id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt news-002837 New study demonstrates economic value of invasive species screening programs | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame .html text/html 741 29 43 New study demonstrates economic value of invasive species screening programs New study demonstrates economic value of invasive species screening programs Published: December 18, 2006 Author: William G. Gilroy A new study by a team that includes David Lodge, a professor of biology and director of the Center for Aquatic Conservation at the University of Notre Dame, contends that screening programs for invasive species can not only be effective in stopping the spread of such species, but also can produce economic benefits. Because we use low estimates of the financial damages caused by invasive species and high estimates of the value of species in the ornamental plant trade, our results underestimate the net value benefit of the Australian plant quarantine program,Lodge said. cache/news-002837.html txt/news-002837.txt