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Landscape and Vegetation Ecology of the Kakadu Region, Northern Australia

Author : C.M. Finlayson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940090133X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Landscape and Vegetation Ecology of the Kakadu Region, Northern Australia written by C.M. Finlayson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kakadu reg10n of northern Australia is swarming over the landscape with their meters steeped in cultural history and natural grandeur. and notebooks and a vast store of information Over the past few decades the rich cultural and was gathered. This book is a summary of the natural heritage of this fascinating region has immense amount of information collected on the become increasingly known to more and more geobotanic features of the region. The cultural people. At the same time as the natural heritage of heritage of the traditional Aboriginal inhabitants the region was being recognised by conser of the region and the diverse and populous fauna vationists and tourists alike the mineral wealth were also investigated. but both these subjects was being recognised by mining enterprises. warrant their own separate volumes and are not Almost inevitably, the mix of conservation and treated here. Throughout this period of intense scientific mining interests led to conflict that is still not completely resolved. However, much has hap interest the very nature of the region has changed. pened over the years and we now have a major Besides changes in human habitation the physical and biological environment has come under national park that is largely leased from the Aboriginal traditional owners under a manage challenge and even threat. We now have more weed species. We no longer have the large ment agreement.

Monsoonal Australia

Author : C.M. Haynes
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9789061916383
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Monsoonal Australia written by C.M. Haynes and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work covers the history of the landscape, the climate, the vegetation, the vertebrate animals, Aboriginal association with the land, and conservation and the future.

Waterbirds Around the World

Author : G. C. Boere
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 0114973334
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book Waterbirds Around the World written by G. C. Boere and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the outcome of a major international conference on waterbirds held in Edinburgh in April 2004.

Aquatic Biodiversity

Author : Koen Martens
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400710844
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Aquatic Biodiversity written by Koen Martens and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this age of increased fundamental and applied research on biodiversity, no single volume was as yet devoted to the various temporal and spatial aspects of aquatic biodiversity. The present book is published in honour of Professor Henri Dumont (Ghent, Belgium) at the occasion of his retirement as Editor-in-Chief of Hydrobiologia. The volume presents a selection of contributions on aquatic biodiversity, written by colleagues from the editorial board, fellow editors of aquatic journals and former students and collaborators. Contributions deal with a wide spectrum of topics related to aquatic biodiversity and cover fields such as actual- and palaeolimnology, taxonomy, and fundamental and applied limnology. Even reconnaissance chapters on management and cultural impact of water bodies are included. The book combines state-of-the-art contributions in aquatic sciences.

Landscape as Process

Author : Aaron Michael Petty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Landscape as Process written by Aaron Michael Petty and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Invasion Biology and Ecological Theory

Author : Herbert H. T. Prins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107035813
Total Pages : 543 pages
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Download or read book Invasion Biology and Ecological Theory written by Herbert H. T. Prins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical appraisal of ecosystem theory using case studies of plant and animal invasions in Australasia.

Flammable Australia

Author : Ross A. Bradstock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521805919
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Flammable Australia written by Ross A. Bradstock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire is pivotal to the functioning of ecosystems in Australia, affecting the distribution and abundance of the continent's unique and highly diverse range of plants and animals. Conservation of this natural biodiversity therefore requires a good understanding of scientific processes involved in the action of fire on the landscape. This book provides an up-to-date synthesis of current knowledge in this area and its application in contemporary land management. Central to the discussion is an exploration of the concept of the fire regime and its interactions with biodiversity.

Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas

Author : Jeremy Russell-Smith
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643099999
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas written by Jeremy Russell-Smith and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2009-10-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging volume explores the management of fire in one of the world’s most flammable landscapes: Australia’s tropical savannas, where on average 18% of the landscape is burned annually. Impacts have been particularly severe in the Arnhem Land Plateau, a centre of plant and animal diversity on Indigenous land. Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas documents a remarkable collaboration between Arnhem Land’s traditional landowners and the scientific community to arrest a potentially catastrophic fire-driven decline in the natural and cultural assets of the region – not by excluding fire, but by using it better through restoration of Indigenous control over burning. This multi-disciplinary treatment encompasses the history of fire use in the savannas, the post-settlement changes that altered fire patterns, the personal histories of a small number of people who lived most of their lives on the plateau and, critically, their deep knowledge of fire and how to apply it to care for country. Uniquely, it shows how such knowledge and commitment can be deployed in conjunction with rigorous formal scientific analysis, advanced technology, new cross-cultural institutions and the emerging carbon economy to build partnerships for controlling fire at scales that were, until this demonstration, thought beyond effective intervention.

