David Lindenmayer: 20 books
Forest Phoenix
How a Great Forest Recovers After Wildfire
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
This book tells the story of ecological forest recovery in the wet forests of Victoria following major wildfires in February 2009. It also focuses on the science of ecological recovery – a major body of information that is not well known or understood by the vast majority of Australians and the vast...
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...
Booderee National Park
The Jewel of Jervis Bay
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
Booderee National Park at Jervis Bay, 200km south of Sydney, attracts over 450 000 visitors each year. The park has many special features, including dramatic wave cut platforms and sea caves, some of the whitest beach sands in Australia, and very high densities of native predators such as the Powerful...
Melbourne's Water Catchments
Perspectives on a World-Class Water Supply
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
This book charts the history of the water catchments and water supply for the city of Melbourne, which has many unique aspects that are a critical part of the history of Melbourne, Victoria and Australia. Much of the development of the water supply system was many decades ahead of its time and helped...
Reptiles of the NSW Murray Catchment
A Guide to Their Identification, Ecology and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
This is an easy to use field guide for identifying the 80 reptile species currently known to occur in the Murray catchment area of New South Wales. Illustrated with high quality colour photographs, the book describes the key distinguishing features of each reptile and includes details on habitats and...
by David Lindenmayer, Jerry Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2003
Towards Forest Sustainability is a collection of practical essays by some of the world’s leading forest ecologists and managers from the United States of America, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand. The authors describe the changes that have taken place in forest management – highlighting...
by David Lindenmayer, Mark Burgman
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2005
Practical Conservation Biology covers the complete array of topics that are central to conservation biology and natural resource management, thus providing the essential framework for under-graduate and post-graduate courses in these subject areas. Written by two of the world’s leading environment...
Wildlife on Farms
How to Conserve Native Animals
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2003
Many landowners are interested in the native animals that live on their farms or once occurred there. In particular they want to know why particular species are present (or absent), what they can do to encourage them to visit, and what they might do to keep them there. Wildlife on Farms outlines the...
by Gene Likens, David Lindenmayer
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Long-term monitoring programs are fundamental to understanding the natural environment and managing major environmental problems. Yet they are often done very poorly and ineffectively. This second edition of the highly acclaimed Effective Ecological Monitoring describes what makes monitoring programs...
Planting for Wildlife
A Practical Guide to Restoring Native Woodlands
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2011
Across Australia, woodlands are increasingly being planted on formerly cleared or semi-cleared land. Such revegetation efforts can improve biodiversity of farm wildlife, enhance aesthetics of the landscape and even boost farm production. Planting for Wildlife provides the latest information on restoring...
Rocky Outcrops in Australia
Ecology, Conservation and Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Rocky outcrops are landscape features with disproportionately high biodiversity values relative to their size. They support specialised plants and animals, and a wide variety of endemic species. To Indigenous Australians, they are sacred places and provide valuable resources. Despite their ecological...
by Damian Michael, Mason Crane, Daniel Florance
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Millions of hectares of temperate woodland and billions of trees have been cleared from Australia’s agricultural landscapes. This has allowed land to be developed for cropping and grazing livestock but has also had significant environmental impacts, including erosion, salinity and loss of native...
by Philip Gibbons, David Lindenmayer
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2002
More than 300 species of Australian native animals — mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians — use tree hollows, but there has never been a complete inventory of them. Many of these species are threatened, or are in decline, because of land-use practices such as grazing, timber production and firewood...
Woodlands
A Disappearing Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2005
Australia's little known woodlands once covered huge areas of the eastern side of our continent. Woodlands are distinguished from forests by the fact that their canopies do not touch, tree heights are usually lower and they usually have a grassy understorey. They support a fascinating and diverse array...
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