Invasive species control: Incorporating demographic data and seed dispersal into a management model for Rhododendron ponticum

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 226-233

  Harris, C M ^a,b   Park, K J ^a   Atkinson, R ^a,c   Edwards, C ^d   Travis, J M J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^d FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control strategies; Eradication; Individual based model; Invasive alien plant; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; INVASIVE SPECIES; METABOLISM; SEED DISPERSAL;

RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON PONTICUM;

EID: 69749091222     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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