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. 2011 Sep 9;6(9):e24587. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024587

Table 1. Annualized damage in U.S. $1,000,000 associated with each guild and cost category.

Guild Federal Government Expenditures Local Government Expenditures Household Expenditures Residential Property Value Loss Forest Landowner Timber Loss
BORERS (N = 71, Ni = 14)
Poster: emerald ash borer damages ($106) 38 850 350 380 60
Total damage ($106) 92 [62–97] 1700 [1100–1900] 760 [460–820] 830 [510–900] 130 [81–150]
P>poster (%) 3.5 [0.47–8.1] 3.4 [0.43–7.2] 3.4 [0.39–7.6] 3.3 [0.41–7.8] 3.3 [0.42–7.5]
SAP FEEDERS (N = 192, Ni = 19)
Poster: hemlock woolly adelgid damages ($106) 4.3 66 44 100 1.1
Total damage ($106) 14[6.6–15] 170 [85–190] 130 [62–140] 260 [130–290] 4.2 [2.1–4.6]
P>poster (%) 1.1 [0.14–2.8] 1.1 [0.12– .8] 1.1 [0.13– .1] 1.0 [0.14–2.5] 1.1 [0.15–2.9]
FOLIAGE FEEDERS (N = 155, Ni = 25)
Poster: gypsy moth damages ($106) 33 50 46 120 4.6
Total damage ($106) 110 [52–120] 170 [75–180] 160 [72–180] 410 [190–450] 18 [8.2–20]
P>poster (%) 1.3 [0.21–3.4] 1.4 [0.20–3.6] 1.2 [0.21–3.1] 1.6 [0.22–4.7] 1.3 [0.23–3.4]

The poster pest damage was calculated for each cost category (See Appendix S1 for detailed methods). We report the posterior mean of total damage (see Figure 1) and the probability that a newly introduced pest will be as damaging or more damaging than the poster pest for that cost category (P>poster). N is the total number of species in the guild and Ni shows the number of intermediate pests in each guild. The 90% Bayesian credible intervals are in brackets.