Towards a global database of weed risk assessments: A test of transferability for the tropics

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1571-1577

  Chong, Kwek Yan ^a   Corlett, Richard T ^a   Yeo, Darren C J ^a   Tan, Hugh T W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Information sharing; Plant naturalizations; Prediction accuracy; Tropical regions; Weed risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOSAFETY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP DAMAGE; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURALIZATION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPICAL REGION; WEED; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 79957981794     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9914-5     Document Type: Article

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