Allee effects in biological invasions

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 895-908

  Taylor, Caz M ^a   Hastings, Alan ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effects; Biological invasions; Depensation; Invasive species; Positive density dependence; Spread rate

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; RANGE EXPANSION;

EID: 22544481783     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00787.x     Document Type: Review

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