Improving prediction and management of range expansions by combining analytical and individual-based modelling approaches

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 477-488

  Travis, Justin M J ^a   Harris, Catriona M ^b,c   Park, Kirsty J ^c   Bullock, James M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Climate change; Demography; Invasion; Population spread; Reintroduction; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955893546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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