Testate amoebae in 31 mature forest ecosystems - Densities and micro-distribution in soils

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 161-168

  Ehrmann, Otto ^a   Puppe, Daniel ^b,c   Wanner, Manfred ^b   Kaczorek, Danuta ^c,d   Sommer, Michael ^c,e  

^a Bureau for Soil Micromorphology and Soil Biology   (Germany)

^b BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^d WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microhabitats; Soil moisture regimes; Soil reaction; Soil thin section

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PH; SOIL; TREE;

AMOEBA; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY; SOIL; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84861735404     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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