Cost-effective management of invasive species using linear-quadratic control

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 519-527

  Blackwood, Julie ^a   Hastings, Alan ^a   Costello, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Invasive species; Linear quadratic control; Spatially explicit

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LINEARITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 72049127768     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.08.029     Document Type: Article

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