Flora Australiensis
Title | Flora Australiensis PDF eBook |
Author | George Bentham |
Publisher | |
Pages | 616 |
Release | 1870 |
Genre | Botany |
ISBN |
Flora Australiensis
Title | Flora Australiensis PDF eBook |
Author | George Bentham |
Publisher | |
Pages | 599 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | |
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Regardfully Yours
Title | Regardfully Yours PDF eBook |
Author | Ferdinand von Mueller |
Publisher | Peter Lang |
Pages | 922 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9783906757100 |
Of German origin, Ferdinand von Mueller migrated to Australia in 1847. Government Botanist of Victoria for 43 years until his death in 1896, he was Australia's greatest scientist of the 19th century - a major contributor to international science, an intrepid explorer of parts of Australia previously unknown to Europeans, and a dominant figure in the scientific and intellectual life of his adopted country. Throughout his working life, Mueller kept up an enormous correspondence. Large numbers of letters by or to him have been located throughout the world, and edited for publication. These constitute a major new research tool for both Australian historians and historians of science. They are also of fundamental importance to Australian taxonomic botany, for Mueller introduced vast numbers of Australian plants to western science. This is the third and final volume of Mueller's selected correspondence. It covers the last two decades of his life - his most productive period from a scientific point of view - including his work as Government Botanist of Victoria; his multifarious contributions to taxonomy, biogeography and economic botany; his engagement with the exploration of inland Australia, New Guinea and Antarctica; his manifold links with international science; and his evolving personal circumstances as one of the leading citizens of his adopted country. This volume contains a substantial historical introduction, and a further extension of the editorial apparatus developed in previous volumes.
Pilbara Seed Atlas and Field Guide
Title | Pilbara Seed Atlas and Field Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Todd Erickson |
Publisher | CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Pages | 422 |
Release | 2016-04-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1486305547 |
The Pilbara region in Australia’s arid northwest is rich in flora that is suited to extreme temperatures and boom and bust cycles of moisture availability. It is also a region important for its natural resources. In places where mining activities have finished and the land is under management for ecological restoration, there is increasing demand for information about native plant communities and the biology of their seeds. Pilbara Seed Atlas and Field Guide is the first book to combine plant identification with robust, scientific criteria for cost-effective seed-based rehabilitation. It describes 103 regional plant taxa and provides guidelines for effective collection, cleaning, storage and germination of their seeds. It addresses issues such as timing of collection, quality and viability of seed, and dormancy release, which are essential for successful restoration programs. With photographs to portray the subtle differences and unique features of each species’ biology, this book will be of great use to practitioners in the field, including environmental consultants, rehabilitation companies, commercial seed collectors and government authorities, as well as naturalists and people interested in growing the Pilbara’s remarkable plants.
Flora Australiensis: Myoporineae to Proteaceae
Title | Flora Australiensis: Myoporineae to Proteaceae PDF eBook |
Author | George Bentham |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Botany |
ISBN |
Tasforests
Title | Tasforests PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Forest management |
ISBN |
Australian Explorers by Sea, Land, and Air, 1788-1988
Title | Australian Explorers by Sea, Land, and Air, 1788-1988 PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Francis McLaren |
Publisher | |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Antarctica |
ISBN |