Integrating data, biology, and decision models for invasive species management: Application to leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Hyder, Ayaz ^a   Leung, Brian ^a   Miao, Zewei ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Leafy spurge; Management; Stochastic dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HERB; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LINEAR PROGRAMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTICITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EUPHORBIA ESULA;

EID: 58749101389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02485-130212     Document Type: Article

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