Flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges 1

Flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges 1

Author: Enid Mayfield

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2010-06-01

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0643102000

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The Otway region of Victoria, with its temperate rainforests, mountain ash forests, heathlands, plains and coastal dunes, has an extraordinarily rich and diverse flora. The first volume of Flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges covers the orchids, irises, lilies, grass-trees, mat-rushes and other petaloid monocotyledonous plants. Enid Mayfield's exquisite colour illustrations of more than 200 species reveal tiny botanical details which enable the untrained botanist to identify each species with ease. The section on orchids describes and illustrates more than 130 species, highlighting their fascinating adaptations for attracting specific pollinating insects. The clear text and illustrations frequently draw attention to the relationship of plants to the broader environment, the impact of fire, the role of pollinators and the importance of fungi.


Wombats

Wombats

Author: Barbara Triggs

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 0643096019

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One of Australia's most engaging marsupials, the wombat is also one of the most disparaged and least understood. This book gives a full account of the wombat's way of life and examines the many hazards that they face. Also gives practical advice on rearing orphan wombats.


Horticultural Flora of South-Eastern Australia

Horticultural Flora of South-Eastern Australia

Author: Roger Spencer

Publisher: UNSW Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 674

ISBN-13: 9780868403038

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Flowering Plants: Dicotyledons Part 1is the second in the series. Covering South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and southern Queensland, the series is a useful guide to temperate plants in other parts of Australia and in New Zealand.


Ant-plant interactions in Australia

Ant-plant interactions in Australia

Author: R.P. Buckley

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 9400979940

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Early research on ant-plant interactions in Australia was largely confined to the economically important problem of ants harvesting surface-sown pasture seed (e. g. Campbell 1966). The report by Berg (1975) of widespread myrmecochory in Australia, and a burst of overseas research, stimulated research on a range of ant-plant interactions in Australia. This book summarizes such research and presents reeent and current work on seed harvesting, myrmecochory, ant-epiphytes, extrafloral nectaries, ant-plant-homopteran systems, and the influence of vegetation on ant faunas. I hope that it will encourage further work in these and related areas, and that the review and bibliography of ant-plant interactions in the rest ofthe world will serve as a useful source for those entering the field. The richness of Australia's flora and ant fauna render it a particularly interesting continent for the study of interactions between them. As immediately apparent from the list of contents, ant-seed interactions are particularly significant in Australia. This is not surprising for a relatively dry continent bearing a largely sc1erophyllous plant cover. Future research, however, especially in the tropical north, is like1y to reveal further types of interaction, perhaps corresponding to those characteristic of the tropics elsewhere, or perhaps distinctively Australian. Some of the chapters have been shortened and modified considerably from the original manuscripts, but the ideas and results presented are, of course, those of the individual authors.


The Ferns of Tasmania

The Ferns of Tasmania

Author: Michael Garrett

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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Records the ecology and distribution (with maps) of all Tasmanian pteridophytes. In addition, there are field keys for all Tasmanian genera and species, and all species are illustrated in colour. The book also covers conservation, propogation and cultivation.