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A Field Manual for Surveying and Mapping Nationally Significant Weeds [Supported By the Australian Weeds Committee]
A Field Manual for Surveying and Mapping Nationally Significant Weeds - Supported By the Australian Weeds Committee Author:I. McNaught, R. Thackway, L. Brown, M. Parsons Weeds are one of the major problems affecting Australia's natural ecosystems and agricultural vegetation. Weeds have major impacts on the health, safety, amenity, economic well-being and quality of life of Australians. == This manual is based on collecting the minimum information agreed by the Austalian Weeds Committee (AWC) as core attributes f... more »or monitoring the distribution and spread of The Weeds of National Significance (WONS). It explains in detail the data collection and quality assurance procedures necessary to obtain information in a systematic way. Following these procedures will ensure that data collected are precise, comparable and repeatable and hence enable planners and policy-makers to draw objective conclusions abbut weed distribution and spread over time.« less