Author: I. D. Cowie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780644013505
Category : Alligator Rivers Region (N.T.)
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Plants of the Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory
Author: I. D. Cowie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780644013505
Category : Alligator Rivers Region (N.T.)
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780644013505
Category : Alligator Rivers Region (N.T.)
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Alien Plants in the Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Author: I. D. Cowie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780644009065
Category : Alligator Rivers Region (N.T.)
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780644009065
Category : Alligator Rivers Region (N.T.)
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Lands of the Alligator Rivers Area, Northern Territory
Author: R. Story
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
See also Physical features and vegetation.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
See also Physical features and vegetation.
Floodplain Flora
Author: I. D. Cowie
Publisher: Csi
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The seasonally inundated, coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory are the largest of their kind in Australia. They are a haven and breeding ground for numerous bird species and a home to crocodiles and other reptiles, they support a range of mammals, and their waters teem with an array of fish. This book is primarily an identification tool for the floodplain flora, which provides shelter and is the primary food source for the rich animal diversity. To place this important ecosystem of the Top End in perspective there is an introductory overview of the natural history, ethnobiology and management and conservation issues of the floodplains. This book provides the first comprehensive account of the plants of the coastal floodplains and will be invaluable to naturalists, biodiversity managers, biologists and all visitors to the Top End that part of the Northern Territory north of about Mataranka. It will also be useful in adjacent parts of Queensland and Western Australia. The main part of the volume consists of descriptions, illustrations and keys to enable identification of the more than 300 conspicuous species of plants that grow on the floodplains. Nearly every species is illustrated. It will also be of use in identifying plants that occupy seasonal or permanent billabongs and lagoons of the Top End of the Northern Territory, as it includes an account of almost all fully aquatic plant species in the Territory, including those not found on the floodplains. There are 14 pages of colour photographs and 89 full page black and white figures: 84 of them are carefully executed line drawings illustrating 328 taxa. "
Publisher: Csi
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The seasonally inundated, coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory are the largest of their kind in Australia. They are a haven and breeding ground for numerous bird species and a home to crocodiles and other reptiles, they support a range of mammals, and their waters teem with an array of fish. This book is primarily an identification tool for the floodplain flora, which provides shelter and is the primary food source for the rich animal diversity. To place this important ecosystem of the Top End in perspective there is an introductory overview of the natural history, ethnobiology and management and conservation issues of the floodplains. This book provides the first comprehensive account of the plants of the coastal floodplains and will be invaluable to naturalists, biodiversity managers, biologists and all visitors to the Top End that part of the Northern Territory north of about Mataranka. It will also be useful in adjacent parts of Queensland and Western Australia. The main part of the volume consists of descriptions, illustrations and keys to enable identification of the more than 300 conspicuous species of plants that grow on the floodplains. Nearly every species is illustrated. It will also be of use in identifying plants that occupy seasonal or permanent billabongs and lagoons of the Top End of the Northern Territory, as it includes an account of almost all fully aquatic plant species in the Territory, including those not found on the floodplains. There are 14 pages of colour photographs and 89 full page black and white figures: 84 of them are carefully executed line drawings illustrating 328 taxa. "
Landscape and Vegetation Ecology of the Kakadu Region, Northern Australia
Author: C.M. Finlayson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 940090133X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 940090133X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
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: 9789061916383
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
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.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789061916383
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
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.
Ecological Studies on the Freshwater Fishes of the Alligators Rivers Region, Northern Territory: Outline of the study, summary, conclusions, and recommendations
Author: K. A. Bishop
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780644012942
Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780644012942
Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Flammable Australia
Author: Ross A. Bradstock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521805919
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521805919
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
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.
Surveys of Tidal River Systems in the Northern Territory of Australia and Their Crocodile Populations
Aquatic Biodiversity
Author: Koen Martens
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400710844
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400710844
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
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.