Variation in age and height of onset of reproduction in the saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in the Sonoran Desert

Plant Ecology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-229

  Drezner, Taly Dawn ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arizona; Cactaceae; Flowering; Fruiting; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH WORK;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

CACTACEAE; CARNEGIEA; CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA; STENOCEREUS THURBERI;

EID: 36649008280     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9286-9     Document Type: Article

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