Risk analysis and management decisions for weed biological control agents: Ecological theory and modeling results

Biological Control

Volumn 35, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 330-337

  Andersen, Mark C ^a   Ewald, Megan ^a   Northcott, Jason ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Herbivorous insect movement; Individual based model; Invasive species; Neutral landscape model; Random walk; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

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EID: 27744533912     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.05.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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