Ecology Of The Saguaro Ii Reproduction Germination Establishment Growth And Survival Of The Young Plant

Excerpt from Ecology of the Saguaro, Vol. 2: Reproduction, Germination, Establishment, Growth, and Survival of the Young Plant Geographic distribution of the saguaro (cereus giganteus) in the Sonoran Desert region (map). Back of Vicinity map of Tucson and Saguaro National Monument. Dr. Homer L. Shantz and the Cactus Forest as it appeared in 1930. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A collection of writings on the ecology, evolution, and conservation of columnar cacti and their vertebrate mutualists, demonstrating that the survival of these cacti depends on animals who pollinate them and disperse their seeds.

The chapters of this book on seed dispersal are divided into four parts: (1) frugivores and frugivory (8 chapters); (2) seed and seedling shadows (7 chapters); (3) seed fate and establishment (eight chapters); and (4) management implications and conservation (six chapters). The book presents both recent advances and reviews of current knowledge.