The adaptive value of cued seed dispersal in desert plants: Seed retention and release in Mammillaria pectinifera (Cactaceae), a small globose cactus

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 537-541

  Peters, Edward M ^a   Martorell, Carlos ^b   Ezcurra, Exequiel ^c  

^a Instituto Nacional de Ecologí A SEMARNAT   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Cactaceae; Environmental triggers; Mammillaria; Mexico; Serotiny; Tehuac n Valley

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; DESERT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEROTINY; TESTING METHOD;

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

CACTACEAE; MAMMILLARIA; MAMMILLARIA PECTINIFERA;

EID: 60249086580     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800157     Document Type: Article

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