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Hidden Rainforests

Author : Geoff Williams,Terry Evans
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
ISBN : MINN:31951D00896938Y

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Hidden Rainforests by Geoff Williams,Terry Evans Pdf

Study first published in 1993 of the biotic diversity, biogeography, plant-animal interactions and the impact of forest fragmentation in the subtropical rainforests of the Manning catchment area on the north coast of New South Wales. The examination of rainforest ecology relates to all subtropical rainforest communities in Australia. Vertebrates, invertebrates and the major plant associations of the area are detailed. Includes nearly 200 colour photographs, a bibliography, index and appendices and lists for the specialist. The author is a field biologist who has spent many years investigating the Manning catchment area. He is a research associate of the Australian Museum and currently undertaking his doctoral research study on the pollination ecology of lowland rainforests.

The Lost Rainforests of Britain

Author : Guy Shrubsole
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780008527976

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The Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole Pdf

WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023 The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year As seen on Countryfile ‘If anyone was born to save Britain’s rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole’ Sunday Times

Hidden Rainforests

Author : Geoff Williams,Terry Evans
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015034230345

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Hidden Rainforests by Geoff Williams,Terry Evans Pdf

Study first published in 1993 of the biotic diversity, biogeography, plant-animal interactions and the impact of forest fragmentation in the subtropical rainforests of the Manning catchment area on the north coast of New South Wales. The examination of rainforest ecology relates to all subtropical rainforest communities in Australia. Vertebrates, invertebrates and the major plant associations of the area are detailed. Includes nearly 200 colour photographs, a bibliography, index and appendices and lists for the specialist. The author is a field biologist who has spent many years investigating the Manning catchment area. He is a research associate of the Australian Museum and currently undertaking his doctoral research study on the pollination ecology of lowland rainforests.

Rain Forest in Your Kitchen

Author : Martin Teitel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1992-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:49015002258003

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Rain Forest in Your Kitchen by Martin Teitel Pdf

The biodiversity crisis -- the extinction of thousands of species of plants and animals -- is not just a faraway problem for scientists to solve. Instead, the crisis is as close as our backyards, our gardens, and our refrigerator shelves. This engaging, practical guide inspires average Americans to wield their consumer power in favor of protecting the world's plant and animal species. Environmentalist activist Martin Teitel offers compelling evidence that by slightly modifying how we shop, eat, and garden, we can collectively influence the operating decisions of today's corporate agribusiness and help preserve our precious genetic resources. Teitel offers strategies so simple that they require no significant lifestyle change or expense.

The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests

Author : Geoff Williams
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781486314287

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The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests by Geoff Williams Pdf

The Flowering of Australia’s Rainforests provides a comprehensive introduction to the pollination ecology, evolution and conservation of Australian rainforest plants, with particular emphasis on subtropical rainforests and their associated pollinators. This significantly expanded second edition includes new information on the impact of climate change, fire, fragmentation and invasive species. Rainforests continue to be a focus of global conservation concern, not only from threats to biodiversity in general, but to pollinators specifically. Within Australia, this has been emphasised by recent cataclysmic fire impacts, ongoing extreme drought events, and the wider consideration of climate change. This second edition strengthens coverage of these issues beyond that of the first edition. The Flowering of Australia’s Rainforests makes timely contributions to our understanding of the nature and function of the world’s pollinator fauna, plant-reproduction dependencies, and the evolutionary pathway that has brought them to their current state and function. Illustrated with 150 colour plates of major species and rainforest formations, this reference work will be of value to ecologists and field naturalists, botanists, conservation biologists, ecosystem managers and community groups involved in habitat restoration.

The Invertebrate World of Australia's Subtropical Rainforests

Author : Geoff Williams
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486312924

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The Invertebrate World of Australia's Subtropical Rainforests by Geoff Williams Pdf

The Invertebrate World of Australia’s Subtropical Rainforests is a comprehensive review of Australia’s Gondwanan rainforest invertebrate fauna, covering its taxonomy, distribution, biogeography, fossil history, plant community and insect–plant relationships. This is the first work to document the invertebrate diversity of this biologically important region, as well as explain the uniqueness and importance of the organisms. This book examines invertebrates within the context of the plant world that they are dependent on and offers an understanding of Australia’s outstanding (but still largely unknown) subtropical rainforests. All major, and many minor, invertebrate taxa are described and the book includes a section of colour photos of distinctive species. There is also a strong emphasis on plant and habitat associations and fragmentation impacts, as well as a focus on the regionally inclusive Gondwana Rainforests (Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia) World Heritage Area. The Invertebrate World of Australia’s Subtropical Rainforests will be of value to professional biologists and ecologists, as well as amateur entomologists and naturalists in Australia and abroad.

An Environmental History of Australian Rainforests until 1939

Author : Warwick Frost
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000173741

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An Environmental History of Australian Rainforests until 1939 by Warwick Frost Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive environmental history of how Australia’s rainforests developed, the influence of Aborigines and pioneers, farmers and loggers, and of efforts to protect rainforests, to help us better understand current issues and debates surrounding their conservation and use. While interest in rainforests and the movement for their conservation are often mistakenly portrayed as features of the last few decades, the debate over human usage of rainforests stretches well back into the nineteenth century. In the modern world, rainforests are generally considered the most attractive of the ecosystems, being seen as lush, vibrant, immense, mysterious, spiritual and romantic. Rainforests hold a special place; both providing a direct link to Gondwanaland and the dinosaurs and today being the home of endangered species and highly rich in biodiversity. They are also a critical part of Australia’s heritage. Indeed, large areas of Australian rainforests are now covered by World Heritage Listing. However, they also represent a dissonant heritage. What exactly constitutes rainforest, how it should be managed and used, and how much should be protected are all issues which remain hotly contested. Debates around rainforests are particularly dominated by the contradiction of competing views and uses – seeing rainforests either as untapped resources for agriculture and forestry versus valuing and preserving them as attractive and sublime natural wonders. Australia fits into this global story as a prime example but is also of interest for its aspects that are exceptional, including the intensity of clearing at certain periods and for its place in the early development of national parks. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Environmental History, Australian History and Comparative History.

