Density dependence slows invader spread in fragmented landscapes

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-28

  Pachepsky, Elizaveta ^a   Levine, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Exotic plant; Habitat heterogeneity; Invasions; Spread

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; ANNUAL PLANT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LANDSCAPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATCHINESS; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTION; STOCHASTICITY; VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SEEDS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 78650871918     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657438     Document Type: Article

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