Australian Wildlife After Dark
Title | Australian Wildlife After Dark PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce Thomson |
Publisher | CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2016-04-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 148630074X |
Australia is a land of many unique animals, some of which are active only during the cooler evening and night-time and so are rarely seen. These are the after dark animals so widespread yet so little noticed by humans, whether in our backyards, the arid desert, woodlands or rainforest. Australian Wildlife After Dark brings this hidden fauna into the light. The after dark fauna includes a surprising diversity of familiar (and some not-so-familiar) species, from cockroaches, moths and spiders through to bandicoots, bats and birds – and then some. Each example is described in a unique, friendly style by Martyn Robinson, familiar to many Australians through his frequent media appearances on ABC Radio and in Burke’s Backyard magazine, and Bruce Thomson, an internationally renowned wildlife photographer and bat researcher. The book includes stunning photography and boxes that highlight selected topics, such as the ‘windscreen wiper’ eyelids of geckoes and the strategies used by night-time plants to attract pollinators. Also included are practical tips on finding nocturnal wildlife, a glossary of scientific terms and a short bibliography.
Australian Wildlife After Dark
Title | Australian Wildlife After Dark PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Nocturnal animals |
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Nocturnal animals have remarkable senses that guide them through everyday tasks in unsociable hours. Many control their eye sensitivity through light-repector cells, or a sense of smell to source food and sharp hearing to warn of potential dangers.
Animals of the Night
Title | Animals of the Night PDF eBook |
Author | South Australia. National Parks and Wildlife Service |
Publisher | |
Pages | 8 |
Release | 1985* |
Genre | Animals |
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Guide to South Australia nocturnal animals. For each animal, information about range, status, habitat, life style and food is given. Guide is accompanied by a sheet with an illustration of each animal.
Australian Wildlife Research
Title | Australian Wildlife Research PDF eBook |
Author | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 740 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Animals |
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Flames of Extinction
Title | Flames of Extinction PDF eBook |
Author | John Pickrell |
Publisher | Island Press |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 2021-04-15 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1642832022 |
Over Australia's 2019-20 Black Summer bushfire season, scientists estimate that more than three billion native animals were killed or displaced. Many species - koalas, the regent honeyeater, glossy black cockatoo, the platypus - are inching towards extinction at the hands of mega-blazes and the changing climate behind them. In Flames of Extinction, award-winning science writer John Pickrell investigates the effects of the 2019-2020 bushfires on Australian wildlife and ecosystems. Journeying across the firegrounds, Pickrell explores the stories of creatures that escaped the flames, the wildlife workers who rescued them, and the conservationists, land managers, Aboriginal rangers, ecologists and firefighters on the front line of the climate catastrophe. He also reveals the radical new conservation methods being trialled to save as many species as possible from the very precipice of extinction.
Wombat Goes Walkabout
Title | Wombat Goes Walkabout PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Morpurgo |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0006646271 |
While looking for his mother, Wombat meets many animals that are not impressed with his talent for digging and thinking. But when a fire approaches, they change their minds. Masterful watercolors highlight this memorable new character.
Wildlife Research Bulletin, Western Australia
Title | Wildlife Research Bulletin, Western Australia PDF eBook |
Author | Western Australia. Wildlife Research Centre |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Wildlife conservation |
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