This review provides a synthesis of current knowledge on the morphological and functional
traits of testate amoebae, a polyphyletic group of protists commonly used as proxies of past …

Subfossil remains of various groups of organisms preserved in peat and sediment archives
are commonly used to infer past environmental changes using transfer functions based on …

Testate amoebae are an abundant and diverse polyphyletic group of shelled protozoa living
in aquatic to moist habitats ranging from estuaries to lakes, rivers, wetlands, soils, litter, and …

Testate amoebae are common inhabitants of moist soils, wetland, and lacustrine habitats.
They produce a decay-resistant test, or shell, which can be identified to species in most …

Testate amoebae are increasingly used in ecological and palaeoecological studies of
wetlands. To characterise the amoeba community a certain number of individuals need to be …

Species' functional traits are closely related to ecosystem processes through evolutionary
adaptation, and are thus directly connected to environmental changes. Species' traits are not …

The ecology of peatland testate amoebae is well studied along broad gradient from very wet
(pool) to dry (hummock) micro-sites where testate amoebae are often found to respond …

Testate amoebae are unicellular animals with a discrete shell enclosing the cytoplasm. The
shells are readily preserved, are abundant in freshwater peatland and lake sediments, and …

Testate amoebae are a diverse and abundant group of protozoa that constitute a large
proportion of biomass in many ecosystems and probably fill important roles in ecosystem …

Fossil testate amoeba assemblages have been used to reconstruct peatland
palaeohydrology for more than two decades. While transfer function training sets are …