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dc.contributor.authorMacpherson, Morag F.
dc.contributor.authorKleczkowski, Adam
dc.contributor.authorHealey, John R.
dc.contributor.authorQuine, Christopher P.
dc.contributor.authorHanley, Nick
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-27T10:30:15Z
dc.date.available2017-02-27T10:30:15Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-24
dc.identifier249242285
dc.identifiercbb2471b-2a3a-4584-8302-fdc54e37fa84
dc.identifier85013805247
dc.identifier000398876800008
dc.identifier.citationMacpherson , M F , Kleczkowski , A , Healey , J R , Quine , C P & Hanley , N 2017 , ' The effects of invasive pests and pathogens on strategies for forest diversification ' , Ecological Modelling , vol. 350 , pp. 87-99 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.02.003en
dc.identifier.issn0304-3800
dc.identifier.otherRIS: urn:4C477FA4CF1EBF1A8D018329FA5A2104
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/10373
dc.descriptionThis is one of seven projects in the Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity Initiative (phase 2) funded by BBSRC, Defra, ESRC, Forestry Commission, NERC and Scottish Government.en
dc.description.abstractDiversification of the tree species composition of production forests is a frequently advocated strategy to increase resilience to pests and pathogens; however, there is a lack of a general framework to analyse the impact of economic and biological conditions on the optimal planting strategy in the presence of tree disease. To meet this need we use a novel bioeconomic model to quantitatively assess the effect of tree disease on the optimal planting proportion of two tree species. We find that diversifying the species composition can reduce the economic loss from disease even when the benefit from the resistant species is small. However, this key result is sensitive to a pathogen's characteristics (probability of arrival, time of arrival, rate of spread of infection) and the losses (damage of the disease to the susceptible species and reduced benefit of planting the resistant species). This study provides an exemplar framework which can be used to help understand the effect of a pathogen on forest management strategies.
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dc.format.extent1053086
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEcological Modellingen
dc.subjectBioeconomic modellingen
dc.subjectForest managementen
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectTree pests and pathogensen
dc.subjectTree species diversificationen
dc.subjectGE Environmental Sciencesen
dc.subjectSD Forestryen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccGEen
dc.subject.lccSDen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleThe effects of invasive pests and pathogens on strategies for forest diversificationen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorBBSRCen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.02.003
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberBB/L012561/1en


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