Controlling mesquite in northern Australia

  1. Researching mesquite in Australia
  2. Ecological research
  3. History of mesquite biological control
  4. Potential for new biological control agents
  5. Fire research and integrated management
  6. Landscape ecology
  7. Pilbara Mesquite Management Committee
  8. Pilbara mesquite
  9. Mesquite weediness elsewhere
  10. Mesquite taxonomy
  11. Publishing History

Publishing History

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Mesquite: publishing history

Journal articles

van Klinken RD, Burwell C. 2005. Evidence from a gelechiid leaf-tier on mesquite (Mimosaceae: Prosopis) that semi-concealed Lepidopteran biological control agents may not be at risk from parasitism in Australian rangelands. Biological Control. 32: 121-129.

van Klinken RD, Fichera G, Cordo H. 2003. Targeting biological control across diverse landscapes: the release, establishment and early success of two insects on mesquite (Prosopis) in rangeland Australia. Biological Control. 26: 8-20.

van Klinken RD. 2000. Host-specificity constrains evolutionary host change in the psyllid Prosopidopsylla flava. Ecological Entomology. 25: 413-422.

van Klinken RD, Heard TA. 2000. Estimating fundamental host range: a host-specificity study of a biocontrol agent for Prosopis species (Leguminosae). Biocontrol Science and Technology. 10: 331-342.

van Klinken RD. 1999. Developmental host-specificity of Mozena obtusa (Heteroptera: Coreidae), a potential biocontrol agent for mesquite (Prosopis species). Biological Control. 16: 283-290.

Book and book chapters

Graham J, van Klinken RD. 2003. Pilbara Mesquite Management Committee unites efforts to manage mesquite. In: Mesquite Best Practice Manual.

Osmond R, Campbell S, van Klinken RD. 2003. Mesquite: ecology and threat. In: Mesquite Best Practice Manual.

Osmond R, van Klinken RD, March N, Cobon R, Campbell S. 2003. The mesquite tool box. In: Mesquite Best Practice Manual.

Conference proceedings

Gardner G, Spafford Jacob H, Steadman KJ, van Klinken RD. 2004. Effect of temperature, scarification and light on dormancy and germination of seeds of three mesquite (Leguminosae: Prosopis spp.) hybrids naturalized in Australia. In Sindel B. (eds). Papers and Proceedings of the 14th Australian Weeds Conference, Sept 5-11, 2004. Wagga Wagga, NSW. Pp. 566-570.

Gardner G, Spafford Jacob H, van Klinken RD. 2004. Seed bank of mesquite (Leguminosae: Prosopis spp.) in the The Pilbara of Western Australia. In: Sindel B. (eds). Papers and Proceedings of the 14th Australian Weeds Conference. Sept 5-11, 2004.
Wagga Wagga, NSW. Pp. 562-565.

van Klinken RD, Fichera G, Parr R, McCormick E, Cobon R, Fleck L, March N, McMahon J. 2002. Challenges facing the successful management of widely distributed weeds: biological control of mesquite (Prosopis species). In: Spafford Jacob H, Dodd J, Moore JH. Thirteenth Australian Weeds Conference. Pp. 370-374.

Other

van Klinken RD, Campbell S. 2001. Australian weeds series: Prosopis species. Plant Protection Quarterly. 16(1): 1-20.

References

  • Cordo HA, DeLoach CJ. 1987. Insects that attack mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in Argentina and Paraguay: their possible use for biological control in the United States. United State Department of Agriculture, ARS-62. South American Biological Control Laboratory, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires. Argentina.
  • De Loach CJ. 1985. Conflicts of interest over beneficial and undesirable aspects of mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in the United States as related to biological control. In: Delfosse ES. (Ed.). Proceedings of VI International Symposium on the Biological Control of Weeds 1984. Minister of Supply and Services. Vancouver, Canada. Pp. 301-40.
  • Impson FAC, Moran VC, Hoffmann JH. 1999. A review of the effectiveness of seed-feeding bruchid beetles in the biological control of mesquite, Prosopis species (Fabaceae), in South Africa. African Entomology Memoir. 1:81-88.
  • Paulsen HA, Ares FN. 1961. Trends and carrying capacity and vegetation on an arid southwestern range. Journal of Range Management. 14: 78-83.
  • Ward CR, O'Brien CW, O'Brien LB, Foster DE, Huddlestone EW. 1977. Annotated checklist of New World insects associated with Prosopis (mesquite). United States Department of Agriculture, Research Services Bulletin. 1557.