Community assembly of terrestrial testate amoebae: How is the very first beginning characterized?

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-54

  Wanner, Manfred ^a   Elmer, Michael ^b   Kazda, Marian ^c   Xylander, Willi E R ^a  

^a State Museum for Natural History Goerlitz   (Germany)

^b BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

AMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CELLULOSE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CENTROPYXIS; EUGLYPHA ROTUNDA; PHRYGANELLA ACROPODIA; PROTOZOA; TRACHELEUGLYPHA DENTATA; TRINEMA LINEARE;

EID: 44949118817     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9322-2     Document Type: Article

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