Bioclimates and vegetation along the Pacific basin of Northwestern Mexico

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-281

  Peinado, M ^a   Macias M A ^b   Ocana Peinado F M ^c   Aguirre, J L ^a   Delgadillo, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bioclimatology; Mediterranean vegetation; Plant formations; Subtropical deserts; Thornforests; Tropical deciduous forests; Tropical semievergreen forests; Zonobiomes

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DESERT; ECOTONE; EVERGREEN FOREST; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION COVER;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; COLIMA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORA;

EID: 79951721442     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9820-z     Document Type: Article

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