Seed dispersal and germination of the epiphyte Tillandsia brachycaulos (bromeliaceae) in a tropical dry forest, Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 462-470

  Mondragon, Demetria ^a   Calvo Irabien, L Maria ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMELIACEAE; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA BRACHYCAULOS;

EID: 33846632020     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[462:SDAGOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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