First records of dictyostelids and protostelids from Ascension Island

Sydowia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-245

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

^a SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Long distance dispersal; Slime moulds; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

DICTYOSTELIIDA; MYCETOZOA; PROTOSTELIDA;

EID: 60949095766     PISSN: 00820598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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