Using sighting records to declare eradication of an invasive species

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-117

  Rout, Tracy M ^a   Salomon, Yacov ^a   McCarthy, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Decision theory; Detectability; Economic costs; Presence absence data; Rule of thumb; Weed

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 58249124489     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01586.x     Document Type: Article

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