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Martin Schnittler
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Open AccessChanges in Genotype Composition and Morphology at an Experimental Site of Common Reed (Phragmites australis) Over a Quarter of a Century
The cultivation of common reed (Phragmites australis) is one of the most promising practices of paludiculture on fen peatlands. This highly productive grass has a high adaptation capacity via high levels of genet...
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A three-gene phylogeny supports taxonomic rearrangements in the family Didymiaceae (Myxomycetes)
Myxomycetes, or plasmodial slime molds, are a monophyletic group of amoeboid protists whose classification is based mainly on morphological features of fruiting bodies. Although published phylogenies based on one...
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Open AccessResponse Patterns of Fen Sedges to a Nutrient Gradient Indicate both Geographic Origin-Specific Genotypic Differences and Phenotypic Plasticity
In wet peatlands, plant growth conditions are largely determined by local soil conditions, leading to locally adapted vegetation. Despite that Carex species are often the prevailing vascular plant species in fen ...
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Species-specific effects of thermal stress on the expression of genetic variation across a diverse group of plant and animal taxa under experimental conditions
Assessing the genetic adaptive potential of populations and species is essential for better understanding evolutionary processes. However, the expression of genetic variation may depend on environmental condit...
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Different Degrees of Niche Differentiation for Bacteria, Fungi, and Myxomycetes Within an Elevational Transect in the German Alps
We used direct DNA amplification from soil extracts to analyze microbial communities from an elevational transect in the German Alps by parallel metabarcoding of bacteria (16S rRNA), fungi (ITS2), and myxomyce...
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Size matters—a comparison of three methods to assess age- and size-dependent climate sensitivity of trees
Changes in tree’s climate sensitivity during their ontogenetic development is best assessed with stem diameter classes, which can be calculated retrospectively from the cumulative ring width.
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Open AccessA four year survey reveals a coherent pattern between occurrence of fruit bodies and soil amoebae populations for nivicolous myxomycetes
Among soil-inhabiting protists, myxomycetes stand out by their macroscopic fructifications which have allowed studies on their ecology and distribution for more than two hundred years. One of the most distinct...
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Open AccessStudies of life history of Gagea graeca (Liliaceae) based on morphological and molecular methods
We studied the life history of Gagea graeca (L.) A. Terracc. (sect. Anthericoides) by field surveys on the Greek island of Crete, including quantitative analyses of 405 individuals, estimation of resource allocat...
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Myxomycetes
The myxomycetes (class Myxogastria), also commonly known as plasmodial slime molds or acellular slime molds, are the most species-rich group within the Amoebozoa, with approximately 1,000 morphologically recog...
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Morphological and molecular investigations of Gagea (Liliaceae) in southeastern Kazakhstan with special reference to putative altitudinal hybrid zones
The most important center of speciation in the genus Gagea is thought to be in Central Asia. Here, we focus on species diversity in southeastern Kazakhstan (around Almaty, Ili-Alatau range of the Western Tian-Sha...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Myxomycetes
The myxomycetes (class Myxogastria), also commonly known as plasmodial slime molds or acellular slime molds, are the most species-rich group within the Amoebozoa, with approximately 1,000 morphologically recog...
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Sex or no sex? Group I introns and independent marker genes reveal the existence of three sexual but reproductively isolated biospecies in Trichia varia (Myxomycetes)
Plasmodial slime molds are members of the class Amoebozoa forming elaborate fruit bodies releasing airborne spores. Two species concepts have been developed independently: a morphological relying on fruit body...
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FloraGREIF – An Internet-Based Data Repository for Biogeographical Research in Mongolia
FloraGREIF presents an internet-based information tool on the vascular plant flora of Mongolia combining taxon- and record-specific information, text and image information with map information and digitized pl...
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Erratum to: Phylogenetic position of the enigmatic myxomycete genus Kelleromyxa revealed by SSU rDNA sequences
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Phylogenetic position of the enigmatic myxomycete genus Kelleromyxa revealed by SSU rDNA sequences
The coprophilous myxomycete Kelleromyxa fimicola (Dearn. & Bisby) Eliasson was first described in 1929 as Licea fimicola Dearn. & Bisby. Based on the superficial resemblance of its sporocarps to those of Licea bi...
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Sex ratios and clonal growth in dioecious Populus euphratica Oliv., **njiang Prov., Western China
Using a microsatellite assay, we investigated sex ratios at three levels (apparent, intrinsic, genet) for Populus euphratica stands in **njiang, China and possible consequences of sex-specific cos...
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Leaf-inhabiting endophytic fungi of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) co-occur in leaf litter but are rare on decaying wood of the same host
Many microfungi are able to live in living plant tissues. In contrast to plant pathogens and parasites the so-called endophytic fungi do not cause obvious disease symptoms in their hosts. Nevertheless, they co...
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Myxomycete diversity in the Tarim basin and eastern Tian-Shan, **njiang Prov., China
We report the results of a survey for myxomycetes in the Chinese province of **njiang, covering the northern part of the Tarim basin and the eastern Tian-Shan mountains. Sampling in the hyperarid Tarim basin f...
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Xerotolerant foliar endophytic fungi of Populus euphratica from the Tarim River basin, Central China are conspecific to endophytic ITS phylotypes of Populus tremula from temperate Europe
Fungal research on non-lichenized taxa in xeric and other unusual habitats for fungi is comparatively scarce but constantly reveal an enormous ecological and functional adaptiveness of these organisms to extre...
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New insights into the phylogeny and taxonomy of Chinese species of Gagea (Liliaceae)—speciation through hybridization
A new region of speciation for the genus Gagea (Liliaceae) was investigated (Bogda-Shan and Urumqi; northwestern **njiang, China). Two species were recorded as new for the region (G. rufidula, G. davlianidzeae); ...
