issg Database: Management and Information Links for Opuntia ficus-indica

Opuntia ficus-indica

Ecology Distribution Management
Info Impact
Info References
and Links Contacts

         Interim profile, incomplete information

         Location Specific Management Information
Gibraltar
Upper Rock Management Plan recommends eradicating this species from accessible areas within the nature reserve. It also recommends legislation prohibiting growing or keeping this species in gardens and homes within the reserve (Perez and Bensusan, undated in Varnham, 2006).

         Management Resources/Links

1. Hoffmann, J.H., Moran, V.C. & Zeller, D.A. 1998. Evaluation of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Phycitidae) as a biological control agent of Opuntia stricta (Cactaceae) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Biological Control. 12: 20-24.
        Summary: Publication on the Biological control of O. stricta in South Africa.
2. 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]
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