The natural history of Sydney
Lunney, DanielUUUU
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The Natural History of Sydney is written by several authors who have an interest in local history and the fauna of the area. It also addresses the need to increase a focus on the importance of effective conservation strategies for Sydney's native fauna.
Main title:
The natural history of Sydney / edited by Daniel Lunney, Pat Hutchings and Dieter Hochuli
Imprint:
Mosman N.S.W.: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2010
Collation:
438 p illustrations (mostly colour) facsimilies
Contents:
Aboriginal fishing in Port Jackson, and the introduction of shell fish-hooks to coastal New South Wales, Australia -- Nets, backyards and the bush: the clashing cultures of nature on the Georges River -- What Darwin actually saw in Sydney in 1836 -- From gentleman naturalists to professional scientists - the changing nature of the Linnean Society in Sydney -- Aboriginal rock art depictions of fauna: What can they tell us about the natural history of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area? -- Foundations of Australian science, Sydney's natural history legacy, and the place of the Australian Museum -- Then and now- fauna monitoring within the Sydney Basin -- The rich early history of frog research in Sydney -- Sydney's molluscs: from gentlemen to malacologists -- A not so natural history: the vertebrate fauna of Sydney -- Natural history of Sydney's Marine Fishes: where south meets north -- The suburban terrestrial reptile fauna of Sydney - winners and losers -- Sydney's herpetofauna: some observations on its history of discovery, biogeographic significance and contribution to the debate on effective reserve size -- Changes in the range of Hasora khoda haslia (Swinhoe) (Insecta: Lepidoptera:Hesperiidae) in Eastern Australia - a response to climate change? -- Those noisy Sydney insects - the cicadas -- Using museum collections and community surveys to monitor change in the birds of Sydney -- Willoughby City Council - enhance habitat and wildlife program -- Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment - Past, Present and Future -- A natural history of the Ham Common, the lands sandwiched between Richmond and Windsor - two of the Governor Macquarie's five towns - Observations on the potential loss of threatened species in urbanising Western Sydney: death by a thousand cuts -- A hotbed of biodiversity? A natural history of the Ku-ring-gai council area -- How similar is Cumberland Plain Woodland to other coastal valley grassy woodlands in NSW? -- Campbelltown's koalas: their place in the natural history of Sydney -- Fauna of the Wolli Valley in Inner south-west Sydney -- The Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority - leading the recovery of Sydney's biodiversity into the future -- The koalas of Campbelltown, south-western Sydney: does their natural history foretell of an unnatural future? -- Rapid fauna habitat assessment of the Sydney metropolitan catchment area -- The natural history of western Botany Bay -- Yuppie bandicoots of inner west Sydney - in hiding or urban renewal? -- Plenary session : The natural history of Sydney -- Is the natural history of Sydney so camouflaged that it will not survive?
ISBN:
9780980327236 (pbk)
Dewey class:
508.9441 NAT
Local class:
508.9441
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
61355
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 508.9441 NAT | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |