... was supported by the USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management (PREISM); the USDA-Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station; and the Colorado State University Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. © 2020 J. R. Meldrum, P. Champ...

...Shyamani D. Siriwardena; Kelly M. Cobourn; Gregory S. Amacher; Robert G. Haight Mixed land ownership affects the scope for cooperative bargaining between jurisdictions to undertake control activities to slow the spread of an invasive species. We consider a problem in which emerald ash borer (EAB...

...Kevin Berry; David C. Finnoff; Richard D. Horan; Shana M. McDermott Prevention and restoration are two options for minimizing environmental and economic damages caused by invasive species. Prevention lowers the probability of an invasive species arriving. However, once invasive species have invaded...

... valuation Forest conservation Invasive species Ecological services Non-use value C23 Q23 Q26 Q51 Biological invasions are probably the most significant environmental threat to forest ecosystems in North America and elsewhere (Liebhold et al., 1995). Protecting forest services from...

...Kimberly Burnett; Brooks Kaiser; James Roumasset Once established, invasive species can rapidly and irreversibly alter ecosystems and degrade the value of ecosystem services. Optimal control of an unwanted species solves for a trajectory of removals that minimizes the present value of removal costs...