Estimating population dynamics without population data |
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Authors: | Robert G. Chambers Vangelis Tzouvelekas |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Maryland, USA;2. Department of Economics, University of Crete, University Campus, 74100 Rethymno, Greece |
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Abstract: | We develop a biologically correct cost system for production systems facing invasive pests that allows the estimation of population dynamics without a priori knowledge of their true values. We apply that model to a data set for olive producers in Crete and derive from it predictions about the underlying population dynamics. Those dynamics are compared to information on population dynamics obtained from pest sampling with extremely favorable results. |
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Keywords: | Separable technologies Pest population Damage control Olive farms Greece |
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