A Guide to Land Snails of Australia
A Guide to Land Snails of Australia

Author: John Stanisic

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2022-07-01

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 148631354X

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Australia's native land snails are an often-overlooked invertebrate group that forms a significant part of terrestrial biodiversity, with an estimated 2500 species present in Australia today. A Guide to Land Snails of Australia is an overview of Australia's native and introduced land snail faunas, offering a greater understanding of their role in the natural environment. The book presents clear diagnostic features of live snails and their shells, and is richly illustrated with a broad range of Australia's native snail, semi-slug and slug species. Comprehensive coverage is also included of the many exotic species introduced to Australia. In a unique bioregional approach, the reader is taken on a trek through some of Australia's spectacular regional landscapes, highlighting their endemic and special snail faunas. This section is supplemented with key localities where species can be found.

Natural History of Kangaroo Island
Natural History of Kangaroo Island

Author: Margaret Davies

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Second edition of a natural history study of Kangaroo Island, South Australia, first published 1979. Covers geology, climate, soils, vegetation, terrestrial and marine mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, fishes and fossils. New edition contains up-to-date mapping and several chapters have been updated. Issues of introduced species and challenges to environmental management are discussed. Includes maps, graphs, tables, photos, bibliography and index. Editors are from the Royal Society of South Australia.