A biogeographical evaluation of high-elevation myxomycete assemblages in the northern Neotropics
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| Autores: | , , , |
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2011 |
| Descripción: | This study represented an effort to apply some of the relatively well-known biogeographical and macroecological models to the observed structure of myxomycete assemblages, with emphasis on the northern Neotropical region. A series of 28 experimental plots located in 14 study sites within five different countries was surveyed during two consecutive years using a standard methodology that included both field collections and specimens obtained from moist chamber cultures. Results showed that myxomycetes in high-elevation areas of the northern Neotropics seem to have different levels of preference for macro- and microenvironments, varying degrees of niche breadth and overlap, and different patterns of species occurrence in comparable areas. In a similar manner, species assemblages along a latitudinal gradient that extends from Mexico to Costa Rica showed a decreasing level of similarity with an assemblage studied in the temperate forests of the eastern United Stated and were clearly distinct from an assemblage in Thailand. |
| País: | Kérwá |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Kérwá |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/83130 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1754504811000742 https://hdl.handle.net/10669/83130 |
| Palabra clave: | Central America Community ecology Costa Rica Guatemala Mexico Myxogastrids USA Thailand |