Dynamic benefit-cost analysis for controlling perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium): A case study

Weed Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-243

  Eiswerth, Mark E ^d   Singletary, Loretta ^d   Zimmerman, John R ^d   Johnson, Wayne S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d University of Nevada Reno ^*

Author keywords

Economic externality; Economic impacts; Economic threshold; GIS; GPS; Invasive species; Invasive weeds; Nonnative species

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; PERENNIAL PLANT; WEED; WEED CONTROL; YIELD;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM LATIFOLIUM;

EID: 33748052039     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT-04-136R     Document Type: Article

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