Impacts / Responses

Effects of the exotic macrophyte, para grass (Urochloa mutica), on benthic and epiphytic macroinvertebrates of a tropical floodplain

Author: 
Douglas MM, and O'Connor RA
Journal: 
Freshwater Biology
Url: 
dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01072.x

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Weed invasion changes fuel characteristics: Para Grass (Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q. Nguyen) on a tropical floodplain

Author: 
Douglas MM, and O’Connor RA
Journal: 
Ecological Management and Restoration
Url: 
dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-8903.2004.201-7.x

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ABC Rural News: 'Unwelcome strangers' - an Indigenous perspective on weeds

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2013/s3717693.htm
The CSIRO have just completed a two-year research project documenting how indigenous groups feel about invasive plants. Dr Fiona Walsh, a research scientist based in Alice Springs, says it used six Indigenous ranger groups in case studies across northern Australia. (Monday, 18/03/2013)

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Improved dissolved oxygen status following removal of exotic weed mats in important fish habitat lagoons of the tropical Burdekin River floodplain, Australia

Author: 
Perna C, and Burrows D
Journal: 
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Url: 
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.10.050

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Terrain NRM eNews: Valuable forest survival project

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http://www.terrain.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1313:valuable-forest-survival-project&catid=3:news&Itemid=152
Critically endangered Mabi forest on the Tablelands, which provides habitat for the region's iconic Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo, is under threat from a suffocating weed. With damaged pockets of Mabi forest left fragile after Cyclones Larry and Yasi, Turbina threatens to stop native regrowth reaching the canopy due to its opportunistic nature and vigorous growth rate. (February, 2013)

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The Conversation: Field of nightmares: gamba grass in the Top End

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http://theconversation.edu.au/field-of-nightmares-gamba-grass-in-the-top-end-12178
This article discusses the history of Gamba Grass in the Top End and its impacts. (Tuesday, 19/02/2013)

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Ecohydrological impacts of invasive grasses on tropical savanna in north Australia

Author: 
Hutley LB, Setterfield SA, Douglas MM, Rossiter N, and Barrett J
Journal: 
Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Australia
Url: 
http://espace.cdu.edu.au/view/cdu:6750

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Pond Apple Management - Control methods and case studies

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www.weeds.org.au/WoNS/pondapple/docs/pond_apple_MM.pdf
<p>This document, published by the Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water (2006), outlines the threat that the environmental weed Pond Apple presents. Various control methods are discussed with case studies presented as examples. pdf 832 kb.</p>

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Biosecurity Queensland: Mexican Feather Grass Risk Assessment

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www.dpi.qld.gov.au/documents/Biosecurity_EnvironmentalPests/IPA-Mexican-Feather-Grass-Risk-Assessment.pdf
<p>Csurhes S. 2008 <em>Plant Pest Risk Assessment: Mexican Feather Grass, Nassella tenuissima. </em>Biosecurity Queensland. This document provides a description of Mexican Feather Grass, its ecology and distribution and discusses its weed potential in Queensland.</p>

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BugwoodWiki profile of Johnson Grass, Sorghum Halepense

Url: 
wiki.bugwood.org/Sorghum_halepense
<p>This profile, on the BugwoodWiki site, describes Johnson Grass, its ecology and impacts as a weed as well as control measures.</p>

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