Environmental sequencing surveys of soils and freshwaters revealed high abundance and
diversity of the Rhogostomidae, a group of omnivorous thecate amoebae. This is puzzling …

In north-west Europe, large areas of open peatland have been drained and planted with
spatially homogenous stands of non-native conifers. The detrimental impact of afforestation …

The shells of testate amoebae are morphologically diverse and persistent in the
environment. Accordingly, the examination of the morphology and composition of shells …

The last quarter century has seen dramatic changes in our understanding of the
phylogenetic relationships among protist groups and their evolutionary history. This is due in …

We review the potential for applying traits-based approaches to freshwater testate amoeba,
a diverse protist group that are abundant in lakes and are valuable ecological indicators. We …

Summary The Lower Devonian Rhynie chert is justly famous for the clear glimpse it offers of
early terrestrial ecosystems [1]. Seven species of stem-and crown-group vascular plants …

Transfer functions are now widely available to infer past environmental conditions from biotic
assemblages. Existing transfer functions are based on species assemblages but an …

Sphagnum peatlands host a high abundance of protists, especially testate amoebae. Here,
we designed a study to investigate the functional diversity of testate amoebae in relation to …

In the last two centuries, a high proportion of peatlands have been lost or severely degraded
across the world. The value of peatlands is now well-recognised for biodiversity …

Extensive drainage of peatlands in north-west Europe for the purposes of afforestation for
timber production and harvesting has altered the carbon balance and biodiversity value …