Weed invasion changes fuel characteristics: Para Grass (Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q. Nguyen) on a tropical floodplain

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-145

  Douglas, Michael M ^a   O'Connor, Ruth A ^a,b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire; Fuel load; Kakadu National Park; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FIRE; FLOODPLAIN; FUEL; WEED; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

UROCHLOA; UROCHLOA MUTICA;

EID: 4344701277     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2004.201-7.x     Document Type: Article

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