Figure 1

Map showing the collecting sites in China and the nine collecting sites on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Information on the species of dictyostelids recovered and the proportion of the total each species represented is provided for each of the nine sites. The different color from red to blue of elevation scale represented different elevations from 8800 m to 0 m. (i) the Sejila Mountain National Forest Park, Nyingchi; (ii) Medog; (iii) Bome; (iv) Zayu; (v) Lulang; (vi) Lhasa; (vii) Yushu; (viii) Huzhu Beishan National Forest Park; (ix) the Jiuzhaigou National Forest Park, Aba.