Ecological aspects of biosecurity surveillance design for the detection of multiple invasive animal species

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 803-818

  Jarrad, Frith C ^a,b   Barrett, Susan ^a,b   Murray, Justine ^a,b,c   Stoklosa, Richard ^d   Whittle, Peter ^a,b   Mengersen, Kerrie ^a,b  

^a Australia Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CHEVRON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alien invasive species; Expert elicitation; Island ecosystems; Power to detect; Statistical design

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; NATIVE SPECIES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; BARROW ISLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952619728     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9870-0     Document Type: Article

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