HAWAII FEARS INVASION OF BROWN TREE SNAKE
The brown treesnake is a highly cryptic, semi-arboreal snake that uses a mixture of active and ambush foraging tactics18. BTS invaded the island of Guam shortly after World War II19,20where it caused the local extinction of at least 15 vertebrate species19,20. Due to their high abundance ...
For the case of the Brown Tree Snake potentially invading Hawaii, we find that under a regime of precommitment, pre-invasion expenditures on prevention should be approximately $3.2 million today, decreasing every year until invasion. However, if the planner is permitted to re-evaluate the threat ...
The federal government is mulling how to slay a serpent bent on destruction in Guam. A...Price, Joyce
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Nocturnal visual surveys are known to detect brown treesnakes of all sizes and are the primary detection tool used by the Brown Treesnake Rapid Response Team, but detection probability remains low in complex forest habitats. As such, we investigated the use of two potenti...
We used program MaxEnt to model climatically suitable areas for brown treesnake introduction into the continental United States. We then used ArcGIS to identify suitable areas that also receive the most shipments from the island of Guam, thus bringing together both risk of dispersal and risk of ...
Richmond, JQ, Wood, DA, Stanford, JW, Fisher, RN (2014) Testing for multiple invasion routes and source populations for the invasive brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis) on Guam: implications for pest management. Biol Invasions 17: pp. 1-13...
A state without snakes keeps a wary eye out for an alien invader.(authorities in Hawaii worry about an invasion of the brown tree snake)Rillero, Anne
M. 2007. Optimal prevention and control of invasive species: the case of the brown treesnake. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hawaii, Manoa Hawaii, USA.Burnett K (2007) Optimal prevention and control of invasive species: the case of the brown tree snake. Ph.D.Dissertation, University of...