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Biogeography and Ecology in Australia

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  • © 1959

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Editors:
  1. A. Keast

    1. Sydney, Australia

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  2. R. L. Crocker

    1. Sydney, Australia

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  3. C. S. Christian

    1. Canberra, Australia

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Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae (MOBI)

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-8
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  2. The Uniqueness of Australia in Biology

    • F. S. Bodenheimer
    Pages 9-14

  3. The Australian Environment

    • Allen Keast
    Pages 15-35

  4. Ecology of Primitive Aboriginal Man in Australia

    • Norman B. Tindale
    Pages 36-51

  5. Human Ecology in Australia

    • Griffith Taylor
    Pages 52-68

  6. The Marsupial Fauna: Its Origin And Radiation

    • E. Le G. Troughton
    Pages 69-88

  7. Australian Birds: Their Zoogeography and Adaptations to an Arid Continent

    • Allen Keast
    Pages 89-114

  8. The Reptiles of Australia

    • Allen Keast
    Pages 115-135

  9. The Freshwater Fishes of Australia

    • Gilbert P. Whitley
    Pages 136-149

  10. The Zoogeography of Some Australian Insects

    • J. W. Evans
    Pages 150-163

  11. Zoogeographical Aspects of the Australian Dipterofauna

    • S. J. Paramonov
    Pages 164-191

  12. The Ecology and Biogeography of Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts

    • K. H. L. Key
    Pages 192-210

  13. Aspects of the Distribution and Ecology of Australian Termites

    • J. H. Calaby, F. J. Gay
    Pages 211-223

  14. The Land and Freshwater Mollusca of Australia

    • Donald F. McMichael, Tom Iredale
    Pages 224-245

  15. The Australian Freshwater Crustacea

    • E. F. Riek
    Pages 246-258

  16. La Place de l’Australie Mediterraneenne dans l’Ensemble des Pays Mediterraneens du Vieux Monde

    • Louis Emberger
    Pages 259-273

  17. The Vegetation of Western Australia

    • C. A. Gardner
    Pages 274-282

  18. Past Climatic Fluctuations and Their Influence Upon Australian Vegetation

    • R. L. Crocker
    Pages 283-290

  19. The Phytogeography of Australia (In Relation to Radiation of Eucalyptus, Acacia, Etc.)

    • J. G. Wood
    Pages 291-302

  20. Some Aspects of Soil Ecology

    • G. A. Stewart
    Pages 303-314
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Sydney, Australia

    A. Keast, R. L. Crocker

  • Canberra, Australia

    C. S. Christian

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biogeography and Ecology in Australia

  • Editors: A. Keast, R. L. Crocker, C. S. Christian

  • Series Title: Monographiae Biologicae

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6295-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1959

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-5837-6Published: 01 January 1959

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-6295-3Published: 20 December 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0077-0639

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1729

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IV, 640

  • Number of Illustrations: 74 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ecology, Geography, general

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