Evolution of dispersal and life history interact to drive accelerating spread of an invasive species

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1079-1087

  Alex Perkins, T ^a   Phillips, Benjamin L ^b   Baskett, Marissa L ^a   Hastings, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate shift; Integral projection model; Integrodifference equation; Invasion front; Invasion lag phase; Natural selection; Quantitative genetics; Rhinella marina; Spatial selection; Spatial spread

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS;

EID: 84882435852     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12136     Document Type: Article

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