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dc.contributor.authorBuckley, Yvonne M.
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorCatterall, Carla
dc.contributor.authorCorlett, Richard T.
dc.contributor.authorEngel, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorGosper, Carl R.
dc.contributor.authorNathan, Ran
dc.contributor.authorRichardson, David M.
dc.contributor.authorSetter, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorSpiegel, Orr
dc.contributor.authorVivian-Smith, Gabrielle
dc.contributor.authorVoigt, Friederike A.
dc.contributor.authorWeir, Jacqueline E. S.
dc.contributor.authorWestcott, David A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:13:15Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:13:15Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2009-11-06T05:51:34Z
dc.identifier.issn00218901
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.biocon.2005.11.007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/24018
dc.description.abstractSummary 1. Some of the most damaging invasive plants are dispersed by frugivores and this is an area of emerging importance in weed management. It highlights the need for practical information on how frugivores affect weed population dynamics and spread, how frugivore populations are affected by weeds and what management recommendations are available. 2. Fruit traits influence frugivore choice. Fruit size, the presence of an inedible peel, defensive chemistry, crop size and phenology may all be useful traits for screening and eradication programmes to consider. By considering the effect of these traits on the probability, quality and quantity of seed dispersal it may be possible to rank invasive species by their desirability to frugivores. Fruit traits can also be manipulated with biocontrol agents. 3. Functional groups of frugivores can be assembled according to broad species groupings and further refined according to size, gape size, pre- and post-ingestion processing techniques and movement patterns to predict dispersal and establishment patterns for plant introductions. 4. Landscape fragmentation can increase frugivore dispersal of invasives as many invasive plants and dispersers readily use disturbed matrix environments and fragment edges. Dispersal to particular landscape features such as perches or edges can be manipulated to function as seed sinks if control measures are concentrated in these areas. 5. Where invasive plants comprise part of the diet of native frugivores there may be a conservation conflict between control of the invasive and maintaining populations of the native frugivore, especially where other threats such as habitat destruction have reduced populations of native fruit species. 6. Synthesis and applications. Development of functional groups of frugivore dispersed invasive plants and dispersers will enable us to develop predictions for novel dispersal interactions at both population and community scales. Increasingly sophisticated mechanistic seed dispersal models combined with spatially explicit simulations show much promise for providing weed managers with the information they need to develop strategies for surveying, eradicating and managing plant invasions. Possible conservation conflicts mean that understanding the nature of the invasive plant-frugivore interaction is essential for determining appropriate management.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeLondon
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00063207
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom848
dc.relation.ispartofpageto857
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Applied Ecology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume43
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcological Applications
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental Science and Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0501
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0502
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0602
dc.titleManagement of plant invasions mediated by frugivore interactions
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorCatterall, Carla P.


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