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Key Threatening Processes
Weed
- Invasion of native plant communities by Bitou Bush & Boneseed
- Invasion of native plant communities by exotic perennial grasses
- Invasion and establishment of exotic vines and scramblers
- Lantana camara
Pest Animal
- *Competition and grazing by the feral European Rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus)
- *Importation of Red Fire Ants (Solenopsis Invicta)
- Predation by Plague Minnow or Mosquito Fish (Gambusia Holbrooki)
- *Predation by the European Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes)
- *Predation by the Feral Cat (Felis Catus)
- Introduction of Large earth bumblebee Bombus terrestris, an efficient pollinator of exotic weed species
- Competition by feral honeybees
- Invasion of the Yellow Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) into NSW
- Invasion and establishment of the Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) into NSW
Loss/Change of Habitat
- Loss and degradation of native plant and animal habitat by invasion of escaped garden plants, including aquatic plants
- Alteration to the natural flow regimes of rivers and streams and their floodplains and wetlands
- Loss of Hollow-bearing trees
- *Anthropogenic climate change
- Bushrock removal
- *Clearing and fragmentation of native vegetation
- High frequency fire resulting in the disruption of life cycle processes in plants and animals, as well as a loss of vegetation and composition
- Removal of dead wood, dead trees and logs
Disease
- Infection by Psittacine circoviral (beak & feather) disease affecting threatened parrot species
- *Infection of frogs by amphibian chytrid fungus causing the disease chytridiomycosis
- *Infection of native plants by Phytophthora cinnamomi
Other
- Long-line fishing
- *Death or injury to marine species following capture in shark control programme on ocean beaches.
- Entanglement in, or injestion of anthropogenic debris in marine and estuarine environments
*denotes listing under Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC)
Updated: 07 Dec 2011