Around Australia’s highest mountain lies a rare ecosystem, an alpine area of outstanding beauty and diversity, strikingly different from other alpine ecosystems of the world but with common features. Kosciuszko Alpine Flora describes …
[ Books ] Plants & Fungi — Plants & Fungi / Field and Regional Guides
The world’s oceans cover about 70% of our planet. To safeguard the delicate ecological and environmental functions of the oceans and their remarkable biodiversity, networks of marine protected areas are being created. In some of these areas, …
[ Books ] Natural Environment — Natural Environment / Environmental Management
Shortlisted in TAFE Vocational Education category in the 2004 Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing. The devastation wreaked by bushfires on Australian homes and landscapes is an all too familiar scenario. …
[ Books ] Built Environment — Built Environment / Building
The long-awaited, fully revised and updated fourth edition of this wonderful resource, now published in full colour with photos and line drawings illustrating the descriptions of every listed plant native to the Greater Melbourne region. Flora …
[ Books ] Plants & Fungi — Plants & Fungi / Field and Regional Guides
Birds are a prominent feature of the Northern Territory environment, with almost half of Australia's bird species found there in spectacular landscapes ranging from deserts to tropics. This guide will lead you to the Northern Territory's …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Birds
Desert Lake is a book combining artistic, scientific and Indigenous views of a striking region of north-western Australia. Paruku is the place that white people call Lake Gregory. It is Walmajarri land, and its people live on their …
[ Books ] Science in Society — Science in Society / Indigenous Australia
Biogeography, the study of the distribution of life on Earth, has undergone more conceptual changes, revolutions and turf wars than any other scientific field. Australasian biogeographers are responsible for several of these great upheavals, …
[ Books ] Natural Environment — Natural Environment / Biodiversity and Ecology
The Murray–Darling Basin spans more than 1 million square kilometres across the lower third of Queensland, most of New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, northern Victoria and the south-eastern corner of South Australia. Wildlife …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Reptiles and Amphibians
Australia’s Unintended Cities identifies and researches housing and housing-related urban outcomes that are unintended consequences of other policies, the structure of incentives and disincentives for the housing market, and governance …
[ Books ] Built Environment — Built Environment / Planning and Design
This book looks at current knowledge on management of pastures and rangelands for sheep production, of problems, of practical solutions where possible, and of priority areas for research. The areas considered extend from the high rainfall …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Crops and Pastures
Peri-urban landscapes are some of the world’s most vulnerable areas. Although they are often thought of simply as land awaiting development, these landscapes retain important natural resources and make valuable contributions to agriculture, …
[ Books ] Built Environment — Built Environment / Planning and Design
Plants of Western New South Wales grew from the long experience and expertise which the authors acquired during their employment with their respective organisations in the arid and semi-arid pastoral areas of the State. Each author …
[ Books ] Plants & Fungi — Plants & Fungi / Field and Regional Guides
Sports Turf and Amenity Grasses is a comprehensive reference for anyone involved with the selection and maintenance of grasses used in sports and amenity areas in all areas. It provides a means to identify these grasses through keys, …
[ Books ] Gardening & Horticulture — Gardening & Horticulture / Horticulture
From the eastern rainforests to the central deserts, Australia is home to some 900 species of birds. Finding Australian Birds covers over 400 birdwatching sites conveniently grouped into the best birding areas, from one end of the …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Birds
The Victorian Mallee region encompasses the Little Desert, the Big Desert, the Sunset Country and the Hattah-Kulkyne. Each area is unique and with different topography, vegetation and fauna. The region experiences consistently higher temperatures, …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Reptiles and Amphibians
Mathematical morphology is a powerful methodology for processing and analysing the shape and form of objects in images. The advances in this area of science allow for application in the digital recognition and modeling of faces and other …
[ Books ] Physical Sciences — Physical Sciences / Mathematics
The bowerbirds (family Ptilonorhynchidae) are famed for their unique bower-building behaviour. In some species, the bower can be a complex construction of sticks and other vegetable matter that can grow to two metres in diameter and one-and-a-half …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Birds
Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications is the premier biennial conference in Australia on the topics of image processing and image analysis. This seventh edition of the proceedings has seen an unprecedented level of …
[ Books ] Physical Sciences — Physical Sciences / Technology
Lacewings, strepsipteras, scorpion-flies and fleas are fascinating subjects for behaviour and biological studies. As well, lacewings and fleas are of considerable economic importance. This volume is an essential directory for agricultural …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Invertebrates
Australia’s introduced vertebrate pest species cost at least $1 billion annually in economic, environmental and social impacts. The Guide to Introduced Pest Animals of Australia is a comprehensive, practical guide to 60 introduced …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Invasive