Robust decisions for declaring eradication of invasive species

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 782-786

  Rout, Tracy M ^a   Thompson, Colin J ^b   McCarthy, Michael A ^a  

^a School of Botany   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Economic costs; Info gap theory; Monitoring; Robustness; Uncertainty; Weed

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION REGULATION; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEED;

EID: 67649945683     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01678.x     Document Type: Article

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