Université de Fribourg

Which factors affect the success or failure of eradication campaigns against alien species?

Pluess, Therese ; Jarošík, Vojtěch ; Pyšek, Petr ; Cannon, Ray ; Pergl, Jan ; Breukers, Annemarie ; Bacher, Sven

In: PLoS ONE, 2012, vol. 7, no. 10, p. e48157

Although issues related to the management of invasive alien species are receiving increasing attention, little is known about which factors affect the likelihood of success of management measures. We applied two data mining techniques, classification trees and boosted trees, to identify factors that relate to the success of management campaigns aimed at eradicating invasive alien invertebrates,...

Université de Fribourg

When are eradication campaigns successful? A test of common assumptions

Pluess, Therese ; Cannon, Ray ; Jarošík, Vojtěch ; Pergl, Jan ; Pyšek, Petr ; Bacher, Sven

In: Biological Invasions, 2012, vol. 14, no. 7, p. 1365-1378

Eradication aims at eliminating populations of alien organisms from an area. Since not all eradications are successful, several factors have been proposed in the literature (mainly by referring to case studies) to be crucial for eradication success, such as infestation size or reaction time. To our knowledge, however, no study has statistically evaluated which factors affect eradication...