Identifying highly connected counties compensates for resource limitations when evaluating national spread of an invasive pathogen.

Surveying invasive species can be highly resource intensive, yet near-real-time evaluations of invasion progress are important resources for management planning. In the case of the soybean rust invasion of the United States, a linked monitoring, prediction, and communication network saved U.S. soybe...

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Main Authors: Sweta Sutrave, Caterina Scoglio, Scott A Isard, J M Shawn Hutchinson, Karen A Garrett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3373535?pdf=render