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From: Narayan Sharma <narayansharma77@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 15/03/2017 11:03 AM (GMT+05:30)
To: geconet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: environmental-and-wildlife-sciences@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [geconet] Re: In the Nilgiris, invasive plant species are driving
animals into conflict with humans
It is possible but we should be extremely cautious while introducing another
species as bio-control.
".....ascertaining host-specificity is difficult. Numerous examples exist of
biocontrol agents themselves becoming pests. The most infamous one is that of
the release of the predatory snail Euglandina rosea to control the alien
African giant snail in the Hawaiian Islands. E. rosea ate up most of the 41
indigenous snail species; the African giant snail still crawls over Hawaii’s
forest floors. " Down To Earth Article.
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narayan sharma phd
assistant professor and head i/c
department of environmental biology and wildlife sciences
cotton college state university
pan bazar, guwahati - 781001, assam
phone: +91 78969 51705
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On 14 March 2017 at 23:10, sanchayitasengupta1 <sanchayitasengupta1@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Sir,then can Prosopis juliflora be eliminated by introducing another invasive
species there which could compete its growth but at the same time be non toxic
to animals.This however will not protect the edemic n indigenous plants of the
place but might resolve the animal-human conflict atleast.
Sanchayita Sen Gupta
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From: Narayan Sharma <narayansharma77@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 14/03/2017 8:00 PM (GMT+05:30)
To: environmental-and-wildlife-sciences@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
geconet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [geconet] In the Nilgiris, invasive plant species are driving animals
into conflict with humans
https://scroll.in/article/830777/in-the-nilgiris-invasive-plant-species-are-taking-over-forests-driving-human-animal-conflict
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narayan sharma phd
assistant professor and head i/c
department of environmental biology and wildlife sciences
cotton college state university
pan bazar, guwahati - 781001, assam
phone: +91 78969 51705
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