Managing plant population spread: Prediction and analysis using a simple model

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 945-953

  Bullock, James M ^a   Pywell, Richard F ^a   Coulson Phillips, Sarah J ^b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Northmoor Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation ecology; Demography; Habitat management; Human aided dispersal; Management impact on dispersal; Matrix model; Rhinanthus minor; Wave speed model

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GRAZING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; SURVIVAL; VALUATION;

RHINANTHUS MINOR;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 50549084945     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1128.1     Document Type: Article

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