Mapping ecological risks with a portfoliobased technique: incorporating uncertainty and decisionmaking preferences
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Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, 1219 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 2E5, Canada, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center 3041 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, 114 James Hall, Durham, NH 03824, USA, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 59 Camelot Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0Y9, Canada
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