Search Results - "Mitchell, Edward AD"

Above- and belowground linkages in Sphagnum peatland: climate warming affects plant-microbial interactions by Jassey, Vincent EJ, Chiapusio, Geneviève, Binet, Philippe, Buttler, Alexandre, Laggoun-Défarge, Fatima, Delarue, Frédéric, Bernard, Nadine, Mitchell, Edward AD, Toussaint, Marie-Laure, Francez, André-Jean, Gilbert, Daniel

“…Peatlands contain approximately one third of all soil organic carbon (SOC). Warming can alter above‐ and belowground linkages that regulate soil organic carbon…”
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Linking soil microbial communities to vascular plant abundance along a climate gradient by Bragazza, Luca, Bardgett, Richard D, Mitchell, Edward A. D, Buttler, Alexandre

“…The ongoing expansion of shrub cover in response to climate change represents a unique opportunity to explore the link between soil microbial communities and…”
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Risks of large-scale use of systemic insecticides to ecosystem functioning and services by Chagnon, Madeleine, Kreutzweiser, David, Mitchell, Edward A.D, Morrissey, Christy A, Noome, Dominique A, Van der Sluijs, Jeroen P

“…Large-scale use of the persistent and potent neonicotinoid and fipronil insecticides has raised concerns about risks to ecosystem functions provided by a wide…”
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Modelling the effect of size on the aerial dispersal of microorganisms by Wilkinson, David M., Koumoutsaris, Symeon, Mitchell, Edward A. D., Bey, Isabelle

“…Aim: We investigate the long-standing question of whether the small size of microbes allows most microbial species to colonize all suitable sites around the…”
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Holarctic phylogeography of the testate amoeba Hyalosphenia papilio (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) reveals extensive genetic diversity explained more by environment than dispersal limitation by Heger, Thierry J, Mitchell, Edward A. D, Leander, Brian S

“…Although free‐living protists play essential roles in aquatic and soil ecology, little is known about their diversity and phylogeography, especially in…”
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Functional traits as a new approach for interpreting testate amoeba palaeo-records in peatlands and assessing the causes and consequences of past changes in species composition by Fournier, Bertrand, Lara, Enrique, Jassey, Vincent EJ, Mitchell, Edward AD

“…Subfossil remains of various groups of organisms preserved in peat and sediment archives are commonly used to infer past environmental changes using transfer…”
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Testate amoebae analysis in ecological and paleoecological studies of wetlands: past, present and future by Mitchell, Edward A. D, Charman, Daniel J, Warner, Barry G

“…Testate amoebae are an abundant and diverse polyphyletic group of shelled protozoa living in aquatic to moist habitats ranging from estuaries to lakes, rivers,…”
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Experimental warming interacts with soil moisture to discriminate plant responses in an ombrotrophic peatland by Buttler, Alexandre, Robroek, Bjorn J.M, Laggoun‐Défarge, Fatima, Jassey, Vincent E.J, Pochelon, Cédric, Bernard, Gregory, Delarue, Frédéric, Gogo, Sébastien, Mariotte, Pierre, Mitchell, Edward A.D, Bragazza, Luca, Morgan, John

“…QUESTION: A better understanding of the response of Sphagnum mosses and associated vascular plants to climate warming is relevant for predicting the carbon…”
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Pack hunting by minute soil testate amoebae: nematode hell is a naturalist's paradise by Mitchell, Edward A. D.

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Phylogenetic reconstruction based on COI reshuffles the taxonomy of hyalosphenid shelled (testate) amoebae and reveals the convoluted evolution of shell plate shapes by Kosakyan, Anush, Lahr, Daniel J. G., Mulot, Matthieu, Meisterfeld, Ralf, Mitchell, Edward A. D., Lara, Enrique

“…Species diversity in most protistan groups has been underestimated. Many morpho‐species are in fact complexes that require detailed morphometric studies to be…”
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Comparative ecology of vascular plant, bryophyte and testate amoeba communities in four Sphagnum peatlands along an altitudinal gradient in Switzerland by Koenig, Isabelle, Feldmeyer-Christe, Elizabeth, Mitchell, Edward A.D.

