Environmental Futures Centre Books is an inventory of recent publications by Centre members. Texts are available for purchase from the publishers or can be found online at various bookstore sites.
The Butterflies of Australia
Albert Orr & Roger Kitching
ISBN 9781741751086
Butterflies of Australia offers a unique guide to help identify the nearly 400 species to which our continent plays host but with its focus on living butterflies, it is much more ... Read full synopsis.
Dingoes, Penguins and People: Engaging Anthropology to Reconstruct Management of Wildlife Tourism Interactions
Leah Burns
Wildlife tourism has growing global appeal, and the management of encounters between tourists and wildlife is a major issue for the tourism industry and management agencies. ... Read full synopsis.
Rainforest Frogs of the Wet Tropics north-east Australia
Conrad Hoskin and Jean-Marc Hero
ISBN 978-1-921291-36-4
A complete guide to the 33 species of frog found in the World Heritage rainforest of the Wet Tropics region of north-east Queensland. This field guide inlcudes an easy to use key for identification and an up-tp-date account for each species. ... Purchase Book.
Plant Germplasm Conservation in Australia: Strategies and guidelines for developing, managing and utlising ex situ collections
Catherine Offord, R.O Makinson, Anne Cochrane, Andrew Crawford, Shane Turner, David Merrit, Amelia Martyn, Eric Bunn, Karen Sommerville, John Siemon, Sarah Ashmore, Thomas North, Kim Hamilton. Edited by Catherine Offord and Patricia Meagher.
ISBN 9780975219119
This book provides a mine of information on recent advances in plant germplasm conservation in Australia and beyond... Read full synopsis.
Mound Builders
Darryl Jones and Ann Goth
Mound-builders are unique in being the only birds that do not incubate their eggs using body heat; rather, a variety of naturally occurring sources of heat is exploited such as solar energy and the heat generated by decomposing organic matter. ... Read full synopsis.