Herbicides, weeds and endangered species: management of bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata) with glyphosate and impacts on the endangered shrub, Pimelea spicata
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Matarczyk, Julie A.; Willis, Anthony J.; Vranjic, John; Ash, Julian
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Environmental weed invasion threatens the biodiversity of native species. Unfortunately, managing these weeds may also affect biodiversity adversely. A recent example occurred when glyphosate, a herbicide used to control the highly invasive weed, bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata), accidentally drifted over a small population of an endangered shrub, Pimelea spicata. Following concerns that the affected population would not recover and, thereby, cause the local extinction of...[Show more]
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Date published: | 2002 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/91713 |
Source: | Biological Conservation |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00062-9 |
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