Jatropha gossypiifolia L. (bellyache bush) is a deciduous shrub from tropical America that was introduced into Australia as an ornamental and has since become a serious weed of rangelands and riparian zones in northern Australia. It forms dense thickets that degrade habitat, including suppressing...

Rice ecosystem often involves a complex interaction of various pest species with rice. An example of such interaction is that between the invasive Pomacea spp. and Limnocharis flava. Both invasive pests have caused heavy loss to rice in Southeast Asia including Malaysia. However, information on the ...

Native from Eurasia, Vincetoxicum rossicum (Kleopow) Barbar Moench and V. nigrum (L.) Moench (Apocynaceae) invade forested landscapes of eastern North America where they prevent regeneration of native species. A third species, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik., was also introduced but never reached ...

The invasive plant species, Spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.) and common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare L.), are altering native rangeland communities in western North America (Tyser and Key, 1988; Jacobs, 2008). To increase our understanding of why sheep consume these species to a certain...