Wild Habitats: A Natural History of Australian Ecosystems

Very good hardcover in rubbed dust jacket. Bumped corners. Spine sun faded and a few small chips at extremities. Signed by photographer Steve Parish on title page.

Over 100 million years ago, when Australia began slowly separating from the great southern supercontinent of Gondwana and moving north away from Antarctica, much of the land was covered in lush rainforest. Now Australia is the second-driest continent on Earth, but its varied habitats support a wealth of flora and fauna, much of it endemic.

Wild Habitats charts the natural history of the Australian environment -- the geological forces that shaped the landscapes; the effect of weather and temperature; the creation and adaptation of plant and animal species -- and how human interference has, and will continue to, produce environmental change. It provides an in-depth study of Australia from the soil up, adding layer upon layer of information that shows just how this extraordinary continent functions on an environmental level.