Seed dynamics of an endemic palm in a Northwestern Mexican tropical dry forest: Implications for population spatial structure

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1115-1125

  Lopez Toledo, Leonel ^a,b   Portillo Cruz, Yazmin ^c   Pulido, María T ^c   Endress, Bryan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brahea aculeata; Density dependence; Predation; Seed removal; Sierra de lamos; Sonora; Topographic position

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DRY FOREST; GERMINATION; LIFE HISTORY; MICROCLIMATE; PLANT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ACULEATA; ARECACEAE;

EID: 84881246254     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0235-5     Document Type: Article

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