THREAT ABATEMENT ADVICE
This threat abatement advice reflects the best available information at the time of development (October 2014).
Last updated April 2015.
To provide information updates please email: weeds@environment.gov.au
Resources
| Author | Year | Title or description | Further details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biosecurity SA, Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia | 2012 | South Australia Buffel Grass Strategic Plan 2012–17: A plan to reduce the weed threat of buffel grass in South Australia | |
| Bonney S | 2013 | The effect of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) invasion on ant communities in central Australia | BSc (Hons) thesis, Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs. |
| Director of National Parks | 2010 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Management Plan 2010–2020 | Acknowledges buffel grass as the most threatening weed in the park and includes relevant policies and actions. |
| Fensham RJ, Donald S and Dwyer JM | 2013 | Propagule pressure, not fire or cattle grazing, promotes invasion of buffel grass Cenchrus ciliaris | Journal of Applied Ecology 2013, 50, 138–146 |
| Ferdinands K, Setterfield S, Clarkson J, Grice A and Friedel M | 2010 | Embedding economics in weed risk management to assess contentious plants | |
| Firn J, Martin T, Walters B, Hayes J, Nicol S, Chades I, and Carwardine J | 2013 | Priority threat management of invasive plant species in the Lake Eyre Basin | CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship Working paper No. 17 (CSIRO and Queensland University of Technology). |
| Friedel M, Bastin G, Brock C, Butler D, Clarke A, Eyre T, Fox J, Grice A, van Leeuwen S, Pitt J, Puckey H and Smyth A | Developing a research agenda for the distribution and rate of spread of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) and identification of landscapes and biodiversity assets at most risk from invasion | ||
| Friedel M, Marshall N, van Klinken R and Grice A | 2009 | Quantifying costs and benefits of buffel grass | http://lwa.gov.au/node/2585 |
| Friedel M, van Klinken R, Grice A and Marshall N | 2009 | Benefits and costs of buffel grass: Understanding perceptions can contribute to policy development | Land & Water Australia (based on the report Quantifying costs and benefits of buffel grass) |
| Friedel M, Puckey H, O’Malley C, Waycott M, Smyth A & Miller G | 2006 | Buffel grass: both friend and foe: An evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of buffel grass use, and recommendations for future research | A report to the Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre on the dispersal, impact and management of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) in desert Australia |
| Friedel MH, Grice AC, Marshall NA, van Klinken RD | 2011 | Reducing contention amongst organisations dealing with commercially valuable but invasive plants: The case of buffel grass | |
| Grice A, Friedel M, Marshall N and van Klinken R | 2012 | Tackling contentious invasive plant species: a case study of buffel grass in Australia | |
| Grice A, Friedel M, Setterfield S, Ferdinands K, Clarkson J, Rolfe J, MacLeod N | 2011 | Best Practice for Making Strategic Decisions About Invasive Plants of Commercial Value | |
| Marshall NA, Friedel M, van Klinken RD, Grice AC | 2010 | Considering the social dimension of invasive species: the case of buffel grass | |
| van Klinken R, Friedel M and Grice A | 2006 | Perennial pasture conflicts: is there a way through? | |
| Government of South Australia | 2015 | Declared Plant Policy - Buffel Grass (Cenchrus ciliaris and C. pennisetiformis) | |
| Government of the Northern Territory – Department of Land Resource Management | Buffel Grass Management Guide for Central Australia | ||
| Marshall V, Ostendorf B and Lewis M | 2013 | Habitat suitability and susceptibility modelling for strategic control of invasive buffel grass, South Australia | Spatial Information Group, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide |
| McKinney MA, Schlesinger CA and Pavey CR | 2014 | Foraging behaviour of the endangered Australian skink (Liopholis slateri) | Australian Journal of Zoology, 2014, 62, 477–482 |
| Miller G, Friedel M, Adam P and Chewings V | 2010 | Ecological impacts of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) invasion in central Australia – does field evidence support a fire-invasion feedback? | The Rangeland Journal, 2010, 32, 353–365 |
| Schlesinger C, White S and Muldoon S | 2013 | Spatial pattern and severity of fire in areas with and without buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) and effects on native vegetation in central Australia | Austral Ecology 2013, 38, 831–840 |
| Smyth A, Friedel M and O’Malley C | 2009 | The influence of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) on biodiversity in an arid Australian landscape | The Rangeland Journal, 2009, 31, 307–320 |
| Tschirner K, Read JL, Graham JK and Ward MJ | 2012 | Alinytjara Wilurara Buffel Grass Operational Strategy | Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, South Australia |
| Young L | 2011 | The effects of the invasive grass, Cenchrus ciliaris (buffel grass), on the habitat use and behaviour of birds in semi-arid Central Australia | BSc (Hons) thesis, Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs |
| Young L and Schlesinger C | 2014 | Habitat use and behaviour of birds in areas invaded by buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) and in restored habitat | Wildlife Research, 2014, 41, 379-394 |
| Australian Government | Species of National Environmental Significance | The Species of National Environmental Significance Database contains map summaries which provide general information on the distribution of species related to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Species covered by the database include threatened and migratory species. | |
| Australian Government | Species Profile and Threats (SPRAT) Database (recovery plans adopted under the EPBC Act) | ||
| Australian Government | Threatened species and ecological communities – publications |