The curse of taxonomic uncertainty in biogeographical studies of free-living terrestrial protists: a case study of testate amoebae from Amsterdam Island
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WSL, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Ecosystem Boundaries Research Unit, Wetlands Research Group, Station 2, Lausanne, Switzerland, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratory of Ecological Systems, Station 2, Lausanne, Switzerland, Plant and Soil Laboratory, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Department of Zoology and Animal Biology, Molecular Systematics Group, Sciences III, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Biology, Research Group of Polar Biology, Limnology and Geomorphology, Universiteit Antwerpen, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, Wilrijk, Belgium and Department of Cryptogamy (Bryophyta and Thallophyta), National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Domein van Bouchout, Meise, Belgium
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