Soil water availability strongly alters the community composition of soil protists

Pedobiologia

Volumn 57, Issue 4-6, 2014, Pages 205-213

  Stefan, Geisen ^a,e   Cornelia, Bandow ^b,c,d   Jörg, Römbke ^b,c   Michael, Bonkowski ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amoebae (Amoebozoa); Biodiversity; Climate change; Protists; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DROUGHT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PORE SPACE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROTIST; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; TAXONOMY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AMOEBOZOA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84922274209     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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