naa a22 4500 510759351 CHVBK 20180411083133.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13225-012-0181-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13225-012-0181-x Effect of forest disturbance on myxomycete assemblages in the southwestern Peruvian Amazon [Elektronische Daten] [Carlos Rojas, Steven Stephenson] Although the effects of microenvironmental factors on distribution patterns in myxomycetes have been investigated, studies of the responses of this group of organisms to different regimes of forest disturbance are relatively few in number. In an effort to understand the implications of forest fragmentation and habitat loss on myxomycetes, the project described herein was carried out at the Los Amigos Biological Station in southeastern Peru. The structure and composition of assemblages of myxomycetes were investigated in relation to three different forest types and climatic periods in the area of study. An analysis of the most commonly recorded substrates was carried out as well. The results suggested that habitat loss, through differences in forest structure, was the factor determining most of the differences in fruiting body abundance of myxomycetes among forest types. In addition, a switch in the ecological strategy of dispersal seemed to be an important factor accounting for differences in the fruiting body abundance and structure of assemblages of myxomycetes between collecting periods. This study provides evidence indicating that for microbial assemblages to maintain the balance of functional interactions within a particular forest ecosystem, the conservation of the forests themselves should be considered. Mushroom Research Foundation, 2012 Biogeography nationallicence Microbial ecology nationallicence Mycetozoans nationallicence Myxogastrids nationallicence Restoration ecology nationallicence Rojas Carlos Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería and Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, 11501-2060, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica aut Stephenson Steven Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, 72701-1201, Fayetteville, AR, USA aut Fungal Diversity Springer Netherlands 59/1(2013-03-01), 45-53 1560-2745 59:1<45 2013 59 13225 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-012-0181-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-012-0181-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rojas Carlos Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería and Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, 11501-2060, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stephenson Steven Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, 72701-1201, Fayetteville, AR, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Fungal Diversity Springer Netherlands 59/1(2013-03-01), 45-53 1560-2745 59:1<45 2013 59 13225 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer