Claim · model-written summary
A modeled Phytophthora outbreak affecting Sitka spruce would cost £11 300 million.
- Taxon
- Sitka spruce
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Picea sitchensise0 - Outcome
- one affecting Sitka sprucee0
- Value
- £11 300 millione0
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Verbatim
e0“one affecting Sitka spruce at £11 300 million”
Title
Gregory Valatin; Colin Price; Sarah Green Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research 2022. doi:10.1093/forestry/cpac003
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Association Shorter intervals between avoided outbreaks increase the modeled benefit of nursery practices.
- Association For Phytophthora alone, nursery benefits were unlikely to exceed costs.
- Observation A modeled Phytophthora outbreak affecting oak would cost about £500 million.
- Recommendation The authors recommend social incentives or nursery controls to lower forest disease risk.