Diversity and distributional patterns of legumes in southern Nuevo Leon, Mexico

dc.contributor.author	Estrada, E
dc.contributor.author	Villarreal, JA
dc.contributor.author	Delgado, A
dc.date.accessioned	2011-01-22T10:26:26Z
dc.date.available	2011-01-22T10:26:26Z
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.identifier.issn	0038-4909
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11154/1352
dc.description.abstract	We recorded 1.56 taxa of legumes, comprising 50 genera, 152 species, and 34 infra-specific taxa, in the southern part of state of Nuevo Leon. Genera with the highest numbers of species were Dalea (19), Desmodium (12), Acacia (10), Astragalus (10), Plaaseolus (8), Mimosa (8), Lupinus (7), and Senna (6). The growth forms were herbaceous species (49% of species), shrubby species (33%), twining and climbing species (16%), and arboreal species (2%). The highest numbers of taxa were in oak-pine forest (95), coniferous forest (excluding Pinus cembroides) (93), oak forest (59), and Pinus cembroides forest (56). Based on legume distribution in different plant communities, 3 distributional patterns were recognized: 1) shrublands and halophytic grasslands	en_US
dc.description.abstract	2) oak, oak-pine, coniferous (other than Pinus cembroides), and Pinus cemborides forests and piedmont scrub	en_US
dc.description.abstract	and 3) subalpine prairie.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.title	Diversity and distributional patterns of legumes in southern Nuevo Leon, Mexico	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.identifier.idprometeo	1429
dc.source.novolpages	51(1):1-10
dc.subject.wos	Biodiversity Conservation
dc.subject.wos	Ecology
dc.description.index	WoS: SCI, SSCI o AHCI
dc.relation.journal	Southwestern Naturalist