Book ID: 94166
Bowman, D. M. J. S.
Australian Rainforests: Islands of Green in a Land of Fire. 2000. (Reprint 2008). illus. 357 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
Contents(partly): What is Australian rainforest?/ The sclerophyll problem/ Theedaphic theory I: The control of rainforest by soil phosphorus/ Theedaphic theory II: Soil types, drainage and fertility/ The climatetheory I: Water stress/ The climate theory II: Light and temperature/The fire theory I: Field evidence/ The fire theory II: Fire, nutrientcycling and topography/ The fire theory III: Fire frequency, successionand ecological drift/ The fire theory IV: Aboriginal landscape-burning/The fire theory V: Aridity and the evolution of flammable forests/ Firemanagement and rainforest conservation/ etc.