Net woody vegetation increase confined to seasonally inundated lowlands in an Australian tropical savanna, Victoria River District, Northern Territory

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 667-683

  Sharp, Ben R ^a,b,c   Bowman, David M J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fire; Grazing; Northern Territory; Tropical savannas; Vegetation dynamics; Victoria River District; Woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAVANNA; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODY PLANT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; VICTORIA RIVER; WORLD;

MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA MINUTIFOLIA; VICTORIA;

EID: 12244300516     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01407.x     Document Type: Article

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