@article{ISI:000254250400008,
title = {Cultural landscapes of Germany are patch-corridor-matrix mosaics for an invasive megaforb},
author = {Jan Thiele and Ulrike Schuckert and Annette Otte},
journal = {LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY},
number = {4},
pages = {453-465},
volume = {23},
year = {2008},
abstract = {Predicting the vulnerability of landscapes to both the initial
colonisation and the subsequent spread of invasive species remains a
major challenge. The aim of this study was to assess the relative
importance of sub-patch level factors and landscape factors for the
invasion of the megaforb Heracleum mantegazzianum. In particular, we
tested which factors affect the presence in suitable habitat patches
and the cover-percentage within invaded patches. For this purpose, we
used standard (logistic) regression modelling techniques. The
regression analyses were based on inventories of suitable habitat
patches in 20 study areas (each 1 km(2)) in cultural landscapes of
Germany. The cover percentage in invaded patches was independent from
landscape factors, except for patch shape, and even unsatisfactorily},
issn = {0921-2973},
keywords = {Heracleum_mantegazzianum IFZ corridors dispersal habitat_configuration invasion island-biogeographic_model logistic_regression spread transport }
}
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