Demographic patterns of Ferocactus cylindraceus in relation to substrate age and grazing history

Plant Ecology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-48

  Bowers, Janice E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; El Nino Southern Oscillation; Ferocactus cylindraceus; Growth rates; Height age models; Longevity; Population biology; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; GRAZING; SUBSTRATE AGE;

USA, ARIZONA, GRAND CANYON;

CACTACEAE; FEROCACTUS CYLINDRACEUS;

EID: 0030733830     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009767621391     Document Type: Article

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