A Landscape Approach to Invasive Species Management.

ABSTRACT: Biological invasions are not only a major threat to biodiversity, they also have major impacts on local economies and agricultural production systems. Once established, the connection of local populations into metapopulation networks facilitates dispersal at landscape scales, generating spatial dynamics that can impact the outcome of pest-management actions. Much planning goes into landscape-scale invasive species management. However, effective management requires knowledge on the interplay between metapopulation network topology and management actions. We address this knowledge gap using simulation models to explore the effectiveness of two common management strategies, applied across different extents and according to different rules for selecting target localities in metapopulations wit

SUBMITTER: Lurgi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4966913 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature