A proposed classification of invasive alien plant species in South Africa: towards prioritizing species and areas for management action.

By J. Nel, D. Richardson, Mathieu Rouget, T. N. Mgidi, N. Mdzeke, D. L. Le Maître, B. V. van Wilgen, L. Schonegevel, Lesley Henderson, S. Neser. 2004

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Residence time and potential range: crucial considerations in modelling plant invasions (2007, methodology): “Therefore, our analysis focused on ‘major invaders’ (Nel et al., 2004), that are recorded in more than 20 QDGCs, and that have been in the country for more than 50 years.”
Species richness of alien plants in South Africa: Environmental correlates and the relationship with indigenous plant species richness (2005, background): “All other genus-level records were ignored, since such records overlap with taxa already included in the dataset and inclusion of such taxa would inflate species richness (see further discussion in Nel et al., 2004).”
Biological Control of Mesquite (Prosopis Species) (Fabaceae) in South Africa (2011, background): “Other recent assessments also rank Prosopis species among the most problematic of the invasive plant species in South Africa (Robertson et al. 2003; Nel et al. 2004).”
Invasive species, climate change and ecosystem-based adaptation : addressing multiple drivers of global change (2010, background): “Giant reed was introduced to South Africa for its use as building material and has since become a very widespread and common invasive plant in riparian habitats of rivers and streams (Milton 2004, Nel et al. 2004).”
Jack‐of‐all‐trades and master of many? How does associated rhizobial diversity influence the colonization success of Australian Acacia species? (2011, background): “Australian acacias features prominently in the invasive flora of South Africa (Nel et al., 2004; Richardson et al., 2011), yet very little is known about nitrogen fixation and the diversity of rhizobia associated with these species.”
Trees and shrubs as invasive alien species – a global review (2011, background): “Taxa that form the foundation of our list feature on regional or national lists (including those in Appendix S1), for example as ‘major invaders’ (Nel et al., 2004), ‘transformers’ or ‘category 1b invasive species’ listed in the National Environmental Diversity and Distributions, 17, 788–809, ª…”
Alien conifer invasions in South America: short fuse burning? (2008, background): “For example, the South African approach that categorizes species into groups that require different management approaches (Nel et al. 2004).”
Biological Invasions in South Africa: An Overview (2020, background): “Black wattles have subsequently become one of the most widespread invasive alien trees in South Africa (Nel et al. 2004).”
Ecology and management of alien plant invasions in South African fynbos: Accommodating key complexities in objective decision making (2009, methodology): “…sustainable management of IAPs, we considered it more appropriate to rank the species by including factors reflecting their invasive potential, rather than using prioritizations from various previous analyses that have classified IAPs in South Africa (Robertson et al., 2003; Nel et al., 2004).”
Alien plant invasions in tropical and sub-tropical savannas: patterns, processes and prospects (2010, background): “Alternatively, invasions may be widespread, but not adequately reported across much of Africa, where invasions have been markedly understudied with the exception of South Africa (Pyšek et al. 2008).”
Seed banks of invasive Australian Acacia species in South Africa: Role in invasiveness and options for management (2008, background): “…Africa, numerous trees and shrubs of the family Fabaceae have invaded large areas of natural and semi-natural vegetation (Richardson et al., 1997; Nel et al., 2004) where they cause substantial impacts (Richardson and Van Wilgen, 2004) and are the targets of expensive control operations (Marais…”
The clearing of invasive alien plants in South Africa: a preliminary assessment of costs and progress (2004, background): “The significance of bugweed as an invasive species has been questioned (it is seen largely as a weed of disturbed areas and forestry plantations), while queen of the night cactus is under a substantial degree of biological control.4 There are some important species that do not appear to be targeted ”
An assessment of the effectiveness of a large, national-scale invasive alien plant control strategy in South Africa (2012, unknown): “A start has been made with prioritisation (Nel et al., 2004; van Wilgen et al., 2007, 2008b; Roura-Pascual et al., 2009), but monitoring and evaluation have not been adequately resourced to date.”