Australia's biodiversity : an overview of selected significant components / [prepared by Josephine M...
Australia's biodiversity : an overview of selected significant components / [prepared by Josephine M...
Australia's biodiversity : an overview of selected significant components / [prepared by Josephine Mummery and Neal Hardy].
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Publisher
Canberra : Dept. of the Environment, Sport and Territories, Biodiversity Unit, 1994.
Date
1994.
Call Numbers
NQ333.720994/45
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Language
English
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Physical content
87 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Contents
1. Origins -- 2. National elements of significance - an overview -- 3. Biodiversity on land -- 3.1. Flora - significant features -- 3.1.1. Australia's plants -- 3.1.2. Ancient and relict components of Pangaean and Gondwanan origin -- 3.1.3. Distinctive adaptations -- 3.2. Fauna - significant feature...
Publication information
Publisher
Canberra : Dept. of the Environment, Sport and Territories, Biodiversity Unit, 1994.
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
1994.
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Access Conditions
Commonwealth of Australia 1994.
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Summary
This paper provides a picture of some of the immense variety of living organisms that inhabit this continent, and shows how this diversity is significant. A brief overview of the evolutionary development of Australia's biodiversity is first provided as this sets the scene for understanding its distinctiveness. The paper is organised into two inform...
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Full title
Australia's biodiversity : an overview of selected significant components / [prepared by Josephine Mummery and Neal Hardy].
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Notes
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Biodiversity series ; paper no. 2.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 65-71.
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Also available online via the World Wide Web.
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NQ333.720994/45
Record Identifier
74VMBZlKK7Wy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMBZlKK7Wy
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ISBN
0642221545 (pbk.)
9780642221544
0642221545
9780642221544 (pbk.)
DDC
333.720994
333.950994
MMS ID
991002264289702626
