Plant extirpation at the site scale: Implications for eradication programmes

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 151-162

  Dodd, Aaron J ^a,b   Ainsworth, Nigel ^b   Burgman, Mark A ^a   Mccarthy, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Victorian Department of Primary Industries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Biological invasions; Eradication feasibility; Extirpation; Risk return; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LONGEVITY; MATURATION; PROPAGULE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84920929455     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12262     Document Type: Article

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