Ecology : an Australian perspective
Kleyn, John G.2003
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This is the first ecological text that deals comprehensively with ecological principles and practice in an Australian context, with wholly Australian examples. There are four sections, dealing with the basics of climate soils and energy flows, major communities, the discipline itself, and major issues.
Main title:
Ecology : an Australian perspective / edited by Peter Attiwell and Barbara Wilson .
Edition:
3rd ed.
Imprint:
South Melbourne, Vic. : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Collation:
xxxi, 648 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Inlcudes index.Includes bibliographical references (pages 589-633) and index.
Audience:
For tertiary students.
Contents:
1. Ecology in Australia -- 2. The evolution of Australia's living biota -- 3. Climate -- 4. Soils -- 5. Carbon flow, energy transformations, and productivity -- 6. Population characteristics and dynamics -- 7. Population control, regulation and extinction -- 8. Life-history strategies -- 9. Species interactions: direct effects -- 10. Species interactions: indirect effects -- 11. Ecological diversity -- 12. The niche -- 13. Success, disturbance, and fire -- 14. Classification of plant communities -- 15. The ecology of Australian deserts -- 16. Grasslands -- 17. Heaths and low open-forests -- 18. Evolutionary convergence and sclerophylly in Mediterranean regions -- 19. Woodlands and open-forests of Eastern Australia -- 20. Monsoonal tropical Australia -- 21. Forests -- 22. Alpine landscapes -- 23. Lakes and rivers -- 24. The intertidal zone -- 25. Indigenous land use -- 26. Biodiversity, extinction, and threats -- 27. Habitat fragmentation -- 28. Pest plants and animals -- 29. Salinity -- 30. Global climate change -- 31. El Niño -- 32. Ozone depletion in Australia and the Antarctic -- 33. Conservation policy in Australia -- 34. Sampling and experimental design -- Glossary.
ISBN:
019551162X (hardback)
Dewey class:
577.0994577.0944
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
127212
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | Tech Book | 577.0944 ECO | Available |