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    Details of this species in Port Ross (sub-Antarctic)
    Status: Alien
    Invasiveness: Invasive
    Occurrence: Established
    Source: Campbell and Rudge 1984, in Wolf and Conover 2003
    Arrival Date:
    Introduction:
    Species Notes for this Location:
    Marked sites at Port Ross, Auckland Islands, were examined after 10 years to measure the changes in vegetation and assess the impacts of feral goats and pigs.
    Management Notes for this Location:
    Eradication of feral pigs is impractical. Action is postphoned until information assessing the value of control and the most efficient methods of control are gathered (Challies 1975, in Wolf and Conover 2003).
    Location Notes:
    Last Modified: 24/07/2006 3:28:50 p.m.
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