The clearing of invasive alien plants in South Africa: a preliminary assessment of costs and progress

By C. Marais, D. Stevens. 2004

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An assessment of the effectiveness of a large, national-scale invasive alien plant control strategy in South Africa (2012, unknown): “Marais et al. (2004) concluded that, at the prevailing rates of clearing, and depending on the species, it would take between two and 83 years to clear the most important species, but with the important, albeit unrealistic, assumption that no further spread would take place during this time.”
Invasive Species, Environmental Change and Management, and Health (2010, background): “, which are targeted for their impacts on biodiversity and other ecosystem services (75).”
Ecology and management of alien plant invasions in South African fynbos: Accommodating key complexities in objective decision making (2009, background): “Management of these major IAPs comprises the bulk of control efforts (Marais et al., 2004).”
Seed banks of invasive Australian Acacia species in South Africa: Role in invasiveness and options for management (2008, background): “, 2004) where they cause substantial impacts (Richardson and Van Wilgen, 2004) and are the targets of expensive control operations (Marais et al., 2004).”
Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and Robinson (Asteraceae) (2009, background): “odorata, of which just under 50% of the cost was in initial clearing and the remainder in follow-up costs (Marais et al., 2004).”