A paper on when eradication, rather than control, is feasible for vertebrate pests, listing the conditions that removal requires. Both papers apply these conditions to the escape ratchet (C1): smallpox met them all, while established agent lineages would fail at least four, because refugia, re-origination, and dormancy supply immigrants and shelter the copies that would breed.
- Cited in
- both papers
- Used for
- C1Prediction 5
- Strand
- Domestication, invasion & eradication
Cite
@article{bomford1995eradication,
title = {Eradication or Control for Vertebrate Pests?},
author = {Mary Bomford and Peter O'Brien},
year = {1995},
journal = {Wildlife Society Bulletin},
url = {https://www.jstor.org/stable/3782799},
}