The relative contributions of sexual reproduction and clonal propagation in Opuntia rastrera from two habitats in the Chihuahuan Desert

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 911-921

  Del Carmen Mandujano, María ^a,c   Montaña, Carlos ^b   Méndez, Ignacio ^a   Golubov, Jordan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Clonal vs. sexual recruitment; Herbivory; Nurse plants; Opuntia rastrera

Indexed keywords

CLONAL VARIATION; HERBIVORY; LIGHT; MICROPROPAGATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SURVIVAL; WATER;

BIOTIC FACTOR; CLONAL GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CACTACEAE; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA RASTRERA; POACEAE;

EID: 0032442591     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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