Integrating demographic data and a mechanistic dispersal model to predict invasion spread of Rhododendron ponticum in different habitats

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 187-195

  Harris, C M ^a,b   Stanford, H L ^a   Edwards, C ^c   Travis, J M J ^d   Park, K J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generalised Linear Model; Individual based modelling; Invasion speed; Wind dispersal; Woodland management

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVERGREEN TREE; FECUNDITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY; WOODLAND;

RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON PONTICUM;

EID: 79955915690     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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