Germination, survival and growth of three vascular plants on biological soil crusts from a Mexican tropical desert

Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-162

  Godinez Alvarez H ^a   Morin C ^a   Rivera Aguilar, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agave marmorata; Cyanobacteria; Mosses; Neobuxbaumia tetetzo; Prosopis laevigata; Tehuac n Cuicatl n Valley

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; GERMINATION; MOSS; POPULATION GROWTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOIL CRUST; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL REGION; VASCULAR PLANT;

AGAVE; ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT CLIMATE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSS; PLANT SEED; PROSOPIS; SEEDLING;

AGAVE; BRYOPHYTA; CACTACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DESERT CLIMATE; GERMINATION; LICHENS; MEXICO; PROSOPIS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TEHUACAN-CUICATLAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

AGAVE; AGAVE MARMORATA; BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; NEOBUXBAUMIA TETETZO; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS LAEVIGATA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 82955162764     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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