Effects of plant size and weather on the flowering phenology of the organ pipe cactus (Stenocereus thurberi)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1019-1030

  Bustamante, Enriquena ^a   Búrquez, Alberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Flowering phenology; Optimal timing; Plant size; Sonoran Desert; Stenocereus thurberi; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CACTUS; FECUNDITY; FLOWERING; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE ECONOMY;

ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

CACTACEAE; FLOWERS; GEOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT;

CACTACEAE; STENOCEREUS THURBERI;

EID: 56449129225     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn194     Document Type: Article

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