Growth and reproduction in forest trees of the cactus Opuntia excelsa

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 553-558

  Bullock, Stephen H ^a   Martijena, Nora E ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Demography; Dry forest; Fruit production; Growth models; Life history; Mexico; Opuntia; Resource allocation; Size dependence; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO;

OPUNTIA EXCELSA;

EID: 0032322698     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00096.x     Document Type: Article

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