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A hybrid gravity and route choice model to assess vector traffic in large-scale road networks
Download2020-01-01
S. M. Fischer, M. Beck, L.-M. Herborg, M. A. Lewis
Human traffic along roads can be a major vector for infectious diseases and invasive species. Though most road traffic is local, a small number of long-distance trips can suffice to move an invasion or disease front forward. Therefore, understanding how many agents travel over long distances and...
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Influence of management and disturbance history on germinable seed bank composition and legume recruitment in Alberta’s Central Parkland and Dry Mixedgrass prairie
DownloadFall 2018
Seed banks (SB) are a cryptic component of grassland plant community (PC) diversity and are overlooked for their contribution of a significant ecological service in the form of plant propagules that replenish the aboveground plant community with new individuals and thereby aid in recovery...
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Interactions of pea leaf weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with its primary and secondary host plants in Alberta
DownloadFall 2021
The pea leaf weevil, Sitona lineatus Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is an invasive, oligophagous herbivore that feeds on a variety of legume (Fabales: Fabaceae) plants. Field peas (Pisum sativum) and faba bean (Vicia faba) are the primary host plants of the pea leaf weevil. Adult weevils...
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Spring 2020
Invasive species and infectious diseases cause significant ecological and economic harm all over the world. Therefore, substantial effort is made across the globe to prevent the spread and decrease the impact of biological invasions and epidemicsby implementing early detection and rapid response...