Plant pest risk analysis : concepts and application / edited by Christina Devorshak
Imprint
Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012
Descript
x, 296 p. : ill. maps; 25 cm
CONTENT
Pest risk analysis backgroud and history : Introduction ; Basic concepts in risk analysis ; History of plant quarantine and the use of risk analysis ; International legal and regulatory framework for risk analysis -- Pest risk analysis - components and applications : Terminology used in pest risk analysis ; Information and pest risk analysis ; Economic analysis in pest risk analysis ; Types and applications of pest risk analysis -- Pest risk assessment methods : Qualitative methods ; Quantitative methods ; Pest risk assessment ; Mapping, climate and geographic information for risk analysis -- Pest risk management; risk communication and uncertainty : Pest risk management theory and backgroung ; Pest risk management applicaitons and practice ; Risk communication in pest analysis ; Uncertainty in pest risk analysis -- Special topics for pest risk analysis : Special applications of pest analysis - beneficial organisms ; Special applications of pest risk analysis - weed risk assessment ; Appropriate level of protection, precaution and jurisprudence ; Invasive species and living modified organisms