The economic benefit of time-varying surveillance effort for invasive species management

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 712-721

  Holden, Matthew H ^a,b   Nyrop, Jan P ^a   Ellner, Stephen P ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

bioeconomics; biological invasions; integrated pest management; Lymantria dispar; monitoring; population dynamics; transient dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION PRESSURE; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AREA; AUTOMATIC CONTROL; COSTS; DAMAGE; DETECTION; MANAGEMENT; PRESSURE; SAMPLING;

LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

EID: 84995663196     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12617     Document Type: Article

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