Floods in an Arid Continent /

• Other Authors: Poiani, Aldo (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, 2006.
• Series: Advances in ecological research ; v. 39.
• Subjects: Floods.; Floods > Australia.; Floodplain ecology.; Floodplain ecology > Australia.; SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental); NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.; NATURE > Ecology.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.; Australia.; Electronic books.

Nowhere are floods more paradoxical than in the generally arid Australian continent. This book brings together experts in meteorology, hydrology, limnology, ornithology, landscape ecology, veterinary and medical sciences, economics, anthropology and sociology to synthesize current knowledge on flood...