Adaptive management of alien invasive species: putting the theory into practice

Even though often based on scarce information, many actions due to conservation ofbiodiversity need to be carried out as matters of urgency. In the case of biological invasions, this is acommon situation, as the real possibilities for controlling an invasive alien species are significantlyreduced as...

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Autores: Zalba, Sergio Martín, Ziller, Sílvia R.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/105961
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/105961
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT
INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES
INVASIVE-NON-NATIVE SPECIES
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
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Resumo:Even though often based on scarce information, many actions due to conservation ofbiodiversity need to be carried out as matters of urgency. In the case of biological invasions, this is acommon situation, as the real possibilities for controlling an invasive alien species are significantlyreduced as it establishes and spreads over natural ecosystems. Adaptive management, that is, man-agement practices planned on a solid experimental basis, allows managers to tackle urgent problemsat the same time they generate essential information to test the effectiveness of control practices andthe precision of assessments of the impacts of invasive species over natural ecosystems or of the needto carry out complementary restoration practices. The basic principles of adaptive management arepresented in this paper with examples of its application in the control of invasive alien species in thepampas of Argentina.