Seed bank dynamics of the desert cactus Opuntia rastrera in two habitats from the Chihuahuan Desert

Plant Ecology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-248

  Montiel, Salvador ^a   Montaña, Carlos ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cactus recruitment; Dormancy; Grassland; Nopalera; Seed predation; Seed rain

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; DESERT; GRASSLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SEED BANK; SEED PREDATION; SEED RAIN;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CACTACEAE; FORMICIDAE; GENETTA; OPUNTIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0038399777     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023255314277     Document Type: Article

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