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The role of the floodplain gradient in structuring of testate amoebae communities in the Ilych River

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Forty-two testate amoebae taxa were identified in alluvial soils of floodplain islands in the Ilych River. Among the pedo- and eurybionts, there were aquatic rhizopods. Along the floodplain transect (willow meadow → deciduous forest → coniferous forest), the testate amoebae community changed directly. There are spatially homogeneous (low beta-diversity) testacean communities but species rich on the local level (high alpha-diversity) within forests. Within willows and meadows, communities are characterized by low alpha-diversity and high heterogeneity that leads to high gamma-diversity.

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  1. Belinskii Penza State Pedagogical University, ul. Lermontova 37, Penza, 440026, Russia

    Yu. A. Mazei, E. A. Malysheva & A. A. Komarov

  2. Institute of Biology, Komi Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kommunisticheskaya 28, Syktyvkar, 167982, Russia

    E. M. Lapteva & A. A. Taskaeva

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Original Russian Text © Yu.A. Mazei, E.A. Malysheva, E.M. Lapteva, A.A. Komarov, A.A. Taskaeva, 2012, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2012, No. 4, pp. 438–445.

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Mazei, Y.A., Malysheva, E.A., Lapteva, E.M. et al. The role of the floodplain gradient in structuring of testate amoebae communities in the Ilych River. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 39, 368–374 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359012040061

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