Seed terminal velocity, wind turbulence, and demography drive the spread of an invasive tree in an analytical model

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 368-377

  Caplat, Paul ^a,c   Nathan, Ran ^b   Buckley, Yvonne M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Integrodifference equation; Invasion biology; Long distance dispersal; Matrix model; Mechanistic model; Mount Barker, New Zealand; Pinus nigra; Plant traits; Population biology; Seed terminal velocity; Wald analytical long distance dispersal kernel (WALD)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; MOUNT BARKER [CANTERBURY]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 84860252658     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0820.1     Document Type: Article

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