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Sociobiology, 2014 One of the main consequences of human activities in semiarid zones is the transformation of habitats. In this work we studied the effect of this transformation on seed removal of five cacti species by the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus in the ...
Leticia Ríos-Casanova +2 more
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An Aridamerican model for agriculture in a hotter, water scarce world
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 2, Issue 6, Page 627-639, November 2020., 2020 Climate change is dramatically restructuring agriculture and damaging crops, food security, and human health, especially in deserts. To radically redesign food systems to buffer against climatic disruptions, we focus on agroecological function, human health, and community well‐being.
Gary Paul Nabhan +13 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2014 Se presenta el primer registro de una cactácea, Pachycereus pringlei (cardón), especie dominante del matorral xerófilo de la península de Baja California, como hospedero de Scyphophorus acupunctatus (picudo del agave). A partir de observaciones y la
Yolanda Maya Delgado +2 more
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Finding flowers in the dark: nectar-feeding bats integrate olfaction and echolocation while foraging for nectar [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Nectar-feeding bats depend mainly on floral nectar to fulfil their energetic requirements. Chiropterophilous flowers generally present strong floral scents and provide conspicuous acoustic echoes to attract bats.
Tania P. Gonzalez-Terrazas +5 more
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Phytotoxic and dissuasive activity of Chihuahua desert plants
Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2020 With the purpose of finding plant compounds with the potential use as herbicides and insecticides, a research was realized with the objective of evaluate the phytotoxic and dissuasive activity of four Chihuahua desert plants.
Ramona PEREZ-LEAL +6 more
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Una Nueva Especie de Pachycereus (Cactaceae) del Occidente de México
Novon, 1998 Pachycereus tepamo (Cactaceae, Cactoideae, Pachycereeae), a new species from the lower basin of the Balsas River, in the state of Michoacin, Mexico, is described and illustrated. Information concerning its habitat, geographic distribution, and uses is also presented. In addition, morphological characters are used to compare this species with P grandis,
Susana Gama-López +2 more
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Morfo-anatomía de plántulas en especies de Pachycereeae: ¿hasta cuando son plántulas?
Botanical Sciences, 2011 Se describe y compara la morfo-anatomía de plántulas de la tribu Pachycereeae con el objetivo de establecer diferencias entre las fases del crecimiento inicial y establecimiento y distinguir así la diferenciación entre plántula e individuo juvenil.
Sofía Loza-Cornejo, Teresa Terrazas
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Botanical SciencesBackground: Columnar cacti survival in deserts occurs mainly under nurse plants, due to better conditions for germination and establishment, as greater humidity, and nutrient concentration.
Gabriela Blanco-Valenzuela +4 more
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Behavioral evolution accompanying host shifts in cactophilic Drosophila larvae
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 8, Issue 14, Page 6921-6931, July 2018., 2018 For insects living on plants, the shape and size of the plant should encompass its foraging environment and therefore affect behavior. Here, we show variation in locomotor and pupation behavior within and between species of cactophilic Drosophila that is related to the shape of the cactus they inhabit. Abstract For plant utilizing insects, the shift to
Joshua M. Coleman +3 more
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Cacti community structure in a tropical Mexican dry forest under chronic disturbance
Botanical Sciences, 2014 When agricultural lands in formerly dry forest are abandoned, chronic disturbance by livestock grazing and wood extraction may set back successional processes precluding older dry forest structure from be reached.
Luis Antonio Arias-Medellín +2 more
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