Ecology of the Saguaro: II: Reproduction, Germination, Establishment, Growth, and Survival of the Young Plant
Steenbergh WF and Lowe CH. 1977. Ecology of the Saguaro: II: Reproduction, Germination, Establishment, Growth, and Survival of the Young Plant. National Park Service Scientific Monograph Series. No. 8. National Park Service. Washington, DC
This part of the 3-volume set discusses experiments and observations on the germination, growth and survival of young saguaro plants to the age of first reproduction. A historical view of saguaro management comments on effects of predator control, the false "bacterial necrosis" hypothesis, human impacts, grazing, and others. Extensive volume bibliography, over 100 figures (including many b/w photos), distribution map, index, 2 appendices (management recommendations, very extensive special bibliography of saguaro literature--15 p.)
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Steenbergh, Warren; Lowe, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1977
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- HIST , ORPI , SAGU
- Keywords
- Air Temperature, Bacterial Necrosis, Bibliography, Botany, Climate, Columnar Cacti (Cactaceae), Cultural Resources, Distribution, Ecology, ehistory, freezing, Germination, Growth, Human Impacts, Mortality, Natural Resources, Plant Diseases, Plant Studies, Plants, Population Dynamics, Preservation, Reproduction, Research, Resource Management, Rodents (Rodentia), Saguaro Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea), species reproduction