Vines of a desert plant community in Central Sonora, México

Biotropica

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-56

  Molina Freaner, Francisco ^a   Tinoco Ojanguren, Clara ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Desert communities; Sonoran Desert; Vines

Indexed keywords

DESERT; VINE;

MEXICO, SONORA STATE;

CARDIOSPERMUM CORINDUM; CERCIDIUM MICROPHYLLUM; CONVOLVULACEAE; FABACEAE; JANUSIA CALIFORNICA; JANUSIA LINEARIS; MALPIGHIACEAE; MERREMIA PALMERI; MIMOSA LAXIFLORA; MIMOSACEAE; NISSOLIA SCHOTTII; OLNEYA TESTOTA; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 0031450194     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1997.tb00005.x     Document Type: Article

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