The future of tropical savannas: an Australian perspective.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 1996. Octavo, paperback, maps, graphs. Examines the roles of science in resource management and policy making. More
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Beyond drought: people, policy and perspectives.
Canberra: Australian National University, 2003. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. There is no denying that the unpredictability of Australia's climate poses real challenges for the agricultural community, especially as most conventional farming practices were developed on the relative predictability of a European climate. More recently though policy has been rejecting the..... More
Wildlife in the home paddock: nature conservation for Australian farmers.
London: Angus and Robertson, (1984. reprint). Octavo, photographs, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. Australian Natural Science Library. Every farmer should have a copy. More
Endangered vertebrates of Australia and its island territories.
Canberra: Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, 1984. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
The natural history of the Flinders Ranges.
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1969. Octavo, illustrations, folding map, softcover. More
The future eaters: an ecological history of the Australasian lands and people.
Sydney: Reed New Holland, (1999. reprint). Octavo, illustrations, used copy with minor wear, paperback. An ecological history of Australasia. "An original, very important thesis that gives us a powerful insight into our current destructive path" David Suzuki. More
Australian tropical rainforest life.
Townsville: Specialty Education Supplies, 1983. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Wildlife conservation.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1973. first edition). Octavo, photographs, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Namadgi: a national park for the national capital.
Canberra: National Parks Association of the ACT, 2011. Octavo, paperback, oblong format, colour photographs, maps. Full of beautiful colour photographs, this book introduces Namadgi and the resident plants and animals. More
Species at risk: research in Australia. Proceedings of a symposium.
Canberra: Australian Academy of Science, 1982. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Ecological engineering for pest management: advances in habitat manipulation for arthropods.
CSIRO Publishing, 2004. Octavo, photographs, graphs, laminated boards. More
Biodiversity in Mediterranean ecosystems of Australia.
Sydney: Surrey Beatty, 1992. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More
Wildlife damage control.
Melbourne: CSIRO, 2007. Octavo, laminated boards. Vertebrate pests cause problems in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, to human and animal health and safety and to human recreation. The types of wildlife damage are many and varied, and can be costly. Until now, there has been little effort to identify and evaluate..... More
Endangered animals of Australia.
Sydney: Pierson & Co, 1991. Quarto, colour photographs, fine in dustwrapper. More
Biogeography and ecology in Australia.
Den Haag: Junk, 1959. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Birds of eucalypt forests and woodlands: ecology, conservation, management.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1985. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. A collection of papers on forest and woodland birds by various authors. Divided into three sections: Bird communities; Ecology and adaptations; and Human impact. A very important reference. More
The ecology of pests: some Australian case histories.
Melbourne: CSIRO, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, scuffed softcover otherwise good copy. More
Contested country: local and regional natural resources management in Australia.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2009. Octavo, paperback, tables, figures. This book brings together the leading researchers from relevant disciplines (planning, geography, environmental studies, public policy) to critically review environmental management over the past decade, and to identify the challenges in environmental management that must be met by the new government. Instead..... More
Conservation of Australia's forest fauna.
Sydney: Royal Zoological of NSW, (1991. first edition). Large octavo, paperback, illustrations. The first national collection of research applied to the conservation of our forest wildlife. Topics include the use of the fossil record; the role of flying foxes in pollination; the application of geographic information systems; the use of..... More
Managing and conserving grassy woodlands.
Collingwood: CSIRO, 2002. Large octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. 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. Managing and Conserving Grassy Woodlands describes a set of..... More
Conservation biology in Australia and Oceania.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1994. Quarto, colour illustrations, signature, a fine copy in dustwrapper. This is a review of the major problems facing the regional biotas and suggestions are made of ways in which conservaton research can be made more efficient. More
A million wild acres.
Melbourne: Nelson, 1981. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce in this condition. Subtitled "200 years of man and an Australian forest", this is the story of the great Pilliga Scrub near Coonabarabran in New South Wales. More
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Nature conservation, [volume three]: the reconstruction of fragmented ecosystems.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1993. Quarto, illustrations, a very good secondhand copy in dustwrapper, signature (published price $90). Third volume in this series is based on material presented at a workshop held in 1991 on the need for reconstruction of fragmented ecosystems, and the role of ecologists and conservation biologists..... More
Records of the American-Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land, volume three: botany and plant ecology.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1958. Quarto, illustrations, lacks dustwrapper. More
Our wildlife in peril.
Frenchs Forest: A H & A W Reed, 1983. Quarto, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More