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Modeling population growth and site specific control of the invasive Lantana camara L (Verbenaceae) under
differing fire regimes
Olusegun Osunkoya Christine Perrett Chandima Fernando Cameron Clark Sathyamurthy Raghu
S1
The burnt eucalyptus forest a month after the August 2009 prescribed burning of Lanatana camara infestation (a), and a close-up of the lower
portion of a permanently tagged lantana plant after the burning operation (b)
(a)

(b)

S2
Transition matrix and associated vital rates of Lantana camara at each of the four sites surveyed. In the population projections, the
fecundity values were adjusted by mean proportions of plants in reproductive activity. These proportions for 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 periods are:
0.38, 0.82 (0.91), 0.57 (0.90) and 0.55 (0.75) for populations at the hoop pine plantation, farm, grazed and burned forests respectively.
The seed to seedling transition estimates (which are first quartile values of glass house trials) have also been adjusted to reflect expected range in the field
2008-2009
(a) Hoop Pine Plantation
Plot size: 40m x 50m
Seed
Seedling
Juvenile
Small
Medium
Large
Abundance, N
N as ratio
Stable size distribution
Reproductive value
Average residence (yrs)

(b) Farm
Plot size: 50m x 50m
Seed
Seedling
Juvenile
Small
Medium
Large
Abundance, N
N as ratio
Stable size distribution
Reproductive value
Average residence (yrs)

Seed
0.370
0.071
0
0
0
0
19100
0.9656
0.931
1
1

Seed
0.256
0.037
0
0
0
0

Seedling Juvenile
0
35
0
0
0.217
0.013
0.216
0.058
0.45
0.926
0
0
179
0.0090
0.058
16.01
1

2009 - 2010
Matured Plant
Small Medium Large
213.5
1346
4440
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.123
0.023
0
0.867
0.977
1

234
0.0118
0.002
28.19
1.02

168
0.0085
0.002
72.87
1

Seedling Juvenile
0
0
0.15
0
0.25
0.573
0
0.373
0
0
0
0

Small
3140
0
0.094
0.656
0.219
0.016

93
0.0047
0.005
153.14
1.02

7
0.0005
0.001
361.41
10

Matured Plant
Medium Large
10231
15658
0
0
0
0
0.041
0
0.671
0.103
0.274
0.897

9632500
767
110
64
73
39
0.99989 0.00008 0.00001 0.00001 0.00001 0.00001
0.94
0.057
0.005
0.008
0.0005 0.00001
1
16.03
195
1368.9 3882.2
5633
1.26
1.16
2.06
2.44
2.52
5.19

Seed
0.226
0.045
0
0
0
0

Seedling Juvenile
0
0
0.15
0
0.25
0.766
0
0.208
0
0
0
0

1924987
897
0.99940 0.00005
0.929
0.062
1
14.31
1.3
1.16

Matured Plant
Small
Medium
Large
3768
12270
18789
0
0
0
0.266
0.015
0
0.563
0.015
0.018
0.1598
0.552
0.018
0.011
0.418
0.964

125
19
0.00006 0.00001
0.007
0.006
157.52 1618.02
3.22
2.03

67
0.00003
0.00005
5232.6
1.99

56
0.00003
0.00001
7332.86
7.55

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(c) Grazed forest
Plot size: 30m x 50m
Seed
Seedling
Juvenile
Small
Medium
Large
Abundance, N
N as ratio
Stable size distribution
Reproductive value
Average residence (yrs)

(d) Burned forest

Plot size: 50m x 50m
Seed
Seedling
Juvenile
Small
Medium
Large
Abundance, N
N as ratio
Stable size distribution
Reproductive value
Average residence (yrs)

Seed
0.109
0.039
0
0
0
0

Seedling Juvenile
0
0
0.133
0
0.633
0.53
0
0.461
0
0.006
0
0

Small
250
0
0.084
0.684
0.225
0.003

Matured Plant
Medium Large
1500
5051
0
0
0.013
0
0.132
0.133
0.736
0.167
0.119
0.7

6676500
540
534
321
159
30
0.99976 0.00008 0.00008 0.00005 0.00002 0.00000
0.89
0.076
0.025
0.007 0.00096 0.0001
1
11.54
42.04
166.81
633.5 1723.26
1.18
1.14
1.91
2.6
2.96
2.7

Seed
0.290
0.058
0
0
0
0

Seedling Juvenile
0
0
0.267
0
0.283
0.228
0
0.709
0
0.055
0
0

Small
480
0
0
0.545
0.455
0

Matured Plant
Medium Large
1300
938
0
0
0
0
0.036
0.083
0.843
0.167
0.096
0.75

898850
334
127
297
166
12
0.99896 0.00037 0.00014 0.00033 0.00018 0.00001
0.876
0.106
0.012
0.004
0.001 0.00005
1
8.2
69.96
210.52 408.96 311.27
1.35
1.32
1.26
1.96
4.14
3.08

Seed
0.172
0.034
0
0
0
0

Seedling Juvenile
0
0
0.133
0
0.633
0.143
0
0.486
0
0.338
0
0.022

Small
300
0
0.004
0.299
0.591
0.104

Matured Plant
Medium Large
1800
6061
0
0
0.005
0
0.086
0
0.655
0.39
0.249
0.61

159885
760
554
501
197
41
0.98732 0.00469 0.00342 0.00309 0.00122 0.00025
0.94
0.053
0.01
0.001
0.001 0.00025
1
17.86
98.59
222.54
593.38 1583.19
1.11
1.14
1.15
1.37
2.44
2.22

Seed
0.094
0.056
0
0
0
0

Seedling Juvenile
0
0
0.267
0
0.283
0.111
0
0.422
0
0.289
0
0

Small
581
0
0.012
0.136
0.545
0.087

Matured Plant
Medium Large
1703
1229
0
0
0.004
0
0.007
0
0.398
0
0.439
0.852

242612
134
45
242
268
21
0.99708 0.00055 0.00018 0.00099 0.00110 0.00009
0.886
0.01
0.01
0.002
0.002
0.004
1
9.42
85.71
237.9
462.97 353.28
1.09
1.32
1.11
1.14
1.56
4.29

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S3
:Stage-specific multipliers for calculation of transition rates when populations are burnt.
This matrix is derived from observed mean performance at the burned forest relative to the mean
performance at the grazed forest and the farm sites where no burning was applied.
Including Lantana camara performance at the hoop pine plantation in estimation of stage specific
multiplier did not change model outputs significantly, but was excluded anyway because the data
at this site reflect an expanding/recolonization rather than an established population

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Mature plant
Seed
Seedling Juvenile Small Medium Large
Seed
Seedling
Juvenile
Small
Medium
Large

1.007
1.467

1.887
0.641

0.337
1.480
2.000

0.285

0.233

0.095

0.054
0.619
1.674
1.299

0.242
0.314
0.950
1.009

1.099
0.493
1.010

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