Previous studies conducted in the semiarid thornscrub of the Biosphere Reserve of
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán have reported a high consumption of cactus and legume fruits by …

The genus Ariocarpus comprises seven endangered species endemic to the Chihuahuan
Desert. We studied the reproductive ecology of Ariocarpus fissuratus at Cuatrociénegas …

El Semidesierto Queretano, en el centro de México, alberga uno de las principales
ensambles de cactáceas amenazadas en el Desierto Chihuahuense, la ecoregión con la …

Online trade of CITES listed species has become a persistent threat which is difficult to
measure and control. The use of online markets is growing day by the day as technology …

Abstract The Cactaceae family in Mexico is particularly important because members of this
family exhibit a high degree of endemism. Unfortunately, many species of the Cactaceae are …

Our aim was to assess the conservation status of the cactus Ariocarpus scaphirostris by
describing its population dynamics and spatial distribution in the only known large …

We compared the demography of two populations of Mammillaria huitzilopochtli, an
endemic and threatened rupicolous cacti species with a narrow distribution in the semiarid …

Clonal structure in clonal plants can affect sexual reproduction. Individual ramets can
decrease reproduction if their neighbors are ramets of the same genet due to inbreeding …

A nurse–protégé relationship is a frequent facilitation interaction in deserts that allows the
recruitment of new individuals of many species. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship of …

Questions The aim of this study was to establish the potential of domestic goats to act as
cactus seed dispersers by assessing:(1) the proportion of cactus seeds that can pass …