Serotiny and seed germination in three threatened species of Mammillaria (Cactaceae)

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 533-544

  Rodríguez Ortega, César ^a   Franco, Miguel ^b   Mandujano, Maria C ^a  

^a anexo al Jardín Botanico Exterior   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat harshness; Photoblastism; Tehuacan Cuicatlan; Unpredictable environment; Variable environment

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; MAMMILLARIA; MAMMILLARIA HERNANDEZII;

EID: 33749526118     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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