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  • Australian Moths

    A Natural History

    Edited by Professor Roger Kitching ...
    The insect Order Lepidoptera is one of the four megadiverse groups of insects globally. The vast majority of the Order are moths and the unique Australian fauna has long been of interest to scientists and other enthusiasts. Australian Moths: a Natural History presents a synthesis of much of the research work that has occurred over the last 30 years on the Australian moth fauna, focussing on the ... Read more

    $169.99 USD

  • Field Notes on Science and Nature

    by George B. Schaller, Bernd Heinrich, Kenn Kaufman, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Karen L. Kramer, Jennifer Keller, James Reveal, Piotr Naskrecki, John D. Perrine, James L. Patton, Jonathan Kingdon, Erick Greene, Roger Kitching ...
    Once in a great while, as the New York Times noted recently, a naturalist writes a book that changes the way people look at the living world. John James Audubon’s Birds of America, published in 1838, was one. Roger Tory Peterson’s 1934 Field Guide to the Birds was another. How does such insight into nature develop?Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in their native habitat, ... Read more

    $42.49 USD

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  • The Holocene

    An Environmental History

    by Neil Roberts ...
    The Holocene provides students, researchers and lay-readers with the remarkable story of how the natural world has been transformed since the end of the last Ice Age around 15,000 years ago. This period has witnessed a shift from environmental changes determined by natural forces to those dominated by human actions, including those of climate and greenhouse gases. Understanding the environmental ... Read more

    $47.00 USD

  • Australian Soils and Landscapes

    An Illustrated Compendium

    by Neil N. McKenzie, David D. Jacquier, Ray R.F. Isbell, Katharine K. Brown ...
    This essential reference provides an introduction to the remarkable soils and landscapes of Australia. It reveals their great diversity and explains why an understanding of soil properties and landscape processes should guide our use of the land.Using striking photographs of characteristic landscapes, it begins by describing the basic properties of soils and how Australia's distinctive soils and ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Dragonflies

    by Philip Corbet, Stephen Brooks ...
    Series Book 106 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    Dragonflies are among the most ancient of living creatures – few insect groups fascinate as much or are more immediately recognisable.In this seminal new work, Philip Corbet and Stephen Brooks examine the behaviour, ecology and distribution of dragonflies in Britain and Ireland, placing emphasis on the insects' habitats and also on measures needed to conserve them.Published in 1960 – with Philip ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Land of Sweeping Plains

    Managing and Restoring the Native Grasslands of South-eastern Australia

    Edited by Adrian Marshall, Nicholas Williams, John Morgan ...
    Native temperate grasslands are Australia’s most threatened ecosystems. Grasslands have been eliminated from across much of their former extent and continue to be threatened by urban expansion, agricultural intensification, weed invasion and the uncertain impacts of climate change. Research, however, is showing us new ways to manage grasslands, and techniques for restoration are advancing. The ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Platypus

    Edited by Tom Grant, Illustrations by Dominic Fanning ...
    Series series Australian Natural History Series
    Since it first became known to European scientists and naturalists in 1798, the platypus has been the subject of controversy, interest and absolute wonder. Found only in Australia, the platypus is a mammal that lays eggs but, like other mammals, it has fur and suckles its young on milk. Many early biologists who visited the British colonies in Australia, including Charles Darwin, went out of their ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Pollination and Floral Ecology

    by Patricia Willmer ...
    Pollination and Floral Ecology is the most comprehensive single-volume reference to all aspects of pollination biology--and the first fully up-to-date resource of its kind to appear in decades. This beautifully illustrated book describes how flowers use colors, shapes, and scents to advertise themselves; how they offer pollen and nectar as rewards; and how they share complex interactions with ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Australian Deserts

    Ecology and Landscapes

    by Steve Morton ...
    Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes is about the vast sweep of the Outback, a land of expanses making up three-quarters of the continent â the heart of Australia. Steve Morton brings his extensive first-hand knowledge and experience of arid Australia to this book, explaining how Australian deserts work ecologically.This book outlines why unpredictable rainfall and paucity of soil nutrients ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • The Natural History of Pollination

    by Michael Proctor, Peter Yeo, Andrew Lack ...
    Series Book 83 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    This is a brand new, fully updated edition of the natural history classic first published in the New Naturalist series in 1973 as The Pollination of Flowers. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comThis is a brand new, fully updated edition of the natural history classic first published in the New Naturalist series in 1973 as The Pollination of Flowers.The importance of insects in ... Read more

    $6.49 USD

  • Flammable Australia

    Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World

    Edited by Richard J Williams, A Malcolm Gill, Ross A Bradstock ...
    In Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World, leading researchers in fire ecology and management discuss how fire regimes have shaped and will continue to shape the distribution and abundance of Australia’s highly diverse plants and animals. Central to this is the exploration of the concept of the fire regime – the cumulative pattern of fires and their ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • What Makes a Good Farm for Wildlife?

    by David B Lindenmayer ...
    This book brings together extensive scientific learning on what makes a good farm for biodiversity. Based on thirteen years of intensive research, it breaks the discussion into chapters on key environmental and vegetation assets and then discusses how to make these assets better for biodiversity. The work encompasses information on vertebrates and invertebrates on farms and their relationships ... Read more

    $25.19 USD