Invasive plants in the Malaysian landscape
The increasing use of exotic plants for urban landscaping has presented a new threat to the local ecosystems when the newly introduced plant species thrive out of control—i.e., becoming invasive—in the new environment. If left unchecked, they are capable of displacing local plants; and thereby,...
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Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2006
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| author | Mohd. Shariff, Mustafa Kamal Abu Bakar, Shamsul |
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| description | The increasing use of exotic plants for urban landscaping has presented a
new threat to the local ecosystems when the newly introduced plant species
thrive out of control—i.e., becoming invasive—in the new environment. If
left unchecked, they are capable of displacing local plants; and thereby,
causing a disruption to the local ecosystems. The disruptions can
contribute to permanent changes to local and regional landscape
characteristics, which in turn, will threaten agricultural, recreational as
well as tourism potentials of a country. This paper highlights the threat and
suggests methodologies for the prevention, management and eradication of
these invasive plants. |
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| spelling | upm-24372015-10-06T09:06:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2437/ Invasive plants in the Malaysian landscape Mohd. Shariff, Mustafa Kamal Abu Bakar, Shamsul The increasing use of exotic plants for urban landscaping has presented a new threat to the local ecosystems when the newly introduced plant species thrive out of control—i.e., becoming invasive—in the new environment. If left unchecked, they are capable of displacing local plants; and thereby, causing a disruption to the local ecosystems. The disruptions can contribute to permanent changes to local and regional landscape characteristics, which in turn, will threaten agricultural, recreational as well as tourism potentials of a country. This paper highlights the threat and suggests methodologies for the prevention, management and eradication of these invasive plants. Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2006-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2437/1/6-Mustafa.pdf Mohd. Shariff, Mustafa Kamal and Abu Bakar, Shamsul (2006) Invasive plants in the Malaysian landscape. ALAM CIPTA, International Journal on Sustainable Tropical Design Research & Practice, 1 (1). pp. 41-48. ISSN 1823-7231; ESSN: 2289-3687 http://frsb.upm.edu.my/alamcipta/index.php/alamcipta/article/view/10/6 |
| spellingShingle | Mohd. Shariff, Mustafa Kamal Abu Bakar, Shamsul Invasive plants in the Malaysian landscape |
| title | Invasive plants in the Malaysian landscape |
| title_full | Invasive plants in the Malaysian landscape |
| title_fullStr | Invasive plants in the Malaysian landscape |
| title_full_unstemmed | Invasive plants in the Malaysian landscape |
| title_short | Invasive plants in the Malaysian landscape |
| title_sort | invasive plants in the malaysian landscape |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2437/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2437/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2437/1/6-Mustafa.pdf |