Dispersal and demography contributions to population spread of Carduus nutans in its native and invaded ranges

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 687-697

  Jongejans, Eelke ^a,b   Shea, Katriona ^a   Skarpaas, Olav ^c   Kelly, Dave ^d   Sheppard, Andy W ^e   Woodburn, Tim L ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fixed factor life table response experiment (LTRE); Integrodifference equations; Matrix population models; Musk or nodding thistle; Native vs. invaded range; Plant height; Seed terminal velocity; Vital rates; Wald analytical long distance model; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE TABLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WIND VELOCITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; KANSAS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

CARDUUS; CARDUUS NUTANS; CIRSIUM;

EID: 44949108491     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01367.x     Document Type: Article

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