This engaging volume explores the management of fire in one of the world’s most flammable landscapes: Australia’s tropical savannas, where on average 18% of the landscape is burned annually. Impacts have been particularly severe in the Arnhem …
[ Books ] Natural Environment — Natural Environment / Fire
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has developed in Australia over the last 20 years into a technique for systematically identifying the resource flows and environmental impacts associated with the provision of products and services. Interest in …
[ Books ] Built Environment — Built Environment / Building
Ecological engineering is about manipulating farm habitats, making them less favourable for pests and more attractive to beneficial insects. Though they have received far less research attention and funding, ecological approaches may be …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Weeds, Pests and Diseases
In eastern Australia, grassy eucalypt woodlands have been under severe pressure from agricultural development, with problems of land degradation and species decline being most severe in the cropping lands of south-eastern Australia. …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Landcare
Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues brings together contributions from 68 leading scientists from 12 countries to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date review on the way we manage our interactions with whales, dolphins, …
[ Books ] Science in Society — Science in Society / Leisure and Tourism
Parasitic wasps of the genus Scelio play an important role in the regulation of orthopteran populations and are implicated in suppressing numbers of numerous pest locusts and grasshoppers. This landmark volume provides a full taxonomic …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Invertebrates
Proceedings of the 10th International Clays Conference, Adelaide, Australia, July 18 to 23, 1993. Clays have provided us with the most active ingredients in soils, with building materials, with pottery and ceramics for both utility …
[ Books ] Natural Environment — Natural Environment / Soils
Australia has the ideal conditions for growing and processing table olives. In a climate where the majority of table olives eaten by Australians are imported, real opportunities exist for a domestic table olive industry. Attention to quality …
[ Books ] Gardening & Horticulture — Gardening & Horticulture / Horticulture
Protecting the Future showcases tangible examples of the practical implementation of global sustainability and the triple bottom-line plus one (comprising environmental, social and cultural economic and governance dimensions) in the …
[ Books ] Natural Environment — Natural Environment / Sustainability
Towards Forest Sustainability is a collection of practical essays by some of the world’s leading forest ecologists and managers from the United States of America, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand. The authors describe …
[ Books ] Natural Environment — Natural Environment / Natural Resources
Pleuropneumonia has had a long history in Australia. Clearing a Continent: The Eradication of Bovine Pleuropneumonia from Australia is an authoritative monograph on the history, spread, and final eradication of the disease. Based …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Livestock Management
Recent classifications of Australian birds have been limited to lists of "species" which are inadequate as biodiversity indicators. The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines fills a huge gap in ornithological knowledge by separating …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Birds
March 16th, 1966, marked the jubilee of Commonwealth sponsored scientific research in Australia. In 1916 the Commonwealth Government set up an Advisory Council of Science and Industry. This was the culmination of an interest in scientific …
[ Books ] Science in Society — Science in Society / Heritage and History
Oil spills can be difficult to manage, with reporting frequently delayed. Too often, by the time responders arrive at the scene, the slick has moved, dissolved, dispersed or sunk. This Oil Spill Monitoring Handbook provides practical …
[ Books ] Natural Environment — Natural Environment / Environmental Management
These groups contain taxa of significant economic, agricultural and medical importance. The volume is an invaluable source of information on valid names, host associations and essential references on book- and bark-lice, thrips, and parasitic …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Invertebrates
Sports Turf and Amenity Grasses is a comprehensive reference for anyone involved with the selection and maintenance of grasses used in sports and amenity areas in all areas. It provides a means to identify these grasses through keys, …
[ Books ] Gardening & Horticulture — Gardening & Horticulture / Horticulture
This book describes 92 of the most popular wine grape varieties currently used by wine makers around the world plus some that may have a place in the future. It builds on the earlier edition of Wine Grape Varieties of Australia, …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Viticulture
Analytical methods of assessing the response of groundwater levels to a range of factors, including elastic (barometric and tidal) influences in confined aquifers and recharge to unconfined aquifers due to infiltration of rain and other …
[ Books ] Built Environment — Built Environment / Engineering
Most eucalypts grow naturally on soils low in fertility. Commercial plantations of eucalypts have been established around the world over a range of climates and soils. These two themes are central to this book. Nutrition of Eucalypts …
[ Books ] Plants & Fungi — Plants & Fungi / Physiology and Chemistry
Hepialidae (ghost moths or swifts) are, in terms of diversity and distribution, the most successful group of homoneurous primitive moths. The morphology of Fraus is described in some detail with emphasis on the adult moth, and a new interpretation …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Invertebrates