Csiro Publishing: 506 books
Olethreutine Moths of Australia
(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2006
Olethreutine moths often have fruit-boring larvae and this economically important group includes many horticultural pests such as codling moths, Oriental fruit moths and macadamia nut borers. This volume is the first reference to describe the 90 olethreutine genera present in Australia. It provides generic...
Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) V
Colour Plates 1-304
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1992
Volume V features the first 304 of the total 632 colour plates of the series, each consisting of 8 photographs and generally illustrating 4 species in dorsal and lateral aspects, respectively. It covers all the primitive families (Orthoceri) from Anthribidae to Apionidae, as well as the Heteromorphi...
Oecophorine Genera of Australia I
The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae)
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
The present volume presents a revision of the Wingia group of 91 genera, a group which appears to be almost entirely endemic to Australia. Detailed information is provided on the morphology, including the genitalia of both sexes, and up-to-date data on the distribution, biology and larval food plants...
Mountain Ash
Fire, Logging and the Future of Victoria's Giant Forests
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Mountain Ash draws together exciting new findings on the effects of fire and on post-fire ecological dynamics following the 2009 wildfires in the Mountain Ash forests of the Central Highlands of Victoria. The book integrates data on forests, carbon, fire dynamics and other factors, building on 6 years...
by George Hangay, Paul Zborowski
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
A Guide to the Beetles of Australia provides a comprehensive introduction to the Coleoptera – a huge and diverse group of insects. Beetles make up 40 per cent of all insects known to science. The number of described beetle species in the world – around 350 000 – is more than six times the number...
Australian Echinoderms
Biology, Ecology and Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Echinoderms, including feather stars, seastars, brittle stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers, are some of the most beautiful and interesting animals in the sea. They play an important ecological role and several species of sea urchins and sea cucumbers form the basis of important fisheries. Over 1000...
by David Rentz
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
Katydids are among the most commonly seen Australian insects. They range in size from about 5 mm to well over 90 mm and occur in many habitats all over Australia. Katydids are masters of deception, imitating twigs, bark, leaves and stems, as well as other insects. A few are brightly coloured and are...
by JAL Watson, HM Abbey
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1993
This Atlas provides, for the first time, comprehensive maps showing the distribution of all named species of termite found in Australia. Based on records associated with the Australian National Insect Collection, it also provides a checklist of species and notes on the outstanding taxonomic problems...
Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) VI
Colour Plates 305-632
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1992
This second volume of colour plates features the remaining 328 plates of the series, or 2624 individual photographs to bring the total number of coloured illustrations of the series to 5036. It includes further illustrations of the families Anthribidae, Caridae, Rhynchitidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae and...
Zygaenid Moths of Australia
A Revision of the Australian Zygaenidae (Procridinae: Artonini)
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2005
The Zygaenidae are a family of day-flying moths with an unusual biology – they are capable of releasing prussic (hydrocyanic) acid. All Australian species belong to the subfamily Procridinae (commonly known as foresters) and many of these feature iridescent green colours or a wasp-like look. This is...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2005
To many people, the suggestion that a kangaroo could live up a tree is fantasy. Yet, in the rainforests of Far North Queensland and New Guinea, there are extraordinary kangaroos that do just that. Many aspects of these marsupials' anatomy and biology suggest a terrestrial kangaroo ancestor. Yet no one...
Koala
A Historical Biography
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2008
The koala is both an Australian icon and an animal that has attained ‘flagship’ status around the world. Yet its history tells a different story. While the koala figured prominently in Aboriginal Dreaming and Creation stories, its presence was not recorded in Australia until 15 years after white...
Plants of Central Queensland
Identification and Uses of Native and Introduced Species
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Conservation and sustainable productivity are vital issues for Australia. In order to manage vegetation well from an agricultural, recreational or conservation point of view, an understanding of individual plant species is important. Plants of Central Queensland provides a guide for identifying and understanding...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2000
Over the last fifty years, there has been an increasing recognition that eucalypts are vulnerable to a wide range of diseases. They have suffered destructive epidemics, particularly of dieback caused by the cinnamon fungus in native forests, of foliar diseases and cankers in plantations, and of dieback...