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Technique for Studying Arthropod and Microbial Communities within Tree Tissues

Technique for Studying Arthropod and Microbial Communities within Tree Tissues

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November 16, 2014

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10.3791/50793-v

DOI:
10.3791/50793-v

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November 16, 2014

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1School of Forestry,Northern Arizona University, 2Acoustic Ecology Institute

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We provide a technique to preserve intact tree phloem and prepare it for observation. We create an apparatus called a phloem sandwich that allows for the introduction and observation of arthropods, microbes, and other organisms that inhabit phloem tissues.

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Aflitto, N. C., Hofstetter, R. W., McGuire, R., Dunn, D. D., Potter, K. A. Technique for Studying Arthropod and Microbial Communities within Tree Tissues. J. Vis. Exp. (93), e50793, doi:10.3791/50793 (2014).

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