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Author : Denis Allan Saunders
Publisher : Surrey Beatty and Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Australian Ecosystems written by Denis Allan Saunders and published by Surrey Beatty and Sons. This book was released on 1990 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. R. Dodson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780909436056
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Are Australian Ecosystems Different? written by J. R. Dodson and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ecological Society Of Australia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Are Australian Ecosystem Different written by Ecological Society Of Australia and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Will Steffen (Lead Author)
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643101829
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)
Download or read book Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change written by Will Steffen (Lead Author) and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2009-12-10 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia's unique biodiversity is under threat from a rapidly changing climate. The effects of climate change are already discernible at all levels of biodiversity – genes, species, communities and ecosystems. Many of Australia's most valued and iconic natural areas – the Great Barrier Reef, south-western Australia, the Kakadu wetlands and the Australian Alps – are among the most vulnerable. But much more is at stake than saving iconic species or ecosystems. Australia's biodiversity is fundamental to the country's national identity, economy and quality of life. In the face of uncertainty about specific climate scenarios, ecological and management principles provide a sound basis for maximising opportunities for species to adapt, communities to reorganise and ecosystems to transform while maintaining basic functions critical to human society. This innovative approach to biodiversity conservation under a changing climate leads to new challenges for management, policy development and institutional design. This book explores these challenges, building on a detailed analysis of the interactions between a changing climate and Australia's rich but threatened biodiversity. Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change is an important reference for policy makers, researchers, educators, students, journalists, environmental and conservation NGOs, NRM managers, and private landholders with an interest in biodiversity conservation in a rapidly changing world.
Author : Emma Burns
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643108572
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)
Download or read book Biodiversity and Environmental Change written by Emma Burns and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2014-02-06 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Long-term ecological data are critical for informing long-term trends in biodiversity and trends in environmental change. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) is a major initiative of the Australian Government and one of its key areas of investment is to provide funding for a network of long-term ecological research plots around Australia (LTERN). This book highlights some of the temporal changes in the environment and/or in biodiversity that have occurred in different ecosystems, ranging from tropical rainforests, wet eucalypt forests and alpine regions through to rangelands and deserts. Many important trends and changes are documented and they often provide new insights that were previously poorly understood or unknown. These data are precisely the kinds of data so desperately needed to better quantify the temporal trajectories in the environment and biodiversity in Australia.
Author : Dilwyn Griffiths
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000701824
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Tropical Ecosystems in Australia written by Dilwyn Griffiths and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last century, the world has lived through changes more rapid than those experienced at any other time in human history, leading to pressing environmental problems and demands on the world’s finite resources. Nowhere is this more evident than across the world’s warm belt; a region likely to have the greatest problems and which is home to some of the world’s most disadvantaged people. This book reviews aspects of the biology of tropical ecosystems of northern Australia, as they have been affected by climatic, social and land-use changes. Tropical Australia can be regarded as a microcosm of the world’s tropics and as such, shares with other tropical regions many of the conflicts between various forms of development and environmental considerations. The book draws on a wide range of case studies of tropical Australian ecosystems ranging from coastal coral reefs and mangroves, known to be among the most vulnerable to the effects of the imposed changes, to cropping and pasture lands which, under careful management, have the potential remain as productive and sustainable agricultural or forestry ecosystems. Expert author Dilwyn Griffiths -emphasizes the importance of maintaining an active program for the establishment and management of national parks and environmental reserves -describes the effects of mining and other forms of industrial and urban development with particular reference to mine-site rehabilitation - explores problems relating to the restoration of marginally uneconomic farming land as alternative forms of land-use such as carbon farming through photosynthetically-driven carbon sequestration. This accessible reference work should find a place in educational libraries at all levels and become an essential resource for environmentalists and anyone with interests in various forms of land-use and development.
Author : Michael D. Sabath
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ecosystems, Energy and Materials written by Michael D. Sabath and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes only very brief general account of impact of European colonisation on Aboriginal hunter/gatherers, based on pre-1971 resources.
Author : Greg Pyers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781740708845
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Australia's Ecosystems written by Greg Pyers and published by . This book was released on 2006-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ats interact with each other to form Australia's unique ecosystems. Ages 8+
Author : Steve Morton
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 148630169X
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)
Download or read book Ten Commitments Revisited written by Steve Morton and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the 10 key issues that must be addressed urgently to improve Australia's environment? In this follow up to the highly successful book Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country's Environment, Australia’s leading environmental thinkers have written provocative chapters on what must be done to tackle Australia's environmental problems – in terms of policies, on-ground actions and research. Each chapter begins with a brief overview of the 10 key tasks that need to be addressed in a given field, and then each issue is discussed in more detail. Chapters are grouped into ecosystems, sectors and cross-cutting themes. Topics include: deserts, rangelands, temperate eucalypt woodlands, tropical savanna landscapes, urban settlements, forestry management , tropical and temperate marine ecosystems, tropical rainforests, alpine ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, coasts, islands, soils, fisheries, agriculture, mining, grazing, tourism, industry and manufacturing, protected areas, Indigenous land and sea management, climate change, water, biodiversity, population, human health, fire, energy and more. Ten Commitments Revisited is a must read for politicians, policy makers, decision makers, practitioners and others with an interest in Australia’s environment.
