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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2026

High-resolution mapping of introduced buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) in central Australia.

Paul Box, Ian Leiper, Catherine Nano, Lauren Young, Valerie Caron, Sarah Gibson, Tracey Guest, Dale Cobban, Claire Treilibs, Jayne Brim Box

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Article in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Authors and funding

10 authors.

Paul BoxWater Resources Division, Department of Lands, Planning and Environment, Northern Territory Government, Alice Springs, NT, Australia. Paul.Box@nt.gov.au.
Ian LeiperFlora and Fauna Division, Department of Lands, Planning and Environment, Northern Territory Government, Darwin, NT, Australia.
Catherine NanoFlora and Fauna Division, Department of Lands, Planning and Environment, Northern Territory Government, Darwin, NT, Australia.
Lauren YoungFlora and Fauna Division, Department of Lands, Planning and Environment, Northern Territory Government, Darwin, NT, Australia.
Valerie CaronNational Collections and Marine Infrastructure, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Sarah GibsonFlora and Fauna Division, Department of Lands, Planning and Environment, Northern Territory Government, Darwin, NT, Australia.
Tracey GuestUluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Parks Australia, Yulara, NT, Australia.
Dale CobbanWater Resources Division, Department of Lands, Planning and Environment, Northern Territory Government, Alice Springs, NT, Australia.
Claire TreilibsFlora and Fauna Division, Department of Lands, Planning and Environment, Northern Territory Government, Darwin, NT, Australia.
Jayne Brim BoxFlora and Fauna Division, Department of Lands, Planning and Environment, Northern Territory Government, Darwin, NT, Australia.

Funding

Northern Territory Government Northern Territory Risk Reduction Program, Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) is an introduced pastoral grass that threatens arid ecosystems worldwide. Its ability to rapidly colonise new areas, outcompete native plants, invade a diversity of habitats and fuel fires make it a disaster for native biodiversity, infrastructure and remote communities. This species was implicated in the fires that devastated Lahaina, Hawai'i in 2023, and in Australia, it is one of the most significant environmental threats to semi-arid rangelands. The management of buffel grass requires detailed knowledge of its current spatial distribution, information currently lacking for most of inland Australia. We modelled and mapped buffel grass occurrence at two sites in central Australia by applying singular value decomposition to a time series of vegetation indices derived from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. In both study areas, buffel grass could be modelled/mapped with high accuracy (≥ 85%) at the native resolution of the satellite imagery (10 m). Our study areas were much larger (up to 2800 km

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CenchrusEnvironmental MonitoringIntroduced SpeciesAustraliaBiodiversityEcosystemSatellite ImageryInvasive speciesRemote sensingSingular value decompositionTime seriesWeeds

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PMID41931148
PMCPMC13048922

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