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
Who is home in the hollow? Tree hollows are very special places that provide animals, both big and small, with a space to nest and feel safe. Explore life in a tree hollow in the Australian bush and meet the native creatures …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Picture Books
Do you know what a tree hollow is? To you and me, a tree hollow is just a hole, cavity or tunnel in a tree or branch. But to an animal, that hollow may be a bedroom, hiding place, nursery or shelter. It is the ultimate tree house! Come …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Children and Teen Non-Fiction
What are plant galls and how are they caused? This book introduces the Australian native insects that induce galls on plants and the plant species that host them. It explores the ways the insects have adapted to living part of their lives …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Invertebrates
To Feed a Nation takes the reader on a journey over the centuries, describing the slow and arduous development of Australian food technology and science from before European settlement to the latter half of the twentieth century. The …
[ Books ] Science in Society — Science in Society / Heritage and History
Australia is full of unique geological formations, fascinating fossils and intriguing minerals. Every Rock Has a Story: An A to Z of Australian Geology explores our incredible landscapes and offers captivating insights into our exceptional …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Children and Teen Non-Fiction
Bigger is not always better. Sometimes the smallest of creatures can have the biggest impact … even with dung! Explore the fascinating and incredibly important role that tiny dung beetles play in our environment. From pushing dung …
[ Books ] Children — Children / Picture Books
Readable, relevant and fascinating, Living in a Warmer World examines how our changing climate will affect our everyday lives through access to food, water and even land, and how this will also impact on our health. More importantly, …
[ Books ] Natural Environment — Natural Environment / Climate
A changing climate is causing challenges for soil and water management in many parts of the world. Current soil management practices need to be redesigned to effectively address present and future fluctuating climates. Soil Hydrology …
[ Books ] Natural Environment — Natural Environment / Soils
Global food security is dependent on ecologically viable production systems, but current agricultural practices are often at odds with environmental sustainability. Resolving this disparity is a huge task, but there is much that can be learned …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Sustainability
Running a Small Flock of Sheep uses a step-by-step approach and has been written for small-scale sheep farmers and inexperienced people considering a rural life-style change. It will prepare the reader for each procedure and event …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Livestock Management
Are we making the best use of water? How do we judge this? Are there trade-offs between upstream and downstream water use? What are these and how are they resolved? Disputes over water allocations are, second to climate change, the …
[ Books ] Natural Environment — Natural Environment / Water
This book brings together extensive scientific learning on what makes a good farm for biodiversity. Based on thirteen years of intensive research, it breaks the discussion into chapters on key environmental and vegetation assets and then …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Wildlife
The implementation of the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign has been one of the most significant animal health achievements in the history of Australia and worldwide. The unprecedented technical and operational complexity …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Health and Welfare
Australia is home to many distinctive species of birds, and Aboriginal peoples have developed close alliances with them over the millennia of their custodianship of this country. Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia: Historical and …
[ Books ] Animals — Animals / Birds
It is widely accepted in the scientific community that climate change is a reality, and that changes are happening with increasing rapidity. In this second edition, leading climate researcher Barrie Pittock revisits the effects that global …
[ Books ] Natural Environment — Natural Environment / Climate
In Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World, leading researchers in fire ecology and management discuss how fire regimes have shaped and will continue to shape the distribution and abundance …
[ Books ] Natural Environment — Natural Environment / Fire
Scientific knowledge alone will not help countries achieve sustainable management of land, water and biota. Everyone now realises that a partnership is needed between land and water users, scientists, managers and the community if countries …
[ Books ] Food & Agriculture — Food & Agriculture / Sustainability
This book details a novel approach to dynamic, as opposed to steady-state, analysis of leaf photosynthesis by integrating fast responses to Carbon Dioxide:Oxygen exchange with optical techniques for fluorescence, light scattering and absorbance …
[ Books ] Plants & Fungi — Plants & Fungi / Physiology and Chemistry
Ecology of Australian Temperate Reefs presents the current state of knowledge of the ecology of important elements of southern Australian sub-tidal reef flora and fauna, and the underlying ecological principles. Preliminary …
[ Books ] Marine & Freshwater — Marine & Freshwater / Marine Ecology