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Paul Caplat. Photo.

Paul Caplat

Researcher

Paul Caplat. Photo.

Cross-scale management strategies for optimal control of tree invading from source plantations

Author

  • Paul Caplat
  • C. Hui
  • Bruce D. Maxwell
  • D. M. Peltzer

Summary, in English

Biological invasion by non-native tree species can transform landscapes, and as a consequence, has received growing attention from researchers and managers alike. This problem is driven primarily by the naturalisation and invasion of tree species escaping from cultivation or forestry plantations. Furthermore, these invasions can be strongly influenced by the land-use matrix of the surrounding region, specific management of the source populations, and environmental conditions that influence seed dispersal or habitat quality for the invader. A major unresolved challenge for managing tree invasions in landscapes is how management should be deployed to contain or slow the spread of invading populations from one or more sources (e.g. plantations). We develop a spatial simulation model to test: (1) how to best prioritise the control of invasive tree populations spatially to slow or contain the biological invader when habitat quality varies in the landscape, and (2) how to allocate control effort among different management units when trees spread from many source populations. We first show that to slow down spread effectively, management strategy is less important than management effort. We then identify the conditions affecting the relative performance of different management strategies. At the landscape scale, targeting peripheral stands consistently yielded the best results whereas at the regional scale, management strategies needed to account for both habitat quality and tree life-history. Overall, our findings demonstrate that knowledge of how habitat affects tree life-history stages can improve management to contain or slow tree invasions by improving the spatial match between management effort and efficacy.

Department/s

  • Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC)
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

677-690

Publication/Series

Biological Invasions

Volume

16

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Physical Geography

Keywords

  • biological invasions
  • cohort model
  • spatial spread
  • tree invasions
  • weed management scenarios

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1387-3547