How Nectar-Feeding Bats Localize their Food: Echolocation Behavior of Leptonycteris yerbabuenae Approaching Cactus Flowers. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Nectar-feeding bats show morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations for feeding on nectar. How they find and localize flowers is still poorly understood.
Tania P Gonzalez-Terrazas +6 more
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Fraxinus Parryi, Nom. Nov., of NW Baja California, Mexico [PDF]
, 2001 The common ash of NW Baja California is usually called Fraxinus trifoliata, as in Wiggins\u27 (1980) flora of Baja California. That name is a misspelling of F. trifoliolat, which is a later homonym of F. rriJoliolara W. W. Smith (1916).
Moran, Reid
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Cereus peruvianus (Koubo) new cactus fruit for the world
Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2014 Several different species of the columnar cacti of the genera Stenocereus and Pachycereus, were introduced into different semi-arid ecozones in Israel and most of these efforts were of disappointing outcomes, the only exception being the Cereus ...
Yosef Mizrahi
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Population genomics and distribution modeling revealed the history and suggested a possible future of the endemic Agave aurea (Asparagaceae) complex in the Baja California Peninsula. [PDF]
Ecol EvolLittle is known about the phylogeography of the endemic agave species of the Baja California Peninsula. Using over 10,000 single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and spatial data from the Agave aurea species complex (i.e., A. aurea ssp. aurea, A. aurea ssp. promontorii, and A. aurea var. capensis), we determined genetic relationships within this complex
Klimova A +3 more
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Ordenación de las poblaciones silvestres de pitayo y cardón en la Cuenca de Sayula, Jalisco
Botanical Sciences, 1999 Se estudian las relaciones ecológicas existentes entre las poblaciones silvestres de "pitayo" y "cardón" e n la Cuenca de Sayula, Jalisco. Se utilizó un enfoque multivariable considerando tres conjuntos de variables explicatorias: físico-geográficas (FG)
Francisco Martín Huerta-Martínez +3 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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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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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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Survival of Lymphoma-Bearing Mice by Cactus Extracts and Elucidation of Bioactive Compounds
Natural Product Communications, 2019 Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and commonly becomes resistant to chemotherapy, therefore, it is important to search for and evaluate novel sources of nontoxic antitumor agents. The cactus Pachycereus marginatus is native to Mexico
Ricardo Gomez-Flores +7 more
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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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