Accounting for uncertainty in risk assessment: Case study of Hector's dolphin mortality due to gillnet entanglement
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A case study on Hector's dolphin mortality due to gillnet entanglement highlights the uncertainties about biological data as well as human effects on ecosystem, which delay decisions on management of endangered species. A method incorporating uncertainty into the estimate of risk is developed to reduce the delays in action. It removes uncertainty in the scientific data as an excuse for inaction.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2000
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Forecasting biological invasions with increasing international trade
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Historical data is used to parameterize species-accumulation models relating international trade to the establishment rates of nonindigenous species in the United States over the past century. Log-log and log-linear species-area models and Michaelis-Menten accumulation functions describe the relationships between the accumulation of non-native species and merchandise imports.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2003
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