Plant frequency, stem and root characteristics, and Co2 uptake for Opuntia acanthocarpa: Elevational correlates in the northwestern Sonoran Desert

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-172

  Nobel, Park S ^a   Bobich, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevation; Freezing damage; Nurse plant; Opuntia; Water relations

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELEVATION; FREEZING; LIMITING FACTOR; NURSE PLANT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER RELATIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT;

CACTACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA ACANTHOCARPA;

EID: 0036937943     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100793     Document Type: Article

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