Cactus species turnover and diversity along a latitudinal transect in the Chihuahuan Desert Region

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 703-720

  Hernández, Héctor M ^a   Goettsch, Bárbara ^a,b   Gómez Hinostrosa, Carlos ^a   Arita, Héctor T ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Cactaceae; Chihuahuan Desert; Mexico; Texas

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; DESERT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURNOVER;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CACTACEAE;

EID: 41149086324     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9303-2     Document Type: Article

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