History of the Australian Vegetation
Cretaceous to Recent
edited by Robert S. Hill
No longer available in print
FREE | 2017 | Ebook (PDF) | 978-1-925261-47-9 | 443 pp
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Chapter details
Introduction to the 2017 edition
R. S. Hill
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-001. The Australian fossil plant record: an introduction
R. S. Hill
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-012. Maps of late Mesozoic-Cenozoic Gondwana break-up: some palaeogeographical implications
G. E. Wilford & P. J. Brown
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-023. The background: 144 million years of Australian palaeoclimate and palaeogeography
P. G. Quilty
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-034. Palaeobotanical evidence for Tertiary climates
D. R. Greenwood
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-045. Landscapes of Australia: their nature and evolution
G. Taylor
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-056. Patterns in the history of Australia's mammals and inferences about palaeohabitats
M. Archer, S. J. Hand & H. Godthelp
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-067. Australian Tertiary phytogeography: evidence from palynology
H. A. Martin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-078. Cretaceous vegetation: the microfossil record
M. E. Dettmann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-089. Cretaceous vegetation: the macrofossil record
J. G. Douglas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-0910. Early Tertiary vegetation: evidence from spores and pollen
M. K. Macphail, N. F. Alley, E. M. Truswell & I. R. K. Sluiter
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-1011. The early Tertiary macrofloras of continental Australia
D. C. Christophel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-1112. Cenozoic vegetation in Tasmania: macrofossil evidence
R. J. Carpenter, R. S. Hill & G. J. Jordan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-1213. The Neogene: a period of transition
A. P. Kershaw, H. A. Martin & J. R. C. McEwen Mason
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-1314. The Oligo-Miocene coal floras of southeastern Australia
D. T. Blackburn & I. R. K. Sluiter
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-1415. Quaternary vegetation
G. S. Hope
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-1516. The history of selected Australian taxa
R. S. Hill
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/australian-vegetation-16
The Australian vegetation is the end result of a remarkable history of climate change, latitudinal change, continental isolation, soil evolution, interaction with an evolving fauna, fire and most recently human impact. This book presents a detailed synopsis of the critical events that led to the evolution of the unique Australian flora and the wide variety of vegetational types contained within it. The first part of the book details the past continental relationships of Australia, its palaeoclimate, fauna and the evolution of its landforms since the rise to dominance of the angiosperms at the beginning of the Cretaceous period. A detailed summary of the palaeobotanical record is then presented. The palynological record gives an overview of the vegetation and the distribution of important taxa within it, while the complementary macrofossil record is used to trace the evolution of critical taxa.
This book will interest graduate students and researchers interested in the evolution of the flora of this fascinating continent.
About the editor
Robert S. Hill is former Executive Dean, Faculty of Sciences at the University of Adelaide. He is a graduate of the University of Adelaide. He completed his Ph.D. on Tertiary plant macrofossils in 1981, and his D.Sc. on the interaction between climate change and the evolution of the living Australian vegetation in 1997. He has held positions at James Cook University, the University of Tasmania and the University of Adelaide. During his career he has won many awards including the Clarke and Burbidge Medals for his research into the impact of long-term climate change on the evolution of Australian vegetation. He is currently Editor in Chief of the Australian Journal of Botany.