The Effects of Release from Cold Stress on the Community Composition of Terrestrial Gymnamoebae: A Laboratory-based Ecological Study Simulating Transition from Winter to Spring

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-28

  Anderson, O Roger ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Biotic complexity; Community structure; Microcosm; Seasonal temperature effects

Indexed keywords

GYMNAMOEBIA;

EID: 1542288921     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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