Rocky Outcrops in Australia: Ecology, Conservation and Management
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Rocky Outcrops in Australia: Ecology, Conservation and Management
By (Author) Damian Michael
By (author) David Lindenmayer
CSIRO Publishing
CSIRO Publishing
1st February 2018
Australia
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Conservation of the environment
Zoology and animal sciences
Environmental monitoring
552.0994
Physical Properties
Paperback
184
Width 170mm, Height 245mm
474g
Description
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 and cultural importance, many rocky outcrops and associated biota are threatened by agricultural and recreational activities, forestry and mining operations, invasive weeds, altered fire regimes, and climate change.
Rocky Outcrops in Australia: Ecology, Conservation and Management contains chapters on why this habitat is important, the animals that live and depend on these formations, key threatening processes, and how rocky outcrops can be managed to improve biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes, state forests, and protected areas. This book will be an important reference for landholders, Landcare groups, naturalists interested in Australian wildlife, and natural resource managers.
Author Bio
Dr Damian Michael is a Senior Research Officer in Ecology at The Australian National University. He has broad interests in landscape ecology, biodiversity conservation, herpetology and understanding the ecological importance of rocky outcrops in agricultural landscapes. He manages several large-scale biodiversity monitoring programs in NSW and has published 90 scientific papers and six books.
Dr David Lindenmayer is a Professor at The Australian National University. He has worked on the conservation of forests and their wildlife for more than 35 years. He has published 45 books and over 1100 scientific papers, and has broad interests in conservation biology, landscape ecology, vertebrate ecology, forest ecology and woodland conservation. He has received numerous awards, is a member of the Australian Academy of Science and an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow.
