Our Arid Environment: Animals of Australia’s Desert Regions

A SUPEROR COPY! Constraints of an arid environment – Invertebrates – Frogs – Fish – Lizards – Snakes – Birds – Marsupials – Rodents – Bats – Pests, conflict and conservation.144 pages with colour and b/w photos plus over 60 detailed line drawings. Examines how the arid-zone animals have adapted to their surroundings. #0820 ISBN 10: 058950360XISBN 13: 9780589503604activity adapted animals appears areas arid zone arid-zone Australia become behaviour birds body breeding brown burrow called central changes colonies colour common covered Ctenotus Desert distribution Dragon drought Dunnart eastern environment extremely favourable feed female fish four frogs Gecko grass ground habitats head heat hectares increase insects kangaroos known Lake Eyre land live lizards Long-haired Rat loss major male mammals marsupials moist Mouse move mulga National Park nest night northern occur pattern periods plains plant Pleistocene population predators prey produce rabbits rains range rare reduced refuges regions remain Reserve River rock rodents salinity sand sandy season seen shelter similar skin skinks snake soil South South Australia species spiders Springs summer surface tail temperature Territory trees Triodia usually vegetation Western Western Australia widely widespread Wren young