Subantarctic Macquarie Island
Subtitle: environment and biology
By: P.M. Selkirk, R.D. Seppelt, and D.R. Selkirk.
Contributors: Seppelt, R. D.; Selkirk, D. R.
Series: Studies in polar research
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Natural history -- Australia -- Macquarie Island (Tas.); Macquarie Island (Tas.)
Description: A brief description of Macquarie Island and its settling and the history of its discovery and subsequent human occupation precedes more detailed accounts of the geomorphology and quaternary history of the island, its vegetation, avifauna, mammals, microbiology and marine and freshwater environments. Final chapter discusses management strategies.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 231-250.
Includes indexes.