Author:Richardson, DM; Van Wilgen, BW; Nunez, MADate:2007Alien conifers have been widely planted in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, all with long histories of alien conifer planting, have major problems with invasive conifers (“wildings”). Widespread planting of ...Read more
Author:Geldenhuys, CJDate:Dec 1997Commercial plantations in South Africa have been established mainly in grasslands adjacent to native forest which occur as small, scattered patches, restricted to valleys and scarps by regular fire-prone grasslands. Under storey vegetation ...Read more
Author:Van Wilgen, BW; Richardson, DMDate:May 2012Alien conifers, mainly pines, have been planted in South Africa for a range of purposes for over 300 years. Formal plantations cover 660 000 ha of the country, and invasive stands of varying density occur on a further 2.9 million ha. These ...Read more