Ecological status of Beaucarnea gracilis, an endemic species of the semiarid Tehuacan Valley, Mexico

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 367-374

  Cardel, Yuria ^a   Rico Gray, Victor ^b   García Franco, José G ^b   Thien, Leonard B ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAUCARNEA GRACILIS; BROMELIACEAE; CASTELA TORTUOSA; MIMOSA LUISIANA; MIMOSACEAE; NOLINACEAE;

ENDEMIC PLANT; NURSE PLANT; POLLINATION;

MEXICO, PUEBLA STATE, TEHUACAN VALLEY;

EID: 0030619906     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95322.x     Document Type: Article

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