@misc{miis44, title = {Modelling the spreading of wilding conifers }, author = {Mick Roberts and Heather North}, year = {2004}, url = {http://www.maths-in-industry.org/miis/44/}, abstract = {In many parts of the Canterbury high country, conifer seeds are spreading on the wind from exisiting plantations and shelterbelts, leading to a serious weed problem. Environment Canterbury set the task at MISG to model this spread, and thus provide a basis for prioritising control operations on a limited budget. The study group provided increased understanding of topographic and climatic factors involved in seed dispersal, and of the distribution of the resulting seed rain. In addition a simulation framework was developed for comparing the effectiveness of different control strategies.} }