...hat many can alter fire regimes, hydrology, soil chemistry, and displace native plant species, resulting in ecosystem degradation, habitat loss and biodiversity decline (D’Antonio and Vitousek, 1992; =-=Low, 1997-=-; Douglas and O’Connor, 2004b; NRMW, 2006; TSSC, 2009). Many grasses were introduced into Australia primarily for assessment and use in pastoral production. Species were selected for their persistence...
...at was introduced into Australia around 1880 (Cameron, 2008). It was initially used to control erosion along river banks, but has since been promoted as a pasture grass throughout northern Australia (=-=Clarkson, 1995-=-). In the Northern Territory, para grass was introduced as a pasture species to the area now known as Kakadu National Park (Douglas and O’Connor, 2004a) and to Arnhem Land (Grace et al., 2004). It is ...