Economic impacts of invasive species in forests: Past, present, and future

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1162, Issue , 2009, Pages 18-38

  Holmes, Thomas P ^a,b   Aukema, Juliann E ^b   Von Holle, Betsy ^c   Liebhold, Andrew ^d   Sills, Erin ^e  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chestnut blight; Contingent valuation; Economic; Ecosystem services; Forest pests; Gypsy moth; Hedonics; Invasive; Management; Nonnative; Pathogens; Trade

Indexed keywords

BLIGHT; CHESTNUT; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; LANDSCAPE; MARKET; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLICY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES INVASION; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; TREE;

CASTANEA DENTATA; LYMANTRIA;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; TREES;

EID: 66149084484     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04446.x     Document Type: Review

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