Connectivity of the American agricultural landscape: Assessing the national risk of crop pest and disease spread

BioScience

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-151

  Margosian, Margaret L ^a,c   Garrett, Karen A ^a,c   Hutchinson, J M Shawn ^a,c   With, Kimberly A ^b,c  

^a Department of Plant Pathology ^*

^b Division of Biology

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Graph theory; Invasive species; Landscape connectivity; Networks

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67649791481     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2009.59.2.7     Document Type: Article

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