Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. It's easy to stand in awe of a city's impressive skyline, marveling at its buildings reaching for the clouds and its vast network of roadways and train lines crisscrossing in every direction. It can often seem like everything in a...... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, maps. Though separated by thousands of miles, the United States and Australia have much in common. Geographically both countries are expansive-the United States is the fourth largest in land mass and Australia the sixth-and both possess a vast..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2014. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. South East Queensland has been one of the fastest growing regions of Australia, both in terms of its rapidly growing population and urban sprawl. It is also one of the most vulnerable regions likely to suffer from the adverse impacts of climate..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2021. illustrations, maps, photographs. Describes the ecological history of food production systems in Australia, showing how Aboriginal food systems collapsed when European farming methods were imposed on bushlands. The industrialised agricultural systems that are now prevalent across the world require constant input of finite resources, and continue..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2021. Quarto, paperback, Black and white and colour photographs, graphs, text illustrations. A detailed introduction to what is known and unknown about wildfire spread and its behaviours. Wildland fires have an irreplaceable role in sustaining many of our forests, shrublands and grasslands. They can be used as..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. Octavo, laminated boards. An indispensable tool for ecological research, Bayesian modelling is uniquely suited to deal with complexity in a statistically coherent way. This textbook provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the latest Bayesian methods in language ecologists can understand. Unlike other books on..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Environmental management involves making decisions about the governance of natural resources, which are inherently decisions about what is just or fair. Yet, there is little emphasis on justice in environmental management research or practical guidance on how to achieve fairness and equity in..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. In 1894, a lighthouse keeper named David Lyall arrived on Stephens Island off New Zealand with a cat named Tibbles. In just over a year, the Stephens Island Wren, a rare bird endemic to the island, was rendered extinct. Mounting scientific..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. The south-east Queensland region is currently experiencing the most rapid urbanisation in Australia. This growth in human population, industry and infrastructure puts pressure on the unique and diverse natural environment of Moreton Bay. Much loved by locals and holiday-goers, Moreton..... More
Crawley: UWA Publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback, map. Ruth Morgan explores the people of Australia's west's fear of running out of water - a fear that has long concerned the region's inhabitants and loomed large on the state's political agenda. It has shaped how urban and rural Western Australians learned to..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2022. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This book outlines why unpredictable rainfall and paucity of soil nutrients underpin the nature of desert ecosystems, while also describing how plants and animals came to be desert dwellers through evolutionary time. It shows how plants use uncertain rainfall to provide for..... More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps, graphs. In the context of Australia’s developing carbon economy, fire management helps to abate emissions of greenhouse gases and is an important means of generating carbon credits. The vast high-rainfall savannas of northern Australia are one of the world’s most..... More
Kent Town: Wakefield Press, (2020. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. An ecologist working for the Roxby Downs, John Read shares his expert knowledge and insights into new ecological discoveries, environmental threats and changes to the values and concerns of residents and travellers in the outback. More
CSIRO Publishing, 2023. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs, illustrations, maps. The Australian wildfires of 2019/20 (Black Summer) were devastating and unprecedented. These megafires burnt more than 10 million hectares, mostly of forests in southern and eastern Australia. Many of the fires were uncontrollable. These megafires affected many..... More