Modelling the expansion of a grey squirrel population: Implications for squirrel control

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1605-1619

  Tattoni, Clara ^a   Preatoni, Damiano G ^a   Lurz, Peter W W ^b   Rushton, Steven P ^b   Tosi, Guido ^c   Bertolino, Sandro ^c   Martinoli, Adriano ^a   Wauters, Lucas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Grey squirrel; Interspecific competition; Invasive species control; Life history parameters; North Italy; Range expansion; Red squirrel; Spatially explicit population dynamics models

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE EXPANSION; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; TICINO PARK;

SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 33845284526     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-005-3503-z     Document Type: Article

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