Revisiting Bergmann's rule for saguaros (Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. and Rose): Stem diameter patterns over space

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353-359

  Drezner, Taly Dawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Bergmann's rule; Cactaceae; Carnegiea gigantea; Environmental gradients; Precipitation; Saguaro cacti; Sonoran Desert; Stem diameter; Temperature clines

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; CACTUS; MORPHOMETRY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASON; STEM; TEMPERATURE;

ARIZONA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

CACTACEAE; CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA;

EID: 0037358854     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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