Biogeography and ecology in Australia
By: edited by A. Keast, R.L. Crocker, C.S. Christian.
Contributors: Keast, Allen.; Crocker, R. L.; Christian, C. S.
Series: Monographiae biologicae ;; v. 8
Publisher: W. Junk
Published: 1959
Place of publication: Den Haag
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 640
Subjects: Biogeography -- Australia.; Ecology -- Australia.; Natural history -- Australia.
Notes: One contribution in French.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. The uniqueness of Australia in biology / by F.S. Bodenheimer; title: II. The Australian environment / by Allen Keast; title: III. Ecology of primitive aboriginal man in Australia / by Norman B. Tindale; title: IV. Human ecology in Australia / by Griffith Taylor; title: V. The marsupial fauna : its origin and radiation / by E. Le G. Troughton; title: VI. Australian birds : their zoogeography and adaptations to an arid continent / by Allen Keast; title: VII. The reptiles of Australia / by Allen Keast; title: VIII. The freshwater fishes of Australia / by Gilbert P. Whitley.; title: (cont.)  IX. The zoogeography of some Australian insects / by J.W. Evans; title: X. Zoogeographical aspects of the Australian dipterofauna / by S.J. Paramonov; title: XI. The ecology and biogeography of Australian grasshoppers and locusts / by K.H.L. Key; title: XII. Aspects of the distribution and ecology of Australian termites / by J.H. Calaby and F.J. Gay; title: XIII. The land and freshwater mollusca of Australia / by Donald F. McMichael and Tom Iredale; title: XIV. The Australian freshwater crustacea / by E.F. Riek.; title: (cont.)  XV. La place de l'Australie méditerranéenne dans l'ensemble des pays méditerranéens du Vieux Monde (remarques sur le climat méditerranéen de l'Australie) / par Louis Emberger; title: XVI. The vegetation of Western Australia / by C.A. Gardner; title: XVII. Past climatic fluctuations and their influence upon Australian vegetation / by R.L. Crocker; title: XVIII. The phytogeography of Australia (in relation to radiation of Eucalyptus, Acacia, etc.) / by J.G. Wood; title: XIX. Some aspects of soil ecology / by G.A. Stewart; title: XX. Recent studies on marsupial ecology / by A.R. Main, J.W. Shield, and H. Waring; title: XXI. Marsupial reproduction / by G.B. Sharman.; title: (cont.)  XXII. The contribution of banding to Australian bird ecology / by Robert Carrick; title: XXIII. Ecology of wild ducks in inland Australia / by H.J. Frith; title: XXIV. Ecology of Australian frogs / by A.R. Main, M.J. Littlejohn, and A.K. Lee; title: XXV. Ornithosis research in Australia / by J.A.R. Miles; title: XXVI. Vegetation of high mountains in Australia in relation to land use / by A.B. Costin; title: XXVII. Some aspects of ecological research in semi-arid Australia / by N.C.W. Beadle; title: XXVIII. Species distribution and association in Eucalyptus / by L.D. Pryor; title: XXIX. The ecology and prevention of soil erosion / by R.G. Downes.; title: (cont.)  XXX. The merino sheep in Australia / by Ian W. McDonald; title: XXXI. Ecological observations on plant communities grazed by sheep in Australia / by R.M. Moore; title: XXXII. The cology of sheep blowflies in Australia / by K.R. Norris; title: XXXIII. The rabbit in Australia / by F.N. Ratcliffe; title: XXXIV. The biological control of prickly pear in Australia / by Alan P. Dodd; title: XXXV. An ecogenetic research programme with introduced plants / by F.H.W. Morley and O.H. Frankel; title: XXXVI. The eco-complex in its importance for agricultural assessment / by C.S. Christian; title: XXXVII. Nature conservation in Australia / by Robert Carrick and Alec B. Costin.