Community structure of endemic Mimosa species and environmental heterogeneity in a semi-arid Mexican valley

• Published in: Journal of vegetation science Vol. 13; no. 5; pp. 697 - 704
• Main Authors: Camargo-Ricalde, Sara Lucía, Dhillion, Shivcharn S., Grether, Rosaura
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2002
• Subjects: Arid; Biodiversity; Dávila et al.; Fabaceae; for endemic Mimosa species; for endemic Mimosa species, see Material and Methods; Resource island; see Material and Methods

. In this paper we analyse six communities with seven Mimosa species in the Tehuacán‐Cuicatlán valley, Mexico. All species are endemic to Mexico and four are endemic to the valley. Mimosa species are found in (1) the ‘matorral xerófilo’ (arid tropical scrub): Mimosa calcicola, M. lacerata, M. luisan...