Predicting the economic costs and property value losses attributed to sudden oak death damage in California (2010-2020)

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1292-1302

  Kovacs, Kent ^a   Václavík, Tomáš ^b   Haight, Robert G ^c   Pang, Arwin ^d   Cunniffe, Nik J ^e   Gilligan, Christopher A ^e   Meentemeyer, Ross K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emerging infectious disease; Invasive species; Natural disaster; Phytophthora ramorum

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; DISASTERS; FORESTRY; RISK PERCEPTION;

CALIFORNIA; COST VALUES; DISCOUNTED COSTS; ECONOMIC COSTS; EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURAL DISASTERS; OAK TREE; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; PROPERTY VALUE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNGAL DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; PATHOGENICITY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; COST; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; OAK; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA;

EID: 79251609535     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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