Exploiting the Achilles heels of pest invasions: Allee effects, stratified dispersal and management of forest insect establishment and spread

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages 25-33

  Liebhold, Andrew M ^a   Tobin, Patrick C ^a  

^a NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Biosecurity; Containment; Eradication; Population ecology

Indexed keywords

TIMBER;

BIO-SECURITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONTAINMENT; ERADICATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONY; EXTINCTION; GROWTH RATE; INSECT; NEW SPECIES; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 75649108969     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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