Surveillance protocols for management of invasive plants: Modelling Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana) in Australia

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 577-589

  Fox, J C ^a,b,c   Buckley, Y M ^b,d   Panetta, F D ^c,e   Bourgoin, J ^b,c   Pullar, D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Dispersal; Eradication; Seek and destroy; Simulation; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GIS; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PARAMETERIZATION; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; WEED CONTROL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

NASSELLA NEESIANA;

EID: 67149103914     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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