Author: Robert Heinsohn
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643102671
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The remote, beautiful and poorly known rainforests of Cape York Peninsula tell a special story about Australia’s historic and present-day connections to New Guinea. Life in the Cape York Rainforest highlights these connections by examining the fascinating biology of some of the most spectacular animals shared between the two regions. The author recounts his own ground-breaking research on ‘cross-dressing’ Eclectus parrots, musical palm cockatoos and multi-coloured pythons, together with the exotic lifestyles of other animals, while painting the bigger picture of the past when Australia and New Guinea were joined by extensive land bridges. Australia’s disconnection from New Guinea is probably only temporary, and even today many bird species continue to fly the short distance between the two landmasses. Whether just browsing the beautiful photos and informative captions, or reading it in its entirety, readers will gain a greater understanding of the unique attributes of our Cape York rainforests.
Life in the Cape York Rainforest
Author: Robert Heinsohn
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643102671
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The remote, beautiful and poorly known rainforests of Cape York Peninsula tell a special story about Australia’s historic and present-day connections to New Guinea. Life in the Cape York Rainforest highlights these connections by examining the fascinating biology of some of the most spectacular animals shared between the two regions. The author recounts his own ground-breaking research on ‘cross-dressing’ Eclectus parrots, musical palm cockatoos and multi-coloured pythons, together with the exotic lifestyles of other animals, while painting the bigger picture of the past when Australia and New Guinea were joined by extensive land bridges. Australia’s disconnection from New Guinea is probably only temporary, and even today many bird species continue to fly the short distance between the two landmasses. Whether just browsing the beautiful photos and informative captions, or reading it in its entirety, readers will gain a greater understanding of the unique attributes of our Cape York rainforests.
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643102671
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The remote, beautiful and poorly known rainforests of Cape York Peninsula tell a special story about Australia’s historic and present-day connections to New Guinea. Life in the Cape York Rainforest highlights these connections by examining the fascinating biology of some of the most spectacular animals shared between the two regions. The author recounts his own ground-breaking research on ‘cross-dressing’ Eclectus parrots, musical palm cockatoos and multi-coloured pythons, together with the exotic lifestyles of other animals, while painting the bigger picture of the past when Australia and New Guinea were joined by extensive land bridges. Australia’s disconnection from New Guinea is probably only temporary, and even today many bird species continue to fly the short distance between the two landmasses. Whether just browsing the beautiful photos and informative captions, or reading it in its entirety, readers will gain a greater understanding of the unique attributes of our Cape York rainforests.
The Rainforests of Cape York Peninsula
Author: James Peter Stanton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780864437365
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780864437365
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
The Rainforests of Cape York Peninsula
Author: James Peter Stanton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rain forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rain forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Life in the Cape York Rainforest
Author: Robert Heinsohn
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643095012
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
- Stunning color photographs - Unrivalled and authoritative coverage of an area of great biological interest The remote, beautiful and poorly known rainforests of Cape York Peninsula tell a special story about Australia's historic and present-day connections to New Guinea. This book highlights the connections by examining the fascinating biology of some of the most spectacular birds and other animals shared between the two regions. The author recounts his own ground-breaking research on cross-dressing eclectus parrots, musical palm cockatoos and multi-colored pythons, together with the exotic lifestyles of other animals, while painting the bigger picture of the past when Australia and New Guinea were joined by extensive landbridges. Australia's disconnection from New Guinea is probably only temporary, and even today many bird species continue to fly the short distance between the two landmasses. The book uses the beautiful photographs of Michael Cermak and others to draw the reader in, and lively informative text to describe the remarkable behavior of many of the rainforest creatures, and to emphasize the shallow and transient nature of Torres Strait as a barrier between Cape York and New Guinea. Whether just browsing the beautiful photos and informative captions, or reading it in its entirety, this book will provide a useful guide for a greater understanding of the unique attributes of the Cape York rainforests.
