An economic approach to assessing import policies designed to prevent the arrival of invasive species: The case of Puccinia psidii in Hawai'i

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 19-20, Issue , 2012, Pages 158-168

  Burnett, Kimberly ^a   D'Evelyn, Sean ^c   Loope, Lloyd ^b   Wada, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

' hi'a rust; Benefit cost analysis; Import policy; Invasive species management; Myrtaceae; Puccinia psidii

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FOREST; FUNGUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INDUSTRY; INFECTION CONTROL; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPING; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUCCINIA PSIDII; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

EUGENIA KOOLAUENSIS; METROSIDEROS MACROPUS; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; MYRTACEAE; PUCCINIA PSIDII; SYZYGIUM JAMBOS; UREDINALES;

EID: 84859482217     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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