Impacts of invasive Australian acacias: implications for management and restoration

By D. L. Le Maître, Mirijam Gaertner, Elizabete Marchante, E. Ens, P. Holmes, Aníbal Pauchard, P. O’Farrell, Andrew M. Rogers, R. Blanchard, J. Blignaut and 1 more. 2011

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Ecophysiological traits associated with the competitive ability of invasive Australian acacias (2011, positive): “…acacia invasions on native ecosystems have been widely documented with a range of recorded impacts (reviewed in van Wilgen et al., 2008; Le Maitre et al., 2011) including declines in native species diversities (Richardson et al., 1989; Holmes & Cowling, 1997; Marchante et al., 2003),…”
Fire effects on aquatic ecosystems: an assessment of the current state of the science (2015, background): “…riparian areas presents especially difficult challenges (Beschta et al. 2004, Stone et al. 2010, McDaniel 2015), particularly where dominated by flammable exotic taxa (e.g., Acacia [acacia], Arundo [giant reed], Tamarix [salt cedar]) (Lambert et al. 2010, Le Maitre et al. 2011, Drus et al. 2013).”
Invasive plants as drivers of regime shifts: identifying high‐priority invaders that alter feedback relationships (2014, background): “…examples of nitrogen increase in nutrient-poor habitats are South African fynbos invaded by Australian Acacia species (Yelenik et al., 2004; Le Mâıtre et al., 2011), invasion of young volcanic soils in Hawaii by Fire tree (Morella faya) (Vitousek et al., 1987) and Black locust (Robinia…”
Global uses of Australian acacias – recent trends and future prospects (2011, background): “At least 23 Australian Acacia species are known to spread from plantings sites in areas well outside their natural ranges (Richardson & Rejmánek, 2011), and in some cases, these species have important negative impacts in invaded ecosystems (Le Maitre et al., 2011).”
Jack‐of‐all‐trades and master of many? How does associated rhizobial diversity influence the colonization success of Australian Acacia species? (2011, background): “Furthermore, these species have large impacts on invaded communities mainly through altering nutrient content and cycling (e.g. Yelenik et al., 2007; Liao et al., 2008; Le Maitre et al., 2011).”
Predicting invasiveness of Australian acacias on the basis of their native climatic affinities, life history traits and human use (2011, background): “These predictions are particularly relevant to species groups such as Australian acacias, given their high ecological and economic impact world-wide (Weber, 2003; Le Maitre et al., 2011; Wilson et al. 2011).”
Risk assessment, eradication, and biological control: global efforts to limit Australian acacia invasions (2011, background): “…levels, and directly on biodiversity through competition for space (Richardson & van Wilgen, 2004; Marchante et al., 2008; Gaertner et al., 2009; Le Maitre et al., 2011)], but also a wide variety of commercial, subsistence and ornamental uses (Rinaudo & Cunningham, 2008; Griffin et al., 2011; Kull…”
Human‐mediated introductions of Australian acacias – a global experiment in biogeography (2011, background): “…to invasive success (notably in the case of mutualisms involving soil microbiota; Rodrı́guez-Echeverrı́a et al., 2011), mediate their influence on native biota (Le Maitre et al., 2011; Veldtman et al., 2011) and affect the health of species of commercial importance (Wingfield et al., 2011).”
Trees and shrubs as invasive alien species – a global review (2011, background): “Invasive Australian acacias serve many purposes, have many types of impacts on ecosystems in their new ranges (Le Maitre et al., 2011) and are perceived in different ways by different sectors of society (Kull et al., 2011).”
Modelling horses for novel climate courses: insights from projecting potential distributions of native and alien Australian acacias with correlative and mechanistic models (2011, background): “(subgenus Phyllodineae, Mimosoideae: Fabaceae; Miller et al., 2011) are native to Australia and major invasive species in South Africa, the Iberian Peninsula and California (Turpie et al., 2003; Gaertner et al., 2009; Le Maitre et al., 2011; Richardson & Rejmánek, 2011).”
Co‐invasion of South African ecosystems by an Australian legume and its rhizobial symbionts (2013, background): “The success of Acacia invasions globally has been attributed to a number of factors such as repeated introductions, introductions of large seed volumes, and concerted breeding efforts by scientists (Le Roux et al., 2011).”