Hawkmoths are large charismatic insects with highly variable and colourful larvae. Some species are specialised in their habitat preferences, but others are widespread and often encountered in gardens. However, little is known about most …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Invertebrates
It’s time to explore the solar system in this issue of Double Helix! Take a tour around the planets and find out how they smell, and stop off at the dwarf planets along the way. Closer to home, we look at plans to build a …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Children and Teen Non-Fiction
Get ready to play (and learn!) with your food! Discover the truth about yeast, learn how to count calories, conduct experiments with rubbery eggs, and more. Become a Kitchen Scientist by dissecting an onion, decorating a cookie to …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Activity Books
It must be appreciated that no building surface is perfectly flat and that the best that can be expected is the appearance of flatness. Unfortunately, this appearance can easily be destroyed by the effect of glancing light, whether natural …
[ Books ] Built Environment — Built Environment / Building
In this issue, we're getting sticky, smelly and goopy! Speedy slugs and frogs' eyes kick off our coverage of slimy animals, but we're also taking a look at slime moulds – a form of life that's not animal, plant or fungus! We uncover the …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Children and Teen Non-Fiction
The Australian Soil Fertility Manual is a trusted guide to the safe use and handling of fertilizers. It describes the types of agricultural soils, how they are classified and the interaction of soil, water and nutrients. It also provides …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Farm Management
Neither plants, nor animals, nor fungi, the myxomycetes are a surprisingly diverse and fascinating group of organisms. They spend the majority of their life out of sight as single-celled amoeboid individuals in leaf litter, soil or decaying …
[ Books ] Plants & Fungi — Plants & Fungi / Mosses and Fungi
Soil Chemical Methods – Australasia describes over 200 laboratory and field chemical tests relevant to Australasia and beyond. The information and methodology provided across 20 chapters is comprehensive, systematic, uniquely coded, …
[ Books ] Natural Environment — Natural Environment / Soils
The discipline of silviculture is at a crossroads. Silviculturists are under increasing pressure to develop practices that sustain the full function and dynamics of forested ecosystems and maintain ecosystem diversity and resilience while …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Agroforestry