Managing invasive alien species with professional and hobby farmers: Insights from ecological-economic modelling

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1366-1374

  Ceddia, M G ^a   Heikkila J ^b   Peltola, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c AgriCord   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Ecological economic modelling; Hobby farming; Invasive alien species

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; POLICY MAKING;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 60249087646     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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