Influence of buffelgrass pasture conversion on the regeneration and reproduction of the columnar cactus, Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum, in northwestern Mexico

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 228-237

  Morales Romero, D ^a   Molina Freaner, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Land conversion; Population structure; Regeneration; Sonoran desert.

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MONOCOTYLEDON; NATIVE SPECIES; PASTURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CACTACEAE; PACHYCEREUS PECTEN-ABORIGINUM; PENNISETUM CILIARE; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 36348941028     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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