Entry of exotic insects into Australia: Does border interception count match incursion risk?

• Published in: Biological invasions Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 1087 - 1094
• Main Authors: Caley, Peter, Ingram, Robert, De Barro, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer-Verlag 01.04.2015; Springer International Publishing; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Australia; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Coleoptera; Developmental Biology; Diptera; early warning systems; Ecology; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Hemiptera; Insects; Inspection; Interception; Lepidoptera; Life Sciences; Original Paper; Plant Sciences; prediction; Probability; quarantine; risk; Australia; Incursion; Risk; Interception; Border security; Insect

Interception data collected at the Australian quarantine border on the orders Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera and Diptera during 1986–2005 were cross-referenced to incursion data. For insects from these four orders, detection at the quarantine border was a poor predictor of successful incursions...