Cost-effective monitoring of biological invasions under global change: a model-based framework

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1317-1329

  Vicente, Joana R ^a   Alagador, Diogo ^b   Guerra, Carlos ^b   Alonso, Joaquim M ^c   Kueffer, Christoph ^d,e   Vaz, Ana S ^a   Fernandes, Rui F ^a,f   Cabral, João A ^g   Araújo, Miguel B ^b,h,i   Honrado, João P ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^h MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acacia dealbata; climate change; connectivity; monitoring networks; northern Portugal; optimization; risk management; scale dependence; species distribution models; surveillance effort

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; COST ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL CHANGE; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PORTUGAL;

ACACIA DEALBATA;

EID: 84961266901     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12631     Document Type: Article

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