dc.contributor.author |
Stanley, Margaret |
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dc.contributor.author |
Fowler, SV |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Cullen, JM |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Briese, DT |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Kriticos, DJ |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Lonsdale, WM |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Morin, L |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Scott, JK |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
Canberra, Australia |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2018-10-01T21:15:13Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2004 |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
0 643 06948 8 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/37953 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The introduction of weed biological control agents may be delayed or prohibited where the plant targeted for control also has beneficial attributes. There is usually opposition from at least one interest group in most current biological programs. Conflicts fall into one of several categories: l) those conflicts where one or more groups value the target plant for economic and/or cultural use; 2) those associated with the non-target effects of biological control; 3) those related to biocontrol programs against native plants; and 4) those related to the ecological effects of successful hiocontrol as a result of weed use by native biota. In the past, the majority of conflicts and delays to biocontrol have had an economic basis. While industry-based conflicts still dominate, there has been a shift towards conflicts associated with the ecological effects of weed biocontrol. The benefits of weeds to ecosystems, particularly where weeds provide resources for native fauna, are becoming an important part of cost-benefit analyses for weed biocontrol programs. We review examples where weed biocontrol programs have been delayed because of economic and ecological conflicts. We also discuss conflict resolution and the high costs of risk assessment currently fac.ed by biocontroi programs. At present, weed btoeontrol programs are usually initiated only when the risk of conflict is low. Where conflict does occur, communication and cost-benefit analyses are key to ensuring resolution is found. However, cost-benefit analyses, particularly those encompassing ecological interactions, are expensive and time-consuming, causing substantial delays to weed biocontrol programs and ongoing environmental damage as a consequence of weed invasion. |
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dc.publisher |
CSIRO Entomology |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
XI International Symposium on Biological Weeds |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on Biological Weeds |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Conflicts of interest associated with the biological control of weeds |
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dc.type |
Conference Item |
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pubs.begin-page |
322 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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pubs.author-url |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=6343B24334605AFC7F58D79480923D05?doi=10.1.1.470.7268&rep=rep1&type=pdf |
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pubs.end-page |
340 |
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pubs.finish-date |
2003-05-02 |
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pubs.place-of-publication |
Canberra, Australia |
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pubs.start-date |
2003-04-27 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Proceedings |
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pubs.elements-id |
452744 |
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pubs.org-id |
Science |
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pubs.org-id |
Biological Sciences |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2014-08-26 |
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