Browsing RESEARCH: Foxcroft, L by Subject "protected area"
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An assessment of the evolution, costs and effectiveness of alien plant control operations in Kruger National Park, South Africa
(Pensoft, 2017)Alien plants were first recorded in 1937 in the 2 million ha Kruger National Park (KNP, a savanna protected area in South Africa), and attempts to control them began in the mid-1950s. The invasive alien plant control program ... -
Into the great wide open: do alien plants spread from rivers to dry savanna in the Kruger National Park?
(2020)Protected areas play an important role as refuges from invasive species impacts on biodiversity. Within the MOSAIK (Monitoring Savanna Biodiversity in the Kruger National Park) project, plant species were recorded in a ... -
Pattern and process of plant invasion in an African savanna ecosystem
(2010-11-25)Biological invasions are a significant ecological and economic global crisis. Protected areas also suffer from the increased burden that invasions place on their resources and the impacts placed on the ecosystem. However, ... -
Predicting Incursion of Plant Invaders into Kruger National Park, South Africa: The Interplay of General Drivers and Species-Specific Factors
(Public Library of Science, 2011)Background: Overcoming boundaries is crucial for incursion of alien plant species and their successful naturalization and invasion within protected areas. Previous work showed that in Kruger National Park, South Africa, ...