Sphagnum-dwelling Testate Amoebae in Subarctic Bogs are More Sensitive to Soil Warming in the Growing Season than in Winter: The Results of Eight-year Field Climate Manipulations

Protist

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 400-414

  Tsyganov, Andrey N ^a   Aerts, Rien ^b   Nijs, Ivan ^a,c   Cornelissen, Johannes H C ^b   Beyens, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bogs; Climate; Open top chambers; Sphagnum; Subarctic; Testate amoebae.

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOIL; SPHAGNOPSIDA; TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

AMOEBA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; SEASONS; SOIL; SPHAGNOPSIDA; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84858708130     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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