issg Database: Management and Information Links for Acacia nilotica

Acacia nilotica (tree)

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         Interim profile, incomplete information

         Location Specific Management Information
Santa Cruz Is. (Ecuador)
Control of four Acacia nilotica trees has been carried out with picloram and metsulfuron-methyl at 10%. The owner of the other trees is preventing their control. This species is eradicable, at an estimated cost of 405USD (Rachel Atkinson., pers.comm., July 2008).
Rentería et al. (2007) documents costed eradication plans for 21 invasive species including Acacia nilotica in Galapagos. The plans were developed as part of a GEF funded project ECU/00/G31 'Control of Invasive species in the Galapagos Archipelago'.
The management plans report projects at different stages of development and for species that have invaded to different extents. Three of the projects have already been finished successfully, 5 have yet to be started, and for the rest the projects have been running for between 1 and 6 years. The cost and time needed for eradication varies considerably by species and demonstrates the importance of species eradication as soon as possible after detection.
Please follow this link Rentería et al. 2006 to an illustrated guide providing practical information for the effective control of the worst invasive plant species in Galapagos. Designed for farmers and other land managers, it describes manual and chemical control methods. Acacia nilotica is among 23 introduced species with descriptions and control options listed.

         Management Resources/Links

1. Agriculture & Resource Management Council of Australia & New Zealand, Australian & New Zealand Environment & Conservation Council and Forestry Ministers, 2000. Weeds of National Significance Prickly Acacia (Acacia nilotica) Strategic Plan. National Weeds Strategy Executive Committee, Launceston.
        Summary: Available from: http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/pastrat.pdf [Accessed April 10 2011]
2. Australian Government Departments of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Sustainability, 2009. Prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica) weed management guide.
        Summary: Available from: http://www.weeds.gov.au/publications/guidelines/wons/a-nilotica.html [Accessed April 10 2011]
3. Gardener, Mark R.; Atkinson, Rachel; Renteria, Jorge Luis. 2010. Eradications and People: Lessons from the Plant Eradication Program in Galapagos . Restoration Ecology. 18(1). JAN 2010. 20-29.
4. Jarvis, P. J.; Fowler, S. V.; Paynter, Q.; Syrett, P., 2006. Predicting the economic benefits and costs of introducing new biological control agents for Scotch broom Cytisus scoparius into New Zealand . Biological Control. 39(2). NOV 2006. 135-146.
5. Kriticos, D. J.; Sutherst, R. W.; Brown, J. R.; Adkins, S. W.; Maywald, G. F., 2003. Climate change and the potential distribution of an invasive alien plant: Acacia nilotica ssp. indica in Australia. Journal of Applied Ecology. 40(1). February 2003. 111-124.
6. Kriticos, Darren J.; Brown, Joel R.; Maywald, Gunter F.; Radford, Ian D.; Nicholas, D. Mike; Sutherst, Robert W.; Adkins, Steve W., 2003. SPAnDX: A process-based population dynamics model to explore management and climate change impacts on an invasive alien plant, Acacia nilotica. Ecological Modelling. 163(3). 15 May, 2003. 187-208.
7. Kriticos, Darren; Brown, Joel; Radford, Ian; Nicholas, Mike, 1999. Plant population ecology and biological control: Acacia nilotica as a case study. Biological Control. 16(2). Oct., 1999. 230-239.
8. Kueffer, C. and Mauremootoo, J., 2004. Case Studies on the Status of Invasive Woody Plant Species in the Western Indian Ocean. 3. Mauritius (Islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues). Forest Health & Biosecurity Working Papers FBS/4-3E. Forestry Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
9. Lawes, Roger A.; Wallace, Jeremy F., 2008. Monitoring an invasive perennial at the landscape scale with remote sensing . Ecological Management & Restoration. 9(1). APR 2008. 53-59.
10. Mack, Richard N., 2003. Phylogenetic constraint, absent life forms, and preadapted alien plants: A prescription for biological invasions. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 164 (3 Supplement). May 2003. S185-S196.
11. Natural Heritage Trust, 2003. Weed Management Guide Prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica) Weed of National Significance
