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“stephen garnett”

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  • Recovering Australian Threatened Species

    A Book of Hope

    Edited by Stephen Garnett, John Woinarski, David Lindenmayer, Peter Latch ...
    Australia’s nature is exceptional, wonderful and important. But much has been lost, and the ongoing existence of many species now hangs by a thread. Against a relentless tide of threats to our biodiversity, many Australians, and government and non-government agencies, have devoted themselves to the challenge of conserving and recovering plant and animal species that now need our help to survive. ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Australian Birds

    Edited by Stephen Garnett, Donald Franklin ...
    This is the first climate change adaptation plan produced for a national faunal group anywhere in the world. It outlines the nature of threats related to climate change for the Australian bird taxa most likely to be affected by climate change, and provides recommendations on what might be done to assist them and approximate costs of doing so. It also features an analysis of how climate change will ... Read more

    $50.99 USD

  • The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010

    by Stephen Garnett, Judit Szabo, Guy Dutson ...
    The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010 is the third in a series of action plans that have been produced at the start of each decade. The book analyses the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) status of all the species and subspecies of Australia's birds, including those of the offshore territories. For each bird the size and trend in their population and distribution has been ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

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  • Living Waters

    Ecology of Animals in Swamps, Rivers, Lakes and Dams

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    Wetlands are often seen as the ultimate symbol of beauty and tranquillity, their clear waters sheltering mysterious animals in a world where change is gentle and slow, from dragonflies skimming above their own reflections to the fishes glimpsed briefly below. Yet Australian wetlands are among the most varied and changeable habitats found anywhere, and the many creatures that live out their lives ... Read more

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  • Booderee National Park

    The Jewel of Jervis Bay

    by David Lindenmayer, Christopher MacGregor, Nick Dexter, Martin Fortescue, Esther Beaton ...
    Booderee National Park at Jervis Bay, 200km south of Sydney, attracts over 450 000 visitors each year. The park has many special features, including dramatic wave cut platforms and sea caves, some of the whitest beach sands in Australia, and very high densities of native predators such as the Powerful Owl and the Diamond Python. This book outlines the biology and ecology of Booderee National Park. ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities

    Edited by Sarah Legge, Natasha Robinson, Benjamin Scheele, David Lindenmayer, Darren Southwell, Brendan Wintle ...
    Monitoring is integral to all aspects of policy and management for threatened biodiversity. It is fundamental to assessing the conservation status and trends of listed species and ecological communities. Monitoring data can be used to diagnose the causes of decline, to measure management effectiveness and to report on investment. It is also a valuable public engagement tool. Yet in Australia, ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines

    Passerines

    by R Schodde, IJ Mason ...
    Recent classifications of Australian birds have been limited to lists of "species" which are inadequate as biodiversity indicators. The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines fills a huge gap in ornithological knowledge by separating out and listing not only 340 species of song-birds but also the 720 distinct regional forms. Covering about half the national bird fauna, the Directory provides ... Read more

    $122.99 USD

  • Rocky Outcrops in Australia

    Ecology, Conservation and Management

    by Damian Michael, David Lindenmayer ...
    Rocky outcrops are landscape features with disproportionately high biodiversity values relative to their size. They support specialised plants and animals, and a wide variety of endemic species. To Indigenous Australians, they are sacred places and provide valuable resources. Despite their ecological and cultural importance, many rocky outcrops and associated biota are threatened by agricultural ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Queensland's Threatened Animals

    by Lee K Curtis ...
    Queensland is home to 70% of Australia’s native mammals (226 species), over 70% of native birds (630 species), just over half of the nation’s native reptiles (485) and native frogs (127), and more than 11 000 native plant species. Hundreds of these have a threatened status in Queensland. In order for Queensland to maintain and recover a healthy biodiversity we must address the serious problems ... Read more

    $90.99 USD

  • Mound-builders

    by Darryl Jones, Ann Goth ...
    Series series Australian Natural History Series
    Mound-builders are unique in being the only birds that do not incubate their eggs using body heat; rather, a variety of naturally occurring sources of heat is exploited such as solar energy and the heat generated by decomposing organic matter. This book shows how this remarkable adaptation influences every part of these birds’ lives, including the development of the embryo, the parentless life of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Avian Flight

    by John J. Videler ...
    Series series Oxford Ornithology Series
    Bird flight has always intrigued mankind. This book provides an up-to-date account of our existing knowledge on the subject, offering new insights and challenging some established views. A brief history of the science of flight introduces the basic physical principles governing aerial locomotion. This is followed by a treatment of flight-related functional morphology, concentrating on the ... Read more

    $79.99 USD