Defining indigenous plants: some problematic species from Norfolk Island
- Defining indigenous species may at first appear straight forward; most botanical texts provide similar definitions. The consistent requirement of such definitions is the lack of human intervention in the occurrence of the species within the area under consideration. Islands around the world have been invaded by plant species brought to their shores by humans. They are also places where self-introduced species can be continually arriving, as they have done for millennia. Scrutiny of the situation on Norfolk Island (1200 km east of Australia) finds that the distinction between indigenous and introduced taxa is sometimes unclear. There is also inconsistency regarding the acceptance of self-introduced species as indigenous. This paper explores these issues and notes that they are more important than idle botanical curiosity, because control of introduced (weed) species is a major area of activity in managing protected natural areas.
| Author: | Kevin Mills |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-293100 |
| ISSN: | 2200-405X |
| ISSN: | 0727-9620 |
| Parent Title (English): | Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia |
| Publisher: | Mount Annan Botanic Garden, The Administration Officer |
| Place of publication: | Mount Annan, NSW |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2010 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2010 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2013/04/05 |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Page Number: | 6 |
| First Page: | 407 |
| Last Page: | 412 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 335592015 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 58 Pflanzen (Botanik) / 580 Pflanzen (Botanik) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Cunninghamia : A Journal of Plant Ecology for Eastern Australia / Cunninghamia : A Journal of Plant Ecology for Eastern Australia, Volume 11, Issue 4 (2010) |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-296634 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
