Effects of the mistletoe Tristerix aphyllus (Loranthaceae) on the reproduction of its cactus host Echinopsis chilensis

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 437-442

  Silva, Arturo ^a   Martínez Del Rio, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINOPSIS CHILENSIS; TRISTERIX APHYLLUS; CACTACEAE; LORANTHACEAE;

MISTLETOE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030456882     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545884     Document Type: Article

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