Diversity and community composition of soil protist
Litter and rhizosphere are key microhabitats that provide essential resources to soil food webs. However, the microhabitat-specific responses of microbes to land-use change remain poorly understood. In this study, we used high-throughput sequencing to assess how the composition and ecological roles of protists in litter, rhizosphere, and bulk soil vary along a gradient of land-use intensity in Sumatra, Indonesia. We hypothesized that protists in different microhabitats would respond differently to land-use change.