A framework for management of established invasive species
Once fully established and widespread, aquatic invasive species can prove extremely difficult and costly to manage and true eradication may not be possible.
Read this open access paper on the FACETS website.
We assembled an interdisciplinary group for a two-day workshop to tackle the question of when fully established invasive species should be actively managed and produced a decision tree that encourages land managers to consider the 1) relative benefits and harms of the invasive species, 2) relative benefits and harms of the different management options available, and 3) the socio-economic pre-conditions for success.
At each of these three decision points, we encourage managers to think holistically about benefits, harms and conditions for success and we supply check-list style tools to support them.
Read the paper — A decision framework for the management of established biological invasions by C.D. Robichaud, R.C. Rooney, B.M.H. Larson, S.E. Wolfe, Z. Nyssa, K. P. Kowalski, and H. Braun.
