Water availability and the competitive effect of a columnar cactus on its nurse plant

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Flores Martínez, Arturo ^a   Ezcurra, Exequiel ^b   Sánchez Colón, Salvador ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arid plant communities; Mexico; Plant competition; Resource availability; Tehuacan Valley

Indexed keywords

COLUMNAR CACTUS; NURSE PLANT; RESOURCE COMPETITION; SOIL WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

MIMOSA LUISANA; NEOBUXBAUMIA TETETZO;

EID: 0031949760     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(98)80002-7     Document Type: Article

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