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Subject(s)

• National parks and reserves—Australia [Browse]
• Mountain ecology [Browse]

Summary note

An illustrated guide to the remarkable ecology and history of the Australian Alps National Parks.

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Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Foreword
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Cultural sensitivity warning
• 1: Australia’s Alps – the Brindabellas, the Snowy Mountains and Victoria’s High Country
• The Australian Alps National Parks
• The Alps: their physical features
• The Australian Alps: important for the nation and the world
• Significance of the Australian Alps
• Past and future for the Alps
• 2: Alpine weather and climate
• Features of alpine climates
• Past climates
• 3: The shape of the Alps – geology, landform and soil
• Special features of the Australian Alps
• How were the Alps formed?
• The shape of the land
• Glacial landforms
• Limestone landforms
• Weathering and erosion
• 4: Alpine vegetation – what grows where?
• Going up the mountain
• The subalpine zone
• Above the treeline: looking around the alpine zone
• Where did our alpine vegetation come from?
• How do plants live in the alpine zone?

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ISBN

• 9781486318865
• 148631886X

OCLC

1514630737

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