Spread of invasive ragweed: Climate change, management and how to reduce allergy costs

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1422-1430

  Richter, Robert ^a   Berger, Uwe E ^b   Dullinger, Stefan ^a,c   Essl, Franz ^a,d   Leitner, Michael ^e   Smith, Matthew ^b   Vogl, Gero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses   (Austria)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambrosia artemisiifolia; Cost efficiency; Eradication; Health; Invasion; Modelling; Pollen dispersion

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POLLEN; WARMING; WEED;

BAVARIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA;

EID: 84887611597     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12156     Document Type: Article

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