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Threat Abatement Plan - Invasion of native plant communities by Chrysanthemoides monilifera
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4.2.7 High priority ecological communities 33
4.2.8 Revising the priority lists of species, populations and ecological communities 36
5 The impact of bitou bush and boneseed invasions on fauna 37
5.1 Interactions between bitou bush and vertebrates (birds and mammals) 37
5.2 Interactions between bitou bush and invertebrates 39
6 Determining priority sites for bitou bush control 41
6.1 Selecting and prioritising sites 41
6.1.1 Control categories 42
6.2 Bitou bush control 42
6.2.1 Control category 1 sites (high priority) 42
6.2.2 Control category 2–5 sites 43
6.2.3 Control at locations not addressed in this plan 44
7 Control of bitou bush and boneseed 45
7.1 Control techniques 45
7.2 Issues associated with bitou bush and boneseed control 47
7.3 Follow-up treatments 48
7.4 A staged approach to bitou bush control 49
7.4.1 Littoral rainforest - an example of a staged approach 50
7.5 Site-specific management 50
7.5.1 A framework for site-specific management plans 50
7.6 Infestation levels and control options 51
7.7 Areas presently free of bitou bush and boneseed in NSW 53
7.7.1 Areas at risk of invasion by bitou bush and boneseed 53
7.8 The ‘no change in current management’ control option 53
7.9 Roles and responsibilities with respect to bitou bush control 54
7.9.1 The role of the Bitou TAP in bitou bush management in NSW 54
8 Monitoring the recovery of priority biodiversity and the control of bitou bush 55
8.1 Developing a monitoring system for control category 1 sites 55
8.1.1 Measuring the effect of control programs on bitou bush infestations 56
8.1.2 Measuring the response of high priority species, populations and ecological
communities to bitou bush control 57
8.1.3 Measuring the response of other weed species to bitou bush control 57
8.1.4 Proposed monitoring system 57
8.2 Monitoring other variables of importance to the TAP 58
8.2.1 Measuring the response of priority species to herbicide 58
8.2.2 Measuring the response of priority species to non-herbicide control 59
8.2.3 Measuring the spread of bitou bush and boneseed in NSW 59
8.2.4 Specific monitoring and research to help reduce impacts 59
8.2.5 Monitoring fauna impacts 60
9 A strategy to minimise the impact of Chrysanthemoides monilifera on priority biodiversity
in New South Wales 61
9.1 Background 61
9.2 Aims and objectives of the Bitou TAP 61
9.3 Objective 1: Priority bitou bush control programs 62
9.3.1 Action 1.1 63
9.3.2 Actions 1.2 and 1.3 64
9.3.3 Action 1.4 64
9.4 Objective 2: Monitor the effectiveness of bitou bush control programs 65
9.4.1 Action 2.1 65
9.4.2 Action 2.2 66
9.4.3 Action 2.3 66
9.4.4 Action 2.4 66
9.5 Objective 3: Native plant species and bitou bush 67
9.5.1 Action 3.1 67
9.6 Objective 4: Public involvement and awareness 67