Risk assessment: Simultaneously prioritizing the control of invasive plant species and the conservation of rare plant species

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2070-2079

  Miller, Thaddeus K ^a   Allen, Craig R ^a   Landis, Wayne G ^b   Merchant, James W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered; Invasive; Non indigenous; Plants; Rare; Relative Risk Model

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOREGION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIORITIZATION; RARE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CORN BELT; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS CATHARTICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955096447     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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