Monitoring contrasting land management in the savanna landscapes of northern Australia

Environmental Management

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 501-515

  Franklin, Donald C ^a   Petty, Aaron M ^a   Williamson, Grant J ^a   Brook, Barry W ^a,b   Bowman, David M J S ^a,c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal lands; Feral herbivores; Fire regimes; National parks; Weeds

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINAL LANDS; FERAL HERBIVORES; FIRE REGIMES; NATIONAL PARKS; WEEDS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRES;

LAND USE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HERB; HERBIVORE; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL PARK; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DATA BASE; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FERAL ANIMAL; FIRE; HERBIVORE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; HUMANS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PLANTS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41549148200     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-007-9006-1     Document Type: Article

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