Are soil biota buffered against climatic extremes? An experimental test on testate amoebae in arctic tundra (Qeqertarsuaq, West Greenland)

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 453-462

  Beyens, L ^a   Ledeganck, P ^a   Graae, B J ^b,c   Nijs, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic tundra; Climate change; Heatwave; Qeqertarsuaq; Testate amoebae

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROTOZOAN; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TUNDRA;

AMOEBA (GENUS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 60449099930     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0540-y     Document Type: Article

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