(par 5.3.2.2.1 ) Blooming pest for home owners – new regulations on invasive plants

Blooming pest for home owners – new regulations on invasive plants http://mg.co.za/article/2014-11-14-blooming-pest-for-home-owners 14 Nov 2014 00:00 Chantelle Benjamin New laws state that land owners must monitor and remove invasive plants to avoid prosecution. New regulations could be a thorn in the side for property sellers, who may find themselves paying thousands, if not millions, of rands […]

(par 5.3.2.2 ) Impacts of invasive alien plants on water quality, with particular emphasis on South Africa

Impacts of invasive alien plants on water quality, with particular emphasis on South Africa http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1816-79502012000200019 J ChamierI, *; K SchachtschneiderI; DC le MaitreI; PJ AshtonII; BW van WilgenIII ICSIR Natural Resources and the Environment, PO Box 320, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa IICSIR Natural Resources and the Environment, PO Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa IIICentre forInvasion […]

(par 5.3.2.2 ) Ecology of Invasive Species (taken from Wikibooks)

Ecology of Invasive Species http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ecology/Invasive_species Everyone may not accept what a particular ecologist or group of ecologists deem as “the way things work”. Ecology is a relatively young and complex science. As a result, some ecological concepts are based largely on conceptualizing rather than experimentation. It is not easy to test many ecological hypotheses, because […]