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    The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests: A Plant and Pollination Miscellany

    By Geoff Williams and Adam Paul

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    The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests provides an overview of pollination in Australian rainforests, especially subtropical rainforests. It also examines the plant-pollinator relationships found in rainforests worldwide.

    The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests progresses through introductory and popular sections that cover pollination in lore and legend; plant and flower evolution and development; and the role and function of colour, fragrance and form. Later chapters deal with breeding systems; mimicry; spatial, temporal and structural influences on plant-pollinator interactions; and a discussion and overview of floral syndromes. The book concludes with a section on conservation and fragmentation, and individual plant pollination case studies.

    Illustrated with colour photographs of major species, this reference work will be treasured by field naturalists, ecologists, conservation biologists, botanists, ecosystem managers, environmentalists, community groups and individuals involved in habitat restoration, students, and those with a broad interest in natural history.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCSIRO PUBLISHING
    Release dateMar 1, 2010
    ISBN9780643101876
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    The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests: A Plant and Pollination Miscellany
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    Geoff Williams

    Geoff Williams OAM, AM is a pollination ecologist, conservation biologist and entomologist with a PhD from the University of New South Wales, and a Research Associate of the Australian Museum. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia and appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his contributions to science and biodiversity conservation. He is the author of The Invertebrate World of Australia’s Subtropical Rainforests (CSIRO Publishing, 2020) and The Flowering of Australia’s Rainforests: Pollination Ecology and Plant Evolution (CSIRO Publishing, 2021).

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