Testate amoebae (protista) of an elevational gradient in the tropical mountain rain forest of Ecuador

Pedobiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 319-331

  Krashevska, Valentyna ^a   Bonkowski, Michael ^a   Maraun, Mark ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversity; Dominance; Elevation gradient; Protozoa; Testate amoebae; Tropical species

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; PROTOZOAN; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34548608460     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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