“…•Peatland conservation and management require sound monitoring tools.•Traditional tools such as vegetation relevés show limits to monitor rapid changes.•We…”
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The chastity of amoebae: re-evaluating evidence for sex in amoeboid organisms by Lahr, Daniel J. G., Parfrey, Laura Wegener, Mitchell, Edward A. D., Katz, Laura A., Lara, Enrique

“…Amoebae are generally assumed to be asexual. We argue that this view is a relict of early classification schemes that lumped all amoebae together inside the…”
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Effect of taxonomic resolution on ecological and palaeoecological inference – a test using testate amoeba water table depth transfer functions by Mitchell, Edward A.D., Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Payne, Richard J., Mazei, Yuri

“…Sound taxonomy is a major requirement for quantitative environmental reconstruction using biological data. Transfer function performance should theoretically…”
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Water-energy balance, past ecological perturbations and evolutionary constraints shape the latitudinal diversity gradient of soil testate amoebae in south-western South America by Fernández, Leonardo D., Fournier, Bertrand, Rivera, Reinaldo, Lara, Enrique, Mitchell, Edward A. D., Hernández, Cristián E.

“…Aim: To assess the largely neglected patterns and causes of latitudinal diversity gradients in soil protists, using South American testate amoebae as model…”
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Autogenic succession, land-use change, and climatic influences on the Holocene development of a kettle-hole mire in Northern Poland by Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Obremska, Milena, Mitchell, Edward A.D.

“…We reconstructed the Holocene developmental history of a kettle-hole peatland in the Tuchola Forest of Northern Poland, using pollen, testat amoebae and plant…”
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Functional responses of multitaxa communities to disturbance and stress gradients in a restored floodplain by Fournier, Bertrand, Gillet, François, Le Bayon, Renée‐Claire, Mitchell, Edward A. D, Moretti, Marco, Baraloto, Christopher

“…Trait‐based approaches can reveal the mechanisms through which disturbances or stress impact communities, allowing comparisons of the role of different…”
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Nebela jiuhuensis nov. sp. (Amoebozoa; Arcellinida; Hyalospheniidae): A New Member of the Nebela saccifera - equicalceus - ansata Group Described from Sphagnum Peatlands in South-Central China by Qin, Yangmin, Man, Baiying, Kosakyan, Anush, Lara, Enrique, Gu, Yansheng, Wang, Hongmei, Mitchell, Edward A. D.

“…Hyalospheniids are among the most common and conspicuous testate amoebae in high‐latitude peatlands and forest humus. These testate amoebae were widely studied…”
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To What Extent Do Food Preferences Explain the Trophic Position of Heterotrophic and Mixotrophic Microbial Consumers in a Sphagnum Peatland? by Jassey, Vincent E. J., Meyer, Caroline, Dupuy, Christine, Bernard, Nadine, Mitchell, Edward A. D., Toussaint, Marie-Laure, Metian, Marc, Chatelain, Auriel P., Gilbert, Daniel

“…Although microorganisms are the primary drivers of biogeochemical cycles, the structure and functioning of microbial food webs are poorly studied. This is the…”
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Response of Sphagnum Peatland Testate Amoebae to a 1-Year Transplantation Experiment Along an Artificial Hydrological Gradient by Marcisz, Katarzyna, Fournier, Bertrand, Gilbert, Daniel, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Mitchell, Edward A. D.

“…Peatland testate amoebae (TA) are well-established bioindicators for depth to water table (DWT), but effects of hydrological changes on TA communities have…”
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Ecology of testate amoebae in peatlands of central China and development of a transfer function for paleohydrological reconstruction by Qin, Yangmin, Mitchell, Edward A. D, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Payne, Richard J, Lara, Enrique, Gu, Yansheng, Huang, Xianyu, Wang, Hongmei

“…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…”
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