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Biological control of alien species (Prosopis) in South Africa : the role of introduced seed-feeding bruchids
Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-231).
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| author | Roberts, Anthony Paul |
| author2 | Hoffmann, John |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-231). |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/6173 Biological control of alien species (Prosopis) in South Africa : the role of introduced seed-feeding bruchids Roberts, Anthony Paul Hoffmann, John Zoology Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-231). The use of bruchid beetles for biologicval control of mesquite, Prosopsis species, in South Africa is deemed to have failed because the beetles are supposed to be unable to compete with livestock which utilise the seed pods of mesquite extensively as forage. These assumptions have been made without any evidence as to how the beetles and livestock interact or as to whether mesquite is site or seed limited in South Africa. This study was initiated to test the hypothesis that the beetles are not coping with competition with livestock and that mesquite is site limited and not seed limited in South Africa. 2014-08-13T14:07:27Z 2014-08-13T14:07:27Z 2006 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6173 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Zoology Roberts, Anthony Paul Biological control of alien species (Prosopis) in South Africa : the role of introduced seed-feeding bruchids |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | Biological control of alien species (Prosopis) in South Africa : the role of introduced seed-feeding bruchids |
| title_full | Biological control of alien species (Prosopis) in South Africa : the role of introduced seed-feeding bruchids |
| title_fullStr | Biological control of alien species (Prosopis) in South Africa : the role of introduced seed-feeding bruchids |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biological control of alien species (Prosopis) in South Africa : the role of introduced seed-feeding bruchids |
| title_short | Biological control of alien species (Prosopis) in South Africa : the role of introduced seed-feeding bruchids |
| title_sort | biological control of alien species prosopis in south africa the role of introduced seed feeding bruchids |
| topic | Zoology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6173 |
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