Rainfall, land use and woody vegetation cover change in semi-arid Australian savanna

• Published in: The Journal of ecology Vol. 93; no. 3; pp. 596 - 606
• Main Authors: Fensham, R.J, Fairfax, R.J, Archer, S.R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK British Ecological Society 01.06.2005; Blackwell Science Ltd; Blackwell Science; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; botanical composition; Climate change; climatic factors; density dependence; Drought; eucalypt savanna; fire; fires; Forest ecology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Grasslands; grazing; history; Human ecology; land use; Moisture content; Overstory; plant communities; Plant ecology; population dynamics; Rain; rainfall variability; Savannas; structural change; Understory; Vegetation; vegetation cover; water stress; woody dynamics; Woody plants; Queensland; Australia; Oceania; Australia, Queensland; Savannah; Environmental factor; Grazing; Climatic zone; Land use; rainfall variability; Semi arid zone; eucalypt savanna; Fire; woody dynamics; Plant cover; Density dependence; structural change; Drought

1 The relative roles of climate and management for driving changes in woody cover in savannas over the past century are the subject of active debate. Perspectives arising from short-term, small-scale, local experiments are rarely tested over larger scales and longer time frames. 2 Regression analysi...