When to ignore advice: Invasion predictions and decision theory

Biological Invasions

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-96

  Smith, C S ^a   Lonsdale, W M ^a   Fortune, J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Base rate effect; Decision theory; Exotic organisms; GMO; Loss structure; Quarantine; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003151431     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010091918466     Document Type: Article

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