Ecology Matters
eBook - ePub

Ecology Matters

Conversations with Australian Ecologists

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ecology Matters

Conversations with Australian Ecologists

About this book

Australia is known for its spectacular and diverse natural environment, from sweeping landscapes to unique flora and fauna. It is a place that invokes wonder and demands protection in equal measure. Its ecology matters, as do the people who have dedicated their careers to understanding it – ecologists.

But what do ecologists do? How do they end up studying strange and obscure species? What is it like to work in remote and unusual environments? What happens when disaster strikes? And what are their hopes and concerns for the future?

In Ecology Matters, Australia's preeminent ecologists explain why nature truly matters across 30 enlightening essays. Learn about crayfish and climate change, seed banks and seagrass restoration, floods and fire ecology, ants and Antarctic mosses, whales, waterways and wallabies, and frogs, feral cats and fungi. Featuring interviews with students, Indigenous rangers, restoration ecologists and leaders in the field, this collection of conversations spans the breadth and diversity of Australian ecology.

Accompanied by spectacular images from around Australia, many captured by ecologists in the course of their work, Ecology Matters showcases a unique perspective of Australian nature.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Endpaper
  3. Halt Title
  4. Dedication
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright
  7. Foreword
  8. Foreword
  9. Introduction
  10. Part 1 The path less travelled: leaders, pioneers and trailblazers
  11. Part 2 Finding a flock: networks and partners
  12. Part 3 Way out back: working in remote or unusual environments
  13. Part 4 A bump in the road: challenges and loss
  14. Part 5 Forgotten species: species that are often overlooked
  15. Part 6 On the brink: threatened species
  16. Part 7 Hope: stories of success and progress
  17. Eyes to the future: words of advice
  18. List of photographers
  19. List of contributors
  20. Index
  21. Back Endpaper