Protostelids, dictyostelids, and myxomycetes in the litter microhabitat of the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico

Mycological Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-214

  Stephenson, Steven L ^a   Landolt, John C ^b   Moore, Donna L ^c  

^a FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTER; MICROHABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

MYXOGASTRIA; PROTOSTELIDA; TERNSTROEMIA LUQUILLENSIS;

EID: 0032970236     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756298006996     Document Type: Article

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