CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status

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This completely updated edition gives the latest listings on conservation status for all known Australian amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. It indicates each species status on a state-by-state basis and also gives details for subspecies. Additionally, it provides a `one-stop-shop listing of the correct species names for all Australian vertebrates. It will be an indispensable reference tool and guide for all persons working with and publishing on Australias vertebrate fauna, including conservationists, ecologists, environmental consultants, curators, wildlife officers, undergraduate and postgraduate zoology students, plus those dealing in legal matters and environmental inventory and management programs. Winner of the 2006 Whitley Award for Best Conservation Resource.

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"This book will be an invaluable reference tool for both professionals and interested amateurs in a wide range of contexts dealing with vertebrates in natural environments."--Gary Presland"The Victorian Naturalist" (05/01/2007)
"A good reference tool with a great deal of easy-to-access information packed into a relatively small volume."

Author Bio

Ian J. Mason graduated from Burnley Horticultural College, Australia, in 1971 with a Diploma in Horticultural Science. In the early 1970s and again in the early 80s, he owned and operated small retail/wholesale nurseries. Since 1979, he has been principal of the Australian Correspondence Schools, an international distance education college offering more than 140 different horticultural courses, and with students spread across more than 50 countries. He is an active member of both the Queensland Nursery Industry Association and the International Plant Propagators Society, and for 5 years was a national board member of the latter. He is a fellow of the Institute of Horticulture (UK) and Parks and Leisure.