Resource-island soils and the survival of the giant cactus, cardon, of Baja California Sur

Plant and Soil

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 207-214

  Carrillo Garcia, Ángel ^a   Bashan, Yoav ^a   Bethlenfalvay, Gabor J ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Nurse plant effect; Pachycereus pringlei; Plant survival; Prosopis articulata; Resource island; Revegetation; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; FACILITATION; GROWTH; PLANT; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TYPE; SURVIVAL;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR STATE; MEXICO;

PACHYCEREUS PRINGLEI; PROSOPIS ARTICULATA;

EID: 0034093349     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1014953028163     Document Type: Article

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