Dispersal patterns, dispersal mechanisms, and invasion wave speeds for invasive thistles

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 421-430

  Skarpaas, Olav ^a,b   Shea, Katriona ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carduus acanthoides; Carduus nutans; Integrodifference equations; Mechanistic dispersal model; Population spread rate; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; SAMPLING; TRAPPING; WEED; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; CARDUUS; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WIND;

CARDUUS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PENNSYLVANIA; SEEDS; WIND;

CARDUUS; CARDUUS ACANTHOIDES; CARDUUS NUTANS;

EID: 34548184646     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519854     Document Type: Article

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