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Naturalist on the Bibbulmun : a walking companion / Leigh W. Simmons.

Naturalist on the Bibbulmun : a walking companion / Leigh W. Simmons.
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ISBN 9781760802035
1760802034
Author Simmons, Leigh W., 1960- (author)
Title Naturalist on the Bibbulmun : a walking companion / Leigh W. Simmons.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Crawley, Western Australia : UWA Publishing, ©2021.
©2021.
Description xv, 291 pages : colour illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary The Bibbulmun Track is a world-class walking trail that runs just over 1000km through the forests and across the coastal heaths of southwestern Western Australia, from the towns of Kalamundain the North to Albany in the South. "Naturalist on the Bibbulmun" is the story of one man's journey with his son through this ancient and extraordinary corner of the world. The biodiversity is so extensive that it is impossible to provide a comprehensive field guide to the Bibbulmun Track. Nevertheless, the author musters his expertise in ecology and evolutionary biology to document the animals and plants found during the Noongar seasons of kambarang and birak, from November to January, with colour photographs throughout. In so doing we learn how evolution has shaped the extraordinary diversity of animals and plants in this corner of the world, the important roles biodiversity plays in providing the stable ecosystem in which we live and prosper, and the serious impacts to that stability imposed by our increasing overexploitation of what is an ancient and fragile landscape. "Naturalist on the Bibbulmun" is both a witness statement of the current state of the natural regions of southwestern WA, and a call to arms to protect for our future generations what little remains of one of the worldas most extraordinary natural habitats.
Subjects Hiking -- Western Australia -- Bibbulmun Track
Wild flowers -- Western Australia
Animals -- Western Australia
Ecology -- Western Australia
Biodiversity -- Western Australia
Bibbulmun Track (W.A.)
Call number 2021.249
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