Mitigating uncertainty using alternative information sources and expert judgement in aquatic non-indigenous species risk assessment

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 567-575

  Dahlstrom, Alisha ^a   Campbell, Marnie L ^a,b   Hewitt, Chad L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delphic process; Non indigenous species; Precaution; Risk assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868520354     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2012.7.4.013     Document Type: Article

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