Effect of gut passage and dung on seed germination and seedling growth: donkeys and a multipurpose mesquite from a Mexican inter-tropical desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 521-524

  Sanchez de la Vega G ^a   Godinez Alvarez H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Equus asinus; Herbivores; Legumes; M xico; Prosopis laevigata; Seed dispersal by herbivores; Seedling establishment; Tehuac n Valley; Useful plants

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DESERT; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERBIVORE; LAND USE CHANGE; LEGUME; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUBLAND; UNGULATE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EQUUS ASINUS; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS LAEVIGATA;

EID: 75049083825     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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