Applying macroecology to assist in the management of Kakadu National Park

卡卡杜国家公园的生态完整性受到火灾、杂草和野生动物的威胁。为了帮助解决这些问题，我们将根据封闭森林、林地和草地边界的变化，开发一个具有成本效益、文化上适当的公园范围监测系统。我们将评估大规模土地管理干预的效果，并预测未来变化的后果。这项研究的结果将转移到其他景观设置在澳大利亚和海外。它将有助于辩论目前的土地管理做法的生态后果，以及如何将这些与过去的土著土地管理。

The ecological integrity of Kakadu National Park is threatened by fires, weeds, and feral animals. To help tackle these problems, we will develop a cost-effective, culturally appropriate, park-wide monitoring system based on changes in the boundaries of closed forests, woodland and grassland. We will gauge the effect of broad-scale land management interventions, and predict the consequences of future change. The findings of this study will be transferable to other landscape settings in Australia and overseas. It will contribute to debates about the ecological consequences of current land management practices and how these compare with past Aboriginal land management.