Allee effects, aggregation, and invasion success

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 153-164

  Kanarek, Andrew R ^a,c   Webb, Colleen T ^a   Barfield, Michael ^b   Holt, Robert D ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Biological invasion; Individual based simulation; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION GROWTH; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84876443314     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-012-0167-z     Document Type: Article

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