Patterns of abundance and population structure of Pachycereus pringlei (Cactaceae), a columnar cactus of the Sonoran Desert

Plant Ecology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-14

  Medel Narvaez, Alfonso ^a   Luis Leon De La Luz, José ^a   Freaner Martinez, Francisco ^b   Molina Freaner, Francisco ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Density; Denso dependent; Latitudinal pattern; Peninsula of Baja California; Regeneration; Sonora

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CACTUS; DESERT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SIZE STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT;

CACTACEAE; PACHYCEREUS PRINGLEI;

EID: 33749627754     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9128-1     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Bashan Y., Toledo G. and Holguin G. 1995. Flat top decay syndrome of the giant cardon cactus (Pachycereus pringlei): description and distribution in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Can. J. Bot. 73: 683-692.
2. Bullock S.H., Martijena N.E., Webb R.H. and Turner R.M. 2005. Twentieth century demographic changes in cirio and cardon in Baja California, Mexico. J. Biogeogr. 32: 127-143.
3. Dubrovsky J. and Leon de la Luz J.L. 1996. Galllike malformations in a columnar cactus Pachycereus pringlei in southern Baja California, their morphology and appearance populations. J. Arid Environ. 33: 201-210.
4. Esparza-Olguin L., Valverde T. and Vilchis-Anaya E. 2001. Demographic analysis of a rare columnar cactus (Neobuxbaumia macrocephala) in the Tehuacan Valley, Mexico. Biol. Conserv. 103: 349-359.
5. Godinez-Alvarez H., Valverde T. and Ortega-Bez P. 2003. Demographic trends in the Cactaceae. Bot. Rev. 69: 173-203.
6. Godinez-Alvarez H. and Valiente-Banuet A. 2004. Demography of columnar cactus Neobuxbaumia macrocephala: a comparative approach using population projections matrices. Plant Ecol. 174: 109-118.
7. Harper J.L. 1977. The Population Biology of Plants. Academic Press, New York.
8. Hastings J.R. and Turner R.M. 1965a. The Changing Mile: An Ecological Study of Vegetation Change with Time in the Lower Mile of an Arid and Semiarid Region. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
9. Hastings J.R. and Turner R.M. 1965b. Seasonal precipitation regimes in Baja California, Mexico. Geografiska Annaler Ser. A Phys. Geogr. 47: 204-233.
10. INEGI 1982. Carta Geologica, 1:250 000. G122. INEGI, Aguascalientes, México.
11. Ives R.L. 1949. Climate of the Sonoran Desert region. Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geogr. 39: 143-187.
12. Kleidon A. and Mooney H.A. 2000. A global distribution of biodiversity inferred from climatic constrains: results from a process-based modeling study. Global Change Biol. 6: 507-523.
13. Kolberg K. and Lajtha K. 1997. Population dynamics and trace biogeochemistry of the saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in the Sonoran Desert. Ecoscience 4: 223-231.
14. Krebs C.J. 2002. Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance 5th ed. Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Co., California.
15. Lawlor E.T., Hafner D.J., Stapp P.T., Riddle B.R. and Alvarez Castañeda S.T. 2002. The Mammals. In: Case T.J., Cody M.L. and Ezcurra E. (eds) A New Island Biogeography of the Sea of Cortes, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 326-361.
16. McAuliffe J.R. 1991. Demographic shifts and plant succession along late Holocene soil chronosecuence in the Sonoran Desert of Baja California. J. Arid Environ. 20: 165-178.
17. McAuliffe J.R. and Janzen F.J. 1986. Effects of intraspecific crowding on water uptake, water storage, apical growth, and reproductive potential in the Sahuaro cactus, Carnegiea gigantea. Bot. Gazette 147: 334-341.
18. Miller R.E. and Huenneke L.F. 2000. The relationship between density and demographic variation within a population of Larrea tridentata. Southwest Nat. 45: 313-321.
19. Mourelle C. and Ezcurra E. 1997. Rapoport's rule: a comparative analysis between south and north American columnar cacti. Amer. Nat. 150: 131-142.
20. Niering W.A., Whittaker R.H. and Lowe C.H. 1963. The saguaro: a population in relation to environment. Science 142: 15-23.
21. Niklas K.J., Molina-Freaner F., Tinoco-Ojanguren C. and Paolillo D.J. Jr. 2002. The biomechanics of Pachycereus pringlei root system. Amer. J. Bot. 89: 12-21.
22. Nobel P.S. 1988. Environmental Biology of Agaves and Cacti. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA.
23. Quintas I. 2000. Eric II. Documentacion de la base de datos Climatologica y del Programa Extractor. Instituto Mexicano del Agua (IMTA), México, D. F.
24. Silva P.C. 1996. Demografia comparativa de Pachycereus pringlei en dos unidades geomorficas contrastantes del paisaje en Baja California Sur, México. Masters's thesis, UNAM. Mexico.
25. Silvertown J.W. and Lovett-Doust J. 1993. Introduction to Plant Population Biology. Blackwell Scientific, London.
26. Solis-Montero L., Flores-Palacios A. and Cruz-Angon A. 2005. Shade coffee plantations as refuges for tropical wild orchids in central Veracruz, Mexico. Conserv. Biol. 19: 908-916.
27. Steenbergh W.F. and Lowe C.H. 1977. Ecology of the Saguaro II: Reproduction, germination. Establishment, growth, and survival of the young plant. National Park Service Scientific Monograph Series No. 8. National Park Service, Washington, D.C.
28. Turner R.M., Alcorn S.M. and Olin G. 1969. Mortality of transplanted saguaro seedlings. Ecology 50: 835-844.
29. Turner R.M. 1990. Long-term vegetation change at a fully protected Sonoran Desert site. Ecology 71: 464-477.
30. Turner R.M., Bowers J.E. and Burges T.L. 1995. Sonoran Desert Plants, An Ecological Atlas. University Arizona Press, Arizona.
31. Turner R.M., Webb R.H., Bowers J.E. and Hastings J.R. 2003. The Changing Mile Revisited: an Ecological Etudy of Vegetation Change with time in the Lower Mile of an Arid and Semiarid Region. University of Arizona Press, Arizona.
32. Valiente-Banuet A. and Ezcurra E. 1991. Shade as a cause of the association between the cactus Neobuxbaumia tetetzo and the nurse plant Mimosa luisanain the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico. J. Ecol. 79(9): 61-71.
33. Valiente-Banuet A., Davila P., Ortega R.J., Leon de la Luz J.L., Breceda A. and Cancino J. 1995. Influencia de la evolucion de una pendiente de piedemonte en una vegetacion de cardonal de Pachycereus pringlei en Baja California Sur, México. Investigaciones Geográficas, UNAM 3: 101-113.
34. Wiseman F.M. 1980. The edge of the tropics: the transition from tropical to subtropical ecosystems in Sonora, Mexico. Geosci. Man 21: 141-156.
35. Zar J.H. 1999. Biostatistical Analysis. Pretince Hall, New Jersey.