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Developing A Research Agenda For The Distribution And Rate Of Spread Of Buffel Grass And Identification Of Landscapes And Biodiversity Assets At Most Risk From Invasion
Author
Friedel, M.
Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2008
Body

In 2007, the Biodiversity Working Group of the Australian Collaborative Rangelands Information System nominated buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) as a transformer weed of Australian rangelands with potentially serious implications for biodiversity.  As a step towards tackling the lack of biodiversity-related information about the grass, the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts funded a workshop to develop a research agenda addressing distribution and rate of spread of buffel grass, and identification of landscapes and biodiversity assets at most risk from invasion. ...

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
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Anderson, L., van Klinken, R. D., and Shepherd, D. (2008). Aerially surveying Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in the Pilbara. In: 'A Climate of Change in the Rangelands. Proceedings of the 15th Australian Rangeland Society Biennial Conference'. (Ed. D. Orr) 4 pages. (Australian Rangeland Society: Australia).
Conference Name
15th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Charters Towers Queensland
Keywords
Cenchrus ciliaris
risk