Protists in soil ecology and forest nutrient cycling

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1805-1817

  Adl, M S ^a   Gupta, V V S R ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MICROORGANISMS;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; BACTERIVORE CULTURES; FOOD WEB PROCESSES; PROTISTOLOGY;

SOILS;

BACTERIVORY; FOOD WEB; FOREST SOIL; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MOTILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARASITOLOGY; PROTIST; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CELLS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL;

CILIOPHORA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33748937355     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-056     Document Type: Review

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