The role of Allee effects in gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.), invasions

Population Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 373-384

  Tobin, Patrick C ^a   Robinet, Christelle ^b   Johnson, Derek M ^c   Whitmire, Stefanie L ^d   Bjørnstad, Ottar N ^e   Liebhold, Andrew M ^a  

^a NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Establishment; Invasion dynamics; Nonindigenous species; Spread

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; MATE LOCATION; MOTH; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RARITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

EID: 67349156371     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-009-0144-6     Document Type: Review

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