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Peter J Cook

Carbon capture and geological storage (CCS) is presently the only way that we can make deep cuts in emissions from fossil fuel-based, large-scale sources of CO2 such as power stations and industrial plants. But if this technology is to be …

Peter J Cook

With the general reader in mind, Clean Energy, Climate and Carbon outlines the global challenge of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. It covers the changing concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide through time and its causes, …

Dr Manny Noakes , Dr Peter Clifton

Following on from the phenomenal success of The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet, comes Book 2 of the diet. This companion volume provides everything you need to keep on track with your healthy new lifestyle: a summary of the essential …

Patricia Cook , Philip Bock , Dennis Gordon , Haylee Weaver

Bundle and save! When you buy this set you will receive one copy of each of the following books at 8% off the RRP*: Australian Bryozoa Volume 1: Biology, Ecology and Natural History Australian Bryozoa Volume 2: …

Adam Slipinski , John F Lawrence

This three-volume series represents a comprehensive treatment of the beetles of Australia, a relatively under-studied fauna that includes many unusual and unique lineages found nowhere else on Earth. Volume 2 contains 36 chapters, …

Patricia L Cook , Philip E Bock , Dennis P Gordon , Haylee J Weaver

Bryozoans are aquatic animals that form colonies of connected individuals. They take a variety of forms: some are bushy and moss-like, some are flat and encrusting and others resemble lace. Bryozoans are mostly marine, with species found …

RD Barker , WJM Vestjens

This book lists the stomach contents of Australian songbirds collected by the CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology from 1963 to 1980. …

This issue, we’re celebrating the International Year of Glass! We’ve got plenty of breakthroughs in glass recycling and ‘unbreakable’ glass to report on. And innovation is important – Earth may be running out of sand. If that makes you want …

DCF Rentz

This volume covers three subfamilies, all endemic to Australia. The Phasmodinae are a small group with one genus and four species living in the heath habitats of Western Australia. The Zaprochilinae are represented in the literature by two …

ID ID Naumann

Originally published in 1991, Insects of Australia was acclaimed worldwide as one of the best general textbooks of entomology ever written. Now made available in electronic form for the first time, this PDF eBook includes both volumes …

Gary N Backhouse

This comprehensive guide describes the 447 species of wild orchids that occur in Victoria, Australia. This region is one of the richest in the world for its diversity of temperate terrestrial orchids. Orchid diversity in Victoria spans some …

Enid Mayfield

This visually superb and informative field guide is the second volume of Flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges, and covers more than 480 species of Daisies, Heaths, Peas, Saltbushes, Sundews, Wattles and other shrubby and herbaceous …

S von Caemmerer

Increasing concerns of global climate change have stimulated research interests in all aspects of carbon exchange. This has restored interest in leaf photosynthetic models to predict and assess changes in photosynthetic CO2 assimilation …

Hermes E. Escalona , Adam Slipinski

The Australian Beetles series represents a comprehensive treatment of the beetles of Australia, a relatively under-studied fauna that includes many unusual and unique evolutionary lineages found nowhere else on Earth. Volume …

PG Cook , AL Herczeg

These notes are restricted to those geochemical methods which have been used to quantify rates of groundwater recharge. There have been two main approaches. The first involves the use of mass balances and mixing cell models, mainly using …

J A L Watson , G Theischinger , H M Abbey

Dragonflies are conspicuous insects. Many are large; they fly strongly; most are brightly coloured. As a result, they have been collected extensively. Their larvae are less familiar. 'Mud-eyes', as some are called, are drab, and almost all …

D Reuter , JB Robinson

Plant Analysis: An Interpretation Manual 2nd Edition is an easily accessible compilation of data summarising the range of nutrient concentration limits for crops, pastures, vegetables, fruit trees, vines, ornamentals and forest species. …

Marcia Lambert , John Turner

This book provides the information that will allow users to recover salt-degraded land with selected plantation timbers and ultimately to make a profit. The authors have drawn on their own experiences plus material from Australia, …

Catherine Marciniak , Stephen Axford , Tom May

Fungi are nature’s great networkers, weaving connections, driving transformation and thriving in the most unexpected places. Planet Fungi: A Photographer’s Foray is a feast for the eyes, with stunning imagery and pioneering explorations …

Adam Slipinski , Hermes E Escalona

Longhorn Beetles — Cerambycidae are one of the most easily recognised groups of beetles, a family that worldwide encompasses over 33 000 species in 5200 genera. With over 1400 species classified in 300 genera, this is the sixth largest among …