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Prioritizing invasive species management by optimizing production of ecosystem service benefits : final report / Lisa A. Wainger [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- Contractors and cooperators report ; no. 44.
- Contractor and cooperator report ; no. 44
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Invasive plants--Control--United States.
- Invasive plants.
- Weeds--Control--United States.
- Weeds.
- Biological invasions--United States.
- Biological invasions.
- Nonindigenous pests--Control--United States.
- Nonindigenous pests.
- Sustainable development--United States.
- Sustainable development.
- Invasive plants--Control.
- Nonindigenous pests--Control.
- Weeds--Control.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 121 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, [2008]
- Summary:
- "This report examined how decisions to invest in invasive species management on public lands could incorporate economic concepts to better gauge the level of social benefits generated and how optimization models could be applied to produce the maximum potential gains in ecosystem services. Findings suggested that management decisions were effectively modeled using GIS-based decision support tools, providing a means to reveal assumptions and allow greater input by the public and scientific community into the decision-making process. The optimization model results suggested that benefits achieved through invasive species treatment might be improved if multiple ecosystem service benefits were considered simultaneously when choosing sites and treatment options rather than choosing options that maximized a particular ecosystem service."
- Notes:
- Title from cover of online document (viewed July 24, 2008.).
- "July 2008."
- At head of title: "Electronic Report from the Economic Research Service."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-121).
- OCLC:
- 271862793
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