Complex population dynamics and control of the invasive biennial Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 387-397

  Pardini, Eleanor A ^a   Drake, John M ^b   Chase, Jonathan M ^a   Knight, Tiffany M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliaria petiolata; Density dependence; Garlic mustard; Invasive plant; Management options; Matrix population model; Missouri; Oak hickory forest; Population dynamics; Population growth rate; St. Louis; Stage structure.; USA

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; WEED;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRASSICACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BRASSICACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALLIARIA PETIOLATA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; BRASSICA; CARYA;

EID: 65349141932     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0845.1     Document Type: Article

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