Shackleton RT, Le Maitre DC, van Wilgen BW et al (2017) Towards a national strategy to optimise
the management of a widespread invasive tree (Prosopis species; mesquite) in South Africa.
Ecosyst Serv 27:242–252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.11.022
Stubbings JA (1977) A case against controlling introduced acacias (ACACIA). S Afr For J
102:8–14
te Beest M, Howison O, Howison RA et al (2017) Successful control of the invasive shrub
Chromolaena odorata in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. In: JPGM C, Archibald S, Owen-Smith N
(eds) Conserving Africa’s mega-diversity in the Anthropocene: the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
story. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 358–382. https://doi.org/10.1017/
9781139382793.020
Terblanche C, Kaplan H, Strathie LW et al (2016) An approach to the development of a national
strategy for controlling invasive alien plant species: the case of Parthenium hysterophorus in
South Africa. Bothalia 46:1–11. https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v46i1.2053
van den Berg EC (2010) Detection, quantification and monitoring Prosopis spp. in the Northern
Cape Province of South Africa using remote sensing and GIS. Masters Dissertation, North-West
University, Potchefstroom
van Rensburg J, Richardson DM, van Wilgen BW (2017) The challenges of managing invasive
alien plants on private land in the Cape Floristic Region: insights from Vergelegen Wine Estate
(2004–2015). Trans R Soc S Afr 72:207–216. https://doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2017.1288175
van Wilgen BW (2015) Plantation forestry and invasive pines in the Cape Floristic Region: towards
conflict resolution. S Afr J Sci 111(7/8), Art. 114, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2015/a0114
van Wilgen BW, De Lange WJ (2011) The costs and benefits of biological control of invasive alien
plants in South Africa. Afr Entomol 19:504–514. https://doi.org/10.4001/003.019.0228
van Wilgen BW, Richardson DM (2012) Three centuries of managing introduced conifers in
South Africa: benefits, impacts, changing perceptions and conflict resolution. J Environ
Manag 106:56–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.03.052
van Wilgen BW, Richardson DM (2014) Challenges and trade-offs in the management of invasive
alien trees. Biol Invasions 16:721–734. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-013-0615-8
van Wilgen BW, Wannenburgh A (2016) Co-facilitating invasive species control, water conservation and poverty relief: achievements and challenges in South Africa’s Working for Water
programme. Curr Opin Environ Sustain 19:7–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2015.08.012
van Wilgen BW, Wilson JR (eds) (2018) The status of biological invasions and their management in
South Africa in 2017. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch and
DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch
van Wilgen BW, Bond WJ, Richardson DM (1992) Ecosystem management. In: Cowling RM
(ed) The ecology of fynbos: nutrients, fire and diversity. Oxford University Press, Cape Town,
pp 345–371
van Wilgen BW, Little PR, Chapman RA et al (1997) The sustainable development of water
resources: history, financial costs and benefits of alien plant control programmes. S Afr J Sci
93:404–411
van Wilgen BW, Dyer C, Hoffmann JH et al (2011) National-scale strategic approaches for
managing introduced plants: insights from Australian acacias in South Africa. Divers Distrib
17:1060–1075. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00785.x
van Wilgen BW, Forsyth GG, Le Maitre DC et al (2012) An assessment of the effectiveness of a
large, national-scale invasive alien plant control strategy in South Africa. Biol Conserv
148:28–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.035
van Wilgen BW, Fill JM, Baard J et al (2016) Historical costs and projected future scenarios for the
management of invasive alien plants in protected areas in the Cape Floristic Region. Biol
Conserv 200:168–177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.06.008
van Wilgen BW, Fill JM, Govender N et al (2017) An assessment of the evolution, costs and
effectiveness of alien plant control operations in Kruger National Park, South Africa. NeoBiota
35:35–59. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.35.12391
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the management of a widespread invasive tree (Prosopis species; mesquite) in South Africa.
Ecosyst Serv 27:242–252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.11.022
Stubbings JA (1977) A case against controlling introduced acacias (ACACIA). S Afr For J
102:8–14
te Beest M, Howison O, Howison RA et al (2017) Successful control of the invasive shrub
Chromolaena odorata in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. In: JPGM C, Archibald S, Owen-Smith N
(eds) Conserving Africa’s mega-diversity in the Anthropocene: the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
story. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 358–382. https://doi.org/10.1017/
9781139382793.020
Terblanche C, Kaplan H, Strathie LW et al (2016) An approach to the development of a national
strategy for controlling invasive alien plant species: the case of Parthenium hysterophorus in
South Africa. Bothalia 46:1–11. https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v46i1.2053
van den Berg EC (2010) Detection, quantification and monitoring Prosopis spp. in the Northern
Cape Province of South Africa using remote sensing and GIS. Masters Dissertation, North-West
University, Potchefstroom
van Rensburg J, Richardson DM, van Wilgen BW (2017) The challenges of managing invasive
alien plants on private land in the Cape Floristic Region: insights from Vergelegen Wine Estate
(2004–2015). Trans R Soc S Afr 72:207–216. https://doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2017.1288175
van Wilgen BW (2015) Plantation forestry and invasive pines in the Cape Floristic Region: towards
conflict resolution. S Afr J Sci 111(7/8), Art. 114, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2015/a0114
van Wilgen BW, De Lange WJ (2011) The costs and benefits of biological control of invasive alien
plants in South Africa. Afr Entomol 19:504–514. https://doi.org/10.4001/003.019.0228
van Wilgen BW, Richardson DM (2012) Three centuries of managing introduced conifers in
South Africa: benefits, impacts, changing perceptions and conflict resolution. J Environ
Manag 106:56–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.03.052
van Wilgen BW, Richardson DM (2014) Challenges and trade-offs in the management of invasive
alien trees. Biol Invasions 16:721–734. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-013-0615-8
van Wilgen BW, Wannenburgh A (2016) Co-facilitating invasive species control, water conservation and poverty relief: achievements and challenges in South Africa’s Working for Water
programme. Curr Opin Environ Sustain 19:7–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2015.08.012
van Wilgen BW, Wilson JR (eds) (2018) The status of biological invasions and their management in
South Africa in 2017. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch and
DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch
van Wilgen BW, Bond WJ, Richardson DM (1992) Ecosystem management. In: Cowling RM
(ed) The ecology of fynbos: nutrients, fire and diversity. Oxford University Press, Cape Town,
pp 345–371
van Wilgen BW, Little PR, Chapman RA et al (1997) The sustainable development of water
resources: history, financial costs and benefits of alien plant control programmes. S Afr J Sci
93:404–411
van Wilgen BW, Dyer C, Hoffmann JH et al (2011) National-scale strategic approaches for
managing introduced plants: insights from Australian acacias in South Africa. Divers Distrib
17:1060–1075. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00785.x
van Wilgen BW, Forsyth GG, Le Maitre DC et al (2012) An assessment of the effectiveness of a
large, national-scale invasive alien plant control strategy in South Africa. Biol Conserv
148:28–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.035
van Wilgen BW, Fill JM, Baard J et al (2016) Historical costs and projected future scenarios for the
management of invasive alien plants in protected areas in the Cape Floristic Region. Biol
Conserv 200:168–177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.06.008
van Wilgen BW, Fill JM, Govender N et al (2017) An assessment of the evolution, costs and
effectiveness of alien plant control operations in Kruger National Park, South Africa. NeoBiota
35:35–59. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.35.12391
21 The Extent and Effectiveness of Alien Plant Control Projects in South Africa
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