Nurse rocks are more important than nurse plants in determining the distribution and establishment of globose cacti (Mammillaria) in the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 593-601

  Peters, E M ^a   Martorell, C ^b   Ezcurra, E ^c  

^a Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Restoration; Stress amelioration; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NURSE PLANT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; TEHUACAN VALLEY;

CACTACEAE; MAMMILLARIA; MAMMILLARIA PECTINIFERA;

EID: 40749122920     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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