This chapter discusses the holistic concept of biosecurity and biosecurity surveillance with emphasis on plants, animals and ecosystems. Also discussed are statistical analyses and risk assessment of various surveillance activities for both plants and animals.

Biosecurity surveillance plays a vital role in protection against the introduction and spread of unwanted plants and animals. It involves not just collecting relevant information, but also analysing this information. This book focuses on methods for quantitative analysis of biosecurity surveillance ...

National authorities that seek to protect plant and animal health and welfare follow international agreements and guidelines designed to inhibit the introduction and spread of pests and diseases harmful to animals and plants by conducting formal risk analyses. Analyses are generally initiated by:...

Soilborne microbes are well known in agriculture as biological control agents and plant pathogens. Methods for their detection or diagnosis have been studied extensively over decades in order to identify the organisms, elucidate their biology, detect their presence and estimate their prevalence in...

Biosecurity surveillance involves special challenges, in particular dealing with the fact that the target organism is usually absent from the surveyed area. In this context, surveys must be designed to detect small target populations and to estimate the likelihood that failing to detect the...

Stochastic models for the spread of epidemics in space and time are increasingly being used as predictive tools to help in the control of emergent pests and pathogens and as tools for the interpretation of observations of epidemics as they occur. This chapter provides an introduction to a...

When a new biosecurity incursion is detected, rapid response is critical to maximize the chance of containment and eradication and minimize the threat to important industries. However, inappropriate response can be extremely costly. For example, we might waste resources on trying to eradicate a...

This book contains practical and innovative approaches to plant and animal biosecurity surveillance from Australia and around the world, using established and new methodologies, with a particular focus on the quantitative, particularly statistical, aspects of these methods. The book is structured...

Pest risk maps are an important source of decision support when devising strategies to minimize introductions of invasive organisms and mitigate their impacts. When possible management responses to an invader include costly or socially sensitive activities, decision makers tend to follow a more...