Invasive plants in the floodplains of Australia’s Kakadu National Park

摘要: Kakadu National Park is Australia’s premier protected area and one of the few World Heritage areas listed for both its natural and cultural heritage values. Kakadu National Park encompasses vast areas of seasonally inundated wetlands that support an outstanding abundance of biodiversity, particularly birds and fish. The wetlands provide critical resources for the Indigenous landowners and are also a major tourist attraction. The international importance of Kakadu National Parks’ wetlands is also reflected by their listing under the Ramsar Wetlands Convention. Unfortunately, these wetlands are under substantial threat from a range of high impact invasive alien plants. The response of managers to different invasive alien plants has varied substantially. For example, the response by Kakadu National Park managers to the threat from the alien shrub Mimosa pigra has widely been used as a case study of best …