@article{Lemay:256482,
      recid = {256482},
      author = {Lemay, Andrea V. and Meissner, Heike E.},
      title = {Likelihood of Hitchhiker Pests Being Moved into and within  the Greater Caribbean Region},
      address = {2008-07-13},
      number = {1875-2017-366},
      pages = {5},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {A "hitchhiker" pest is defined as an agricultural pest  organism moving in or on a commodity which is not one of  its hosts or moving in or on a conveyance (airplane, ship)  or shipping container. Our objective was to examine the  movement of plant pests as hitchhikers in trade. We  examined USDA data and the scientific literature to address  the frequency of hitchhiking pests arriving at airports and  maritime ports in the Greater Caribbean Region. We  concluded that most insects, mollusks, weed seeds, and  plant pathogens are likely to survive shipping conditions.  Of the 6.2 million cargo containers entering maritime ports  within the Greater Caribbean Region, more than 1.4 million  were estimated to have arrived with contaminants. The  immense number of conveyances and containers circulated in  international trade make this a pathway that presents a  high risk, but is difficult to control.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256482},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.256482},
}