The Channel Country is of special interest because its extreme aridity is disrupted unpredictably by summer monsoonal rains, causing massive flooding, and is followed by prodigious growth of plants and reproduction of animals, before returning …
[ Books ] Natural Environment — Natural Environment / Biodiversity and Ecology
Emus are kept in situations that vary from extensive grazing to close confinement and housing. Whatever the form of husbandry, owners, managers and handlers of emus have a responsibility for the health, welfare and considerate treatment …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Livestock Codes
Australia’s Wedge-tailed Eagle belongs to the family of eagles, which together span the world. Eagles are powerful predators, with exceptional powers of flight and sight. They may kill to survive, but they also sleep, play, enjoy a bath, …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Birds
Bee Agskills provides a basic guide to some of the skills and practices of bee production. The book contains step-by-step instructions, diagrams and full-colour pictures. Some of the skills included are: Using a bee smoker; …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Livestock Management
Australian Alps is a fascinating guide to Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks. It introduces the reader to some of Australia’s highest mountains, their climate, geology and soils, plants and animals and their human history. …
[ Books ] Science in Society — Science in Society / Leisure and Tourism
This beautifully illustrated field guide covers 504 of the most common fruiting plants found in Australia's eastern rainforests, as well as a few species that are rare in the wild but generally well-known. These spectacular plants can be …
[ Books ] Plants & Fungi — Plants & Fungi / Field and Regional Guides
The primary aim of this guide is to enable non-specialists to identify the genera and more common species of ants occurring in cool and wet southern Australia. This region represents a distinct biogeographic zone within Australia, and taxa …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Invertebrates
The bowerbirds (family Ptilonorhynchidae) are famed for their unique bower-building behaviour. In some species, the bower can be a complex construction of sticks and other vegetable matter that can grow to two metres in diameter and one-and-a-half …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Birds
Winner in the Scholarly Reference section of the 2004 Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing. Introduced Mammals of the World provides a concise and extensive source of information on the range of …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Mammals and Marsupials
More than 300 species of Australian native animals — mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians — use tree hollows, but there has never been a complete inventory of them. Many of these species are threatened, or are in decline, because of land-use …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Ecology and Management
Sharks of the World is the essential book for everyone interested in sharks, from the expert requiring a major reference work, to the layperson fascinated by their beauty, biology and diversity. Packed with unique colour illustrations, …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Fish
Building your own home could save you thousands of dollars. The Owner Builder is an easy-to-understand, step-by-step guide for people who want to build their dream home in a financially responsible manner. From choosing a block of …
[ Books ] Built Environment — Built Environment / Building
Rainforest Restoration Manual for South-Eastern Australia is the definitive guide to the recovery and restoration of Subtropical, Warm Temperate, Cool Temperate, Gallery, Dry, Dry Gully and Littoral Rainforests from south-eastern …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Landcare
The Marine World is a book for everyone with an interest in the ocean, from the marine biologist or student wanting expert knowledge of a particular group to the naturalist or diver exploring the seashore and beyond. With colour …
[ Books ] Marine & Freshwater — Marine & Freshwater / Marine Ecology
Australian High Country Raptors covers raptor species that regularly breed in the high country above 600 metres, from Goulburn in New South Wales down to the hills outside Melbourne, Victoria. Author Jerry Olsen explores the nature …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Birds
The remote, beautiful and poorly known rainforests of Cape York Peninsula tell a special story about Australia’s historic and present-day connections to New Guinea. Life in the Cape York Rainforest highlights these connections by …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Wildlife
Calf Rearing is recognised as one of the most informative and accessible guides on the subject, covering growth, nutrition, health and behaviour, with descriptions of various calf raising systems and facilities. John Moran, …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Livestock Management
Australian Forest Woods describes about 130 of the most significant Australian forest trees and their wood. The introductory sections introduce the reader to the uniqueness and usefulness of forest trees. The book examines the forest …
[ Books ] Plants & Fungi — Plants & Fungi / Identification and Systematics
Which animals in this issue of Double Helix can jump higher than the Sydney Harbour Bridge? All of them, because bridges can’t jump! You can read all about Australia’s amazing and weird wildlife in these pages. From sugar gliders …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Children and Teen Non-Fiction