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Robertson, Luke. "Anti-malarial Drug Discovery from Australian Flora." Thesis, Griffith University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/381516.

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Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Plasmodium that is responsible for approximately half a million deaths every year. The vast majority of these deaths are caused by P. falciparum in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Although most cases of P. falciparum malaria can currently be treated effectively using artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), resistance to ACTs is beginning to emerge in South-East Asia. This resistance is likely to proliferate and spread into SSA, after which a public health catastrophe is likely to follow. There is currently no drug poised t

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D’Agui, Haylee Marie. "Evolutionary Adaptations to Climate Change in Australian Flora." Thesis, Curtin University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57124.

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Climate changes have been impacting ecosystems worldwide. Southwest Western Australia (SWA) is experiencing increased drought with climate change, causing great concerns for the continuing persistence of its extraordinary plant diversity. The potential of SWA plants to adapt to increased drought through rapid evolution was investigated. Results indicate that the SWA flora has tolerated recent climate changes, with potential for tolerance of further changes; however altered fire regimes may be detrimental to further adaptation and survival.

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Hill, Robert S. "Evolution of the Australian flora in response to Cenozoic climate change /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09S.D/09s.dh6469.pdf.

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Ryan, John C. "Plants, people and place : cultural botany and the Southwest Australian flora." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2011. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/426.

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The Southwest corner of Western Australia has a distinctive culture of flora. In particular, the region is an internationally lauded destination for wildflower tourism. Aesthetic values inform the Southwest’s contemporary culture of flora and its products: photographs of flowers, botanical illustrations, taxonomic schemata and visually based landscape writings. In dynamic combination with sight, however, multi-sensoriality enhances cultures of flora through sensation. Hence, this thesis argues that it is vital to consider how bodily experiences deepen the appreciation of floristic appearances.

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Handley, Michelle Anne. "The distribution pattern of algal flora in saline lakes in Kambalda and Esperance, Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/413.

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The study has attempted to characterise the physicochemical limnology and distribution of algal flora of two salt lake systems in Western Australia, one from the coastal Esperance region and the other from the inland Kambalda region. Climatic conditions, water regimes and physicochemistry were found to differ markedly between the two lake systems and a total of 171 algal taxa, representing five divisions, were recorded. Of these, 82 were members of Bacillariophyta, 48 of Cyanophyta, 33 of Chlorophyta, two of Euglenophyta and six of Dinophyta. The physical limnology of salt lakes in the Esperan

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Growcock, Andrew Jason William. "Impacts of Camping and Trampling on Australian Alpine and Subalpine Vegetation and Soils." Thesis, Griffith University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366707.

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This thesis examines the impact of recreational activities, specifically camping and trampling, on alpine and subalpine vegetation communities in Kosciuszko National Park, Australia. A survey approach was first used to determine visitor use levels and types of recreation activities within the main alpine area. An experimental methodology was then used to quantify the relationship between use and damage from camping and trampling to vegetation and soils. Specific questions addressed were: (1) what are the visitor numbers, demographics, activities and patterns of visitation to the Kosciuszko alp

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Handley, Michelle Anne. "The distribution pattern of algal flora in saline lakes in Kambalda and Esperance, Western Australia." Curtin University of Technology, Department of Environmental Biology, 2003. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=14435.

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The study has attempted to characterise the physicochemical limnology and distribution of algal flora of two salt lake systems in Western Australia, one from the coastal Esperance region and the other from the inland Kambalda region. Climatic conditions, water regimes and physicochemistry were found to differ markedly between the two lake systems and a total of 171 algal taxa, representing five divisions, were recorded. Of these, 82 were members of Bacillariophyta, 48 of Cyanophyta, 33 of Chlorophyta, two of Euglenophyta and six of Dinophyta. The physical limnology of salt lakes in the Esperan

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Drayson, Nick English Australian Defence Force Academy UNSW. "Early developments in the literature of Australian natural history : together with a select bibliography of Australian natural history writing, printed in English, from 1697 to the present." Awarded by:University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy. School of English, 1997. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/38674.

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Early nineteenth-century Eurocentric perceptions of natural history led to the flora and fauna of Australia being thought of as deficient and inferior compared with those of other lands. By the 1820s, Australia had become known as ???the land of contrarieties???. This, and Eurocentric attitudes to nature in general, influenced the expectations and perceptions of immigrants throughout the century. Yet at the same time there was developing an aesthetic appreciation of the natural history of Australia. This thesis examines the tension between these two perceptions in the popular natural history w

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Easton, Lyndlee Carol, and lyndlee easton@flinders edu au. "LIFE HISTORY STRATEGIES OF AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF THE HALOPHYTE AND ARID ZONE GENUS FRANKENIA L. (FRANKENIACEAE)." Flinders University. Biological Sciences, 2008. http://catalogue.flinders.edu.au./local/adt/public/adt-SFU20081124.105244.

