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Carnivores of Australia
Author | : Alistair Glen,Christopher Dickman |
Publsiher | : CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2014-11-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780643103184 |
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The Australian continent provides a unique perspective on the evolution and ecology of carnivorous animals. In earlier ages, Australia provided the arena for a spectacular radiation of marsupial and reptilian predators. The causes of their extinctions are still the subject of debate. Since European settlement, Australia has seen the extinction of one large marsupial predator (the thylacine), another (the Tasmanian devil) is in danger of imminent extinction, and still others have suffered dramatic declines. By contrast, two recently-introduced predators, the fox and cat, have been spectacularly successful, with devastating impacts on the Australian fauna. Carnivores of Australia: Past, Present and Future explores Australia's unique predator communities from pre-historic, historic and current perspectives. It covers mammalian, reptilian and avian carnivores, both native and introduced to Australia. It also examines the debate surrounding how best to manage predators to protect livestock and native biodiversity. Readers will benefit from the most up-to-date synthesis by leading researchers and managers in the field of carnivore biology. By emphasising Australian carnivores as exemplars of flesh-eaters in other parts of the world, this book will be an important reference for researchers, wildlife managers and students worldwide.
Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials
Author | : Andrew Baker,Chris Dickman |
Publsiher | : CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2018-08-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781486305162 |
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Most living carnivorous marsupials lead a secretive and solitary existence. From tiny insect eaters to the formidable Tasmanian Devil, Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials offers rare insight into the history and habits of these creatures – from their discovery by intrepid explorers and scientists to their unique life cycles and incredible ways of hunting prey. Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials provides a guide to the world’s 136 living species of carnivorous marsupials and is packed with never-before-seen photos. Biogeography, relationships and conservation are also covered in detail. Readers are taken on a journey through remote Australia, the Americas and dark, mysterious New Guinea – some of the last truly wild places on Earth. The book describes frenzied mating sessions, minuscule mammals that catch prey far larger than themselves, and extinct predators including marsupial lions, wolves and even sabre-toothed kangaroos.
Predators with Pouches
Author | : Menna Jones,Mike Archer,Chris Dickman |
Publsiher | : CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2003-04-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780643099487 |
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Predators with Pouches provides a unique synthesis of current knowledge of the world’s carnivorous marsupials—from Patagonia to New Guinea and North America to Tasmania. Written by 63 experts in each field, the book covers a comprehensive range of disciplines including evolution and systematics, reproductive biology, physiology, ecology, behaviour and conservation. Predators with Pouches reveals the relationships between the American didelphids and the Australian dasyurids, and explores the role of the marsupial fauna in the mammal community. It introduces the geologically oldest marsupials, from the Americas, and examines the fall from former diversity of the larger marsupial carnivores and their convergent evolution with placental forms. The book covers all aspects of carnivorous marsupials, including interesting features of life history, their unique reproduction, the physiological basis for early senescence in semelparous dasyurids, sex ratio variation and juvenile dispersal. It looks at gradients in nutrition—from omnivory to insectivory to carnivory—as well as distributional ecology, social structure and conservation dilemmas.
Australia s Mammal Extinctions
Author | : Chris Johnson |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2006-11-02 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0521686601 |
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Predators of Asia and Australia
Author | : Amelia Madison |
Publsiher | : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2014-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781502601759 |
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Asia and Australia are places with rich animal and plant life. Animals here adapt to extreme climates and have developed some unique qualities to make them capable of surviving. This book features many fierce predatorsincluding tigers, snakes, and crocodilesthat call the northern and southern hemispheres home.
Cats in Australia
Author | : Chris Dickman,John Woinarski,Sarah Legge |
Publsiher | : CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2019-06-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781486308446 |
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Across the world, cats are loved as pets or are kept or tolerated for their role in controlling some animal pests. But cats, both pets and feral, also kill many native animals and this toll can be enormous. Cats have been remarkably successful in Australia, spreading pervasively across the continent and many islands, occurring in all environments, and proving to be adept and adaptable hunters. A large proportion of Australia’s distinctive fauna is threatened and recent research highlights the significant role that cats play in the decline and extinction of native species. Cats in Australia brings this research together, documenting the extent to which cats have subverted, and are continuing to subvert, Australia’s biodiversity. But the book does much more than spotlight the impacts of cats on Australian nature. It describes the origins of cats and their global spread, their long-standing and varying relationship with people, their global impacts and their ecology. It also seeks to describe the challenge of managing cats, and the options available to constrain their impacts.
Carnivorous Plants of Australia
Author | : Allen Lowrie |
Publsiher | : UWA Publishing |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1875560599 |
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Includes line drawings, detailed descriptions, coloured photographs and locational maps.
Over in Australia
Author | : Marianne Berkes |
Publsiher | : Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 35 |
Release | : 2011-03-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781584694595 |
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Learning becomes fun with this book about the animals that are unique to Australia. In Over in Australia: Amazing Animals Down Under, amazing artwork will inspire children in classrooms and at home to appreciate environment, ecology, and the world around us! The perfect Australia children's book, Marianne Berkes makes animal habitats for kids exciting with Over in Australia, which doubles as a fun, interactive, counting book for kids! Most of the animals in Australia are unique, meaning they live ONLY in Australia. From kangaroos to koalas, they are a fascinating bunch. Once again, Marianne Berkes makes learning fun. Kids will hop, slurp, and munch as they imitate and count the animals. Like Over in the Arctic, the cut-paper illustrations will inspire many an art project. Plus Marianne provides tons of ideas for activities and curriculum extensions about Australia, literature, writing, and animals. Teachers and parents, as well as kids, are the winners. Parents, teachers, gift givers, and many others will find: captivating illustrations of paper cut animals which will inspire many an art project! backmatter that includes further information about Australia and the animals that live there Music and song lyrics to "Over in Australia" sung to the tune "Over in the Meadow". a book for young readers learning to count!