Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research

S Geisen, EAD Mitchell, S Adl… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Protists include all eukaryotes except plants, fungi and animals. They are an essential, yet
often forgotten, component of the soil microbiome. Method developments have now …

Not all free‐living microorganisms have cosmopolitan distributions – the case of Nebela (Apodera) vas Certes (Protozoa: Amoebozoa: Arcellinida)

HG Smith, DM Wilkinson - Journal of Biogeography, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To review and critically assess the evidence that the testate amoeba species Nebela
vas does not have a cosmopolitan distribution, in contradiction to the paradigm of microbial …

Diversity and biogeography of testate amoebae

HG Smith, A Bobrov, E Lara - Protist diversity and geographical distribution, 2009 - Springer
Testate amoebae are amoeboid protists inhabiting a test (shell). They occur globally in soils,
wetlands and freshwater, especially peats and mosses. They are of ancient origin, dating …

Seven-year dynamics of testate amoeba communities driven more by stochastic than deterministic processes in two subtropical reservoirs

W Wang, K Ren, H Chen, X Gao, R Rønn, J Yang - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Testate amoebae are widely distributed in natural ecosystems and play an important role in
the material cycle and energy flow. However, community assembly of testate amoebae is not …

Post-Pliocene establishment of the present monsoonal climate in SW China: evidence from the late Pliocene Longmen megaflora

T Su, FMB Jacques, RA Spicer, YS Liu… - Climate of the …, 2013 - cp.copernicus.org
The paleoclimate of the late Pliocene Longmen flora from Yongping County located at the
southeastern boundary of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was reconstructed using two leaf …

Is there a size limit for cosmopolitan distribution in free-living microorganisms? A biogeographical analysis of testate amoebae from polar areas

J Yang, HG Smith, TN Sherratt, DM Wilkinson - Microbial Ecology, 2010 - Springer
A long-standing debate in microbial ecology is the extent to which free-living
microorganisms exhibit cosmopolitan distributions. We use a comparison of testate …

Diversity and distribution of freshwater testate amoebae (Protozoa) along latitudinal and trophic gradients in China

L Ju, J Yang, L Liu, DM Wilkinson - Microbial ecology, 2014 - Springer
Freshwater microbial diversity is subject to multiple stressors in the Anthropocene epoch.
However, the effects of climate changes and human activities on freshwater protozoa remain …

Effects of natural and anthropogenic changes on testate amoebae communities in an alpine lake over the past 2500 years

JC Ndayishimiye, P Nyirabuhoro, Q Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Deep high-altitude mountain lakes can act as a natural laboratory, and have the potential to
contribute ecological data for understanding the way natural climate and anthropogenic …

Responses of radial growth of Picea crassifolia to climate change over three periods at different elevations in the Qilian Mountains, northwest China

D Du, L Jiao, X Wu, C Qi, R Xue, K Chen, X Liu - Trees, 2022 - Springer
Key message Qinghai spruce at different elevations showed inconsistent growth trends and
responses to climate change. Abstract Under global warming, mountains in arid and semi …

Diversity, distribution and biogeography of testate amoebae in China: implications for ecological studies in Asia

Y Qin, S Xie, HG Smith, GT Swindles, Y Gu - European journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Testate amoebae are a group of shelled protozoa that occur in high density populations in
wet environments. More than 1900 testate amoebae species or subspecies have been …