Dictyostelid cellular slime molds in canopy soils of tropical forests

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 657-661

  Stephenson, Steven L ^a   Landolt, John C ^b  

^a FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy soil; Dictyostelids; Dictyostelium; Ecology; Polysphondylium; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DICTYOSTELIUM PURPUREUM; ECOLOGY; FOREST; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PUERTO RICO; TROPICS;

CANOPY; EPIPHYTE; MICROHABITAT; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TROPICAL FOREST;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0032322675     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00105.x     Document Type: Article

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