An 85-year study of saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) demography

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2676-2693

  Pierson, Elizabeth A ^a   Turner, Raymond M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactus; Carnegiea gigantea; Climatic effects; Land use effects; Long term studies, regeneration trends, modeling; Saguaro, demography; Slope aspect, effect on plant demography; Sonoran Desert, stand age structure, survivorship and mortality

Indexed keywords

ASPECT; GROWTH; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGENERATION;

ARIZONA; TUSCON; UNITED STATES;

CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA;

EID: 0032435287     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2676:aysosc]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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