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Climatic-requirements models of cat's claw creeper Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) to prioritise areas for exploration and release of biological control agents

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Rafter, M.A., Wilson, A.J., Wilmot Senaratne, K.A.D. and Dhileepan, K. (2008) Climatic-requirements models of cat's claw creeper Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) to prioritise areas for exploration and release of biological control agents. Biological Control, 44 (2). pp. 169-179.

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Article Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.10.015

Publisher URL: http://www.elsevier.com

Abstract

Climate matching software (CLIMEX) was used to prioritise areas to explore for biological control agents in the native range of cat's claw creeper Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae), and to prioritise areas to release the agents in the introduced ranges of the plant. The native distribution of cat's claw creeper was used to predict the potential range of climatically suitable habitats for cat's claw creeper in its introduced ranges. A Composite Match Index (CMI) of cat's claw creeper was determined with the 'Match Climates' function in order to match the ranges in Australia and South Africa where the plant is introduced with its native range in South and Central America. This information was used to determine which areas might yield climatically-adapted agents. Locations in northern Argentina had CMI values which best matched sites with cat's claw creeper infestations in Australia and South Africa. None of the sites from where three currently prioritised biological control agents for cat's claw creeper were collected had CMI values higher than 0.8. The analysis showed that central and eastern Argentina, south Brazil, Uruguay and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay should be prioritised for exploration for new biological control agents for cat's claw creeper to be used in Australia and South Africa.

Item Type:Article
Corporate Creators:Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI), Agri-Science, Crop and Food Science, Biosecurity Queensland
Business groups:Crop and Food Science, Biosecurity Queensland
Additional Information:© Elsevier Inc. © Crown Copyright.
Keywords:Agent prioritisation; agent selection; biological control; CLIMEX; predictive models.
Subjects:Science > Invasive Species > Plants > Biological control
Science > Invasive Species > Modelling > Plant
Live Archive:03 Feb 2009 03:57
Last Modified:03 Sep 2021 16:43

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