Native and exotic distributions of siamweed (Chromolaena odorata) modeled using the genetic algorithm for rule-set production

Weed Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-48

  Raimundo, Rafael Luís Galdini ^a   Fonseca, Rafael Luís ^b,c   Schachetti Pereira, Ricardo ^d   Peterson, A Townsend ^d   Lewinsohn, Thomas Michael ^e  

^a Instituto de Desenvolvimento da Educação Profissional   (Brazil)

^b SAUS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Geographic range; Invasive species; Predictive modeling

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL MAP; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MODELING; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PREDICTION; WEED;

AFRICA; ARGENTINA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CHROMOLAENA; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA;

EID: 33846797988     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-06-083.1     Document Type: Article

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