translating Niphargus barcodes from Switzerland into taxonomy with a description of two new species (Amphipoda, Niphargidae).

scientific article published on 28 May 2018