A decision framework for management of conflicting production and biodiversity goals for a commercially valuable invasive species

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Grechi, Isabelle ^a,b,c   Chadès, Iadine ^a   Buckley, Yvonne M ^d   Friedel, Margaret H ^a   Grice, Anthony C ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^d   Van Klinken, Rieks D ^a   Martin, Tara G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^c Campus international de Baillarguet   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buffel grass; Decision theory; Optimization; State and transition model; Stochastic dynamic programming; Utility functions

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMERCIALIZATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION ANALYSIS; GRASS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTICITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84890960494     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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