Landscape and Vegetation Ecology of the Kakadu Region, Northern Australia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. The Kakadu region

   • C. Max Finlayson, Isabell Von Oertzen

   Pages 1-15

3. Climate and hydrology

   • Chris V. McQuade, Jim T. Arthur, Ian J. Butterworth

   Pages 17-35

4. Landform evolution

   • T. Jon East

   Pages 37-55

5. Terrestrial vegetation

   • Bruce A. Wilson, Jeremy Russell-Smith, Richard Williams

   Pages 57-79

6. Wetland vegetation

   • C. Max Finlayson, Colin D. Woodroffe

   Pages 81-112

7. Weed ecology

   • Ian D. Cowie

   Pages 113-135

8. Plant-animal interactions

   • Alan N. Andersen, Richard W. Braithwaite

   Pages 137-154

9. Impact of feral water buffalo

   • Andrew J. Skeat, T. Jon East, Laurie K. Corbett

   Pages 155-177

10. Fire ecology and management

    • Alan N. Andersen

    Pages 179-195

11. Back Matter

    Pages 197-202

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The Kakadu reg10n of northern Australia is swarming over the landscape with their meters steeped in cultural history and natural grandeur. and notebooks and a vast store of information Over the past few decades the rich cultural and was gathered. This book is a summary of the natural heritage of this fascinating region has immense amount of information collected on the become increasingly known to more and more geobotanic features of the region. The cultural people. At the same time as the natural heritage of heritage of the traditional Aboriginal inhabitants the region was being recognised by conser­ of the region and the diverse and populous fauna vationists and tourists alike the mineral wealth were also investigated. but both these subjects was being recognised by mining enterprises. warrant their own separate volumes and are not Almost inevitably, the mix of conservation and treated here. Throughout this period of intense scientific mining interests led to conflict that is still not completely resolved. However, much has hap­ interest the very nature of the region has changed. pened over the years and we now have a major Besides changes in human habitation the physical and biological environment has come under national park that is largely leased from the Aboriginal traditional owners under a manage­ challenge and even threat. We now have more weed species. We no longer have the large ment agreement.

• ecology
• evolution
• hydrology
• vegetation
• wetland

• Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist, Jabiru, Australia

  C. Max Finlayson, Isabell Oertzen

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