"Hot spots" on a new soil surface - How do testate amoebae settle down?

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-289

  Wanner, Manfred ^a   Elmer, Michael ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Initial colonization; Soil development; Succession; Testate amoebae

Indexed keywords

PROTISTA;

EID: 75249087525     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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