Reproductive ecology and inbreeding depression in Opuntia rastrera (Cactaceae) in the Chihuahuan Desert: Why are sexually derived recruitments so rare?

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-70

  Mandujano, Maria Del Carmen ^a,b   Montaña, Carlos ^b   Eguiarte, Luis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Chihuahuan Desert; Grassland; Inbreeding depression; Nopalera; Opuntia rastrera; Recruitment; Reproductive ecology

Indexed keywords

INBREEDING DEPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY;

MEXICO, CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

ANTHOPHORIDAE; CACTACEAE; DIADASIA; HYMENOPTERA; LITHURGE; OPUNTIA RASTRERA;

EID: 0029661587     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445955     Document Type: Article

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