A state-dependent model for the optimal management of an invasive metapopulation

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 748-761

  Bogich, Tiffany ^a   Shea, Katriona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Gypsy moth; Invasive species management; Lymantria dispar; Mainland island metapopulation; Optimization; Stochastic dynamic programming (SDP)

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; INVASIVE SPECIES; METAPOPULATION; MOTH; OPTIMIZATION; PEST SPECIES; STOCHASTICITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INSECT CONTROL; MOTH; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT CONTROL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54549112094     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0642.1     Document Type: Article

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