Recruiting mechanisms of Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (Cactaceae) in the Southern Chihuahuan Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-70

  Flores Torres, A ^a   Montana C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Clonal propagation; Facilitation; Larrea tridentata; Mexico; Nurse plant; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; CLONAL GROWTH; GERMINATION; HERBIVORY; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; NURSE PLANT; PROPAGULE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SHRUB; SOIL TYPE; SURVIVAL;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

CACTACEAE; CYLINDROPUNTIA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA; OPUNTIA;

EID: 84860689773     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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