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Australian Deserts
Author | : Steve Morton |
Publsiher | : CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2022-02 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781486306008 |
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Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes is about the vast sweep of the Outback, a land of expanses making up three-quarters of the continent – 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 underpin the nature of desert ecosystems, while also describing how plants and animals came to be desert dwellers through evolutionary time. It shows how plants use uncertain rainfall to provide for persistence of their populations, alongside outlines of the dominant animals of the deserts and explanations of the features that help them succeed in the face of aridity and uncertainty. Richly illustrated with the photographs of Mike Gillam, this fascinating and accessible book will enhance your understanding of the nature of arid Australia.
Australian Deserts
Author | : Steve Morton |
Publsiher | : CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Total Pages | : 543 |
Release | : 2022-02-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781486306015 |
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Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes is about the vast sweep of the Outback, a land of expanses making up three-quarters of the continent – 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 underpin the nature of desert ecosystems, while also describing how plants and animals came to be desert dwellers through evolutionary time. It shows how plants use uncertain rainfall to provide for persistence of their populations, alongside outlines of the dominant animals of the deserts and explanations of the features that help them succeed in the face of aridity and uncertainty. Richly illustrated with the photographs of Mike Gillam, this fascinating and accessible book will enhance your understanding of the nature of arid Australia.
Botanical Journeys into the Western Australian Deserts
Author | : Sandro Pignatti,Erika Pignatti Wikus |
Publsiher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 2021-11-10 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783030853297 |
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The book contains detailed descriptions of the unique desert environment with particular emphasis on vegetation and survival strategies of plants. Nine expeditions through the Southwest of Western Australia over a period of 15 years triggered the interest of the authors to explore also some deserts in the region, which leads to three further excursions into the sandy dunes of the desert. Observations of plant life in the deserts focused not only on identifying plants, but also on gaining some understanding of the aboriginal desert people of centuries past, and their own survival strategies in such extreme conditions. Also part of the Canning Stock Route was followed and explored, but the most rewarding and interesting finds were done criss-crossing the desert away from highways, tracks, and paths. The most remote areas showed species richness and surviving strategies which by far exceeded expectations.
The Archaeology of Australia s Deserts
Author | : Mike Smith |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2013-02-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521407458 |
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This is the first book-length study of the archaeology of Australia's deserts, exploring the cultural and environmental history of these drylands.
Jacaranda Humanities Alive 8 Australian Curriculum 3e learnON and Print
Author | : Robert Darlington,Judy Mraz,Benjamin Rood,Matthew Richardson,Simon Phelan |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 883 |
Release | : 2023-11-06 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781394150861 |
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The Biology of Deserts
Author | : David Ward |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2016-08-25 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780191047305 |
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This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology and adopts a strong evolutionary focus. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis in the book is on the organisms that dominate this harsh environment, although theoretical and experimental aspects are also discussed. In this updated second edition, there is a greater focus on the effects of climate change and some of its likely effects on deserts, seeing desertification as among the most serious results of climate change, leading ultimately to the increasing size of arid and semi-arid regions. The Biology of Deserts Second Edition includes a wide range of ecological and evolutionary issues including morphological and physiological adaptations of desert plants and animals, species interactions, the importance of predation and parasitism, food webs, biodiversity, and conservation. It features a balance of plant and animal (both invertebrate and vertebrate) examples, and also emphasizes topical applied issues such as desertification and invasive species. The book concludes by considering the positive aspects of desert conservation. This accessible textbook is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professional ecologists, conservation practitioners, and resource managers working in the field of desert ecology.
The Archaeology of Australia s Deserts
Author | : Mike Smith |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2013-02-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781107310537 |
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This is the first book-length study of the archaeology of Australia's deserts, one of the world's major habitats and the largest block of drylands in the southern hemisphere. Over the last few decades, a wealth of new environmental and archaeological data about this fascinating region has become available. Drawing on a wide range of sources, The Archaeology of Australia's Deserts explores the late Pleistocene settlement of Australia's deserts, the formation of distinctive desert societies, and the origins and development of the hunter-gatherer societies documented in the classic nineteenth-century ethnographies of Spencer and Gillen. Written by one of Australia's leading desert archaeologists, the book interweaves a lively history of research with archaeological data in a masterly survey of the field and a profoundly interdisciplinary study that forces archaeology into conversations with history and anthropology, economy and ecology, and geography and Earth sciences.
Discover and Learn about Australian Deserts and Aridlands
Author | : Pat Slater,Steve Parish |
Publsiher | : Steve Parish |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Desert animals |
ISBN | : 1740210891 |
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Children's guide to learning about Australian deserts and aridlands. Includes information on ecology, biodiversity, desert habitats, and plants and animals native to these areas. Includes colour photos, glossary, sources and index. Photographer has produced several books and assorted stationery items with an Australian theme.