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dc.contributor.advisor SAJAR en_ZA
dc.contributor.author Author en_ZA
dc.contributor.author Watkins, B.P.
dc.contributor.author Cooper, J.
dc.coverage.spatial Antarctica en_ZA
dc.coverage.spatial South African offshore islands
dc.date.accessioned 2018-08-23T07:54:46Z
dc.date.available 2018-08-23T07:54:46Z
dc.date.created 1971 en_ZA
dc.date.created 1986
dc.date.issued 1971 en_ZA
dc.date.issued 1986
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7465
dc.description.abstract abstract en_ZA
dc.description.abstract A total of 49 species of non-marine aliens (18 vascular plant species and 31 animal species, including domestic species) has been recorded at the Prince Edward islands to date. Twenty-five species are considered to have become naturalised. Two of the alien plant species, the forb Sagina apetala, and the grass Agrostis stotonifera, are presently spreading at Marion Island. Two species of mammals have become naturalised aliens on Marion Island. Sealers accidentally introduced the house mouse Mus musculus to Marion Island in the early nineteenth century where they are now found in great numbers. In an attempt to curb the mouse problem the domestic cat Felis catus was introduced to Marion Island in 1949. They are now widely distributed over the island and attempts are underway to eradicate them. Only five alien species, annual bluegrass Poa annua, the spider Myro paudspinosus, the chironomid midge Lymnophycs pusillus, the hemipteran Rhopalosiphum padi and a species of fly, possibly Psychoda sp., have been recorded from Prince Edward Island. Strict measures are enforced to avoid any further introduction of aliens to this island. en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship Sponsored by the National Research Foundation (South Africa) en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship Sponsored by the National Research Foundation (South Africa)
dc.description.statementofresponsibility Antarctic Legacy of South Africa en_ZA
dc.description.statementofresponsibility Antarctic Legacy Project
dc.language en_ZA en_ZA
dc.language en_ZA
dc.publisher South African Journal of Antarctic Research en_ZA
dc.publisher South African Journal of Antarctic Research Vol 16, No 3
dc.relation.ispartof Vol 4 en_ZA
dc.rights Copyright en_ZA
dc.rights Copyright
dc.subject Antarctica en_ZA
dc.subject Marion Island
dc.subject Alien Species
dc.title Title en_ZA
dc.title Introduction, present status and control of alien species at the Prince Edward islands, sub-Antarctic
dc.type Articles en_ZA
dc.type Articles
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