Technique for Studying Arthropod and Microbial Communities within Tree TissuesNicholas C Aflitto 1, Richard W Hofstetter 1, Reagan McGuire 1, David D Dunn 2, Kristen A Potter 1
1School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, 2Acoustic Ecology Institute
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.
