Interacting effects of management and environmental variability at multiple scales on invasive species distributions

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1210-1218

  Diez, Jeffrey M ^a   Buckley, Hannah L ^a   Case, Bradley S ^a   Harsch, Melanie A ^a   Sciligo, Amber R ^a   Wangen, Steven R ^a   Duncan, Richard P ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hieracium pilosella; Hierarchical Bayesian; Invasive species distributions; Management environment interactions; Scale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRAZING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WEED;

HIERACIUM PILOSELLA;

EID: 72849109904     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01725.x     Document Type: Article

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