Testate amoebae and nutrient cycling: peering into the black box of soil ecology.
Testate amoebae and nutrient cycling: peering into the black box of soil ecology.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.tree.2008.07.006
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发表时间：
2008-11
影响因子：
16.8
通讯作者：
D. Wilkinson
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作者：
D. Wilkinson
在生态学和进化论的一些领域，例如许多研究得很好的鸟类的行为生态学，越来越难有令人惊讶的新发现。然而，在土壤和/或微生物生态的许多领域，情况并非如此。最近的两项研究表明，大多数生物学家都不熟悉的微生物群--变形虫--可能在土壤养分循环中发挥比迄今所怀疑的更大的作用。
In some areas of ecology and evolution, such as the behavioural ecology of many well-studied bird species, it is increasingly difficult to make surprising new discoveries. However, this is not the case in many areas of soil and/or microbial ecology. Two recent studies suggest that the testate amoebae, a microbial group unfamiliar to most biologists, might play a much larger role in soil nutrient cycling than has hitherto been suspected.