Demographic models inform selection of biocontrol agents for garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2399-2410

  Davis, Adam S ^a,e   Landis, Douglas A ^a   Nuzzo, Victoria ^b   Blossey, Bernd ^c   Gerber, Esther ^d   Hinz, Hariet L ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Natural Area Consultants   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d CABI   (Switzerland)

^e USDA ARS Invasive Weed Management Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent selection; Alliaria petiolata; Biocontrol agent; Biological weed control; Ceutorhynchus; Elasticity analysis; Garlic mustard; Invasive plants; Matrix population models

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HOST SPECIFICITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION MODELING; WEED CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRASSICACEAE; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; GERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BRASSICACEAE; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; GERMINATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ALLIARIA PETIOLATA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; BRASSICA; CEUTORHYNCHUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33845485701     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[2399:DMISOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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