From forest soil to the canopy: increased habitat diversity does not
increase species richness of
Cercozoa and Oomycota in tree canopies
Running title: Cercozoa and Oomycota in forest ecosystems
Robin-Tobias Jauss1 [co] & Susanne
Walden2 [co] , Anna Maria
Fiore-Donno2, Kenneth Dumack2,
Stefan Schaffer1, Ronny Wolf1,
Martin Schlegel1,3*, Michael
Bonkowski2*
1 University of Leipzig, Institute of Biology,
Molecular Evolution & Animal Systematics, Talstraße 33, 04103 Leipzig
2 University of Cologne, Institute of Zoology,
Terrestrial Ecology, Zülpicher Straße 47b, 50674 Köln
3 German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
(iDiv) Halle Jena Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig
*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
schlegel@uni-leipzig.de, m.bonkowski@uni-koeln.de
[co] These authors contributed equally and should be considered
joint first author