Biological control of invasive alien plants in South Africa: necessity, circumspection, and success

By V. C. Moran, J. Hoffmann, H. Zimmermann. 2005

129 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. D. Richardson
2. John R. U. Wilson
3. J. L. Le Roux
4. B. V. van Wilgen
5. R. L. Kluge
6. Joice Ndlovu
7. G. Thompson
8. M. Byrne

In Insect Science

1. John R. U. Wilson
2. D. Richardson
3. A. Urbaneja
4. J. L. Le Roux
5. J. C. Lenteren
6. B. V. van Wilgen
7. K. Bolckmans
8. H. Hinz

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. D. Richardson
2. John R. U. Wilson
3. J. L. Le Roux
4. B. V. van Wilgen
5. R. L. Kluge
6. Joice Ndlovu
7. G. Thompson
8. Gillian Brown

Citations in the corpus

• Biological control using invertebrates and microorganisms: plenty of new opportunities (2018, background): “…control: Jacas and Urbaneja 2009) and weed control in South Africa (public supported weed biological control in the working for water program: Moran et al. 2005) shows that widely disseminated information about successes of biological control projects result in strong public support and…”
• Phylogeographic consequences of different introduction histories of invasive Australian Acacia species and Paraserianthes lophantha (Fabaceae) in South Africa (2011, background): “Classical biological control is a fundamental component of the long-term integrated control of widespread invasive wattles in South Africa (Moran et al., 2005; van Wilgen et al., 2011).”
• Biological control of weeds: an analysis of introductions, rates of establishment and estimates of success, worldwide (2018, background): “These categories have been adopted by a number of regional assessments in Australia (Cullen et al. 2011; McFadyen 2000), New Zealand (Fowler et al. 2000; Hayes et al. 2013), South Africa (Hill and Coetzee 2017; Hoffmann 1995; Klein 2011; Moran et al. 2005), and Hawaii (Gardner et al. 1995).”
• A Catalogue of the Insects, Mites and Pathogens that have been used or Rejected, or are Under Consideration, for the Biological Control of Invasive Alien Plants in South Africa (2011, background): “…in the fynbos biome, such as two Hakea species (Proteaceae) and several extremely problematic Acacia species (Mimosaceae) (Zimmermann et al. 2004b; Moran et al. 2005); (iii) initiatives to target aquatic weed species; and (iv) strategic programmes that, from the early 1980s, targeted several…”
• An assessment of the effectiveness of a large, national-scale invasive alien plant control strategy in South Africa (2012, unknown): “…been supplemented by (1) the development of biological control options that target selected priority alien plant species (Zimmermann et al., 2004; Moran et al., 2005); (2) the promulgation of legislation that requires landowners to deal with the problem (van Wilgen et al., 2011a); and (3) the…”
• An economic assessment of the contribution of biological control to the management of invasive alien plants and to the protection of ecosystem services in South Africa (2010, background): “…cost effective and very safe compared with the expense and risks associated with herbicide development and deployment; that biological control can be successfully integrated with other management practices; and, most compelling of all, that biological control is self-sustaining (Moran et al. 2005).”
• Seed banks of invasive Australian Acacia species in South Africa: Role in invasiveness and options for management (2008, background): “Moran et al. (2004, 2005) illustrate the pivotal role seed-reducing insects have played in the successful South African biological control programmes against A. cyclops, A. pycnantha, and another woody legume, Sesbania punicea.”