Land management affects grass biomass in the Eucalyptus tetrodonta savannas of monsoonal Australia

• Published in: Austral ecology Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 446 - 452
• Main Authors: BOWMAN, DAVID M.J.S, FRANKLIN, DONALD C, PRICE, OWEN F, BROOK, BARRY W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia : Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.06.2007; Blackwell Publishing Asia; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Agricultural management; annual grass; Australia; Biomass; climate; Eucalyptus; Eucalyptus tetrodonta; Europeans; fires; Flammability; fuel load; fuel loading; Grasses; Grasslands; Gulf of Carpentaria; Land management; Land use; landscape fire; Savannahs; savannas; soil; Trees; tropical savanna; Australia; Gulf of Carpentaria

We surveyed herbaceous biomass across the range of Eucalyptus tetrodonta savannas in north-western Australia. Sample sites (n = 211) were stratified within four broad geographical regions characterized by different mixes of land management regimes. Grasses dominated (87% mean) the herbaceous biomass...