HEAR bibliography
Clidemia hirta

Additional information about Clidemia hirta may be available on HEAR's species information page for this species.

Nakahara, Larry M./Burkhart, Robert M./Funasaki, George Y. 1992. Review and status of biological control of clidemia in Hawai'i. In Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawai'i: Management and research, edited by Charles P. Stone, Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison, 452-65. Honolulu: Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Reimer, Neil J./Beardsley, J.W. 1988. Effectiveness of Liothrips urichi Karny (Thysanoptera: Phlaaeothripidae) introduced for biological control of Clidemia hirta in Hawaii, U.S.A. Environmental Entomology 18, no. 6:1141-46.

Reimer, Neil J. 1988. Predation on Liothrips urichi Karny (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), a case of biotic interference. Environmental Entomology 17, no. 1: 132-34.

Smith, Clifford W. 1992. Distribution, status, phenology, rate of spread, and management of Clidemia in Hawai'i. In Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawai'i: Management and research, edited by Charles P. Stone, Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison, 241-53. Honolulu: Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Trujillo, E.E./Latterell, F.M./Rossi, A.E. 1986. Colletotrichum gloeosporoides, a possible biological control agent for Clidemia hirta in Hawaiian forests. Plant Disease 70:974-76.

Wester, L.L./Wood, H.B. 1977. Koster's curse (Clidemia hirta), a weed pest in Hawaiian forests. Environmental Conservation 4, no. 1:35-41.

Whistler, W. Arthur. 1983. Weed handbook of Western Polynesia. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft f#r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH.

no author. Stone, Charles P./Smith, Clifford W./Tunison, J. Timothy. (eds.). 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit.

South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg. (ed.). 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme.

no author. Veitch, C.R./Clout, M.N. (eds.). 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp.

Motooka, Philip/Castro, Luisa/Nelson, Duane/Nagai, Guy/Ching, Lincoln. 2003. Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawaii--Manoa), Honolulu. 184 pp. color illus.

Dawson, Wayne/Mndolwa, Ahmed S./ Burslem, David F. R. P./Hulme, Philip E. 2008. Assessing the risks of plant invasions arising from collections in tropical botanical gardens. Biodiversity Conservation. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008.

Orapa, Warea. 2005. Warea Orapa, Weed Mangement Officer, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, pers. com. (Trip Report, Wallis and Futuna Islands, 8 to 22 May, 2004).

Medeiros, A.C. 2004. Phenology, reproductive potential, seed dispersal and predation, and seedling establishment of three invasive plant species in a Hawaiian rain forest. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu.

no author. Smith, Clifford W./Denslow, Julie/Hight, Stephen. (eds.). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit Technical Report #129. University of Hawaii at Manoa. Honolulu.

Conant, Patrick. 2002. Classical biological control of Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae) in Hawaii using multiple strategies. pp. 13-20 in Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages. from http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techr/129.pdf accessed 16 March 2008.

Smith, Clifford W. 2002. Forest pest biological control program in Hawaii. pp. 91-98 in Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages. from http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techr/129.pdf accessed 16 March 2008.

Culliney, Thomas W./Nagamine, Walter T./Teramoto, Kenneth K. 2003. Introductions for biological control in Hawaii 1997-2001. Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Soc. (2003) 36:145-153.

no author. Muniappan, Rangaswamy/Reddy, Gadi V. P./Raman, Anantanarayanan. (eds.). 2009. Biological control of tropical weeds using arthropods. Cambridge University Press. 488 pp. illus.

Conant, Patrick. 2009. Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don (Melastomataceae). Chapter (9) in Muniappan, R., G.V.P. Reddy, and A. Raman. 2009. Biological control of tropical weeds using arthropods. Cambridge University Press.

Reimer, N.J./Beardsley, J.W. 1986. Some notes on parasitization of Blephoromastix ebulealis (Gunee) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Oahu forests. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomology Society, vol. 27, pp. 91-93.

Burkhart, R. M. 1986. Progress report on exploratory studies on Clidemia hirta in Trinidad, West Indies, June 1984-June 1985. . Hawaii Department of Agriculture files, Honolulu. 52 pp.

Burkhart, R. M. 1988. Supplemental report (Part II) of investigations in Trinidad of insects feeding on the flowers and berries of Clidemia hirta, June 1985-June 1986. Hawaii Department of Agriculture files, Honolulu. 51 pp.

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