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This thesis is a comparative study of the life history strategies, and in particular seed germination requirements, in Australian species of the halophyte plant genus Frankenia L. (Frankeniaceae). Frankenia is a cosmopolitan genus that occurs in Mediterranean, semi-arid, and arid regions on distinctive soil types commonly on saline, sodic or gypseous soils in habitats such as coastal cliffs, and on the margins of salt lakes, salt-pans and saltmarshes (Summerhayes 1930; Barnsley 1982). The plants are small shrubs or cushion-bushes with pink, white or pale purple flowers, and salt-encrusted

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Scrivan, Leonie Jane. "Diversity of the mid-Eocene Maslin Bay flora, South Australia /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phs434.pdf.

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Kloot, P. M. "Studies in the alien flora of the cereal rotation areas of South Australia /." Title page, contents and summary only, 1985. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phk655.pdf.

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Goodsell, Paris Justine. "Consequences of disturbance for subtidal floral and faunal diversity /." Title page, abstract and table of contents only, 2004. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phg6555.pdf.

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Forster, Paul I. "The pursuit of plants : studies on the systematics, ecology and chemistry of the vascular flora of Australia and related regions /." [St. Lucia, Qld], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18317.pdf.

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Reiter, Noushka Hedy, and noushka reiter@dse vic gov au. "Borya mirabilis steps in the recovery of a critically endangered Australian native plant." RMIT University. Applied Sciences, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20090227.160625.

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Borya mirabilis is one of the world's most critically endangered plants. The research in this thesis has illuminated key aspects of: its reproductive biology; interspecies and intraspecies molecular relationships, mycorrhizal status, tissue culture potential and disease threats. Each of these aspects has fundamental management implications for the active management of B. mirabilis. Floral observations of B. mirabilis and related species affirmed the uniqueness of the Boryaceae amongst the Asparagales. B. mirabilis had an unusually high number of floral abnormalities compared with other sp

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Pang, Chun-chiu, and 彭俊超. "Floral biology, pollination ecology and breeding systems of selected Dasymaschalon, Desmos, Pseuduvaria and Uvaria species (Annonaceae) inSouthern China and Australia." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47752737.

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　　　The Annonaceae is a large, early-divergent family of angiosperms. Although the majority is pollinated by small beetles, there is a great diversity of floral morphologies. Evolutionary shifts of pollination mechanisms have occasionally been reported in disparate lineages including shifts to pollination by large beetles, flies, thrips, bees and cockroaches. It was previously hypothesized that floral morphological changes in different lineages are adaptive and correspond to evolutionary shifts of pollination mechanisms. This hypothesis is tested here by comparing selected species that have su

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Roe, Brett, and b. roe@cqu edu au. "Ecologically Engineered Primary Production in Central Queensland, Australia - Integrated Fish and Crayfish Culture, Constructed Wetlands, Floral Hydroponics, and Industrial Wastewater." Central Queensland University. Sciences, 2005. http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au./thesis/adt-QCQU/public/adt-QCQU20080717.092551.

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The issue of sustainability has greatest significance in the midst of unilateral bio-socioeconomic degradation resulting from intense and increasing societal pressures placed on the unified global ecology. In such an environment, sustainable development seeks to manage natural resources within a free market economy, aiming to meet the needs of today's population, and to protect and enhance current resource quality and abundance. In this light, techniques of integrated sustainable primary production and wastewater management are the subject matters of this applied research. There are many resea

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Davila, Yvonne Caroline. "Pollination ecology of Trachymene incisa (Apiaceae): Understanding generalised plant-pollinator systems." University of Sydney, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1896.

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>A renewed focus on generalised pollinator systems has inspired a conceptual framework which highlights that spatial and temporal interactions among plants and their assemblage of pollinators can vary across the individual, population, regional and species levels. Pollination is clearly a dynamic interaction, varying in the number and interdependence of participants and the strength of the outcome of the interaction. Therefore, the role of variation in pollination is fundamental for understanding ecological dynamics of plant populations and is a major factor in the

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Nge, Francis Jason. "Diversification dynamics and evolution of the Australian temperate flora." Thesis, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2440/132888.

