Critical patch size generated by Allee effect in gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.)

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-186

  Vercken, E ^a   Kramer, A M ^b   Tobin, P C ^c   Drake, J M ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Critical area; Dispersal; Extinction; Generalized additive models; Gypsy moth; Invasion; Reaction diffusion; Voronoi tessellation

Indexed keywords

LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

EID: 78751700770     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01569.x     Document Type: Article

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