[BOOK][B] Australian rainforests: islands of green in a land of fire

DMJS Bowman - 2000 - books.google.com
Why do Australian rainforests occur as islands within the vast tracts of Eucalyptus? Why is
fire a critical ecological factor in every Australian landscape? What were the consequences …

Leaf phenology of woody species in a north Australian tropical savanna

RJ Williams, BA Myers, WJ Muller, GA Duff, D Eamus - Ecology, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Leaf phenology was monitored for 49 woody species (trees and tall shrubs) each month
over a 2.5‐year period in a humid, wet–dry tropical eucalypt savanna at Solar Village, near …

Response of Eucalyptus‐dominated savanna to frequent fires: lessons from Munmarlary, 1973–1996

J Russell-Smith, PJ Whitehead, GD Cook… - Ecological …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We assess a replicated fire plot experiment undertaken between 1973 and 1996 in two
Eucalyptus‐dominated savanna vegetation formations (open forest, woodland), at …

Carbon balance of a tropical savanna of northern Australia

X Chen, LB Hutley, D Eamus - Oecologia, 2003 - Springer
Through estimations of above-and below-ground standing biomass, annual biomass
increment, fine root production and turnover, litterfall, canopy respiration and total soil CO 2 …

[BOOK][B] World savannas: ecology and human use

J Mistry, A Beradi - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
An interdisciplinary text on the world's savannas, covering the geography, ecology,
economics and politics of savanna regions. Savannas are a distinct vegetation type …

Fire research for conservation management in tropical savannas: introducing the Kapalga fire experiment

AN Andersen, RW Braithwaite, GD Cook… - Australian Journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Fire is a dominant feature of tropical savannas throughout the world, and provides a unique
opportunity for habitat management at the landscape scale. We provide the background and …

Cleaning, protecting, or abating? Making indigenous fire management “work” in northern Australia

AM Petty, V DeKoninck, B Orlove - Journal of Ethnobiology, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Kakadu National Park in northern Australia was one of the first jointly managed parks in the
world, and offers an important case study of how public institutions and indigenous …

Seasonal roosts and foraging movements of the black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) in the Northern Territory: resource tracking in a landscape mosaic

C Palmer, JCZ Woinarski - Wildlife Research, 1999 - CSIRO Publishing
Radio-telemetry was used to investigate roosting and movement patterns of the black flying
fox (Pteropus alecto) in the seasonal tropics of the Northern Territory. Sixteen P. alecto were …

Seedling establishment in an Australian tropical savanna: effects of seed supply, soil disturbance and fire

SA Setterfield - Journal of Applied ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Australia's savannas typically are burnt every 1–3 years. Although there are
concerns about the effect of frequent fire on recruitment of Australian savanna species, there …

Exotic grass invasions: applying a conceptual framework to the dynamics of degradation and restoration in Australia's tropical savannas

KJ Brooks, SA Setterfield, MM Douglas - Restoration Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Plant invasions can cause severe degradation of natural areas. The ability of an ecosystem
to recover autogenically from degradation following weed control is in part determined by …