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Author : John Stanisic,Michael Shea (illustrateur en zoologie).),Darryl G.. Potter,Tim Flannery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9994903837
Author : John Stanisic,Lorelle Stanisic,Darryl Potter
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781486313532
Australia's native land snails are an often-overlooked invertebrate group that forms a significant part of terrestrial biodiversity, with an estimated 2500 species present in Australia today. A Guide to Land Snails of Australia is an overview of Australia's native and introduced land snail faunas, offering a greater understanding of their role in the natural environment. The book presents clear diagnostic features of live snails and their shells, and is richly illustrated with a broad range of Australia's native snail, semi-slug and slug species. Comprehensive coverage is also included of the many exotic species introduced to Australia. In a unique bioregional approach, the reader is taken on a trek through some of Australia's spectacular regional landscapes, highlighting their endemic and special snail faunas. This section is supplemented with key localities where species can be found.
Author : Isabel Hyman,Frank Köhler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 097504768X
Lord Howe Island has Australia's highest diversity and endemicity of land snails. These beautiful but vulnerable creatures are not as readily observed or as well understood as the bird or plant life of the island, but play a vital role in the terrestrial ecosystem. For the first time, the native and endemic land snails of Lord Howe Island are shown together in this illustrated guide, designed for anyone from enthusiastic nature lovers to land snail specialists. Features of the guide include a pictorial guide to families and a dichotomous key for easy identification, and detailed descriptions of each genus and species, including distribution maps and photographs of the shell and (where available) the live animal. All descriptive terms are explained and illustrated in the introductory material and in the glossary.
Author : Thom van Dooren
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780262547345
Following the trails of Hawai‘i’s snails to explore the simultaneously biological and cultural significance of extinction. In this time of extinctions, the humble snail rarely gets a mention. And yet snails are disappearing faster than any other species. In A World in a Shell, Thom van Dooren offers a collection of snail stories from Hawai‘i—once home to more than 750 species of land snails, almost two-thirds of which are now gone. Following snail trails through forests, laboratories, museums, and even a military training facility, and meeting with scientists and Native Hawaiians, van Dooren explores ongoing processes of ecological and cultural loss as they are woven through with possibilities for hope, care, mourning, and resilience. Van Dooren recounts the fascinating history of snail decline in the Hawaiian Islands: from deforestation for agriculture, timber, and more, through the nineteenth century shell collecting mania of missionary settlers, and on to the contemporary impacts of introduced predators. Along the way he asks how both snail loss and conservation efforts have been tangled up with larger processes of colonization, militarization, and globalization. These snail stories provide a potent window into ongoing global process of environmental and cultural change, including the largely unnoticed disappearance of countless snails, insects, and other less charismatic species. Ultimately, van Dooren seeks to cultivate a sense of wonder and appreciation for our damaged planet, revealing the world of possibilities and relationships that lies coiled within a snail’s shell.
Author : Alison Pouliot,Tom May
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486311750
Fungi are diverse, delicious and sometimes deadly. With interest in foraging for wild food on the rise, learning to accurately identify fungi reduces both poisoning risk to humans and harm to the environment. This extensively illustrated guide takes a 'slow mushrooming' approach – providing the information to correctly identify a few edible species thoroughly, rather than many superficially. Wild Mushrooming: A Guide for Foragers melds scientific and cultural knowledge with stunning photography to present a new way of looking at fungi. It models 'ecological foraging' – an approach based on care, conservation and a deep understanding of ecosystem dynamics. Sections on where, when and how to find fungi guide the forager in the identification of 10 edible species. Diagnostic information on toxic fungi and lookalike species helps to differentiate the desirable from the deadly. Wild Mushrooming then takes us into the kitchen with cooking techniques and 29 recipes from a variety of cuisines that can be adapted for both foraged and cultivated fungi. Developing the skills to find fungi requires slowness, not speed. This guide provides the necessary information for the safe collection of fungi, and is essential reading for fungus enthusiasts, ecologists, conservationists, medical professionals and anyone interested in the natural world.
