Managing beyond the invader: Manipulating disturbance of natives simplifies control efforts

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1143-1151

  Firn, Jennifer ^a   Rout, Tracy ^b   Possingham, Hugh ^a   Buckley, Yvonne M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Integrated weed management; Mimosa pigra; Population dynamics; Seed bank dynamics; Seed dispersal; Stochastic dynamic programming; Weed control

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED BANK; WEED CONTROL;

MIMOSA; MIMOSA PIGRA;

EID: 46749146189     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01510.x     Document Type: Article

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