Myxomycetes occurring as single genetic strains in forest soils

Systematics and Geography of Plants

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 287-289

  Stephenson, Steven L ^a   Clark, Jim ^b   Landolt, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forests; Plasmodial fusion; Populations; Slime moulds; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

DICTYOSTELIIDA; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 11944251831     PISSN: 03039153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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