Black swan lake : life of a wetland / Rod Giblett.
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TextPublisher: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Intellect, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: x, 195 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781841507040Subject(s): Wetlands -- Philosophy | Wetlands -- Western Australia -- Armadale | Wetland ecology -- Western Australia -- ArmadaleDDC classification: 333.91/809941 | 577.68 Summary: WA Author Rod Giblett came to live by Forrestdale Lake in southwestern Australia in 1986. Based in part on a nature journal he kept for several years, Black Swan Lake traces the life of the plants and animals of the surrounding area through the seasons. Presenting a wetlands calendar that charts the yearly cycle of the rising, falling, and drying waters of this internationally significant wetland, this book is a modern-day Walden. The first book to provide a cultural and natural history of this place--taking into account the indigenous people's concept of the seasons (six instead of four)-- Black Swan Lake will be enjoyed by conservationists, as well as others seeking connection with place, plants, and animals in their own bioregion.Summary: Natural History.Summary: Science.Summary: Environment.Summary: Australian.
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WA Author Rod Giblett came to live by Forrestdale Lake in southwestern Australia in 1986. Based in part on a nature journal he kept for several years, Black Swan Lake traces the life of the plants and animals of the surrounding area through the seasons. Presenting a wetlands calendar that charts the yearly cycle of the rising, falling, and drying waters of this internationally significant wetland, this book is a modern-day Walden. The first book to provide a cultural and natural history of this place--taking into account the indigenous people's concept of the seasons (six instead of four)-- Black Swan Lake will be enjoyed by conservationists, as well as others seeking connection with place, plants, and animals in their own bioregion.
Natural History.
Science.
Environment.
Australian.
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