A dominance-based approach to map risks of ecological invasions in the presence of severe uncertainty

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-46

  Yemshanov, Denys ^a   Koch, Frank H ^b,e   Barry Lyons, D ^a   Ducey, Mark ^c   Koehler, Klaus ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrilus planipennis; Epistemic uncertainty; Human assisted spread; Invasive species; Pathway model; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOVEMENT; PEST CONTROL; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS; FRAXINUS;

EID: 83055186669     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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