Seed dispersal by domestic goats in a semiarid thornscrub of Mexico

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1973-1976

  Baraza, E ^a   Valiente Banuet, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Echinocactus platyacanthus f. grandis; Effective dispersion; Ferocactus sp.; Livestock; Seed germination; Tehuac n Cuicatl n valley

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC SPECIES; GOAT; LEGUME; MICROHABITAT; SCRUB; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEMIARID REGION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEHUACAN-CUICATLAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

CACTACEAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; ECHINOCACTUS PLATYACANTHUS; FEROCACTUS;

EID: 48549099913     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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