Paving the way for invasive species: Road type and the spread of Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 514-522

  Joly, Martin ^a   Bertrand, Pascale ^a   Gbangou, Roland Y ^a   White, Marie Catherine ^a   Dubé, Jean ^a   Lavoie, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Ambrosia artemisiifolia; Invasive plant; Mowing; Quebec; Roadside

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA; INVASIVE PLANTS; MOWING; QUEBEC;

ROADSIDES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT USE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOWING; ROAD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WEED CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RAGWEED; RAGWEED POLLEN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; AMBROSIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEBEC; TRANSPORTATION; URBANIZATION;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA;

EID: 80054752007     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9711-7     Document Type: Article

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