Listed here are books and book chapters written or contributed to by our staff. These works can be monographs in any format, printed works, ebooks or ibooks.
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Bilbies, salinity and a question of balance
Gael Bell, Bruce Radys, John Goodlad, and Joy Kilian
This book is designed to be used in conjunction with the manual 'Salinity in the classroom'.
Published with the assistance of Greening Australia Western Australia, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Department of Education Western Australia.
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Salinity in the classrom, a resource for Western Australian Schools
Department of Agriculture, Western Australia; Department of Education, Western Australia; and State Salinity Council, Western Australia
A Western Australian educational resource for teachers and students of the early, middle and early adolescent phases of learning.
Work is sponsored by Alcoa, Shell, State Salinity Council, Department of Agriculture, Water Rivers Commission.
Contributing authors from the Department of Agriculture are: Gale Bell, David ... Read more
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Airborne geophysics provides improved spatial information for the management of dryland salinity
Richard J. George and Donald L. Bennett
Biophysical information forms the technical base for farm planning and landscape management. Such information is required at spatial scales which are suited to the application of the user. Within the past five years, two catchments in the South West of Western Australia were studied to ... Read more
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Soilguide (Soil guide) : a handbook for understanding and managing agricultural soils
Geoff Allan Moore
This handbook integrates the current knowledge of soils in south-western Australia in a user-friendly form. It describes how to assess which soil properties influence production and land degradation in the agricultural area and summarises management options to remedy or minimise soil limitations. The potential for ... Read more
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Innovative use of water balance models in farm and catchment planning in Western Australia
G P. Raper, L M. Guppy, R M. Argent, and Richard J. George
Soil salinisation in the agricultural regions of southern Australia is caused by the replacement of the deep-rooted, perennial native vegetation with shallow-rooted annual species. Its remediation requires significant changes to the water balance. The land managers with the highest potential to influence the local water ... Read more
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A review of the anticoagulant pesticide Pindone
Laurie E. Twigg, Tim J. Lowe, Gary R. Martin, and Garry S. Gray
A review of the use of pindone for rabbit control in Western Australia is timely due to increased public concern over the use of this toxin, and because non-target deaths of some native Australian animals have been known to occur following its use. Pindone is ... Read more
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The chemical composition and nutritive value of Australian pulses
S. Sipas, J. B. Mackintosh, and D. S. Petterson
Grain legumes are the harvested seed of leguminous crops, typically peas, beans and their close relatives within the Fabaceae. Another term for many of these crops is pulses. In Australia, generally grain legumes are referred to as pulses. The term pulse is derived from the ... Read more
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Managing vertebrate pests: feral goats
John Parkes, Robert Henzell, Greg Pickles, Bureau of Resource Sciences, and Australian Nature Conservation Agency
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Arid shrubland plants of Western Australia
A A. Mitchell, D G. Wilcox, and Ernie Laidlaw
The arid shrublands of Western Australia - The aim of rangeland management - Managing rangeland resources: The plants, Soil - Setting range management objectives: Setting the stocking rate, Pasture decisions - Rehabilitation Techniques: Mine site rehabilitation in the arid shrublands, Arid land rehabilitation - Plants ... Read more
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Climatic change in Western Australia
M A. Frahmand and R A. Nulsen
The greenhouse effect is now an established scientific fact. Evidence published in the US and Australia in 1987 leaves little room for doubt. Carbon dioxide sent into the air whenever fossil fuels are burnt traps reflected heat from the Earth's surface - just as a ... Read more
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A survey of land suitable for Townsville stylo in the North Kimberley of W.A. 1973
A Kubicki and J. Beer
The aims of the survey were to -
(a) define the extent and actual location of country suitable for the production of non-indigenous pastures; in particular to classify the land for its suitability for Townsville stylo (Styioaanthes hurniiia).
(b) map the areas so defined on ... Read more
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Soil conservation handbook
D J. Carder, G W. Spencer, and Soil Consevation Service
Soil Conservation means, basically sound land management. With good management the Ste's resources of productive land can be bot only maintained but actually improved. It is a question of deciding the best use for each soil type and situation. Profitable Production must be kept up ... Read more
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The West Australian settler's guide and farmer's handbook
Bureau of Agriculture, Western Australia
Descriptive Notes on the Agricultural Areas and Crown Lands open for Selection. An enumeration of the productive possibilities of the Golden West.
The publication of this handbook is mentioned in the Bureau's annual report for year ending 30th June 1897. The book is published in ... Read more
