Claim · model-written summary
Interception of soil water by cactus roots may explain competition with M. luisana.
- Taxon
- Neobuxbaumia tetetzo
Cephalocereus tetetzot0 - Interactor
- M luisanaMimosa luisanae0other
- Outcome
- mode of competitione0
- Qualifier
- Interception of soil water before penetration to deeper rootse0
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“Interception of soil water before penetration to deeper roots of M luisana may be the mode of competition between the two species”
t0“Neobuxbaumia tetetzo”
Title
Interaction between the cactus Neobuxbaumia tetetzo and the nurse shrub Mimosa luisana
Alfonso Valiente‐Banuet; Fernando Vite; J. Alejandro Zavala‐Hurtado Journal of Vegetation Science 1991. doi:10.2307/3235892
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Association Recruitment of Neobuxbaumia tetetzo was largely limited to beneath perennial shrub canopies in Zapotitlán.
- Association Young cacti were more frequent beneath leguminous shrubs, especially Mimosa luisana, than older cacti.
- Association Young cacti had a positive association with M. luisana canopies.
- Association Older cacti were randomly distributed relative to M. luisana.
- Association Cactus distribution and height classes suggested replacement of M. luisana by N. tetetzo.
- Association Mimosa luisana associated with the cactus had more dead basal area than unassociated shrubs.
- Mechanism The authors suggest competition from the cactus promotes shrub replacement.
- Observation N. tetetzo roots were at most 30 cm deep.