Dormancy and endozoochorous dispersal of Opuntia rastrera seeds in the southern Chihuahuan Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-266

  Mandujano, Maria Del Carmen ^a   Golubov, Jordan ^a   Montaña, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Chihuahuan Desert; Endozoochory; Opuntia; Seed bank; Seed dispersal; Seed dormancy

Indexed keywords

OPUNTIA RASTRERA; CACTACEAE; CANIS LATRANS; NEOTOMA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; SUS SCROFA;

COYOTE; DORMANCY; ENDOZOOCHORY; MULE DEER; PIG; PRICKLY PEAR; SEED DISPERSAL; WOODRAT;

MEXICO, CHIHUAHUA STATE, CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

EID: 0030823130     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0210     Document Type: Article

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