First records of myxomycetes from El Salvador
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2013-11-02Author
Rojas Alvarado, Carlos Alonso
Morales, Ricardo
Calderón, Irene
Clerc, Philippe
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Myxomycetes have been studied formally in most of Central America except for El
Salvador. Even though this country is the last in the region to begin an official inventory for this
group of organisms, the 37 new records reported herein suggest that the myxobiota of El Salvador
can be valuable for biogeographical analyses. As an example, this study reports Perichaena
tessellata for the first time in the Neotropical region. Such an observation along with studies
conducted in previous years in Central America show that the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot
can provide important information to understand myxomycete dynamics in tropical areas.
Additionally to the latter, during the present study a first characterization of the species of
myxomycetes present in Montecristo National Park was also carried out. This is an important
contribution to the biological knowledge of critical conservation areas in Central America since
such park is one of the few remnants of cloud forest in El Salvador. For microbial conservation
purposes, these types of rapid biodiversity assessments are imperative in understudied areas of the
world such as El Salvador and necessary in forest types such as Montecristo that are threatened by
climate and land use change.
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10.5943/mycosphere/4/6/2
Unidad relacinada "Escuela de Ingeniería de Biosistemas" antes "Escuela de Ingeniería Agrícola"
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