What are the key drivers of spread in invasive plants: Dispersal, demography or landscape: And how can we use this knowledge to aid management?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1649-1661

  Coutts, Shaun R ^a   van Klinken, Rieks D ^b   Yokomizo, Hiroyuki ^c   Buckley, Yvonne M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boosted regression trees; Heterogeneous landscapes; Plant dispersal; Plant invasions; Sensitivity analysis; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECUNDITY; GUIDELINE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION REGULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 79957988171     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9922-5     Document Type: Article

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