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Weed Risk Assessments Are an Effective Component of Invasion Risk Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Doria R. Gordon*
Affiliation:
The Nature Conservancy and Courtesy Professor, Department of Biology, P.O. Box 118526, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
S. Luke Flory
Affiliation:
Agronomy Department, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110500, Gainesville, FL 32611
Deah Lieurance
Affiliation:
UF/IFAS Assessment of Nonnative Plants in Florida's Natural Areas, Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
Philip E. Hulme
Affiliation:
Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Christchurch 7648, New Zealand
Chris Buddenhagen
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
Barney Caton
Affiliation:
United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Protection, and Quarantine, Plant Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Laboratory, 1730 Varsity Drive, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27606
Paul D. Champion
Affiliation:
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd., Gate 10 Silverdale Road, Hillcrest, Hamilton 3216, New Zealand
Theresa M. Culley
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, 614 Rieveschl Hall, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221
Curt Daehler
Affiliation:
Botany Department, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822
Franz Essl
Affiliation:
Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria
Jeffrey E. Hill
Affiliation:
School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, 1408 24th Street SE, Ruskin, FL 33570
Reuben P. Keller
Affiliation:
Institute of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago. Chicago, IL 60660
Lisa Kohl
Affiliation:
United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Protection, and Quarantine, Plant Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Laboratory, 1730 Varsity Drive, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27606
Anthony L. Koop
Affiliation:
United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Protection, and Quarantine, Plant Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Laboratory, 1730 Varsity Drive, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27606
Sabrina Kumschick
Affiliation:
Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa Invasive Species Programme, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Claremont 7735, South Africa
David M. Lodge
Affiliation:
Environmental Research Initiative and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN 46556
Richard N. Mack
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, P.O. Box 644236, Pullman WA 99164
Laura A. Meyerson
Affiliation:
Director of Minor in Restoration Science and Management, Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881
Godshen R. Pallipparambil
Affiliation:
Center for Integrated Pest Management, North Carolina State University, 1730 Varsity Drive, Suite 110, Raleigh, NC 27606
F. Dane Panetta
Affiliation:
Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
Read Porter
Affiliation:
Invasive Species Program, Environmental Law Institute, 1730 M Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036
Petr Pyšek
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany, Department of Invasion Ecology, The Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic and Professor, Department of Ecology, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ-128 44 Prague, Czech Republic
Lauren D. Quinn
Affiliation:
Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 1 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, IL 61820
David M. Richardson
Affiliation:
Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
Daniel Simberloff
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, 569 Dabney Hall, Knoxville, TN
Montserrat Vilà
Affiliation:
Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Avda. Américo Vespucio s/n, Isla de la Cartuja, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
*
Corresponding author's Email: dgordon@ufl.edu

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