A Long-Term Experimental Case Study of the Ecological Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Invasive Plant Management in Achieving Conservation Goals: Bitou Bush Control in Booderee National Park in Eastern Australia

• David B. Lindenmayer ,

  * E-mail: david.lindenmayer@anu.edu.au

  Affiliations Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, National Environmental Research Program, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Long-term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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• Jeff Wood,

  Affiliations Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, National Environmental Research Program, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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• Christopher MacGregor,

  Affiliations Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, National Environmental Research Program, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Long-term Ecological Research Network, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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• Yvonne M. Buckley,

  Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Natural Sciences & Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research, Zoology, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Nicholas Dexter,

  Affiliation Parks Australia, Department of the Environment, Jervis Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory, Australia

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• Martin Fortescue,

  Affiliation Parks Australia, Department of the Environment, Jervis Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory, Australia

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• Richard J. Hobbs,

  Affiliations School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

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• Jane A. Catford

  Affiliations Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

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