Mapping ecological risks with a portfolio-based technique: Incorporating uncertainty and decision-making preferences

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 567-579

  Yemshanov, Denys ^a   Koch, Frank H ^b   Ducey, Mark ^c   Koehler, Klaus ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epistemic uncertainty; Human assisted spread; Invasibility; Mean variance frontier; Road network; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 84877324136     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12061     Document Type: Article

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