Pilbara seed atlas and field guide : plant restoration in Australia's arid northwest / Todd E. Erickson [and three others] ; foreword, Gavin Price, Stephen D. Hopper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erickson, Todd E., author.

Contributor:

Price, Gavin, writer of foreword.

Hopper, Stephen D., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant conservation.

Plants.

Revegetation.

Restoration ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 295 pages) : colour illustrations, maps (some colour).

Place of Publication:

Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

The Pilbara region in Australia’s arid northwest is rich in flora that is suited to extreme temperatures and boom and bust cycles of moisture availability. It is also a region important for its natural resources. In places where mining activities have finished and the land is under management for ecological restoration, there is increasing demand for information about native plant communities and the biology of their seeds. Pilbara Seed Atlas and Field Guide is the first book to combine plant identification with robust, scientific criteria for cost-effective seed-based rehabilitation. It describes 103 regional plant taxa and provides guidelines for effective collection, cleaning, storage and germination of their seeds. It addresses issues such as timing of collection, quality and viability of seed, and dormancy release, which are essential for successful restoration programs. With photographs to portray the subtle differences and unique features of each species’ biology, this book will be of great use to practitioners in the field, including environmental consultants, rehabilitation companies, commercial seed collectors and government authorities, as well as naturalists and people interested in growing the Pilbara’s remarkable plants.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction to plant diversity of the Pilbara

Chapter 2: Seed collection, cleaning, and storage procedures

Chapter 3: Seed dormancy and germination of arid zone species

Chapter 4: A systematic approach to seed management for restoration

Chapter 5: An atlas to the plants and seeds of the Pilbara region

Appendix A: Seed dormancy class and suggested dormancy alleviating pre-treatments

Appendix B: Preparation of smoke water and application of aerosol smoke for use as a seed pre-treatment

Appendix C: Checklist of vascular plants in the Pilbara Bioregion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2016).

ISBN:

9781486305544

1486305547

9781486305537

1486305539

OCLC:

932259735