Characteristics of seedling establishment of Stenocereus stellatus (Cactaceae) in the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 375-380

  Godínez Alvarez, Héctor ^a   Ríos Casanova, Leticia ^b   Pérez, Fabiola ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; STENOCEREUS STELLATUS;

EID: 24144466535     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2005)050[0375:COSEOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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