Testate Amoebae Like It Hot: Species Richness Decreases Along a Subalpine-Alpine Altitudinal Gradient in Both Natural Calluna vulgaris Litter and Transplanted Minuartia sedoides Cushions
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbial Ecology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0095-3628,1432-184X
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-015-0687-3