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The Australian temperate flora mostly comprises sclerophyllous elements that are a dominant and characteristic feature of the southern half of the Australian continent. Despite being a characteristic component of the Australian biota, the diversification dynamics and evolutionary history of this flora remains poorly understood. In particular, studies on evolutionary drivers that gave rise to the plant species disparity observed between the southwest Australian global biodiversity hotspot region (SWA) and southeastern temperate Australia (SEA) are lacking. In this thesis, I address this gap in

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McDonald, John Thomas. "Biogeography of Australian chenopods: landscape in the evolution of an arid flora." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/126029.

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Chenopod taxa are globally prominent in deserts and on coastlines which suggests an evolutionary link, known as a littoral connection, and that remains unexplained. Australia is a global centre of chenopod diversity, where serial invasions of eleven immigrant clades over the last 16 million years, produced ca. 300 species within the continent. Six of these clades adaptively radiated in the Late Miocene-Pliocene within the continental interior. Assuming a littoral connection as a working premise, Australian landscape history can inform the course of chenopod evolution. Almost all species are en

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Joyce, Elizabeth Marie. "Evolution of the northern Australian flora: role of the Sunda-Sahul Floristic Exchange." Thesis, 2021. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/71388/1/JCU_71388_Joyce_2021_thesis.pdf.

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Elizabeth Joyce investigated the Sunda-Sahul Floristic Exchange using floristic, phylogeographic and phylogenomic approaches. She compiled the first preliminary regional plant checklist, found the SSFE had a substantial impact on floristic composition, identified two exchange tracks from Southeast Asia into Australia, and found that in Anacardiaceae (Sapindales) extinction affected SSFE dynamics.

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Hill, Robert S. "Evolution of the Australian flora in response to Cenozoic climate change / Robert S. Hill." Thesis, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/38512.

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Includes bibliographies.<br>4 v. :<br>Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library.<br>Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Depts. of Geology & Geophysics and Botany, 1997?

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Franzi, Cathryn Vanessa. "An Australian botanical narrative : a practice-led enquiry into representations of Australian flora on the ceramic vessel as an expression of environmental culture." Phd thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/109317.

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This practice-led research investigates ways in which representations of Australian flora on ceramic vessels can communicate ideas about current environmental culture. The project developed from a curiosity about whether changing attitudes to Australia's environment, from colonisation to the present time of unprecedented species decline, might be found reflected on historical and contemporary ceramic objects. Botanical exploration and the scientific study of Australia's vast flora have produced a rich resource of natural history documentation. The aim was to establish a framework specific to t

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Keaney, Benedict. "Bogong Moth Aestivation Sites as an Archive for Understanding the Floral, Faunal and Indigenous History of the Northern Australian Alps." Phd thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/119187.

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The research detailed in this dissertation focuses on plant and faunal remains preserved in the accumulating sediments at aestivation sites of the Bogong Moth (Agrotis infusa), in the crevices of granite tors in the northern Australian Alps. Analyses have confirmed the preservation of a diverse range of fossil material, including bird feathers, hairs of small marsupials occupying the rock crevice niche, fossil pollen and spores derived from the summit vegetation, and charcoal from fires in the immediate vicinity of the aestivation sites. The fieldw

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(9808472), Maryanne Jones. "A comparative study of water quality, benthic flora and phytoplankton in four newly developing estuaries of the Australian-Pacific zone and implications for 'sea-change' development." Thesis, 2012. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/A_comparative_study_of_water_quality_benthic_flora_and_phytoplankton_in_four_newly_developing_estuaries_of_the_Australian-Pacific_zone_and_implications_for_sea-change_development/13459223.

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"This study was undertaken to increase knowledge of estuarine processes in tropical, macrotidal coasts. It was also done to understand the implications for managing 'sea-change' development in a little known area of the Australian-Pacific zone. The study area is the Capricorn Coast: a newly expanding site that interfaces with the Great Barrier Reef lagoon and lies adjacent to the Fitzroy: the largest Australian river flowing into the Pacific" -- Abstract.

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Sanecki, Glenn M. "The distribution and behaviour of small mammals in relation to natural and modified snow in the Australian Alps." Phd thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/12625.

