Setting thresholds for pest control: How does pest density affect resource viability?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-46

  Choquenot, David ^a   Parkes, John ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Consumer resource models; Damage function; Interactive models; New Zealand; Pest control; Predator prey models

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PEST CONTROL;

EID: 0035034086     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00186-5     Document Type: Article

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