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643095012
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
- Stunning color photographs - Unrivalled and authoritative coverage of an area of great biological interest The remote, beautiful and poorly known rainforests of Cape York Peninsula tell a special story about Australia's historic and present-day connections to New Guinea. This book highlights the connections by examining the fascinating biology of some of the most spectacular birds and other animals shared between the two regions. The author recounts his own ground-breaking research on cross-dressing eclectus parrots, musical palm cockatoos and multi-colored pythons, together with the exotic lifestyles of other animals, while painting the bigger picture of the past when Australia and New Guinea were joined by extensive landbridges. Australia's disconnection from New Guinea is probably only temporary, and even today many bird species continue to fly the short distance between the two landmasses. The book uses the beautiful photographs of Michael Cermak and others to draw the reader in, and lively informative text to describe the remarkable behavior of many of the rainforest creatures, and to emphasize the shallow and transient nature of Torres Strait as a barrier between Cape York and New Guinea. Whether just browsing the beautiful photos and informative captions, or reading it in its entirety, this book will provide a useful guide for a greater understanding of the unique attributes of the Cape York rainforests.
Australia's Cape York Peninsula
Author: Clifford B. Frith
Publisher: Conran Octopus
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher: Conran Octopus
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Australian Rainforests
Author: Densey Clyne
Publisher: New Holland Publishing Australia Pty Limited
ISBN:
Category : Rain forest animals
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
This text takes the reader on a journey into one of nature's richest gardens - the tropical and sub-tropical rainforests of Australia. Photography exposes the diversity of life from the damp leaf-litter of the forest floor to the panoramic heights of the tree canopy.
Publisher: New Holland Publishing Australia Pty Limited
ISBN:
Category : Rain forest animals
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
This text takes the reader on a journey into one of nature's richest gardens - the tropical and sub-tropical rainforests of Australia. Photography exposes the diversity of life from the damp leaf-litter of the forest floor to the panoramic heights of the tree canopy.
The Rainforest Legacy: The nature, distribution, and status of rainforest types
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rain forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rain forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The Rainforest Legacy
Author: Garry L. Werren
Publisher: AGPS
ISBN: 9780644109840
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A Sherlock Holmes mystery.
Publisher: AGPS
ISBN: 9780644109840
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A Sherlock Holmes mystery.
Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country
Author: Jean-Christophe Verstraete
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 902726760X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
This volume offers a state-of-the-art survey of linguistic, anthropological, archaeological and historical work focused on Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, in Australia’s northeast. The volume also honours Bruce Rigsby, emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Queensland, whose work has inspired all of the contributors. The papers in the volume are organized in terms of five key themes, including the use of historical and archaeological methods to reconstruct aspects of language and social organization, anthropological and linguistic work uncovering aspects of world view embedded in languages and ethnographic data sets, the study of post-contact transformations in language and society, and the return of archival data to communities. Its thematic intersections draw together the varied disciplinary threads in an overview of the cultures and languages of the region, and will appeal to all those interested in Australian Aboriginal studies, linguistics, anthropology and associated disciplines.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 902726760X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
This volume offers a state-of-the-art survey of linguistic, anthropological, archaeological and historical work focused on Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, in Australia’s northeast. The volume also honours Bruce Rigsby, emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Queensland, whose work has inspired all of the contributors. The papers in the volume are organized in terms of five key themes, including the use of historical and archaeological methods to reconstruct aspects of language and social organization, anthropological and linguistic work uncovering aspects of world view embedded in languages and ethnographic data sets, the study of post-contact transformations in language and society, and the return of archival data to communities. Its thematic intersections draw together the varied disciplinary threads in an overview of the cultures and languages of the region, and will appeal to all those interested in Australian Aboriginal studies, linguistics, anthropology and associated disciplines.
The Rainforest Legacy: The nature, distribution, and status of rainforest types
Author:
Publisher: Australian Government Publishing Service
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A Sherlock Holmes mystery.
Publisher: Australian Government Publishing Service
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A Sherlock Holmes mystery.