Savanna responses to feral buffalo in Kakadu National Park, Australia

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-463

  Petty, Aaron M ^a,b   Werner, Patricia A ^b,c   Lehmann, Caroline E R ^b   Riley, Jan E ^b   Banfai, Daniel S ^b   Elliott, Louis P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asian water buffalo; Bubalus bubalus; Ecological cascades; Grazing fire interactions; Historical ecology; Hysteresis; Invasive species; Northern Australia; Tropical savannas

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FERAL ORGANISM; FLOODPLAIN; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT RESTORATION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION GROWTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RUMINANT; SAVANNA; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

ALLIGATOR RIVERS; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

ALLIGATOR; BOS; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 35848939318     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1599.1     Document Type: Article

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