Author : Don Parkes
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483277372
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Northern Australia written by Don Parkes and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Northern Australia: The Arenas of Life and Ecosystems on Half a Continent provides a geographical study of the interplay of environmental challenge and human endeavor in the vast arena of Northern Australia. This book is organized into three parts. Part A presents the contextual setting for Parts B and C. It includes a historical geographer's perspective on the ecological impact of 200 years of European settlement; a description of the use of satellite imagery; and discussion of some of the interactions among natural subsystems as they impinge on human activities (especially in the extensive rangelands). Part B discusses some of the human ecosystems which extend over a very large geographical territory. In these ecosystems the human population is small in terms of absolute number and relative to the population of other living things. These include the tropical marine ecosystems and their growing utilization for mariculture; and rangeland ecosytems dominated by cattle and the overlapping semi-arid grasslands. Part C discusses intensive ecosystems, where the human population is dominant in number.
Author : Martin Mulligan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521009560
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (95 download)
Download or read book Ecological Pioneers written by Martin Mulligan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-10-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whenever the history of ecological thought has been written the contributions of Australian thinkers have been omitted. Yet Australia as a continent of extreme, rare and complex environments has produced a startling group of ecological pioneers. Across a wide range of human endeavour, Australian thinkers and innovators - whether they have thought of themselves as environmentalists or not - have made some truly original contributions to ecological thought. Ecological Pioneers traces the emergence of ecological understandings in Australia. By constructing a social history with chapters focusing on different fields in the arts, sciences, politics and public life, the authors bring to life the work of significant individuals. Some of the ecological pioneers featured include Joseph Banks, Russell Drysdale, Judith Wright, Myles Dunphy, Philip Crosbie Morrison, Vincent Serventy, Francis Ratcliffe, the Gurindji and Yolngu peoples, Bill Mollison, Jack Mundey, Val Plumwood, Michael Leunig, and many more.
Author : Dean Ansell
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1760460168
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Learning from agri-environment schemes in Australia written by Dean Ansell and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning from agri-environment schemes in Australia is a book about the birds and the beef — more specifically it is about the billions of dollars that governments pay farmers around the world each year to protect and restore biodiversity. After more than two decades of these schemes in Australia, what have we learnt? Are we getting the most out of these investments, and how should we do things differently in the future? Involving contributions from ecologists, economists, social scientists, restoration practitioners and policymakers, this book provides short, engaging chapters that cover a wide spectrum of environmental, agricultural and social issues involved in agri-environment schemes.
Author : James Fitzsimons
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643107061
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)
Download or read book Linking Australia's Landscapes written by James Fitzsimons and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Networks of land managed for conservation across different tenures have rapidly increased in number (and popularity) in Australia over the past two decades. These include iconic large-scale initiatives such as Gondwana Link, the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative, Habitat 141°, and the South Australian NatureLinks, as well as other, landscape-scale approaches such as Biosphere Reserves and Conservation Management Networks. Their aims have been multiple: to protect the integrity and resilience of many Australian ecosystems by maintaining and restoring large-scale natural landscapes and ecosystem processes; to lessen the impacts of fragmentation; to increase the connectivity of habitats to provide for species movement and adaptation as climate changes; and to build community support and involvement in conservation. This book draws out lessons from a variety of established and new connectivity conservation initiatives from around Australia, and is complemented by international examples. Chapters are written by leaders in the field of establishing and operating connectivity networks, as well as key ecological and social scientists and experts in governance. Linking Australia's Landscapes will be an important reference for policy makers, natural resource managers, scientists, and academics and tertiary students dealing with issues in landscape-scale conservation, ecology, conservation biology, environmental policy, planning and management, social sciences, regional development, governance and ecosystem services.
Author : Peter Preuss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780521455930
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (559 download)
Download or read book Investigating Australian Ecosystems written by Peter Preuss and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes how Australian ecosystems function and how diverse environments have changed over time through human intervention.
Author : CSIRO Publishing
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643097155
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Ten Commitments written by CSIRO Publishing and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book that is a "must read" for politicians, policy makers, practitioners and others with interests in Australia's environment.
Author : Richard J. Hobbs
Publisher : Surrey Beatty and Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Biodiversity of Mediterranean Ecosystems in Australia written by Richard J. Hobbs and published by Surrey Beatty and Sons. This book was released on 1992 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of papers written following a workshop on the ecosystem function of biodiversity in Mediterranean ecosystems of Australia, held by the CSIRO in Perth in December 1991. Discusses such topics as the impact of changes in land use and climate. Each chapter includes a list of references. The editor is a principal research scientist with CSIRO's Division of Wildlife and Ecology in Perth.
Author : Andrew Boulton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118568214
Total Pages : 711 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)
Download or read book Australian Freshwater Ecology written by Andrew Boulton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-04-11 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As pressures on Australia's inland waters intensify from population growth, expanding resource development and climate change, there is an urgent need to manage and protect these special areas. Understanding their ecology underpins their wise management and conservation. Australian Freshwater Ecology vividly describes the physical, chemical and biological features of wetlands, lakes, streams, rivers and groundwaters in Australia. It presents the principles of aquatic ecology linked to practical management and conservation, and explains the causes, mechanisms, effects and management of serious environmental problems such as altered water regimes, eutrophication, salinization, acidification and sedimentation of inland waters. Key features: contributions from a diverse, highly qualified team of aquatic ecologists whose expertise spans the ecology and management of standing and running waters in Australia sections covering groundwaters, biodiversity, temporary and tropical waters, climate change, invasive species and freshwater conservation numerous Australian case-studies and guest 'text-boxes' showing management in practice concise descriptions of ecological processes and conceptual models illustrated with original, high- quality diagrams and photographs Readable and logically structured, this text supports undergraduate and postgraduate courses in aquatic ecology and management. It is a valuable reference for consultants, restoration ecologists, water resource managers, science teachers, and other professionals with an interest in the ecology of surface and groundwaters.
