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Flaming desert, The : Arid Australia – A fire shaped landscape

Latz, P. K. (Peter Kenneth)
ISBN: 9780646481753 Categories: ,

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Summarizes a lifetime of observation and thinking by Australia’s most experienced arid zone botanist.

164 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm. #041121 (Name on prelim.)

“Please note. This book contains photographs and stories of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people who have passed away, which may offend some readers”

Spinifex.  |  Fire ecology — Australia, Central.  |  Aboriginal Australians — Australia, Central — Ethnobotany.  |  Ethnobotany — Australia, Central.  |  Plants – Grasses.  |  Plants – Melaleucas.  |  Plants – Casuarinas.  |  Plants – Eucalypts.  |  Plants – Desert oaks.  |  Plants – Acacias.  |  Plants – Spinifex.  |  Environment – Land management – Fire.  |  Plants – Grevilleas.  |  Environment – Biodiversity – Plants.  |  Warlpiri people (C15) (NT SF52-04)  |  Plants – Hakeas.  |  Environment – Climate and weather – Bush fires.  |  Indigenous knowledge – Ecology.  |  Pintupi people (C10) (NT SF52-11)  |  Northern Territory (NT)  |  South Australia – Central Australia (SA SG52, SG53)  |  Tanami Desert (Central NT SE52, SE53, SF52, SF53)  |  Macdonnell Ranges (South Central NT SF53-13, SF53-14)

Additional Information

AuthorLatz, P. K. (Peter Kenneth)
Number of pages164 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
PublisherThe Author, Alice Springs
Year Published2007
Binding Type

Softcover
Book Condition

Near Fine

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