CADIC   02618
CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Incorporating landowner preferences into voluntary invasive species eradication programs
Autor/es:
ANNA SANTO; MICHAEL G. SORICE; CHRISTOPHER T. FRANCK; C. JOSH DONLAN; CHRISTOPHER B. ANDERSON
Lugar:
Baltimore
Reunión:
Congreso; 100 Meeting of the Ecological Society of America; 2015
Resumen:
On human-inhabited islands eradication is both a complex technical and social issue. Although invasive exotic species destroy agricultural crops, forestproducts, and compromise other aspects of human health and well-being, they also create significant material and cultural value for societies. Given the increased complexity of eradicating invasives where they co-exist with people, designing effective solutions that meet the needs of stakeholders is a key challenge. The Tierra del Fuego (TDF) archipelago in southern Argentina and Chile provides an informative case study to understand efforts to eradicate the North American beaver (Castor canadensis), an invasive species that has created the largest landscape-scale alteration of the ecoregion in the last 10,000 years. To understand private landowner perceptions, preferences, and potential support for a large-scale eradication campaign we conducted face-to-face