The roles of statistical inference and historical sources in understanding landscape change: The case of feral buffalo in the freshwater floodplains of Kakadu National Park

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-199

  Bowman, David M J S ^a   Prior, Lynda D ^a   Williamson, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Australia; Bubalus bubalis; Buffalo; Environmental history; Feral animal impacts; Historical ecology; Landscape change; Monsoon tropics; Woody vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FLOODPLAIN; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATIONAL PARK; RUMINANT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA; KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 72549087708     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02244.x     Document Type: Article

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