Predicted range expansion of Chinese tallow tree (Triadica sebifera) in forestlands of the southern United States

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 552-565

  Wang, Hsiao Hsuan ^a   Grant, William E ^a   Swannack, Todd M ^a,d   Gan, Jianbang ^a   Rogers, William E ^a   Koralewski, Tomasz E ^a   Miller, James H ^b   Taylor, John W ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southern Research Station   (United States)

^c US Forest Service   (United States)

^d US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation model; Biological invasions; Dispersal model; Habitat quality; Invasive species; Spatial temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOGISTICS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

TRIADICA SEBIFERA;

EID: 79953804683     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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