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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>Patrick B. Shafroth</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Francesc Baro</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Eduardo Gonzalez-Sargas</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2024</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;div class="P-Article-Preview-Block"&gt;&lt;div class="P-Article-Preview-Block-Content"&gt;&lt;p data-obkms-id="FDC569BA-111F-4108-B5F9-D4F0116514F3"&gt;Incorporating societal considerations into decisions related to invasive species management is desirable, but can be challenging because it requires a solid understanding of the ecological functions and socio-cultural and economic benefits and values of the invaded environment before and after invasion. The ecosystem service (&lt;abbr id="ABBRID0E3D" title="ecosystem service"&gt;ES&lt;/abbr&gt;) concept was designed to facilitate such decision-making by establishing direct connections between ecosystem properties and human well-being, but its application in invasive species management has not been systematic. In this Discussion paper, we propose the adoption of the&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;abbr id="ABBRID0EAE" title="ecosystem service"&gt;ES&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;cascade model as a framework for understanding the environmental effects, costs and benefits associated with controlling an invasive shrub (&lt;i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="tn" data-obkms-id="6790E67B-2410-4685-9B7C-5419EE343B9F" data-taxon-parsed-name="Tamarix"&gt;&lt;span class="genus"&gt;Tamarix&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;spp.) in riparian systems of the western United States. The cascade model has the advantage of explicitly dissecting social-ecological systems into five components: ecosystem structure and processes, ecological functions, ecosystem services, benefits and the economic and socio-cultural valuation of these services and benefits. The first two have received significant attention in the evaluation of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="tn" data-obkms-id="B219B971-7430-4976-9695-2EA328D69DE8" data-taxon-parsed-name="Tamarix"&gt;&lt;span class="genus"&gt;Tamarix&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;control effectiveness. The last three have long been implicitly acknowledged over decades of&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="tn" data-obkms-id="9F522365-99CB-4F79-848F-CABF5E250869" data-taxon-parsed-name="Tamarix"&gt;&lt;span class="genus"&gt;Tamarix&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;management in the region, but have not been formally accounted for, which we believe would increase the effectiveness, accountability and transparency of management efforts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.3897/neobiota.92.118502</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>NeoBiota</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>﻿Integrating social-ecological outcomes into invasive species management: The Tamarix case</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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