Myxomycete diversity and ecology in the arid regions of the Lower Volga River Basin (Russia)

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 23, Issue , 2006, Pages 193-241

  Novozhilov, Yuri K ^a   Zemlianskaia, Inna V ^b   Schnittler, Martin ^c   Stephenson, Steven L ^d  

^a KOMAROV BOTANICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b VOLGOGRAD STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Deserts; Distribution; Ecology; Plasmodial slime moulds; Species inventory; Steppes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CALLIGONUM; MYXOGASTRIA; TAMARIX; ULMUS; ULMUS PUMILA;

EID: 33846465428     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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