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Biogeography and Ecology in Australia

Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae (MOBI)

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-8
  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. The Reptiles of Australia

    • Allen Keast
    Pages 115-135
  8. The Freshwater Fishes of Australia

    • Gilbert P. Whitley
    Pages 136-149
  9. The Land and Freshwater Mollusca of Australia

    • Donald F. McMichael, Tom Iredale
    Pages 224-245
  10. The Australian Freshwater Crustacea

    • E. F. Riek
    Pages 246-258
  11. The Vegetation of Western Australia

    • C. A. Gardner
    Pages 274-282
  12. Some Aspects of Soil Ecology

    • G. A. Stewart
    Pages 303-314

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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