Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)


Report on invasive plant species in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia


Appendix 1.

Background material and references:

Cole, T. G., C. D. Whitesell, W. A. Whistler, N. McKay and A. H. Ambacher. 1988. Vegetation survey and forest inventory, Chuuk. Pac. SW Forest and Range Expt. Stn. Resource Bull. PSW-25. USDA Forest Service. 14 pp. plus map.

Cronk, Q. C. B., and J. L. Fuller. 1995. Plant invaders. Chapman and Hall. 241 pp.

Csurhes, S. and R. Edwards. 1998. Potential environmental weeds in Australia: Candidate species for preventative control. Canberra, Australia. Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia. 208 pp.

D’Antonio, C. M., and P. M. Vitousek. 1992. Biological invasions by exotic grasses, the grass-fire cycle, and global change. Ann. Rev. Ecol. And System. 23:63-87.

Falanruw, M. C., T. G. Cole, A. H. Ambacher, K. E. McDuffie and J. E. Maka. 1987. Vegetation survey of Moen, Dublon, Fefan and Esten, State of Truk, Federated States of Micronesia. Pac. SW Forest and Range Expt. Stn. Resource Bull. PSW-20. USDA Forest Service. 11 pp.

Falanuruw, M. C., J. E. Maka, T. G. Cole and C. D. Whitesell. 1990. Common and scientific names of trees and shrubs of Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall Islands. Pac. SW Forest and Range Expt. Stn. Resource Bulletin PSW-67. 91 pp.

Fosberg, F. R., and M.-H. Sachet. 1975. Flora of Micronesia. Part 1. Gymnospermae. Smithsonian Contrib. Bot. 20: 1-15.

Fosberg, F. R., and M.-H. Sachet. 1975. Flora of Micronesia. Part 2. Casuarinaceae, Piperaceae, and Myricaceae. Smithsonian Contrib. Bot. 24: 1-28.

Fosberg, F. R., and M.-H. Sachet. 1977. Flora of Micronesia. Part 3. Convolvulaceae. Smithsonian Contrib. Bot. 36: 1-34.

Fosberg, F. R., and M.-H. Sachet. 1980. Flora of Micronesia. Part 4. Caprifoliaceae, Compositae. Smithsonian Contrib. Bot. 45: 1-40.

Fosberg, F. R., M.-H. Sachet and R. L. Oliver. 1993. Flora of Micronesia. Part 5. Bignoniaceae--Rubiaceae. Smithsonian Contrib. Bot. 81: 1-135.

Fosberg, F. R., M.-H. Sachet and R. L. Oliver. 1979. A geographical checklist of the Micronesian dicotyledonae. Micronesica 15:1-295.

Fosberg, F. R., M.-H. Sachet and R. L. Oliver. 1987. A geographical checklist of the Micronesian monocotyledonae. Micronesica 20:1-126.

Hafliger, E. and H. Scholz. 1980. Grass Weeds. CIBA-GEIBY Ltd., Basle, Switzerland. Two volumes.

Hafliger, E. 1980. Monocot Weeds. CIBA-GEIBY Ltd., Basle, Switzerland. 132 pp. plus plates.

Holm, L. G., D. L. Plucknett, J.V. Pancho, and J.P. Herberger. 1977. The world’s worst weeds: Distribution and Ecology. East-West Center/University Press of Hawaii. 609 pp.

McLean, C. D., C. D. Whitesell, T. G. Cole, and K. E. McDuffie. 1988. Timber resources of Kosrae, Pohnpei, Truk, and Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. Pac. SW Forest & Range Expt. Sta. Resource Bull. PSW-24. USDA Forest Service. 8 pp.

Merlin, M., and J. Juvik. 1996. Plants and their environments in Chuuk (Ira me neeniier non Chuuk). Honolulu, Hawaii: East-West Center. 121 pp.

Meyer, J-Y. 2000. Preliminary review of the invasive plants in the Pacific islands (SPREP Member Countries) in: Sherley, G. (tech. ed.). Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Samoa. pp. 85-114.

Mueller-Dombois, D., and F. R. Fosberg. 1998. Vegetation of the tropical Pacific Islands. New York, Springer-Verlag. 733 pp.

Neal, M. C. 1965. In Gardens of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication 50, Bishop Museum Press. 924 pp.

Parsons, W. T. and E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. Inkata Press, Melbourne/Sydney. 692 pp.

Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora Vitiensis Nova: A New Flora of Fiji. Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii. National Tropical Botanical Garden. Five Volumes.

Stone, B. C. 1970. The Flora of Guam. Micronesica 6:1-659.

Stone, C.P. , C. W. Smith and J. T. Tunison (eds) 1992. Alien Plant Invasions in Native Ecosystems on Hawaii: Management and Research. University of Hawaii, Cooperative National Park Research Studies Unit, Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press.

Swarbrick, J. T. 1997. Weeds of the Pacific Islands. Technical paper No. 209. South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia. 124 pp.

Wagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst and S.H. Sohmer. 1999. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai‘i. Revised edition. University of Hawai‘i Press, Honolulu.  1919 pp., 2 vols.

Waterhouse, B. M., and A. A. Mitchell. 1998. Northern Australia quarantine strategy weeds target list. Australian Quarantine & Inspection Service, Miscellaneous Publication No. 6/98. 110 pp.

Waterhouse, D. F. 1993. Biological control: Pacific prospects. Supplement 2. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra. 138 pp.

Waterhouse, D. F. 1994. Biological control of weeds: Southeast Asian prospects. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra. 302 pp.

Waterhouse, D. F. 1997. The major invertebrate pests and weeds of agriculture and plantation forestry in the Southern and Western Pacific. The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra.. 69 pp.

Waterhouse, D. F. and K. R. Norris. 1987. Biological control: Pacific prospects. Inkata Press, Melbourne. 454 pp.

Whistler, W. A. 1995. Wayside Plants of the Islands. Isle Botanica, Honolulu. 202 pp.


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