Re: [OM] Kinglake, Vic

[Chuck Norcutt]

Wiki tells me: "In June 2006, the University of Queensland announced 
research into a gene to reverse the sex of female cane toads. This would 
lead to a population of males, and thus eliminate the population". 
Sounds like a better plan to me.  Doesn't get rid of the Paperbarks 
though.  Maybe the make cane toads can be trained to eat the 
Paperbarks... before they die of old age, of course.

Chuck Norcutt

Andrew Fildes wrote:
> OK, here's the deal. We'll take back the Paperbarks but you have to  
> come and remove all the bloody Cane Toads....
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> On 16/04/2009, at 12:05 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 
>> As does your Melaleuca quinquenervia, the highly invasive scourge  
>> of the
>> Florida Everglades.  They're highly flammable but burning them only
>> causes them to drop vast quantities of seeds.
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaleuca_quinquenervia>
>> But it appears that back-to-back burnings can work.
>> <http://usasearch.gov/search?v%3aproject=firstgov&v%3afile=viv_1092% 
>> 4020%3apRcml3&v%3astate=root%7croot&opener=full-window&url=http%3a% 
>> 2f%2fwww.fws.gov%2finvasives%2fstaffTrainingModule%2fpdfs%2fmethods% 
>> 2fburn_casestudy.pdf&rid=Ndoc2&v%3aframe=redirect&rsource=firstgov- 
>> msn&v%3astate=%28root%29% 
>> 7croot&rrank=2&h=cfa90899839824aa54cadd4f7560df91&>
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Andrew Fildes wrote:
>>> There are shrubs that hold all the seed that they produce until
>>> killed and dried out by fire - then they release millions of seed
>> -- 
>>
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