Juvenile tree growth and demography in response to feral water buffalo in savannas of northern Australia: An experimental field study in Kakadu National Park

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-296

  Werner, P A ^a,b,c   Cowie, I D ^d   Cusack, J S ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northern Territory Herbarium   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH RESPONSE; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; SAVANNA; SURVIVAL; TREE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 33646705884     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT04135     Document Type: Article

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