Pest risk modelling and mapping for invasive alien species /

• Other Authors: Venette, Robert C., (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2015.
• Series: CABI invasives series ; 7.
• Subjects: Nonindigenous pests > Geographical distribution > Mathematical models.; Ecological risk assessment > Mathematical models.; Economics (General), (New June 2002); Weeds and Noxious Plants.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Biological Resources (General); Mathematics and Statistics.; Ecology (General); Techniques and Methodology.; Decision making.; Dispersal.; Economic impact.; Environmental impact.; Insect pests.; International trade.; Introduced species.; Invasions.; Invasive alien species.; Invasive species.; Mapping.; Mathematical models.; Methodology.; Plant pathogens.; Plant pests.; Risk analysis.; Risk assessment.; Spread.; Techniques.; Weeds.
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The International Pest Risk Mapping Workgroup acknowledges that advanced training and a 'tool kit' of software packages are needed to produce pest risk maps that are fully fit for purpose. This book is an initial attempt to address those needs. Invited chapters emphasize specific steps and...

Table of Contents:

• The Challenge of Modelling and Mapping the Future Distribution and Impact of Invasive Alien Species / Robert C. Venette
• Mapping Endangered Areas for Pest Risk Analysis / Richard Baker, Dominic Eyre, Sarah Brunel, Maxime Dupin, Philippe Reynaud and Vojtĕch Jaros̆ík
• Following the Transportation Trail to Anticipate Human-mediated Invasions in Terrestrial Ecosystems / Manuel Colunga-Garcia and Robert A. Haack
• Simulation Modelling of Long-distance Windborne Dispersal for Invasion Ecology / Hazel R. Parry, Debbie Eagles and Darren J. Kriticos
• Using the MAXENT Program for Species Distribution Modelling to Assess Invasion Risk / Catherine S. Jarnevich and Nicholas Young
• The NCSU/APHIS Plant Pest Forecasting System (nappfast) / Roger D. Magarey, Daniel M. Borchert, Glenn A. Fowler and Steven C. Hong
• Detecting and Interpreting Patterns within Regional Pest Species Assemblages using Self-organizing Maps and Other Clustering Methods / Susan Worner, Rene Eschen, Marc Kenis, Dean Paini, Kari Saikkonen, Karl Suiter, Sunil Singh, Irene Vänninen and Mike Watts
• Modelling the Spread of Invasive Species to Support Pest Risk Assessment : Principles and Application of a Suite of Generic Models / Christelle Robinet, Hella Kehlenbeck and Wopke van der Werf
• Estimating Spread Rates of Non-native Species : The Gypsy Moth as a Case Study / Patrick C. Tobin, Andrew M. Liebhold, E. Anderson Roberts and Laura M. Blackburn
• Predicting the Economic Impacts of Invasive Species : The Eradication of the Giant Sensitive Plant from Western Australia / David C. Cook, Andy Sheppard, Shuang Liu and W. Mark Lonsdale
• Spatial Modelling Approaches for Understanding and Predicting the Impacts of Invasive Alien Species on Native Species and Ecosystems / Craig R. Allen, Daniel R. Uden, Alan R. Johnson and David G. Angeler
• Process-based Pest Risk Mapping using Bayesian Networks and GIS / Rieks D. van Klinken, Justine V. Murray and Carl Smith
• Identifying and Assessing Critical Uncertainty Thresholds in a Forest Pest Risk Model / Frank H. Koch and Denys Yemshanov
• Making Invasion Models Useful for Decision Makers : Incorporating Uncertainty, Knowledge Gaps and Decision-making Preferences / Denys Yemshanov, Frank H. Koch and Mark Ducey
• Assessing the Quality of Pest Risk Models / Steven J. Venette.