Relationships among testate amoebae (Protozoa), vegetation and water chemistry in five Sphagnum-dominated peatlands in Europe

New Phytologist

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-106

  Mitchell, E A D ^a   Buttler, A ^a,b   Grosvernier, Ph ^a   Rydin, H ^c   Albinsson, C ^d   Greenup, A L ^e   Heijmans, M M P D ^f   Hoosbeek, M R ^f   Saarinen, T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Microenvironmental gradients; Peatland; Testate amoebae; Vegetation; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PEATLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EUROPE;

CAREX; ERIOPHORUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033950107     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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