History of the Australian Vegetation

History of the Australian Vegetation

Author: Robert S. Hill

Publisher: University of Adelaide Press

Published: 2017-03-01

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 1925261476

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The Australian vegetation is the end result of a remarkable history of climate change, latitudinal change, continental isolation, soil evolution, interaction with an evolving fauna, fire and most recently human impact. This book presents a detailed synopsis of the critical events that led to the evolution of the unique Australian flora and the wide variety of vegetational types contained within it. The first part of the book details the past continental relationships of Australia, its palaeoclimate, fauna and the evolution of its landforms since the rise to dominance of the angiosperms at the beginning of the Cretaceous period. A detailed summary of the palaeobotanical record is then presented. The palynological record gives an overview of the vegetation and the distribution of important taxa within it, while the complementary macrofossil record is used to trace the evolution of critical taxa. This book will interest graduate students and researchers interested in the evolution of the flora of this fascinating continent.


Australian Vegetation

Australian Vegetation

Author: R. H. Groves

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1994-07-21

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 9780521424769

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Australian vegetation has interested botanists and naturalists since Europeans first encountered Australia and its plant life. This 1994 edition of Australian Vegetation reviews the vegetation of the continent as a whole. In the introductory section, chapters on phytogeography, vegetation history and alien plants set the scene for further sections covering all the major vegetation types. The plant life of extreme Australian habitats is also discussed, and the book closes with a chapter on the conservation of Australian vegetation. Each chapter, written by experts on each particular habitat type, will inform and stimulate the interests of students and professional botanists, especially those fortunate enough to see for themselves the unique vegetation and flora of Australia.


Australian Vegetation

Australian Vegetation

Author: David A. Keith

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-06-15

Total Pages: 771

ISBN-13: 1107118433

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This fully updated third edition provides a modern synthesis and review of the latest advances in understanding native vegetation across Australia.


Flora Australiensis

Flora Australiensis

Author: George Bentham

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-12-08

Total Pages: 575

ISBN-13: 1108037380

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A seven-volume compendium, published from 1863 to 1878, of Australian flora, compiled by one of Britain's most influential botanists.


On the Flora of Australia: its Origin, Affinities, and Distribution, being an Introductory Essay to the Flora of Tasmania

On the Flora of Australia: its Origin, Affinities, and Distribution, being an Introductory Essay to the Flora of Tasmania

Author: Joseph Dalton Hooker

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-05-09

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 338232444X

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.


Flora of Australia

Flora of Australia

Author: Csiro Pub

Publisher: CSIRO Publishing

Published: 1999-02

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780643059665

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This volume comprises a revision of the introductory in the Flora of Australia series. This edition is greatly expanded and completely rewritten, with chapters on the history of taxonomic botany in Australia, past climates and tectonics, palaeobotany, present soils and landforms as they affect plant distribution, major vegetation types, conservation of the Australian flora, and a key to the families of Australian flowering plants.