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Snow is an important factor in the lives of flora and fauna in those regions where it occurs. Despite this, there is a relative lack of information about the ecological role of snow. In addition, on a global scale the majority of the research on snow ecology has been based in the boreal regions of North America and Eurasia. Insights from these areas may not extrapolate well to Australia. The distribution and physical characteristics of snow are highly variable both temporally and spatially. Its occurrence is affected by a range of factors acting at multiple scales. Working in snow covered ar

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Kloot, P. M. (Peter Michael). "Studies in the alien flora of the cereal rotation areas of South Australia." 1986. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phk655.pdf.

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Kloot, Peter Michael. "Studies in the alien flora of the cereal rotation areas of South Australia." Thesis, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/20578.

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Russell, Bayden D. "The ecology of subtidal turfs in southern Australia." 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/37981.

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Assemblages of algae are altered by both bottom - up ( e.g. nutrient availability ) and top - down ( e.g. herbivory ) processes. As a result of the increasing human population in coastal areas, massive changes are forecast to benthic habitats in response to increasing coastal nutrient concentrations and a reduction in consumers. To identify the scales over which nutrients may have an effect, abundance of turf - forming algae growing as epiphytes on kelp ( Ecklonia radiata ) were related to water nutrient concentration across temperate Australia. In general, the percentage cover of epiphytes wa

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Russell, Bayden D. "The ecology of subtidal turfs in southern Australia." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/37981.

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Assemblages of algae are altered by both bottom - up ( e.g. nutrient availability ) and top - down ( e.g. herbivory ) processes. As a result of the increasing human population in coastal areas, massive changes are forecast to benthic habitats in response to increasing coastal nutrient concentrations and a reduction in consumers. To identify the scales over which nutrients may have an effect, abundance of turf - forming algae growing as epiphytes on kelp ( Ecklonia radiata ) were related to water nutrient concentration across temperate Australia. In general, the percentage cover of epiphytes wa

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Kloot, P. M. (Peter Michael). "Studies in the alien flora of the cereal rotation areas of South Australia / P.M. Kloot." 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/20578.

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Offprints of the author's articles inserted<br>Bibliography: v. 2, leaves 106-111<br>2 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.<br>Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library.<br>Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Agronomy, 1986

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Scriven, Leonie Jane. "Diversity of the mid-Eocene Maslin Bay flora, South Australia / by Leonie Jane Scrivan." Thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21420.

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Whitehead, Michael Robert. "The evolutionary biology of pollination: studies in a genus of australian sexually deceptive orchids." Phd thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/10260.

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There are few other structures in nature from which evolution has generated such wide diversity as the flower or inflorescence, and this diversity is commonly attributed to the influence of their animal visitors. By outsourcing their mate choice to pollinators, plants have left themselves - and especially their flowers - subject to the selective forces imposed by the behaviour, cognition and perception of the pollinators that serve them. The orchids provide some of the most remarkable and extreme examples of adaptations to specific animal pollinators. Perhaps one of the most peculiar of thes

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Somerville, Doug. "The floral resources of New South Wales of primary importance to commercial beekeeping." Phd thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/146409.

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(9830960), Brett Roe. "Ecologically engineered primary production in Central Queensland, Australia: Integrated fish and crayfish culture, constructed wetlands, floral hydorponics, and industrial wastewater." Thesis, 2005. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Ecologically_engineered_primary_production_in_Central_Queensland_Australia_Integrated_fish_and_crayfish_culture_constructed_wetlands_floral_hydorponics_and_industrial_wastewater/13420664.

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Research techniques of integrated sustainable primary production and wastewater management.. "The issue of sustainability has greatest significance in the midst of unilateral bio-socioeconomic degradation resulting from intense and increasing societal pressures placed on the unified global ecology. In such an environment, sustainable development seeks to manage natural resources within a free market economy, aiming to meet the needs of today's population, and to protect and enhance current resource quality and abundance. In this light, techniques of integrated sustainable primary production an

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Bann, Glen Robert. "Apparent dryland salinity on the uplands of southeastern Australia; quantification of biotic and abiotic indicators, causes, mechanisms, processes and effects." Phd thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/101934.

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Secondary dryland salinity in Australia has been a major environmental concern for a number of decades, yet aspects remain controversial. These include the processes which induce salinised soils, the environmental impacts of salinity, and the way in which it is mapped and managed. Dryland salinity has been almost universally attributed to rising saline groundwater caused by excess water accumulation in the landscape following European settlement and tree clearing. However, there is a body of evidence that instead suggests increased soil salinisation in S

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Kirby, Ronald Vernon. "A comparative study of the enforcement of environmental law with regard to the conservation of fauna and flora in the RSA." 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17092.

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