Habitat preference of the epiphyte Tillandsia recurvata (Bromeliaceae) in a semi-desert environment in Central Mexico

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1238-1247

  Bernal, Rocío ^a   Valverde, Teresa ^a   Hernández Rosas, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fragmented habitats; Metapopulations; Seed germination; Seedling establishment; Semi arid environments; Tehuacan valley

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

FRAGMENTED HABITATS; METAPOPULATIONS; SEED GERMINATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EPIPHYTE; GERMINATION; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; ISOLATED POPULATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEMIARID REGION;

FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH; PLANTS; SEEDLINGS; TREES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; TEHUACAN VALLEY;

ACACIA; BROMELIACEAE; PARKINSONIA PRAECOX; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS LAEVIGATA; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA RECURVATA;

EID: 33645684242     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-076     Document Type: Article

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