Stem tilting and pseudocephalium orientation in Cephalocereus columna-trajani (Cactaceae): A functional interpretation

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 340-348

  Zavala Hurtado, José Alejandro ^a   Vite, Fernando ^a   Ezcurra, Exkquiel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Functional morphology; Growth rate; Irradiance; Mexico; Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR); Pseudocephalium; Semiarid lands; Thermal regulation; Tilting; Zapotitlan

Indexed keywords

IRRADIANCE; ORIENTATION; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; STEM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CACTACEAE; CEPHALOCEREUS COLUMNA; CEPHALOCEREUS COLUMNA-TRAJANI; DICOTYLEDONEAE;

EID: 0031713790     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0340:stapoi]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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