Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand

Coastal Dune Ecosystem Reference Database

Review of Cattle Grazing Effects on Lake Margin Vegetation with Observations from Dune Lakes in Northland, NZ Journal Paper

Author
Tanner, C.C.
Year
1992
Keywords
biological control, environmental weeds, Araujia sericifera, moth plant, Asparagus asparagoides, smilax or bridal creeper, Asparagus scandens, climbing asparagus, Calluna vulgaris, heather, Clematis vitalba, old man
Summary
The purpose of this study was to devise a system by which the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) could determine those conservation weeds that are most suited to biological control, and to recommend a programme to identify and develop appropriate biological control agents for them. A scoring system was devised to predict the suitability for biological control of a group of weeds that achieved high scores for their impact on conservation values based on figures from DOC