Coleoptera

Author : C. L. Bellamy
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0643069003

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Coleoptera by C. L. Bellamy Pdf

The published works are derived from the Zoological catalogue of Australia database. Taxa in the Australian fauna are divided among volumes to form sets of about 1800-2000 species available names, such that each volume comprises the whole or part of one or more major groups.

Australian Jewel Beetles

Author : Geoff Williams,Kevin Mitchell,Allen M... Sundholm
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486317424

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Australian Jewel Beetles by Geoff Williams,Kevin Mitchell,Allen M... Sundholm Pdf

Australian Jewel Beetles: An Introduction to the Buprestidae is a comprehensive overview of Australia’s buprestid fauna. It presents taxonomic, ecological and biogeographic information for all Australian genera, and their association with the world’s Buprestidae more widely. It explores plant-evolution dependencies, as well as threats and conservation for this diverse fauna. The authors bring together their extensive experience and understanding of the wealth of Australia’s largely endemic species, supported by spectacular images. Australian Jewel Beetles will be valued by professional biologists and ecologists, as well as entomologists and naturalists in Australia and abroad.

Rainforest Strategy

Author : Michael Pink
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781599795393

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Rainforest Strategy by Michael Pink Pdf

DIVLocked away in the world's rainforests are the most productive and fruitful ecosystems in the world. How they transform scarcity into abundance is what every entrepreneur and businessperson needs to know./div

Asian English Language Classrooms

Author : Handoyo Puji Widodo,Alistair Wood,Deepti Gupta
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317626534

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Asian English Language Classrooms by Handoyo Puji Widodo,Alistair Wood,Deepti Gupta Pdf

The teaching of English in the Asian context is always challenging and dynamic because both teachers and learners have diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Equally important, where English is not widely used outside the classroom, English language classrooms are an authentic site of learner engagement. For these reasons, for all those concerned with contemporary English language teaching (ELT) in Asia, Asian English Language Classrooms: Where Theory and Practice Meet, provides an account of theoretical orientations and practices in the teaching of English to multilingual speakers whose primary language is not English. While covering the fundamental ELT areas (e.g., the teaching of language skills, educational literature, the use of technology in ELT, the role of pragmatics in ELT, social psychology of the language classroom, and language classroom management) with which every language teacher and teacher trainer must be concerned, this volume showcases how particular orientations shape ELT practices. We believe that practicing English teachers must have a heightened awareness of the theory behind their practice. At the same time, the theoretical stance must be firmly anchored in actual classrooms. Containing newly commissioned chapters written by well-regarded and emerging scholars, this book will appeal not only to beginning teachers or teachers in training but also to established teachers around Asia where English is used as a lingua franca. If you are a student teacher of English or an English teacher who would like to see what other progressive teachers like you are doing across Asia, this is the book you have been looking for.

The Hidden Life of Trees

Author : Peter Wohlleben
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781771642491

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The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben Pdf

In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in the woodland and the amazing scientific processes behind the wonders of which we are blissfully unaware. Much like human families, tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, and support them as they grow, sharing nutrients with those who are sick or struggling and creating an ecosystem that mitigates the impact of extremes of heat and cold for the whole group. As a result of such interactions, trees in a family or community are protected and can live to be very old. In contrast, solitary trees, like street kids, have a tough time of it and in most cases die much earlier than those in a group. Drawing on groundbreaking new discoveries, Wohlleben presents the science behind the secret and previously unknown life of trees and their communication abilities; he describes how these discoveries have informed his own practices in the forest around him. As he says, a happy forest is a healthy forest, and he believes that eco-friendly practices not only are economically sustainable but also benefit the health of our planet and the mental and physical health of all who live on Earth.

Conservation of the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly in Australia

Author : Donald P.A. Sands,Tim R. New
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789400771703

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Conservation of the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly in Australia by Donald P.A. Sands,Tim R. New Pdf

This survey of one the longest insect conservation campaigns in Australia deals with recovery of one of the most iconic endemic butterflies, the Richmond birdwing, threatened by clearance and fragmentation of subtropical rainforest in eastern Australia and the spread of an alien larval food-plant. Its conservation has involved many aspects of community involvement, developed over more than 20 years, and focused on habitat restoration and weed eradication, in conjunction with conservation of remaining forest fragments. The work has involved the entire historical range of the butterfly, addressed threats and emphasised landscape connectivity, and has enhanced recovery through extensive plantings of native food plants. Interest has been maintained through extensive publicity, community education and media activity, and the programme has provided many lessons for advancing insect conservation practice in the region.

The Secret Life of Bugs

Author : Moira Butterfield
Publisher : Stars of Nature
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780711286542

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The Secret Life of Bugs by Moira Butterfield Pdf

Fifth title in the series, this is an engaging non-fiction guide to bug life, with a fantasy twist - narrated by a friendly Ladybird / Ladybug!

Australian Vegetation

Author : David A. Keith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 771 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107118430

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Australian Vegetation by David A. Keith Pdf

This fully updated third edition provides a modern synthesis and review of the latest advances in understanding native vegetation across Australia.