The importance of human behavior in biodiversity conservation is widely recognized, but there little published evidence about how professionals make decisions when values are at stake. We take a behavioral economics approach, administering simplified decision problems (“choice experiments”), questions choice-relevant preferences and views (“elicitation questions”), psychometric scale (the New E...

FOREWORD The impact of environmental weeds on the natural environment is an area that has been little studied in Australia. More often than not, impact is assumed rather than quantified. If the impact of environmental weeds on nature conservation values is not quantitatively assessed before a control program is begun, valuable resources can be wasted. For instance, how would it be possible to d...