Weed management decision models: Pitfalls, perceptions, and possibilities of the economic threshold approach

Weed Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 411-424

  Wilkerson, Gail G ^a   Wiles, Lori J ^b   Bennett, Andrew C ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioeconomic models; Computer decision aids; Decision support systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; PEST SPECIES; SURVEY; WEED CONTROL; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0141884859     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/0043-1745(2002)050[0411:WMDMPP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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