        Summary: Available from: http://www.weeds.gov.au/publications/guidelines/wons/pubs/a-nilotica.pdf [Accessed April 10 2011]
12. Radford, Ian J.; Nicholas, D. Michael; Brown, Joel R.; Kriticos, Darren J., 2001. Paddock-scale patterns of seed production and dispersal in the invasive shrub Acacia nilotica (Mimosaceae) in northern Australian rangelands. Austral Ecology. 26(4). August, 2001. 338-348.
13. Radford, Ian J.; Nicholas, D. Mike; Brown, Joel R., 2001. Assessment of the biological control impact of seed predators on the invasive shrub Acacia nilotica (Prickly Acacia) in Australia . Biological Control. 20(3). March, 2001. 261-268.
14. Rentería, Jorge Luis; Rachel Atkinson & Chris Buddenhagen., 2007. Estrategias para la erradicación de 21 especies de plantas. Fundación Charles Darwin, Departamento de Botánica. Programa de Especies Invasoras en Galápagos potencialmente invasoras en Galápagos.
        Summary: This document comprises costed eradication plans for 21 invasive species in Galapagos. The plans were developed as part of a GEF funded project ECU/00/G31 ¨Control of Invasive species in the Galapagos Archipelago¨. The management plans report projects at different stages of development and for species that have invaded to different extents. Three of the projects have already been finished successfully, 5 have yet to be started, and for the rest the projects have been running for between 1 and 6 years. The cost and time needed for eradication varies considerably by species and demonstrates the importance of species eradication as soon as possible after detection
Resumen
El presente documento proporciona planes de manejo y el costo para la erradicación de 21 especies que se encuentran presentes en Galápagos. Los planes fueron desarrollados como parte del proyecto ECU/00/G31 "Control de las especies invasoras en el Archipiélago de las Galápagos", suscrito por el Gobierno Ecuatoriano, representado por el Ministerio del Ambiente, con el Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (GEF). El Proyecto es implementado por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (UNDP), tiene como instituciones ejecutoras al Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos (SPNG), Instituto Nacional Galápagos (INGALA), Servicio Ecuatoriano de Sanidad Agropecuaria-Galápagos (SESA-Galápagos), y Fundación Charles Darwin (FCD). Los planes de manejo representan proyectos en diferentes estados de desarrollo y dimensión. Tres de estos proyectos ya han sido desarrollados completamente, trece están en proceso y cinco aún no se han iniciado. El costo y tiempo para la erradicación varia considerablemente según la especie y se muestra la importancia económica que implica desarrollar proyectos de erradicación tan pronto las especies son detectadas.
15. Rentería, Jorge Luis; Rachel Atkinson, Ana Mireya Guerrero, Johanna Mader 2006. Manual de Identification y Manejo de Malezas en las Islas Galápagos. Segunda edición, Fundación Charles Darwin, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador.
        Summary: An illustrated guide providing practical information for the effective control of the worst invasive plant species in Galapagos. Designed for farmers and other land managers, it describes manual and chemical control methods. It also includes 8 species that are potential problems for Galapagos. Language: Spanish
Una guía con ilustraciones que provee información para el control efectivo de las peores plantas invasoras en Galápagos. Esta diseñada para los agricultores y personas involucradas en conservación. De una forma clara y simple se describe los métodos de control manuales y químicos; también incluye 8 especies que potencialmente podrían ser un problema para Galápagos. Lenguaje: Español.
16. Varnham, K. 2006. Non-native species in UK Overseas Territories: a review. JNCC Report 372. Peterborough: United Kingdom.
        Summary: This database compiles information on alien species from British Overseas Territories.
Available from: http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-3660 [Accessed 10 November 2009]
17. Witt A. B. R 2004. Aceria liopeltus Meyer (Acari: Eriophyidae) and Asterolecanium conspicuum Brain (Herniptera: Asterolecaniidae), two potential biological control agents for Acacia nilotica ssp. indica (Mimosaceae) in Queensland, Australia. African Entomology 12, 142-6.
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