Title | Fruit production by Yucca elata Engelm. (Liliaceae) in four Chihuahuan Desert habitats |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1985 |
Authors | Laslei RJGilstra, Ludwig J. |
Journal | The Southwestern Naturalist |
Volume | 30 |
Pagination | 321-322 |
Date Published | 1985 |
Call Number | 00088 |
Keywords | article, articles, journal, journals, plant,Yucca, Yucca, fruit production |
Abstract | Objectives of this study were: 1) to examine the consistency of the reproductive pattern of Yucca elata in 1983 with that of 1973; 2) to compare fruit production in four habitats along a topographic-edaphic gradient, and ; 3) to determine the best means of predicting the number of fruits produced by Y. elata using caudex height, leaf volume, infructescence stalk volume, stalk height, and stalk diameter at base. |