creators_name: Roberts, Mick
creators_name: North, Heather
type: report
datestamp: 2005-05-26
lastmod: 2009-06-22 11:44:40
metadata_visibility: show
title: Modelling the spreading of wilding conifers

ispublished: pub
subjects: other
full_text_status: public
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.
date: 2004
date_type: published
pages: 12
official_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/past/MISG/2004/
citation: Roberts, Mick and North, Heather (2004) Modelling the spreading of wilding conifers. [Study Group Report]
document_url: http://www.maths-in-industry.org/miis/44/1/misg2004conifers.pdf
document_url: http://www.maths-in-industry.org/miis/44/2/misg2004conifers_efs.pdf