Search Results - "Haight, Robert"

Economic impacts of non-native forest insects in the continental United States by Aukema, Juliann E, Leung, Brian, Kovacs, Kent, Chivers, Corey, Britton, Kerry O, Englin, Jeffrey, Frankel, Susan J, Haight, Robert G, Holmes, Thomas P, Liebhold, Andrew M, McCullough, Deborah G, Von Holle, Betsy

“…Reliable estimates of the impacts and costs of biological invasions are critical to developing credible management, trade and regulatory policies. Worldwide,…”
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Risk-averse multi-stage stochastic optimization for surveillance and operations planning of a forest insect infestation by Bushaj, Sabah, Büyüktahtakın, İ. Esra, Haight, Robert G.

“…•A time-consistent nested risk measure to multi-stage stochastic programs.•Scenario dominance cuts reduce CPLEX solution time by up to a factor of…”
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A review of operations research models in invasive species management: state of the art, challenges, and future directions by Büyüktahtakın, İ. Esra, Haight, Robert G.

“…Invasive species are a major threat to the economy, the environment, health, and thus human well-being. The international community, including the United…”
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Tree cover and property values in the United States: A national meta-analysis by Kovacs, Kent, West, Grant, Nowak, David J., Haight, Robert G.

“…Our meta-analysis uses 21 hedonic property value studies and 157 unique observations to study the influence of tree cover on the value of homes in the United…”
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The value of urban tree cover: A hedonic property price model in Ramsey and Dakota Counties, Minnesota, USA by Sander, Heather, Polasky, Stephen, Haight, Robert G.

“…Urban tree cover benefits communities. These benefits' economic values, however, are poorly recognized and often ignored by landowners and planners. We use…”
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Estimating the economic value of cultural ecosystem services in an urbanizing area using hedonic pricing by Sander, Heather A., Haight, Robert G.

“…A need exists to increase both knowledge and recognition of the values associated with ecosystem services and amenities. This article explores the use of…”
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Optimal surveillance and eradication of invasive species in heterogeneous landscapes by Epanchin-Niell, Rebecca S., Haight, Robert G., Berec, Ludek, Kean, John M., Liebhold, Andrew M.

“…Cost‐effective surveillance strategies are needed for efficient responses to biological invasions and must account for the trade‐offs between surveillance…”
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A game-theoretic approach to incentivize landowners to mitigate an emerald ash borer outbreak by Chen, Chen, Cai, Wenbo, Büyüktahtakın, İ Esra, Haight, Robert G

“…This article addresses the challenge posed by the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), a wood–boring insect that threatens to kill ash trees, one of the North America’s…”
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Operations Research challenges in forestry: 33 open problems by Rönnqvist, Mikael, D’Amours, Sophie, Weintraub, Andres, Jofre, Alejandro, Gunn, Eldon, Haight, Robert G., Martell, David, Murray, Alan T., Romero, Carlos

“…Forestry has contributed many problems to the Operations Research (OR) community. At the same time, OR has developed many models and solution methods for use…”
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Managing biological invasions in urban environments with the acceptance sampling approach by Yemshanov, Denys, Haight, Robert G, Chen, Cuicui, Liu, Ning, MacQuarrie, Christian J K, Koch, Frank H, Venette, Robert, Ryall, Krista

“…Detections of invasive species outbreaks are often followed by the removal of susceptible host organisms in order to slow the spread of the invading pest…”
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Valuing Monitoring Networks for New Pathogens: The Case of Soybean Rust in the United States by Thakur, Tiesta, Hurley, Terrance M, Homans, Frances R, Haight, Robert G

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Afforestation for carbon sequestration in the Lower Mississippi River Basin of Arkansas, USA: Does modeling of land use at fine spatial resolution reveal lower carbon cost? by Kovacs, Kent F., Haight, Robert G., Moore, Karli, Popp, Michael

“…We use optimization of a structural dynamic model to evaluate the cost of carbon sequestration when afforestation subsidies are used to encourage private…”
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A safety rule approach to surveillance and eradication of biological invasions by Yemshanov, Denys, Haight, Robert G, Koch, Frank H, Venette, Robert, Studens, Kala, Fournier, Ronald E, Swystun, Tom, Turgeon, Jean J

“…Uncertainty about future spread of invasive organisms hinders planning of effective response measures. We present a two-stage scenario optimization model that…”
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Cost of potential emerald ash borer damage in U.S. communities, 2009–2019 by Kovacs, Kent F., Haight, Robert G., McCullough, Deborah G., Mercader, Rodrigo J., Siegert, Nathan W., Liebhold, Andrew M.

“…Emerald ash borer ( Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire), a phloem-feeding beetle native to Asia, was discovered near Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario in 2002…”
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AIS explorer: Prioritization for watercraft inspections-A decision-support tool for aquatic invasive species management by Kinsley, Amy C., Haight, Robert G., Snellgrove, Nicholas, Muellner, Petra, Muellner, Ulrich, Duhr, Meg, Phelps, Nicholas B.D.

“…Invasions of aquatic invasive species have caused significant economic and ecological damage to global aquatic ecosystems. Once an invasive population has…”
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Robust Surveillance and Control of Invasive Species Using a Scenario Optimization Approach by Yemshanov, Denys, Haight, Robert G., Koch, Frank H., Lu, Bo, Venette, Robert, Fournier, Ronald E., Turgeon, Jean J.

“…Uncertainty about future outcomes of invasions is a major hurdle in the planning of invasive species management programs. We present a scenario optimization…”
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Optimizing surveillance strategies for early detection of invasive alien species by Yemshanov, Denys, Haight, Robert G., Koch, Frank H., Venette, Robert C., Swystun, Tom, Fournier, Ronald E., Marcotte, Mireille, Chen, Yongguang, Turgeon, Jean J.

“…Surveillance programs to detect alien invasive pests seek to find them as soon as possible, but also to minimize the cost of damage from invasion. To examine…”
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A bi-level model for state and county aquatic invasive species prevention decisions by Haight, Robert G., Yemshanov, Denys, Kao, Szu-Yu, Phelps, Nicholas B.D., Kinsley, Amy C.

“…Recreational boats are important vectors of spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) among waterbodies of the United States. To limit AIS spread, state and…”
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Hierarchical governance in invasive species survey campaigns by Yemshanov, Denys, Haight, Robert G., MacQuarrie, Chris J.K., Simpson, Mackenzie, Koch, Frank H., Ryan, Kathleen, Bullas-Appleton, Erin

“…Large-scale delimiting surveys are critical for detecting pest invasions and often undertaken at different governance levels. In this study, we consider…”
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Optimal detection and control strategies for invasive species management by Mehta, Shefali V., Haight, Robert G., Homans, Frances R., Polasky, Stephen, Venette, Robert C.

“…The increasing economic and environmental losses caused by non-native invasive species amplify the value of identifying and implementing optimal management…”
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