Ruderality in extreme-desert cacti? Population effects of chronic anthropogenic disturbance on Echinocereus lindsayi

Population Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 335-346

  Martorell, Carlos ^a   Garcillán, Pedro P ^b   Casillas, Francisco ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Conservation; Grazing; Integral projection models; Population dynamics; Stressful environments

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CACTUS; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; DESERT; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GRAZING; MORTALITY; POPULATION OUTBREAK; POPULATION SIZE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RUDERAL; TOLERANCE;

CACTACEAE; ECHINOCEREUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84859099834     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-012-0307-8     Document Type: Article

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