Detection capacity, information gaps and the design of surveillance programs for invasive forest pests

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2535-2546

  Yemshanov, Denys ^a   Koch, Frank H ^b   Ben Haim, Yakov ^c   Smith, William D ^d  

^a GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Info gap; Invasion model; Multi criteria ranking; Opportuneness; Pareto frontier; Robustness; Sirex noctilio; Spatial simulation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MAPS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

INFO-GAPS; INVASION MODEL; MULTI-CRITERIA RANKING; MULTI-CRITERION RANKING; OPPORTUNENESS; PARETO FRONTIERS; ROBUSTNESS; SIREX NOCTILIO; SPATIAL SIMULATION; SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ABUNDANCE; DETECTION METHOD; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRADE-OFF; WASP;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HYMENOPTERA; INFESTATION; LANDSCAPE; SIREX NOCTILIO; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

NORTH AMERICA;

SIREX NOCTILIO;

EID: 77956810236     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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