Environmental factors influencing soil testate amoebae in herbaceous and shrubby vegetation along an altitudinal gradient in subarctic tundra (Abisko, Sweden)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-248

  Tsyganov, Andrey N ^a   Milbau, Ann ^b   Beyens, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Microclimate; Soil; Subarctic tundra; Testate amoebae; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SOIL; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

AMOEBA; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 84875379298     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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