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041	0		_aEnglish
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072		7	_aPST _2bicssc
072		7	_a1HFGK _2bicssc
100	1		_aWitt, Arne _4auth
245	1	0	_aGuide to the Naturalized and Invasive Plants of Laikipia
260			_bCABI _c2017
300			_a1 electronic resource (178 p.)
506	0		_aOpen Access _2star _fUnrestricted online access
520			_aThe impetus for the development of this Field Guide came about as a result of pleas from the community around the village of Doldol, Laikipia County, to initiate a control programme for Australian prickly pear [Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.; Fabaceae], an invasive plant which was having a dramatic impact on livelihoods. However, a number of other exotic plants, which were less widespread, but had the potential of becoming invasive, were not seen as a potential problem. In order to avoid a similar situation from arising in the future, the community expressed a need for a Field Guide, which would include descriptions of naturalized and invasive species already present in, and those that were most likely to invade Laikipia County and, information on how best to manage them. An additional impetus was to contribute to the four main objectives of the National Strategy and Action Plan for the Management of Invasive Species in Kenya's Protected Areas. The Field Guide contributes in some or other way to all of these objectives which are to (i) Enhance awareness of invasive species to relevant actors; (ii) Prevent new invasions, manage established invasions and rehabilitate degraded habitats; (iii) Enhance research, monitoring and information management on invasive species; and (iv) Enhance capacity, resource mobilization and coordination. Extensive surveys revealed the presence of a number of introduced plant species which had escaped cultivation and established populations in the 'wild' to the detriment of natural resources and the people that depend on them. Introduced succulents, especially those in the genus Opuntia (Cactaceae), were found to be the most widespread and abundant invasive species in the semi-arid regions in the north and east of Laikipia County. Other succulents, those in the genus Bryophyllum (Crassulaceae), were also found to have escaped cultivation and were locally abundant. In the higher rainfall areas to the west and southwest, introduced trees such as black wattle (Acacia mearnsii De Wild.; Fabaceae) and Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon R. Br.; Fabaceae) and the shrubs/climbers, Mauritius thorn [Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston; Fabaceae] and yellow cestrum (Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl.; Solanaceae), were invasive. Introduced plants, which have the potential to become problematic in Laikipia, unless eradicated or controlled, have also been included in the Guide. This includes species such as famine weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.; Asteraceae) and 'mathenge' [Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.; Fabaceae], which are already abundant in areas adjoining the County.
540			_aCreative Commons _fhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ _2cc _4https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
546			_aEnglish
650		7	_aBotany & plant sciences _2bicssc
650		7	_aKenya _2bicssc
653			_ainvasives
653			_anonindigenous species
653			_aSolanales
653			_aProsopis
653			_aeudicots
653			_aCaesalpinia decapetala
653			_aFabales
653			_aParthenium hysterophorus
653			_aAsterales
653			_aOpuntia stricta
653			_aexotic species
653			_aACP Countries
653			_aweeds
653			_aSolanaceae
653			_ainvasive organisms
653			_aeukaryotes
653			_anonindigenous organisms
653			_aCommonwealth of Nations
653			_aAfrica
653			_aMimosoideae
653			_aAcacia mearnsii
653			_anon-native species
653			_ainvasions
653			_ainvasive alien species
653			_aCaryophyllales
653			_alate black wattle
653			_aDeveloping Countries
653			_aOpuntia
653			_aEast Africa
653			_anon-indigenous species
653			_anon-native organisms
653			_acommon prickly pear
653			_aweed control
653			_aCaesalpinia
653			_ablackwood
653			_aplants
653			_aParthenium
653			_aAcacia melanoxylon
653			_aBryophyllum
653			_aintroduced organisms
653			_aCestrum
653			_aCactaceae
653			_aProsopis juliflora
653			_aKenya
653			_ainvasive species
653			_aFabaceae
653			_aAfrica South of Sahara
653			_aCaesalpinioideae
653			_aangiosperms
653			_aexotic organisms
653			_aCestrum aurantiacum
653			_aAcacia
653			_aAsteraceae
653			_asubsaharan Africa
653			_aSpermatophyta
653			_aAnglophone Africa
653			_aalien invasive species
653			_aintroduced species
653			_anon-indigenous organisms
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