Australian Alps: Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National ParksCsiro Publishing, 01.12.2015 - 320 Seiten Australian Alps is a fascinating guide to Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks. It introduces the reader to Australia’s highest mountains, their climate, geology and soils, plants and animals and their human history. It traces the long-running conflicts between successive users of the mountains and explores the difficulties in managing the land for nature conservation. The book gives credit to little-known or understood stories of the people who have worked to establish better understanding of the Alps, especially their vital role as the major water catchments for south-eastern Australia. This new edition updates many themes, including the involvement of Aboriginal people in the region, catchment function and condition, pest plants and animals, fire and the issue of climate change. Written by a specialist with over 25 years’ experience in community education in and about the Australian Alps National Parks, this new edition features many excellent natural history and historical photographs. Ideal as support information for field trips, it will make a wonderful memento of an alpine visit. This book acts as a detailed companion to park interpretive material and to topic-specific field guides: it caters for readers who want a broad overview of areas of interest they will come across in a visit to the mountains. |
Inhalt
The shape of the Alps geology landform and soil | |
Alpine vegetation what grows where? | |
Alpine animals | |
Aboriginal life in the Alps | |
Settlement and land use in the Alps pastoralism | |
Science in the Alps | |
Gold mining in the Alps then and | |
Source of the rivers alpine water resources | |
The road to conservation | |
Visiting the parks | |
Websites | |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Australian Alps: Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks Deirdre Slattery Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2015 |
Australian Alps: Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks Deirdre Slattery Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
The Australian Alps: Kosciuszko, Alpine, and Namadgi National Parks Deirdre Slattery Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1998 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
AALC Aboriginal Alec Costin alpine and subalpine alpine areas Alpine National Park Alpine NP alpine plants alpine zone animals Australian Alps Bogong High Plains bogong moths bogs Brindabellas burramys Byles camping Canberra catchment cattle Charlotte Pass climate change Colin Totterdell conservation Creek damage dams David Tatnall ecological European Figure fire frog Gippsland glacial gold goldfields grass grasslands grazing habitat hawkweed herbfield High Country horses Howitt Hydroelectric insects Jindabyne Kiandra Kiewa Kosciuszko National Park Kosciuszko NP Lake land landscape Main Range mammals Melbourne Mitta Monaro Mount Bogong Mount Hotham Mount Kosciuszko Mueller Murray Namadgi National Park Namadgi NP Omeo places plateau protection road rock Roger Good Collection scientific shrubs skink slopes snow gum snow gum woodland Snowy Mountains Snowy River Snowy Scheme Source South Wales species sphagnum Sydney Thredbo track Traditional Owners treeline trees Tumut valleys vegetation walk weather weeds Wildlife winter Worboys