Demographic processes and anthropogenic threats of lithophytic cacti in eastern Brazil

• Published in: Revista brasileira de botânica Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 631 - 640
• Main Authors: Hughes, Frederic M., Figueira, José E. C., Jacobi, Claudia M., Borba, Eduardo L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.09.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: adults; Anthropogenic factors; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Botany; Brazil; Cacti; cacti and succulents; censuses; Crop production; Demographics; extinction; Fecundity; flowers; fruits; Growth rate; habitats; Harvesting; Human influences; Life cycle engineering; Life cycles; Life Sciences; life tables; Melocactus; mortality; Original Article; Perturbation methods; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Pollinators; Populations; risk; Survival; Brazil; Spatiotemporal variation; Cactaceae; Demography; Harvest; Matrix models; LTREs

We contrasted the demographic trends of three congeneric populations of globose cactus—two of Melocactus ernestii Vaupel (MeC, MeM), and one of Melocactus bahiensis (Britton & Rose) Luetzelb. (MbC)—using survival, growth and reproduction data. Censuses were performed every 2 months in the three...