Saguaro (English Wikipedia)

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Burquez Montijo, A.; Butterworth, C.; Baker, M.; Felger, R.S. (2017). "Carnegiea gigantea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T152495A121476885. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T152495A121476885.en. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
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Bronson, Dustin R.; English, Nathan B.; Dettman, David L.; Williams, David G. (August 6, 2011). "Seasonal photosynthetic gas exchange and water-use efficiency in a constitutive CAM plant, the giant saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea)". Oecologia. 167 (3): 861–871. Bibcode:2011Oecol.167..861B. doi:10.1007/s00442-011-2021-1. ISSN 1432-1939. PMID 21822726. S2CID 25829629.
Bruhn, Jan G. (1971). "Carnegiea gigantea: The Saguaro and Its Uses". Economic Botany. 25 (3): 320–329. doi:10.1007/BF02860768. ISSN 0013-0001. JSTOR 4253267. S2CID 44788245.
English, N. B.; Dettman, D. L.; Sandquist, D. R.; Williams, D. G. (2007). "Past climate changes and ecophysiological responses recorded in the isotope ratios of saguaro cactus spines". Oecologia. 154 (2): 247–258. Bibcode:2007Oecol.154..247E. doi:10.1007/s00442-007-0832-x. PMID 17724618. S2CID 282478.
Jansen, Brian D.; Krausman, Paul R.; Heffelfinger, James R.; de Vos, James C., Jr. (March 24, 2005). "Saguaro spine penetrated bighorn sheep skull". The Southwestern Naturalist. 50 (4): 513–515. doi:10.1894/0038-4909(2005)050[0513:SSPBSS]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0038-4909. S2CID 85735736.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Lindsey, Douglas; Lindsey, Wally E. (July 1, 1988). "Cactus spine injuries". The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 6 (4): 362–369. doi:10.1016/0735-6757(88)90158-1. ISSN 0735-6757. PMID 3390256.
Fleming, Theodore H.; Sahley, Catherine T.; Holland, J. Nathaniel; Nason, John D.; Hamrick, J. L. (2001). "Sonoran desert columnar cacti and the evolution of generalized pollination systems". Ecological Monographs. 71 (4): 511. doi:10.1890/0012-9615(2001)071[0511:SDCCAT]2.0.CO;2. hdl:1911/21702. ISSN 0012-9615.
Renzi, Julianna (2019). "A decade of flowering phenology of the keystone saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea)". American Journal of Botany. 106 (2): 199–210. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1231. PMID 30791093.
Fleming TH, Geiselman C, Kress WJ (2009). "The evolution of bat pollination: a phylogenetic perspective". Annals of Botany. 104 (6): 1017–1043. doi:10.1093/aob/mcp197. PMC 2766192. PMID 19789175.
Drezner, Taly D.; Garrity, Colleen M. (November 1, 2003). "Saguaro distribution under nurse plants in Arizona's Sonoran desert: Directional and microclimate influences". The Professional Geographer. 55 (4): 505–512. Bibcode:2003ProfG..55..505D. doi:10.1111/0033-0124.5504008. ISSN 0033-0124. S2CID 128958283.
Sanderson, Michael J.; Copetti, Dario; Búrquez, Alberto; Bustamante, Enriquena; Charboneau, Joseph L.M.; Eguiarte, Luis E.; et al. (July 1, 2015). "Exceptional reduction of the plastid genome of saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea): Loss of the ndh gene suite and inverted repeat". American Journal of Botany. 102 (7): 1115–1127. doi:10.3732/ajb.1500184. hdl:2286/R.I.35789. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 26199368.
Nyffeler, R.; Eggli, U. (2010). "A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae". Schumannia. 6: 109–149. doi:10.5167/uzh-43285. ISSN 1437-2517. S2CID 89650660. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
Drezner, Taly Dawn (June 1, 2014). "The keystone saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea, Cactaceae): a review of its ecology, associations, reproduction, limits, and demographics". Plant Ecology. 215 (6): 581–595. Bibcode:2014PlEco.215..581D. doi:10.1007/s11258-014-0326-y. ISSN 1573-5052. S2CID 18807470.
Garvie, Laurence A. J. (2006). "Decay of cacti and carbon cycling". Die Naturwissenschaften. 93 (3): 114–118. doi:10.1007/s00114-005-0069-7. ISSN 0028-1042. PMID 16453105.
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Fleming, Theodore H.; Sahley, Catherine T.; Holland, J. Nathaniel; Nason, John D.; Hamrick, J. L. (2001). "Sonoran desert columnar cacti and the evolution of generalized pollination systems". Ecological Monographs. 71 (4): 511. doi:10.1890/0012-9615(2001)071[0511:SDCCAT]2.0.CO;2. hdl:1911/21702. ISSN 0012-9615.
Sanderson, Michael J.; Copetti, Dario; Búrquez, Alberto; Bustamante, Enriquena; Charboneau, Joseph L.M.; Eguiarte, Luis E.; et al. (July 1, 2015). "Exceptional reduction of the plastid genome of saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea): Loss of the ndh gene suite and inverted repeat". American Journal of Botany. 102 (7): 1115–1127. doi:10.3732/ajb.1500184. hdl:2286/R.I.35789. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 26199368.

