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Shortlisted for The BPA Print Group Best Designed Tertiary and Further Education Book in the 55th Annual APA Book Design Awards 2007.Ecology: An Australian Perspective is uniquely and wholly Australian. It is the only textbook of ecology that deals comprehensively with the ecological principles and practice of plant and animal ecology in an Australian context. New to this edition: Four new chapters on population ecology New chapter on community ecology More on the fundamental theory of ecology New structure to better fit the way ecology is taught Congratulations to author PeterAttiwill who was made a member of the Order of Australia in the recent Queen's birthday honours for "service to science, particularly in the field of forest ecology, as an academic, researcher and author."
Contents
List of Tables, List of Figures, Contributors, Preface, Acknowledgments, PermissionsPart 1: Introduction1. Ecology in Australia2. The Evolution of Australia's Living Biota3. Indigenous Land Use4. Sampling and Experimental DesignPart 2: Climate, Soils and Energy5. Climate6. Global Climate Change7. El Nino8. Ozone Depletion in Australia and the Antarctic9. Soil10. Salinity11. Carbon Flow, Energy Transformations, and ProductivityPart 3: Population Ecology12. Distribution and habitat requirements13. Characteristics and demography of populations14. Population growth15. Population control, regulation, and extinction16. Genetic approaches in population ecology17. Life-history strategiesPart 4: Community Ecology18. Species Interactions: Direct Effects19. Species Interactions: Indirect Effects20. Interaction21. Ecological Diversity22. The Niche23. Succession, Disturbance and FirePart 5: Biodiversity, Threats Conservation Policy24. Biodiversity, Extinction and Threats25. Habitat Fragmentation26. Pest Plants and Animals27. Conservation Policy in AustraliaPart 6: Australian Communities28. Classification of Plant Communities29. The Ecology of Australian Deserts30. Grasslands31. Heaths and Low Open-forests32. Woodlands and Open-forests of Eastern Australia33. Forests34. Alpine LandscapesGlossaryBibliographyIndex



