Spatial and temporal patterns of exotic shrub invasion in an Australian tropical grassland

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-102

  Brown, Joel R ^a   Carter, Jennifer ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia nilotica; Landscape resistance; Livestock grazing; Plant dispersal; Weed invasion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CATTLE; GRASSLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA, (NORTH);

ACACIA NILOTICA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0031857628     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007939203931     Document Type: Article

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