Title :
Biological invasions: a challenge in ecological forecasting
Author :
Schnase, J.L. ; Smith, J.A. ; Stohlgren, T.J. ; Graves, S. ; Trees, C.
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
The spread of invasive species is one of the most daunting environmental, economic, and human-health problems facing the United States and the World today. It is one of several grand challenge environmental problems being considered by NASA´s Earth Science Vision for 2025. The invasive species problem is complex and presents many challenges. Developing an invasive species predictive capability could significantly advance the science and technology of ecological forecasting.
Keywords :
biology; botany; ecology; pollution; zoology; alien; biogeography; biological invasion; biology; biosphere; botany; ecological forecasting; ecology; environmental problem; environmental science; invasive species; model; prediction; predictive capability; spread; zoogeography; zoology; Biological information theory; Biology; Costs; Economic forecasting; Ecosystems; Environmental economics; Environmental factors; Geoscience; Humans; NASA;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1024961
