To treat or remove: An economic model to assist in deciding the fate of ash trees threatened by emerald ash borer

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 121-129

  McKenney, Daniel W ^a   Pedlar, John H ^a  

^a GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrilus planipennis; Canadian Forest Service Ash Protection Model; CFS APM; Cost benefit Analysis; Emerald Ash Borer; Insecticide Treatments; Urban Forest Management

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INSECTICIDE; MODELING; TREE; URBAN FORESTRY;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS; FRAXINUS;

EID: 84861320606     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.48044/jauf.2012.019     Document Type: Article

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