Bioeconomic synergy between tactics for insect eradication in the presence of Allee effects

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1739, 2012, Pages 2807-2815

  Blackwood, Julie C ^a   Berec, Ludek ^b   Yamanaka, Takehiko ^c   Epanchin Niell, Rebecca S ^d   Hastings, Alan ^e   Liebhold, Andrew M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Eradication; Interaction of control tactics; Management cost

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MOTH; NONLINEARITY; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION;

EID: 84862152958     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0255     Document Type: Article

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