The Rainforests Of Cape York Peninsula

Author : Robert Heinsohn
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643102671
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life in the Cape York Rainforest written by Robert Heinsohn and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2008-11-03 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remote, beautiful and poorly known rainforests of Cape York Peninsula tell a special story about Australia’s historic and present-day connections to New Guinea. Life in the Cape York Rainforest highlights these connections by examining the fascinating biology of some of the most spectacular animals shared between the two regions. The author recounts his own ground-breaking research on ‘cross-dressing’ Eclectus parrots, musical palm cockatoos and multi-coloured pythons, together with the exotic lifestyles of other animals, while painting the bigger picture of the past when Australia and New Guinea were joined by extensive land bridges. Australia’s disconnection from New Guinea is probably only temporary, and even today many bird species continue to fly the short distance between the two landmasses. Whether just browsing the beautiful photos and informative captions, or reading it in its entirety, readers will gain a greater understanding of the unique attributes of our Cape York rainforests.

Author : James Peter Stanton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780864437365
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rainforests of Cape York Peninsula written by James Peter Stanton and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Peter Stanton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rainforests of Cape York Peninsula written by James Peter Stanton and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Heinsohn
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643095012
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life in the Cape York Rainforest written by Robert Heinsohn and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2008 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Stunning color photographs - Unrivalled and authoritative coverage of an area of great biological interest The remote, beautiful and poorly known rainforests of Cape York Peninsula tell a special story about Australia's historic and present-day connections to New Guinea. This book highlights the connections by examining the fascinating biology of some of the most spectacular birds and other animals shared between the two regions. The author recounts his own ground-breaking research on cross-dressing eclectus parrots, musical palm cockatoos and multi-colored pythons, together with the exotic lifestyles of other animals, while painting the bigger picture of the past when Australia and New Guinea were joined by extensive landbridges. Australia's disconnection from New Guinea is probably only temporary, and even today many bird species continue to fly the short distance between the two landmasses. The book uses the beautiful photographs of Michael Cermak and others to draw the reader in, and lively informative text to describe the remarkable behavior of many of the rainforest creatures, and to emphasize the shallow and transient nature of Torres Strait as a barrier between Cape York and New Guinea. Whether just browsing the beautiful photos and informative captions, or reading it in its entirety, this book will provide a useful guide for a greater understanding of the unique attributes of the Cape York rainforests.

Author : Densey Clyne
Publisher : New Holland Publishing Australia Pty Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australian Rainforests written by Densey Clyne and published by New Holland Publishing Australia Pty Limited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text takes the reader on a journey into one of nature's richest gardens - the tropical and sub-tropical rainforests of Australia. Photography exposes the diversity of life from the damp leaf-litter of the forest floor to the panoramic heights of the tree canopy.

Author : Judith Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reef, Rainforest, Mangroves, Man written by Judith Wright and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jiro Kikkawa
Publisher : CSIRO Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australian Tropical Rainforests written by Jiro Kikkawa and published by CSIRO Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on contributions to a symposium at the 57th ANZAAS congress in 1987, this book describes and interprets the evolution, biology and dynamics of Australia's northern rainforests from scientific, humanistic and eco-political viewpoints. Includes references and an index.

Author : Clifford B. Frith
Publisher : Conran Octopus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australia's Cape York Peninsula written by Clifford B. Frith and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 1991 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen Garnett
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643108041
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Australian Birds written by Stephen Garnett and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first climate change adaptation plan produced for a national faunal group anywhere in the world. It outlines the nature of threats related to climate change for the Australian bird taxa most likely to be affected by climate change, and provides recommendations on what might be done to assist them and approximate costs of doing so. It also features an analysis of how climate change will affect all Australian birds, explains why some species are likely to be more exposed or sensitive to it than others, and explores the theory and practice of conservation management under the realities of a changing climate. Species profiles include maps showing current core habitat and modelled climatic suitability based on historical records, as well as maps showing projected climatic suitability in 2085 in relation to current core habitat. Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Australian Birds is an important reference for policy makers, conservation scientists, land managers, climate change adaptation biologists, as well as bird watchers and advocacy groups.

Author : Jean-Christophe Verstraete
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 902726760X
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country written by Jean-Christophe Verstraete and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-02-18 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a state-of-the-art survey of linguistic, anthropological, archaeological and historical work focused on Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, in Australia’s northeast. The volume also honours Bruce Rigsby, emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Queensland, whose work has inspired all of the contributors. The papers in the volume are organized in terms of five key themes, including the use of historical and archaeological methods to reconstruct aspects of language and social organization, anthropological and linguistic work uncovering aspects of world view embedded in languages and ethnographic data sets, the study of post-contact transformations in language and society, and the return of archival data to communities. Its thematic intersections draw together the varied disciplinary threads in an overview of the cultures and languages of the region, and will appeal to all those interested in Australian Aboriginal studies, linguistics, anthropology and associated disciplines.