Hakea sericea: Development of a model of the impacts of biological control on population dynamics and rates of spread of an invasive species

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 212, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 342-358

  Le Maitre, David C ^a   Krug, Rainer M ^b   Hoffmann, John H ^c   Gordon, Anthony J ^d   Mgidi, Theresa N ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological control; Fire frequency; Hakea sericea; Population dynamics; Seed banks; Seed dispersal; South Africa; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL; BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FIRE FREQUENCY; HAKEA SERICEA; SEED BANKS; SEED DISPERSAL;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FIRE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB; WEIBULL THEORY;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HAKEA SERICEA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 39649119639     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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