Assessing the cost of an invasive forest pathogen: A case study with oak wilt

Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 506-517

  Haight, Robert G ^a   Homans, Frances R ^b   Horie, Tetsuya ^b,c   Mehta, Shefali V ^b   Smith, David J ^b   Venette, Robert C ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economic impact assessment; Impact analysis; Pest invasion; Pest risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ALIEN SPECIES; DAMAGE REDUCTION; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC DAMAGES; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ECONOMIC LOSS; FOREST LAND; FOREST PATHOGENS; IMPACT ANALYSIS; LEVEL MODEL; LOWER BOUNDS; MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS; MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; OAK TREE; PEST INVASION; PEST RISK ANALYSIS; QUERCUS SPP; RADIAL GROWTH; TREE MORTALITY;

COSTS; DAMAGE DETECTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RATING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGAL DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREE;

ARTICLE; CERATOCYSTIS FAGACEARUM; CULTIVATED VEGETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; HERBACEOUS LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MORTALITY; OAK; OAK WILT POCKET; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; SCRUB; TREE MORTALITY; VEGETATION; WILTING;

ASCOMYCOTA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MYCOSES; PLANT DISEASES; QUERCUS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; MINNESOTA; PLANTS; QUERCUS; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANOKA COUNTY; MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; SAINT PAUL; UNITED STATES;

CERATOCYSTIS FAGACEARUM; FUNGI; QUERCUS;

EID: 79954443198     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9624-5     Document Type: Article

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