Quantifying site and species factors to inform the feasibility of eradication of alien plants from Southern Ocean Islands: Stellaria media on Macquarie Island

• Published in: Biological Invasions
• Main Authors: Williams, Laura K., Fergus, Alexander J., Shaw, Justine D., Terauds, Aleks, Kristiansen, Paul, Wilson, Susan Caroline, Gosden, Jane L., Ziegler, Karen, Sindel, Brian M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Netherlands 2019
• Subjects: Control; Eradication; Invasive; Non-native; Protected area; Sub-Antarctic; 1105 Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; 2303 Ecology; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Soi; Antarc*; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d5f5c97

Eradication of alien plants is notoriously challenging, however eradication projects reap great biodiversity benefits, particularly on islands. To date only individual plants or small restricted populations have been successfully eradicated from the Southern Ocean Islands (SOI). The next phase in co...