A habitat colonisation model for spore-dispersed organisms-Does it work with eumycetozoans?

Mycological Research

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 697-707

  Schnittler, Martin ^a   Tesmer, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habitat island model; Reproductive system; Slime moulds; Spore productivity; Spore size

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL; MODELING; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPORE; SPORULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SIZE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MYXOMYCETES; PROTOZOAN SPORE; REPRODUCTION; SARCODINA;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; EUMYCETOZOEA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYXOMYCETES; REPRODUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCETOZOA; MYXOGASTRIA; PROTOSTELIDA;

EID: 44649175695     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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