Recruitment of two Opuntia species invading abandoned olive groves

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 239-246

  Gimeno, Isabel ^a   Vilà, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Exotic species; Mediterranean vegetation; Microsite; Opuntia maxima; Opuntia stricta; Seed viability; Seedling recruitment and survival

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SPAIN;

AVES; CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA STRICTA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036692842     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(02)01143-8     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Past and present role of the indian-fig prickly-pear Opuntia ficus-indica (L. Miller, Cactaceae) in the agriculture of Sicily
2. The southern Californian prickly pears. Invasion, adulteration and trial by fire
3. Lignotuber reserves support regrowth following clipping of two Mediterranean shrubs
4. Opuntia
5. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Basic principles
6. 2 levels
7. The autumn and winter diet of the song thrush Turdus philomenos in the "garrigues" of southern France; its role in seed dispersal
8. Bird-dispersed seed rain and seedling establishment in patchy Mediterranean region
9. Mediterranean landscape changes: Evidence from old postcards
10. Opuntia dillenii als problematischer Neophyt mi Nordjemen
11. Seedling dynamics and life histories in clonal plants
12. Evolution of seed dispersal and recruitment in clonal plants
13. Seed and microsite limitation of recruitment in plant populations
14. Influence of vegetation structure on spatial patterns of seed deposition by birds
15. Abiotic stress and the relative importance of interference and facilitation in montane bunchgrass communities in western Montana
16. Research strategies for the improvement of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) fruit quality and production
17. Chihuahuan desert nopaleras: Defaunated big mammal vegetation
18. Seed predation by animals
19. Reproductive ecology and inbreeding depression in Opuntia rastrera (Cactaceae) in the Chihuahuan desert: Why are sexually derived recruitments so rare?
20. The relative contributions of sexual reproduction and clonal propagation in Opuntia rastrera from two habitats in the Chihuahuan Desert
21. Vertebrate frugivory and seed dispersal of a Chihuahuan Desert cactus
22. Impact: Toward a framework for understanding the ecological effects of invaders
23. Plant facilitation
24. Assessing why two introduced Conyza differ in their ability to invade Mediterranean old fields
25. Effect of seed passage through vertebrate frugivores' guts on germination: A review
26. The influence of shade, soil and water on saguaro seedling establishment
27. Shade as a cause of the association between the cactus Neobuxbaumia tetetzo and the nurse plant Mimosa luisana in the Tehuacán Valley
28. Nucleation processes in a Mediterranean bird-dispersed plant
29. Els sòls de la península del Cap de Creus
30. A cyclical relationship between Larrea tridentata and Opuntia leptocaulis in the northern Chihuahuan desert