Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. CONTENTS 5
3. LIST OF FIGURES AND SIDEBARS 6
4. INTRODUCTION 7
5. OUTSIDERS’ GUIDE TO AUSTRALIA, NEW GUINEA, AND THE SOLOMON ISLANDS 27
6. HABITATS OF AUSTRALIA. DESERTS 41
7. HUMID BROADLEAF FORESTS 69
8. TROPICAL DRY DECIDUOUS FORESTS 117
9. SAVANNAS 133
10. GRASSLANDS 177
11. MEDITERRANEAN SHRUBLANDS 193
12. SCLEROPHYLL WOODLANDS AND FORESTS 221
13. TUNDRAS 321
14. FRESHWATER HABITATS 329
15. SALINE HABITATS 344
16. POST-COLONIAL ANTHROPOGENIC HABITATS 379
17. APPENDIX 394
18. INDEX 397