Australian Vegetation
3rd Edition
- Editor: David A. Keith, University of New South Wales, Sydney
- Date Published: July 2017
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107118430
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Australian Vegetation has been an essential reference for students and researchers in botany, ecology and natural resource management for over 35 years. Now fully updated and with a new team of authors, the third edition presents the latest insights on the patterns and processes that shaped the vegetation of Australia. The first part of the book provides a synthesis of ecological processes that influence vegetation traits throughout the continent, using a new classification of vegetation. New chapters examine the influences of climate, soils, fire regimes, herbivores and aboriginal people on vegetation, in addition to completely revised chapters on evolutionary biogeography, quaternary vegetation history and alien plants. The book's second half presents detailed ecological portraits for each major vegetation type and offers data-rich perspectives and comparative analysis presented in tables, graphs, maps and colour illustrations. This authoritative book will inspire readers to learn and explore first-hand the vegetation of Australia.
Read more- The most up-to-date synthesis of knowledge on Australian vegetation for over twenty years - no other book covers the breadth and depth of the subject matter
- A new and expanded team of high-calibre authors
- Features a range of new and updated chapters, with data-rich perspectives and comparative analysis presented in graphs, tables, maps and colour photographs
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'This book is a landmark of Australian science. It is one of the fundamental elements on which research, planning and policy development are built. David A. Keith leads a group of Australia's foremost plant ecologists to produce the new edition. It is an outstanding achievement. It provides a clarity of writing and level of scientific rigour that equals or exceeds any equivalent endeavour internationally. Part I explains the origins of and the forces acting on the Australian vegetation. Part II describes the sixteen primary vegetation types and subtypes, and includes their interactions, conservation challenges and practical management. Quite simply, this is a great book.' Mark Burgman, Imperial College London
See more reviews'The first two editions of Australian Vegetation, edited by Richard Groves, were valuable resources for anyone requiring an overview of Australia's plant cover, and foundation references for many undergraduate courses. For the third edition the editorial baton has passed to David A. Keith, who has assembled a large cast of authors, all well-known experts in their fields … the volume has grown, but necessarily so, to incorporate the great increase in knowledge over the last three decades, and also the change in the predominant paradigm underlying present approaches to conservation and land management … The book is a tour de force, and will become the essential text for anyone interested in Australia's vegetation. Australia has the distinction of being both a nation and a continent, and the book will thus attract an international audience of those interested in comparative ecology at the global scale.' Paul Adam, University of New South Wales, Australia
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- Edition: 3rd Edition
- Date Published: July 2017
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107118430
- length: 766 pages
- dimensions: 253 x 194 x 40 mm
- weight: 1.85kg
- contains: 86 b/w illus. 113 colour illus. 31 maps 49 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Foreword Richard A. Groves
1. Girt: a continental synthesis of Australian vegetation David A. Keith and Mark G. Tozer
2. Evolutionary biogeography of the Australian flora in the Cenozoic era Peter H. Weston and Gregory J. Jordan
3. Quaternary vegetation in Australia Scott D. Mooney, Kale Sniderman, A. Peter Kershaw, Simon Haberle and Jessica Roe
4. Aboriginal people and Australia's vegetation: uses and ecological influences Emilie Ens, Fiona Walsh and Philip Clarke
5. Fire and Australian vegetation Ben P. Miller and Brett P. Murphy
6. Direct and indirect effects of herbivore activity on Australian vegetation David J. Eldridge, Samantha K. Travers, Adrian D. Manning and Philip Barton
7. Soils and the below-ground interactions that shape Australian vegetation Mark Brundrett, Pauline F. Grierson, Lauren T. Bennett and Christopher J. Weston
8. Climatic influence over vegetation pattern and process Mark K. J. Ooi, Tony D. Auld, Linda J. Beaumont and Ross A. Bradstock
9. Invasive plants and pathogens in Australia Michelle R. Leishman, Rachael V. Gallagher, Jane A. Catford, Tony Grice, John W. Morgan and Samantha Setterfield
10. Plant life cycles above and below ground Tony D. Auld and Mark K. J. Ooi
11. Rainforests and vine thickets Daniel J. Metcalfe and Peter T. Green
12. Wet sclerophyll forests Grant Wardell-Johnson, John Neldner and Jayne Balmer
13. Biogeography of Australia's dry sclerophyll forests: drought, nutrients and fire Mark G. Tozer, Christopher C. Simpson, Isaac B. Jansens and David A. Keith
14. Heathlands and associated shrublands Byron B. Lamont and David A. Keith
15. Australia's tropical savannas: vast, ancient and rich landscapes Richard J. Williams, Garry D. Cook, Adam C. Liedloff and William J. Bond
16. Brigalow forests and associated eucalypt woodlands of subtropical eastern Australia Rod J. Fensham, Andrew Biggs, Don W. Butler and Harry J. MacDermott
17. Temperate eucalypt woodlands Suzanne M. Prober, Carl R. Gosper, Louise Gilfedder, Tom D. Harwood, Kevin R. Thiele, Kristen J. Williams and Colin J. Yates
18. Australian tussock grasslands John W. Morgan, Rod J. Fensham, Robert Godfree and Paul W. Foreman
19. Alpine, sub-alpine and sub-Antarctic vegetation of Australia Susanna Venn, Jamie Kirkpatrick, Keith McDougall, Neville Walsh, Jennie Whinam and Richard J. Williams
20. Wetland vegetation of inland Australia Jane A. Catford, Jane Roberts, Samantha J. Capon, Ray H. Froend, Saras M. Windecker and Michael M. Douglas
21. Forests and woodlands of Australia's rivers and floodplains Megan Good, Rhiannon Smith and Neil Pettit
22. Coastal halophytic vegetation Kerrylee Rogers, Paul Boon, Catherine Lovelock and Neil Saintilan
23. Mallee woodlands and shrublands – the mallee, muruk/muert and maalok vegetation of southern Australia Colin J. Yates, Carl R. Gosper, Stephen D. Hopper, David A. Keith, Suzanne M. Prober and Mark G. Tozer
24. The chenopod shrublands David J. Eldridge, Samantha K. Travers, Agustín F. Facelli, José M. Facelli and David A. Keith
25. Arid shrublands and open woodlands of inland Australia Catherine Nano, Peter Jobson and Glenda M. Wardle
26. Hummock grasslands – Triodia-dominated grasslands in arid Australia Glenda M. Wardle and Catherine Nano
27. Conservation of Australian vegetation David A. Keith and Tony D. Auld.
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