Insect Conservation: Past, Present and Prospects
Insect Conservation: Past, Present and Prospects

Author: Tim R. New

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-03-16

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9400729626

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The history of interest and practice in insect conservation is summarised and traced through contributions from many of the leaders in the discipline, to provide the first broad global account of how insects have become incorporated into considerations of conservation. The essays collectively cover the genesis and development of insect conservation, emphasising its strong foundation within the northern temperate regions and the contrasts with much of the rest of the world. Major present-day scenarios are discussed, together with possible developments and priorities in insect conservation for the future.

Labor's Lot
Labor's Lot

Author: Elizabeth A. Povinelli

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 0226676749

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Analysis of the role of labour in every day activities and its influence on the construction of identity among the Belyuen Aborigines, Cox Peninsula, NT; Western definitions of labour; Aboriginal relationship to land and land ownership; concepts of knowledge and the role of story; negotiation of the land claim process - Kenbi land Claim; representation of pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial Aboriginality in the Darwin region - Laragiya and Wagaitj; Aboriginal women's use and narratives of the past; interpretation of mythic labour and contemporary actions - spirit children, totems; activities affecting the mythic landscape - hunting and sweat; Belyuen economic structures; proportion of bush and store bought food in the diet; use of time; relations with the market economy - local stores, use of money; history of land use and colonial ownership in the Darwin region; contemporary Aboriginal use of the Belyuen region - settlement patterns; process of forming and maintaining cultural identity in contemporary political and economic power structures.

Native Mice and Rats
Native Mice and Rats

Author: Bill Breed

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2007-12-17

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 064309931X

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Australia’s native rodents are the most ecologically diverse family of Australian mammals. There are about 60 living species – all within the subfamily Murinae – representing around 25 per cent of all species of Australian mammals. They range in size from the very small delicate mouse to the highly specialised, arid-adapted hopping mouse, the large tree rat and the carnivorous water rat. Native Mice and Rats describes the evolution and ecology of this much-neglected group of animals. It details the diversity of their reproductive biology, their dietary adaptations and social behaviour. The book also includes information on rodent parasites and diseases, and concludes by outlining the changes in distribution of the various species since the arrival of Europeans as well as current conservation programs.

Wild Places
Wild Places

Author: Peter Prineas

Publisher: Katsehamos & the Great Idea

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780858811584

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