On the risk of extinction of a wild plant species through spillover of a biological control agent: Analysis of an ecosystem compartment model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1934-1943

  Chalak, Morteza ^a   Hemerik, Lia ^b   van der Werf, Wopke ^b   Ruijs, Arjan ^b,c   van Ierland, Ekko C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Royal Haskoning   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological control; Competition; Dispersal; Ecosystem compartment model; Extinction risk; Herbivory; Invasive species; Spillover

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; COMPARTMENT MODEL; EXTINCTION RISKS; HERBIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BIOCONTROL; COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

TARGETS;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION RISK; HERBIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PLANT COMMUNITY; RISK FACTOR; WEED CONTROL; WILD POPULATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954034907     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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