Developing a pre-entry weed risk assessment system for use in Japan

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1319-1333

  Nishida, Tomoko ^a   Yamashita, Naoko ^b   Asai, Motoaki ^c   Kurokawa, Shunji ^d   Enomoto, Takashi ^e   Pheloung, Paul C ^f   Groves, Richard H ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer   (Australia)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Introduced plants; Japan; Pre entry screening; ROC curve; The Australian Weed Risk Assessment system

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEED;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 67349177748     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9340-0     Document Type: Article

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