The effects of artificial sources of water on rangeland biodiversity
Final report
Jill Landsberg, Craig D. James, Stephen R. Morton, Trevor J. Hobbs, Jacqui Stol, Alex Drew and Helen Tongway
CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology
Biodiversity Convention and Strategy Section of the Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia, January 1997
ISBN 0 6422 7010 4
"Once I was shown a little corner, a long way from the nearest water, which had managed to survive in something like its virgin state. It was a sight for sore eyes, and a very useful indication of the extent of the changes which had taken place since the white man settled the land. There was actually grass about, and the foliage of the shrubs grew down to the very ground; and I saw little bushes here which had practically vanished from the general landscape."
from Francis Ratcliffe "Flying Fox and Drifting Sand" Published in Australia by Halstead Press, Sydney (1951; pp 208-9). First published in England in 1938.
Contents
- Executive summary
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Introduction and methods
- 2 Diversity and abundance of flora and fauna
- 3 Analysis of biodiversity change along gradients
- 4 Summary conclusions and recommendations
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix 1 Provision of watering points in Australian rangelands: A literature review of effects on biota
- Appendix 2 Continental analysis of the distribution of water points in arid and semi-arid Australia
- Appendix 3 Correspondence graphs
- Appendix 4 Lists of species and response groups
- References
Authors:
Jill Landsberg1, Craig D. James2, Stephen R. Morton1, Trevor J. Hobbs2, Jacqui Stol1, Alex Drew1 and Helen Tongway1
CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology
1 P.O. Box 84, Lyneham ACT 2602
2 P.O. Box 2111, Alice Springs NT 0871.
Photograph credits:
Jill Landsberg and Craig James.
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Cover design: CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology
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