Analysis of the factors that affect the distribution and abundance of three Neobuxbaumia species (Cactaceae) that differ in their degree of rarity

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-164

  Ruedas, Marcela ^a   Valverde, Teresa ^a   Zavala Hurtado, José Alejandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Habitat preferences; Principal component analysis; Rare species; Tehuac n Cuicatl n region

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; SAN JUAN BAUTISTA CUICATLAN; TEHUACAN VALLEY;

CACTACEAE; NEOBUXBAUMIA; NEOBUXBAUMIA MACROCEPHALA; NEOBUXBAUMIA MEZCALAENSIS; NEOBUXBAUMIA TETETZO;

EID: 33646111444     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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