Modelling Deroceras reticulatum (Gastropoda) population dynamics based on daily temperature and rainfall

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 519-525

  Choi, Y H ^a   Bohan, D A ^a   Powers, S J ^a   Wiltshire, C W ^b,c   Glen, D M ^b,d   Semenov, M A ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Styloma Research and Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^d Arion Ecology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data fitting; Deroceras reticulatum; Modelling; Simulation; Slugs

Indexed keywords

MODELING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE;

DEROCERAS; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; GASTROPODA;

EID: 3142562692     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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