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Bronson, Dustin R.; English, Nathan B.; Dettman, David L.; Williams, David G. (August 6, 2011). "Seasonal photosynthetic gas exchange and water-use efficiency in a constitutive CAM plant, the giant saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea)". Oecologia. 167 (3): 861–871. Bibcode:2011Oecol.167..861B. doi:10.1007/s00442-011-2021-1. ISSN 1432-1939. PMID 21822726. S2CID 25829629.
English, N. B.; Dettman, D. L.; Sandquist, D. R.; Williams, D. G. (2007). "Past climate changes and ecophysiological responses recorded in the isotope ratios of saguaro cactus spines". Oecologia. 154 (2): 247–258. Bibcode:2007Oecol.154..247E. doi:10.1007/s00442-007-0832-x. PMID 17724618. S2CID 282478.
Drezner, Taly D.; Garrity, Colleen M. (November 1, 2003). "Saguaro distribution under nurse plants in Arizona's Sonoran desert: Directional and microclimate influences". The Professional Geographer. 55 (4): 505–512. Bibcode:2003ProfG..55..505D. doi:10.1111/0033-0124.5504008. ISSN 0033-0124. S2CID 128958283.
Drezner, Taly Dawn (June 1, 2014). "The keystone saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea, Cactaceae): a review of its ecology, associations, reproduction, limits, and demographics". Plant Ecology. 215 (6): 581–595. Bibcode:2014PlEco.215..581D. doi:10.1007/s11258-014-0326-y. ISSN 1573-5052. S2CID 18807470.
Schiermeier, Quirin (June 1, 2005). "Pall hangs over desert's future as alien weeds fuel wildfires". Nature. 435 (7043): 724. Bibcode:2005Natur.435..724S. doi:10.1038/435724b. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 15944662. S2CID 1678763.
Marshall, V. M.; Lewis, M. M.; Ostendorf, B. (March 1, 2012). "Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) as an invader and threat to biodiversity in arid environments: A review". Journal of Arid Environments. 78: 1–12. Bibcode:2012JArEn..78....1M. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.11.005. ISSN 0140-1963.

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Fleming, Theodore H.; Sahley, Catherine T.; Holland, J. Nathaniel; Nason, John D.; Hamrick, J. L. (2001). "Sonoran desert columnar cacti and the evolution of generalized pollination systems". Ecological Monographs. 71 (4): 511. doi:10.1890/0012-9615(2001)071[0511:SDCCAT]2.0.CO;2. hdl:1911/21702. ISSN 0012-9615.

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Burquez Montijo, A.; Butterworth, C.; Baker, M.; Felger, R.S. (2017). "Carnegiea gigantea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T152495A121476885. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T152495A121476885.en. Retrieved November 19, 2021.

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Hastings, James Rodney; Alcorn, Stanley M. (1961). "Physical determinations of growth and age in the giant cactus". Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science. 2 (1): 32. doi:10.2307/40025669. JSTOR 40025669.
Bruhn, Jan G. (1971). "Carnegiea gigantea: The Saguaro and Its Uses". Economic Botany. 25 (3): 320–329. doi:10.1007/BF02860768. ISSN 0013-0001. JSTOR 4253267. S2CID 44788245.

