Cost-benefit analysis for intentional plant introductions under uncertainty

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 839-849

  Yokomizo, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Possingham, Hugh P ^c   Hulme, Philip E ^d   Grice, Anthony C ^b   Buckley, Yvonne M ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Commercial plant; Containment; Cost benefit analysis; Information gap decision theory; Invasive weed; Management

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEED;

EID: 84858794155     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0120-x     Document Type: Article

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