Study reveals for first time true diversity of life in soils across the globe, new species discovered

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 08:30 in Biology & Nature

Microscopic animals that live in soils are as diverse in the tropical forests of Costa Rica as they are in the arid grasslands of Kenya or the tundra and boreal forests of Alaska and Sweden, according to a groundbreaking study appearing today in the Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences.

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