Fire in Tropical Savannas

Author : Alan N. Andersen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387215158
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book Fire in Tropical Savannas written by Alan N. Andersen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-05-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire is a major agent of disturbance in many biomes of the world but is a particularly important feature of tropical savannas. Up to 50% of the ext- sive tropical savanna landscapes of northern Australia are burnt each year. This includes prestigious conservation reserves such as World Heritage— listed Kakadu National Park, in the Top End of the Northern Territory. As in other savanna regions of the world, the responses of biota to different ?re regimes are poorly understood, such that ?re management represents one of the greatest challenges to conservation managers and researchers alike. This is the context within which a landscape-scale ?re experiment was established at Kapalga Research Station in Kakadu,which aimed to provide a sound scienti?c basis for conservation management in the region. The experiment was established by The Australian Commonwealth Scienti?c and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO),but involved collaborators from a range of universities and government agencies, including the m- agers of Kakadu,the Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA:now Parks Australia North). This book summarizes the ?ndings from the Kapalga ?re experiment and explores the implications for conservation management. We believe that Kapalga has provided important insights into the ?re ecology of tropical savannas and has broad relevance for the conservation management of ?- prone landscapes in general. This book should be of interest to researchers, graduate students, and land management agencies. vii viii Preface We are extremely grateful to all our collaborators,both inside and outside CSIRO, for their involvement in the Kapalga experiment.

Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes

Author : Raffaele Lafortezza
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402085044
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes written by Raffaele Lafortezza and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-30 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing evidence suggests that the composition and spatial configuration – the pattern – of forest landscapes affect many ecological processes, including the movement and persistence of particular species, the susceptibility and spread of disturbances such as fires or pest outbreaks, and the redistribution of matter and nutrients. Understanding these issues is key to the successful management of complex, multifunctional forest landscapes, and landscape ecology, based on a foundation of island bio-geography and meta-population dynamic theories, provides the rationale to deal with this pattern-to-process interaction at different spatial and temporal scales. This carefully edited volume represents a stimulating addition to the international literature on landscape ecology and resource management. It provides key insights into some of the applicable landscape ecological theories that underlie forest management, with a specific focus on how forest management can benefit from landscape ecology, and how landscape ecology can be advanced by tackling challenging problems in forest (landscape) management. It also presents a series of case studies from Europe, Asia, North America, Africa and Australia exploring the issues of disturbance, diversity, management, and scale, and with a specific focus on how human intervention affects forest landscapes and, in turn, how landscapes influence humans and their culture. An important reference for advanced students and researchers in landscape ecology, conservation biology, forest ecology, natural resource management and ecology across multiple scales, the book will also appeal to researchers and practitioners in reserve design, ecological restoration, forest management, landscape planning and landscape architecture.

The Nature of Northern Australia

Author : John Woinarski
Publisher : ANU E Press
ISBN 13 : 1921313315
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Northern Australia written by John Woinarski and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Northern Australia stands out as one of the largest natural areas remaining on Earth - alongside such global treasures as the Amazon rainforests, the boreal conifer forests of Alaska and Canada, and the polar wilderness of Antarctica. Nature remains in abundance in 'the North'. Its intact tropical savannas, rainforests, and free flowing rivers provide a basis for much of the economic activity and the quality of life for residents of the area. THE NATURE OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA details the latest science on the Northern environment. With increasing debate over the future of Australias often forgotten North, this is a timely examination of its environmental significance, the ecological processes that make it function, and the economies that are compatible with maintaining healthy communities and people and healthy country into the future.

The Ants of Northern Australia

Author : Alan N Andersen
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643102345
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Ants of Northern Australia written by Alan N Andersen and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ants are one of the most important faunal groups in Australia and are widely used as bioindicators in land monitoring and assessment programs. The Ants of Northern Australia will help in the identification of the 1500 or more ant species occurring in monsoonal Australia, an area which encompasses most of the northern third of the continent. Until now, no book has described the northern Australian ant fauna below genus level. Such a treatment is required to support and promote the numerous ecological studies involving ants, especially in the context of their use as bioindicators. The Ants of Northern Australia features original analyses of genera at the species-group level, and so has relevance throughout Australia. It treats all major species that have been described, as well as numerous others that remain undescribed.

