Transforming Saltbush Science, Mobility, and Metaphor in the Remaking of Intercolonial Worlds

• Published in: Conservation and society Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 176 - 186
• Main Authors: Frawley, Jodi, Goodall, Heather
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bangalore WOLTERS KLUWER INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED 01.04.2013; Medknow Publications; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
• Subjects: Acclimatization; Agricultural conservation; Agricultural ecology; Agriculture; Atriplex; Biota; Botanical gardens; Desert plants; Drought; Dryland farming; Endangered & extinct species; Environmental conservation; Experiments; Grasses; Indigenous plants; Metaphor; Methods; Native species; Pastoralism; Plants; Rain; Seeds; Settlers; Sheep; Australia; South Africa; California; United States > US; New South Wales Australia; India; saltbush; New South Wales; drought; Atriplex; Australia; pastoralism; acclimatisation; fodder plants

The movement of exotic biota into native ecosystems are central to debates about the acclimatisation of plants in the settler colonies of the nineteenth century. For example, plants like lucerne from Europe and sudan grass from South Africa were transferred to Australia to support pastoral economies...