TY  - BOOK
AU  - Witt, Arne
AB  - The impetus for the development of this Field Guide came about as a result of pleas from the community around the village of Doldol, Laikipia County, to initiate a control programme for Australian prickly pear [Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.; Fabaceae], an invasive plant which was having a dramatic impact on livelihoods. However, a number of other exotic plants, which were less widespread, but had the potential of becoming invasive, were not seen as a potential problem. In order to avoid a similar situation from arising in the future, the community expressed a need for a Field Guide, which would include descriptions of naturalized and invasive species already present in, and those that were most likely to invade Laikipia County and, information on how best to manage them. An additional impetus was to contribute to the four main objectives of the National Strategy and Action Plan for the Management of Invasive Species in Kenya's Protected Areas. The Field Guide contributes in some or other way to all of these objectives which are to (i) Enhance awareness of invasive species to relevant actors; (ii) Prevent new invasions, manage established invasions and rehabilitate degraded habitats; (iii) Enhance research, monitoring and information management on invasive species; and (iv) Enhance capacity, resource mobilization and coordination. Extensive surveys revealed the presence of a number of introduced plant species which had escaped cultivation and established populations in the 'wild' to the detriment of natural resources and the people that depend on them. Introduced succulents, especially those in the genus Opuntia (Cactaceae), were found to be the most widespread and abundant invasive species in the semi-arid regions in the north and east of Laikipia County. Other succulents, those in the genus Bryophyllum (Crassulaceae), were also found to have escaped cultivation and were locally abundant. In the higher rainfall areas to the west and southwest, introduced trees such as black wattle (Acacia mearnsii De Wild.; Fabaceae) and Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon R. Br.; Fabaceae) and the shrubs/climbers, Mauritius thorn [Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston; Fabaceae] and yellow cestrum (Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl.; Solanaceae), were invasive. Introduced plants, which have the potential to become problematic in Laikipia, unless eradicated or controlled, have also been included in the Guide. This includes species such as famine weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.; Asteraceae) and 'mathenge' [Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.; Fabaceae], which are already abundant in areas adjoining the County.
DO  - 10.1079/9781786392152.0000
ID  - OAPEN ID: 49177
KW  - invasives
KW  - nonindigenous species
KW  - Solanales
KW  - Prosopis
KW  - eudicots
KW  - Caesalpinia decapetala
KW  - Fabales
KW  - Parthenium hysterophorus
KW  - Asterales
KW  - Opuntia stricta
KW  - exotic species
KW  - ACP Countries
KW  - weeds
KW  - Solanaceae
KW  - invasive organisms
KW  - eukaryotes
KW  - nonindigenous organisms
KW  - Commonwealth of Nations
KW  - Africa
KW  - Mimosoideae
KW  - Acacia mearnsii
KW  - non-native species
KW  - invasions
KW  - invasive alien species
KW  - Caryophyllales
KW  - late black wattle
KW  - Developing Countries
KW  - Opuntia
KW  - East Africa
KW  - non-indigenous species
KW  - non-native organisms
KW  - common prickly pear
KW  - weed control
KW  - Caesalpinia
KW  - blackwood
KW  - plants
KW  - Parthenium
KW  - Acacia melanoxylon
KW  - Bryophyllum
KW  - introduced organisms
KW  - Cestrum
KW  - Cactaceae
KW  - Prosopis juliflora
KW  - Kenya
KW  - invasive species
KW  - Fabaceae
KW  - Africa South of Sahara
KW  - Caesalpinioideae
KW  - angiosperms
KW  - exotic organisms
KW  - Cestrum aurantiacum
KW  - Acacia
KW  - Asteraceae
KW  - subsaharan Africa
KW  - Spermatophyta
KW  - Anglophone Africa
KW  - alien invasive species
KW  - introduced species
KW  - non-indigenous organisms
L1  - https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2017/20173158960.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/49009
PB  - CABI
PY  - 2017
SN  - 9781786392152
SN  - 9781786394378;
TI  - Guide to the Naturalized and Invasive Plants of Laikipianull
ER  - 
