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Invasive Alien Plant Biological Control Agent Treatment Area

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Polygon geometry for a biological control agent treatment area. An application of a biological control. Biological control is the use of a weed's natural enemies (chiefly insects and pathogens) to reduce its population below a desired level. It can be divided into the following two approaches: inundative and classical. Inundative biological control uses mass application of an organism to attempt to eliminate a weed from an area. Like all such methods, it does not deal with the residual seed bank in the soil or prevent the weed from establishing from another source at a later date. Classical biological control uses the weed's natural enemies to establish a long-term balance between the biological control organism and the weed. Includes [...]

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BCGOV ENV Ecosystems Branch (MOE)

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Invasive Alien Plant Biological Control Agent Treatment Area.xml
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To allow access to Invasive Alien Plant data for the province of British Columbia.

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  • LC MAP - Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal
  • North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative

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