Author : Ken Richardson
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643107151
This book provides an authoritative source of information on kangaroos and their relatives. Topics include: species characteristics and biology, adaptations and function, and conservation. The book also discusses culling and the commercial kangaroo harvest, as well as national attitudes to kangaroos and their value for tourism. There are 71 recognised species of kangaroo found in Australasia. Of these, 46 are endemic to Australia, 21 are endemic to the island of New Guinea, and four species are found in both regions. The various species have a number of common names, including bettong, kangaroo, pademelon, potoroo, quokka, rat kangaroo, rock wallaby, tree kangaroo, wallaby and wallaroo. Illustrated in full colour, Australia’s Amazing Kangaroos will give readers insight into the world of this intriguing marsupial – an animal that has pride of place on the Australian Coat of Arms.
Author : Alan Solem
Publisher : Art Gallery of South Australia
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Camaenidae
ISBN : CORNELL:31924067901706
Author : Dai Herbert,Dick Kilburn,Richard Kilburn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Slugs (Mollusks)
ISBN : CORNELL:31924100565583
Author : Michael Braby
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486301027
As fascinating as they are beautiful, butterflies are a pleasure to watch and an important group of invertebrates to study. This second edition of the award-winning book The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia is a fully updated guide to all butterfly species on Australia's mainland and remote islands. Written by one of Australia's leading lepidopterists, the book is stunningly illustrated with colour photographs, many of which are new, of each of the 435 currently recognised species. There is also a distribution map and flight chart for each species on the Australian mainland, together with information on similar species, variation, behaviour, habitat, status and larval food plants. The introduction to the book covers adult structure, higher classification, distribution and habitats, as well as life cycle and behaviour. A new chapter on collecting and preserving butterflies is included. There is also an updated checklist of all species, a glossary, a bibliography and indexes of common and scientific names.
Author : Brian Saunders
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643106727
This book traces the discovery of Australia’s fishes from the earliest days of taxonomy to the first part of the 20th century. It provides a unique insight into the diverse pathways by which Australia’s fish were discovered and outlines the history of early maritime explorations in Australia that collected natural history specimens. The book covers the life and work of each of the most important discoverers, and assesses their accomplishments and the limitations of their work. Discovery of Australia’s Fishes is distinctive in that a biographic approach is integrated with chronological descriptions of the discovery of the Australian fish fauna. Many of northern Australia’s fishes are found in parts of the Indian and western Pacific oceans. The book covers the work of collectors who travelled outside Australia, together with that of the British and European zoologists who received and described their collections. The account ceases at 1930, the year the first modern checklist of Australian fishes was published. 2012 Whitley Award Commendation for Historical Zoology.
Author : Steven O. Shattuck
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0643066594
Annotation. The only complete listing of the entire Australian ant genera.
Author : Julie Murphy
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781486315871
High in the Australian Alps, Possum needs to find enough food and shelter to survive the harsh alpine winter. She will spend months hibernating under a blanket of snow. Will she last through the year to successfully raise a new family? The mountain pygmy-possum is small in size but huge in appeal! Once thought to be extinct, there are now around 2500 of these tiny survivors in the wild. They need snow and bogong moths to survive, and also the support of great conservation work. Reading level varies from child to child, but we recommend this book for ages 6 to 9.
Author : Michael Heads
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107041028
A fascinating analysis of the main patterns of distribution and evolution of the Australasian biota.
Author : Robert B. McCormack
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780643103863
"This publication describes Australia's Euastacus crayfish, the largest of the 10 genera of Australian freshwater crayfish. We cover the full 50 Euastacus species found in Australia, from the iconic giant Murray lobsters (Euastacus armatus), which are recreationally fished, to the exceedingly rare tiny species, like Euastacus maidae from the New South Wales-Queensland coastal border region ... The Euastacus crayfish are referred to as 'spiny crayfish' because they have impressive arrays of spines on their hard armoured shells."--Preface.
Author : Amanda Reid
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486303946
Australian waters contain the highest diversity of cephalopods (squid, cuttlefish and octopus) found anywhere in the world. They are highly significant ecologically, both as top-level predators and as prey for numerous vertebrates, including fishes, seals, cetaceans and seabirds. Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories is a comprehensive guide covering 226 species, which represent over a quarter of the world’s cephalopod fauna. With an emphasis on identification, this book includes keys, species descriptions, full-colour illustrations and distribution maps, as well as a summary of the biology and behaviour of cephalopods and fisheries information. This is an invaluable tool for researchers and fisheries experts as well as amateur naturalists, fishers and divers.
