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Columnar cacti and their mutualists : evolution, ecology, and conservation
- Title
- Columnar cacti and their mutualists : evolution, ecology, and conservation / edited by Theodore H. Fleming and Alfonso Valiente-Banuet.
- Publication
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2002], ©2002.
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- Description
- xiii, 371 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
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- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Environmental History of the Sonoran Desert / Thomas R. Van Devender -- Ch. 2. Phytogeography of the Columnar Cacti (Tribe Pachycereeae) in Mexico: A Cladistic Approach / Patrica Davila-Aranda, Salvador Arias-Montes, Rafael Lira-Saade, Jose Luis Villasenor and Alfonso Valiente-Banuet -- Ch. 3. The Phylogeny and Systematics of Columnar Cacti: An Overview / Robert S. Wallace -- Ch. 4. Phylogenetic Relationships of Pachycereeae: A Cladistic Analysis Based on Anatomical-Morphological Data / Teresa Terrazas and Sofia Loza-Cornejo -- Ch. 5. Phylogeny and Convergence in Cactophilic Bats / Nancy B. Simmons and Andrea L. Wetterer -- Ch. 6. Genetic Diversity in Columnar Cacti / J. L. Hamrick, John D. Nason, Theodore H. Fleming and Jefet M. Nassar -- Ch. 7. Evolutionary Trends in Columnar Cacti under Domestication in South-Central Mexico / Alejandro Casas, Alfonso Valiente-Banuet and Javier Caballero --
- Ch. 8. Growth Form Variations in Columnar Cacti (Cactaceae: Pachycereeae) within and between North American Habitats / Martin L. Cody -- Ch. 9. Physiological Ecology of Columnar Cacti / Park S. Nobel -- Ch. 10. Pollination Biology of Four Species of Sonoran Desert Columnar Cacti / Theodore H. Fleming -- Ch. 11. Biotic Interactions and Population Dynamics of Columnar Cacti / Alfonso Valiente-Banuet, Maria del Coro Arizmendi, Alberto Rojas-Martinez, Alejandro Casas, Hector Godinez-Alvarez, Carlos Silva and Patricia Davila-Aranda -- Ch. 12. The Role of Bats and Birds in the Reproduction of Columnar Cacti in the Northern Andes / Pascual J. Soriano and Adriana Ruiz -- Ch. 13. Columnar Cacti and the Diets of Nectar-Feeding Bats / Maria del Coro Arizmendi, Alfonso Valiente-Banuet, Alberto Rojas-Martinez and Patricia Davila-Aranda -- Ch. 14. Population Biology of the Lesser Long-Nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae in Mexico and Northern South America / Theodore H. Fleming and Jafet Nassar --
- Ch. 15. Why Are Columnar Cacti Associated with Nurse Plants? / Vinicio J. Sosa and Theodore H. Fleming -- Ch. 16. Cacti in the Dry Formations of Colombia / Adriana Ruiz, Jaime Cavelier, Mery Santos and Pascual J. Soriano -- Ch. 17. Priority Areas for the Conservation of New World Nectar-Feeding Bats / Mery Santos and Hector T. Arita.
- ISBN
- 0816522049 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002003840
- OCLC
- ocm49320363
- SCSB-4287151
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries