Demography of Cycas micronesica on Guam following introduction of the armoured scale Aulacaspis yasumatsui

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-242

  Marler, Thomas E ^a   Lawrence, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^b Natural Resources Conservation Service   (Guam)

Author keywords

Cycadaceae; endangered species; Guam; invasion ecology; oceanic islands; population dynamics; survival

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENEMY RELEASE HYPOTHESIS; GYMNOSPERM; INSECT; JUVENILE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STEM; SURVIVAL;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS;

AULACASPIS; CYCADACEAE; CYCAS; CYCAS MICRONESICA; DIASPIDIDAE;

EID: 84859789983     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467412000119     Document Type: Review

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