Species-specificity of nurse plants for the establishment, survivorship, and growth of a columnar cactus

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1289-1295

  Landero, Juan Pablo Castillo ^a   Valiente Banuet, Alfonso ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Competition; Mexico; Neobuxbaumia mezcalaensis; Nurse plants; Seedling establishment; Species specific facilitative interactions; Tehuac n cuicatl n valley

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FACILITATION; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIFE CYCLE; NURSE PLANT; ONTOGENY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVORSHIP; TREE;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

CACTACEAE; NEOBUXBAUMIA MEZCALAENSIS;

EID: 77955999051     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000088     Document Type: Article

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