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100 1 $aKirkpatrick, J. B.$q(James Barrie)
245 12 $aA continent transformed :$bhuman impact on the natural vegetation of Australia /$cJamie Kirkpatrick.
260 $aMelbourne ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1994.
300 $ax, 133 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c22 cm.
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490 1 $aMeridian : Australian geographical perspectives
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 121-125) and index.
505 0 $a1. Introduction. The importance of biological diversity. The importance of Australia's biodiversity. Ecologically sustainable development. Some comments on science and plant geography/ecology -- 2. Understanding the distribution of species and ecosystems. Species and genotypes. Evolution and extinction. Describing the distribution of species. Explaining the distribution of species. Ecosystems and communities. Richness and diversity. An integrated explanation of species distribution patterns -- 3. Glaciers and Aborigines.
505 0 $aPrehuman environmental history. Sources of evidence on the prehistoric human impact. The arrival of Homo sapiens. The nature of the prehistoric human impact. People in harmony with nature? Current Aboriginal interaction with the environment -- 4. Bush destruction and the creation of cultural vegetation. The incidence and magnitude of European bush destruction. Bush resistance to clearance. The transformation of the plains. Technology and bush destruction.
520 1 $a"This new edition of A Continent Transformed provides a readable, entertaining, and scientifically-grounded account of the fate of the Australian bush since the arrival of the Aborigines more than 40,000 years ago. The past, present, and future interactions between the bush (and its native plant species) and farmers, foresters, gardeners, bushwalkers, pyromaniacs, and introduced organisms are the subject of this book. While A Continent Transformed includes a thorough appraisal of the harm that has often arisen from human impact, it nevertheless has a positive framework. Creative strategies for ensuring the future of Australia's wonderful bush are presented for all the interactions discussed, and these possibilities range from the local to the cosmic."--Jacket.
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650 17 $aVegetatie.$2gtt
650 17 $aMens en natuur.$2gtt
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650 07 $aVegetation.$2swd
651 7 $aAustralien.$2swd
776 08 $iOnline version:$aKirkpatrick, J.B. (James Barrie).$tContinent transformed.$dMelbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994$w(OCoLC)622990476
830 0 $aMeridian (Melbourne, Vic.)
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