Tropical Forage Plants

Author : W.D. Pitman
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420038788
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Tropical Forage Plants written by W.D. Pitman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-11-28 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical Forage Plants: Development and Use covers the research and resulting pasture development in the tropics and subtropics, which has undergone dramatic changes in the past few decades. Providing a broad, global perspective, it serves as a comprehensive resource covering a wide range of subjects pertaining to forage and animal production in th

Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour of Wild Cattle

Author : Mario Melletti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 110703664X
Total Pages : 479 pages
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Download or read book Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour of Wild Cattle written by Mario Melletti and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated reference work on the biology, ecology, conservation status and management of all thirteen species of wild cattle and buffalo. This book will be a valuable resource for students, researchers, and professionals in animal behaviour, behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology and conservation biology.

Wild Rangelands

Author : Johan T. du Toit
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444317105
Total Pages : 448 pages
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Download or read book Wild Rangelands written by Johan T. du Toit and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rangeland ecosystems which include unimproved grasslands,shrublands, savannas and semi-deserts, support half of theworld’s livestock, while also providing habitats for some ofthe most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines thepressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land use,over-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestockand crops. Leading experts have pooled their experiences from allcontinents to cover the ecological, sociological, political,veterinary, and economic aspects of rangeland management today. This book provides practitioners and students ofrangeland management and wildland conservation with a diversity ofperspectives on a central question: can rangelands be wildlands? The first book to examine rangelands from a conservationperspective Emphasizes the balance between the needs of people andlivestock, and wildlife Written by an international team of experts covering allgeographical regions Examines ecological, sociological, political, veterinary, andeconomic aspects of rangeland management and wildland conservation,providing a diversity of perspectives not seen before in a singlevolume

Protected Area Governance and Management

Author : Graeme L. Worboys
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1925021696
Total Pages : 993 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Protected Area Governance and Management written by Graeme L. Worboys and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 993 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protected Area Governance and Management presents a compendium of original text, case studies and examples from across the world, by drawing on the literature, and on the knowledge and experience of those involved in protected areas. The book synthesises current knowledge and cutting-edge thinking from the diverse branches of practice and learning relevant to protected area governance and management. It is intended as an investment in the skills and competencies of people and consequently, the effective governance and management of protected areas for which they are responsible, now and into the future. The global success of the protected area concept lies in its shared vision to protect natural and cultural heritage for the long term, and organisations such as International Union for the Conservation of Nature are a unifying force in this regard. Nonetheless, protected areas are a socio-political phenomenon and the ways that nations understand, govern and manage them is always open to contest and debate. The book aims to enlighten, educate and above all to challenge readers to think deeply about protected areas—their future and their past, as well as their present. The book has been compiled by 169 authors and deals with all aspects of protected area governance and management. It provides information to support capacity development training of protected area field officers, managers in charge and executive level managers.

Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula

Author : S.A. Ghazanfar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401736375
Total Pages : 374 pages
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Download or read book Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula written by S.A. Ghazanfar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for this book came from our ten years of journeys and wanderings through the varied landscapes of Arabia, and in particular through those of its hospitable southeastern corner, Oman. We owe a particular debt to Sultan Qaboos University, which during this time has provided us with both a stimulating working environment and a home. Transliteration of Arabic place and other names into English script is a task fraught with difficulties. We have followed 'accepted' spellings wherever these were not contrary to our common sense, and in other cases we have rendered names into Roman English script using phonetic spellings. Our main task in this respect was to ensure conformity between the fIfteen contributing authors. Diacritical signs have mostly been avoided, since their use is neither widely followed nor readily understood. Arabic words which have been commonly taken into the English language, such as 'sabkha' for a salt flat and 'wadi' for a valley with a seasonal watercourse, are not italicised in usage. However, other Arabic terms which are occasionally used in English but not as widely known, such as harrah for a basaltic lava fIeld and hima for a traditional grazing reserve, are italicised throughout the text.