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Acacia elata and Acacia longifolia were the focus species for this study. (a) Acacia elata was introduced throughout South Africa as an ornamental garden plant and has become invasive in areas close to suburban hotspots. (b) Acacia longifolia was introduced for dune stabilization along coastal mobile dune systems and has since spread from those original plantings.
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Scale-area curves: a viable tool for managing invasive species

Scale-area curves have been used in conservation science as an affordable means of identifying shrinking populations that need protection. Invasions are the result of populations of invasive species that are spreading and becoming dominant in areas to which they have been introduced.

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11 February 2014