Australian Vegetation -

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Résumé :
This fully updated third edition provides a modern synthesis and review of the latest advances in understanding native vegetation across Australia.

Sommaire:
Foreword Richard A. Groves; 1. Girt: a continental synthesis of Australian vegetation David A. Keith and Mark G. Tozer; 2. Evolutionary biogeography of the Australian flora in the Cenozoic era Peter H. Weston and Gregory J. Jordan; 3. Quaternary vegetation in Australia Scott D. Mooney, Kale Sniderman, A. Peter Kershaw, Simon Haberle and Jessica Roe; 4. Aboriginal people and Australia's vegetation: uses and ecological influences Emilie Ens, Fiona Walsh and Philip Clarke; 5. Fire and Australian vegetation Ben P. Miller and Brett P. Murphy; 6. Direct and indirect effects of herbivore activity on Australian vegetation David J. Eldridge, Samantha K. Travers, Adrian D. Manning and Philip Barton; 7. Soils and the below-ground interactions that shape Australian vegetation Mark Brundrett, Pauline F. Grierson, Lauren T. Bennett and Christopher J. Weston; 8. Climatic influence over vegetation pattern and process Mark K. J. Ooi, Tony D. Auld, Linda J. Beaumont and Ross A. Bradstock; 9. Invasive plants and pathogens in Australia Michelle R. Leishman, Rachael V. Gallagher, Jane A. Catford, Tony Grice, John W. Morgan and Samantha Setterfield; 10. Plant life cycles above and below ground Tony D. Auld and Mark K. J. Ooi; 11. Rainforests and vine thickets Daniel J. Metcalfe and Peter T. Green; 12. Wet sclerophyll forests Grant Wardell-Johnson, John Neldner and Jayne Balmer; 13. Biogeography of Australia's dry sclerophyll forests: drought, nutrients and fire Mark G. Tozer, Christopher C. Simpson, Isaac B. Jansens and David A. Keith; 14. Heathlands and associated shrublands Byron B. Lamont and David A. Keith; 15. Australia's tropical savannas: vast, ancient and rich landscapes Richard J. Williams, Garry D. Cook, Adam C. Liedloff and William J. Bond; 16. Brigalow forests and associated eucalypt woodlands of subtropical eastern Australia Rod J. Fensham, Andrew Biggs, Don W. Butler and Harry J. MacDermott; 17. Temperate eucalypt woodlands Suzanne M. Prober, Carl R. Gosper, Louise Gilfedder, Tom D. Harwood, Kevin R. Thiele, Kristen J. Williams and Colin J. Yates; 18. Australian tussock grasslands John W. Morgan, Rod J. Fensham, Robert Godfree and Paul W. Foreman; 19. Alpine, sub-alpine and sub-Antarctic vegetation of Australia Susanna Venn, Jamie Kirkpatrick, Keith McDougall, Neville Walsh, Jennie Whinam and Richard J. Williams; 20. Wetland vegetation of inland Australia Jane A. Catford, Jane Roberts, Samantha J. Capon, Ray H. Froend, Saras M. Windecker and Michael M. Douglas; 21. Forests and woodlands of Australia's rivers and floodplains Megan Good, Rhiannon Smith and Neil Pettit; 22. Coastal halophytic vegetation Kerrylee Rogers, Paul Boon, Catherine Lovelock and Neil Saintilan; 23. Mallee woodlands and shrublands - the mallee, muruk/muert and maalok vegetation of southern Australia Colin J. Yates, Carl R. Gosper, Stephen D. Hopper, David A. Keith, Suzanne M. Prober and Mark G. Tozer; 24. The chenopod shrublands David J. Eldridge, Samantha K. Travers, Agust?n F. Facelli, Jos? M. Facelli and David A. Keith; 25. Arid shrublands and open woodlands of inland Australia Catherine Nano, Peter Jobson and Glenda M. Wardle; 26. Hummock grasslands - Triodia-dominated grasslands in arid Australia Glenda M. Wardle and Catherine Nano; 27. Conservation of Australian vegetation David A. Keith and Tony D. Auld.