Towards the planning and design of disturbance patterns across scales to counter biological invasions

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 192-203

  Zurlini, Giovanni ^a   Petrosillo, Irene ^a   Jones, Kenneth Bruce ^b   Li, Bai Lian ^c   Riitters, Kurt Hans ^d   Medagli, Pietro ^a   Marchiori, Silvano ^a   Zaccarelli, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thresholds of disturbance; Cross scale disturbance patterns; Disturbance planning and design; Invasibility map; Neutral landscape models

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT; THRESHOLD;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES INVASION;

ITALY;

EID: 84879365662     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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