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Nyffeler, R.; Eggli, U. (2010). "A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae". Schumannia. 6: 109–149. doi:10.5167/uzh-43285. ISSN 1437-2517. S2CID 89650660. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

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Bronson, Dustin R.; English, Nathan B.; Dettman, David L.; Williams, David G. (August 6, 2011). "Seasonal photosynthetic gas exchange and water-use efficiency in a constitutive CAM plant, the giant saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea)". Oecologia. 167 (3): 861–871. Bibcode:2011Oecol.167..861B. doi:10.1007/s00442-011-2021-1. ISSN 1432-1939. PMID 21822726. S2CID 25829629.
English, N. B.; Dettman, D. L.; Sandquist, D. R.; Williams, D. G. (2007). "Past climate changes and ecophysiological responses recorded in the isotope ratios of saguaro cactus spines". Oecologia. 154 (2): 247–258. Bibcode:2007Oecol.154..247E. doi:10.1007/s00442-007-0832-x. PMID 17724618. S2CID 282478.
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Renzi, Julianna (2019). "A decade of flowering phenology of the keystone saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea)". American Journal of Botany. 106 (2): 199–210. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1231. PMID 30791093.
Fleming TH, Geiselman C, Kress WJ (2009). "The evolution of bat pollination: a phylogenetic perspective". Annals of Botany. 104 (6): 1017–1043. doi:10.1093/aob/mcp197. PMC 2766192. PMID 19789175.
Sanderson, Michael J.; Copetti, Dario; Búrquez, Alberto; Bustamante, Enriquena; Charboneau, Joseph L.M.; Eguiarte, Luis E.; et al. (July 1, 2015). "Exceptional reduction of the plastid genome of saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea): Loss of the ndh gene suite and inverted repeat". American Journal of Botany. 102 (7): 1115–1127. doi:10.3732/ajb.1500184. hdl:2286/R.I.35789. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 26199368.
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Bronson, Dustin R.; English, Nathan B.; Dettman, David L.; Williams, David G. (August 6, 2011). "Seasonal photosynthetic gas exchange and water-use efficiency in a constitutive CAM plant, the giant saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea)". Oecologia. 167 (3): 861–871. Bibcode:2011Oecol.167..861B. doi:10.1007/s00442-011-2021-1. ISSN 1432-1939. PMID 21822726. S2CID 25829629.
Bruhn, Jan G. (1971). "Carnegiea gigantea: The Saguaro and Its Uses". Economic Botany. 25 (3): 320–329. doi:10.1007/BF02860768. ISSN 0013-0001. JSTOR 4253267. S2CID 44788245.
English, N. B.; Dettman, D. L.; Sandquist, D. R.; Williams, D. G. (2007). "Past climate changes and ecophysiological responses recorded in the isotope ratios of saguaro cactus spines". Oecologia. 154 (2): 247–258. Bibcode:2007Oecol.154..247E. doi:10.1007/s00442-007-0832-x. PMID 17724618. S2CID 282478.
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Drezner, Taly Dawn (June 1, 2014). "The keystone saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea, Cactaceae): a review of its ecology, associations, reproduction, limits, and demographics". Plant Ecology. 215 (6): 581–595. Bibcode:2014PlEco.215..581D. doi:10.1007/s11258-014-0326-y. ISSN 1573-5052. S2CID 18807470.
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Bronson, Dustin R.; English, Nathan B.; Dettman, David L.; Williams, David G. (August 6, 2011). "Seasonal photosynthetic gas exchange and water-use efficiency in a constitutive CAM plant, the giant saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea)". Oecologia. 167 (3): 861–871. Bibcode:2011Oecol.167..861B. doi:10.1007/s00442-011-2021-1. ISSN 1432-1939. PMID 21822726. S2CID 25829629.
Bruhn, Jan G. (1971). "Carnegiea gigantea: The Saguaro and Its Uses". Economic Botany. 25 (3): 320–329. doi:10.1007/BF02860768. ISSN 0013-0001. JSTOR 4253267. S2CID 44788245.
Jansen, Brian D.; Krausman, Paul R.; Heffelfinger, James R.; de Vos, James C., Jr. (March 24, 2005). "Saguaro spine penetrated bighorn sheep skull". The Southwestern Naturalist. 50 (4): 513–515. doi:10.1894/0038-4909(2005)050[0513:SSPBSS]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0038-4909. S2CID 85735736.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Lindsey, Douglas; Lindsey, Wally E. (July 1, 1988). "Cactus spine injuries". The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 6 (4): 362–369. doi:10.1016/0735-6757(88)90158-1. ISSN 0735-6757. PMID 3390256.
Fleming, Theodore H.; Sahley, Catherine T.; Holland, J. Nathaniel; Nason, John D.; Hamrick, J. L. (2001). "Sonoran desert columnar cacti and the evolution of generalized pollination systems". Ecological Monographs. 71 (4): 511. doi:10.1890/0012-9615(2001)071[0511:SDCCAT]2.0.CO;2. hdl:1911/21702. ISSN 0012-9615.
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