Boom & bust bird stories for a dry country / Libby Robin, Robert Heinsohn, Leo Joseph (editors).

Other author Robin, Libby, 1956-
Other author Joseph, Leo.
Other author Heinsohn, Robert.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCollingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub.,
Descriptionxi, 299 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
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Variant title Boom and bust
Contents Introduction : boom and bust / Libby Robin and Mike Smith -- The boom and bust desert world : a bird's eye view / Libby Robin and Leo Joseph -- Barcoo bantam : 'It runs like hell!' / Graham Pizzey -- Rain and grass : lessons in how to be a zebra finch / Steve Morton -- Grey teal : survivors in a changing world / David Roshier -- Australian pelican : flexible responses to uncertainty / Julian Reid -- Night parrots : fugitives of the inland / Penny Olsen -- Genyornis : last of the dromornithids / Mike Smith -- Rainbirds : organising the country / Deborah Bird Rose -- Woodswallows : a longer term, evolutionary view of boom and bust / Leo Joseph -- White-winged choughs : the social consequences of boom and bust / Robert Heinsohn -- Emu : national symbols and ecological limits / Libby Robin.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010459181
ISBN9780643096066 (hbk.)
ISBN064309606X (hbk.)

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