Photosynthesis and optimal light microhabitats for a rare cactus, Mammillaria gaumeri, in two tropical ecosystems

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 620-627

  Cervera, J Carlos ^a   Andrade, José Luis ^a   Graham, Eric A ^b   Durán, Rafael ^a   Jackson, Paula C ^c   Simá, J Luis ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Coastal dune; Crassulacean acid metabolism; Photosynthetic photon flux density; Relative growth rate; Tropical dry forest; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

CACTACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; MAMMILLARIA GAUMERI;

EID: 34548277470     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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