| RRC ID |
58517
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| Author |
Harron P, Joshi O, Edgar CB, Paudel S, Adhikari A.
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| Title |
Predicting Kudzu (Pueraria montana) spread and its economic impacts in timber industry: A case study from Oklahoma.
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| Journal |
PLoS One
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| Abstract |
Quantifying the economic impacts of invasive species is an essential step in developing and prioritizing invasive species management. In particular, kudzu, Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. is an aggressive and non-native vine that not only causes ecological damage and reduces biodiversity, but can have multiple economic consequences such as loss of timber value and volume. Using current infestation locations in Oklahoma, southcentral USA, a Monte Carlo simulation was run to estimate the natural as well as anthropogenic spread rate of kudzu in the next five years. Simulations were supplemented with an economic impact analysis within the Impact Analysis for PLANing (IMPLAN) platform. To account for economic loss in the forest product industry, a replacement cost approach with a sensitivity analysis was conducted. Occurrence data collections revealed that current kudzu populations are already established in Oklahoma forests. The results demonstrate that by year five, total industry output could be reduced by $167.9 million, which will influence 780 jobs in the most extreme case scenario. The predicted economic loss due to kudzu expansion could act as an incentive for appropriate management practices and plans to be implemented.
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| Volume |
15(3)
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| Pages |
e0229835
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| Published |
2020-3-16
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| DOI |
10.1371/journal.pone.0229835
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| PII |
PONE-D-19-22727
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| Description |
BiodiC-J data were referenced.
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| PMID |
32176706
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| PMC |
PMC7075552
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| MeSH |
Forestry / methods
Introduced Species / economics*
Oklahoma
Pueraria / growth & development*
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| IF |
2.74
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| Times Cited |
0
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| Resource |
| GBIF |
Plant Specimen Database of Tama Forest Science Garden, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan
Vascular plant specimens of Akita Prefectural Museum
Herbarium, University Archives and Collections, Fukushima University, Japan (FKSE)
Angiospermatatophytina Collection of Saitama Museum of Natural History
Vascular Plant Collection of Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba
Spermatophyta collection of Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka
Ibaraki Nature Museum, Vascular Plants collection
Plant Specimens of Kurashiki Museum of Natural History
Herbarium Specimens of Tokushima Prefectural Museum, Japan
Herbarium of Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History
Spermatophyta specimens of Iwate Prefectural Museum
Vascular Plants Collection of Sagamihara City Museum
Plant specimens in the Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Plant specimens deposited in Osaka Museum of Natural History, Japan
Vascular Plant Specimens of Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden
Plant Specimens of The Shimane Nature Museum of Mt. Sanbe
Vascular Plant Specimen database of Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History
Gunma Museum of Natural History, Vascular Plant Specimen
Monitoring records of plant species in the Hakone region of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, Japan, 2001-2010
Herbarium Specimens of Bonin and Ryukyu Islands
Tracheophyta collection of Biodiversity Center of Japan, Ministry of the Environment |
