An invasive plant and climate change threat index for weed risk management: Integrating habitat distribution pattern and dispersal process

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-198

  Crossman, N D ^a   Bryan, B A ^a   Cooke, D A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b GPO Box 2834 ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dispersal ecology; Geographic information systems; Habitat modelling; Invasive plants

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; HABITAT DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT MODELLING; HABITAT SUITABILITY; INVASIVE PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISPERSAL; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 79954447582     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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