Jurskis, Vic, <br/><br/>
Firestick ecology :  fairdinkum science in plain English / 
Vic Jurskis. 
 - [S.l.] :  Connor Court,  2015. 
 - xiii, 355 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Scheduled to be published September 2015. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-355) 
<br/><br/>1. Science -- 2. ecological history -- 3. how things were -- 3a. how things were again -- 4. how things changed -- 5. if there is no balance of nature, how can it be disturbed? -- 6. rarity, decline and pestilence -- 7. the wilderness myth -- 8. human fires, megafires, paramilitaries and global warming enthusiasts -- 8a. fire research. 9. the alleged evils of grazing -- 10. Murray-Darling madness -- 11. saving forests that never were -- 12. rainforest, wet sclerophyll and scrub -- 12a. how Aborigines most likely made Australia -- 13. the big jump -- 13a. of prickly pear and other stuff -- 14. imaginary problems and real crises -- 14a. the magic pudding -- 15. firestick ecology. 
<br/><br/> Aborigines came to Australia and burnt out most of the trees and bushes. The megafauna starved whilst eucalypts, herbs, grasses and mesofauna flourished. The ancient culture survived an ice age, global warming and hugely rising seas, forging economies in woodlands and deserts. Europeans doused the firestick, woodlands turned to scrub, mesofauna perished, megafires and tree-eaters irrupted. Foresters rekindled the firestick and greens stole it. Megafires and declines are back with a vengeance whilst ecologists dream-up reasons not to burn. Ecological history shows that we must apply the firestick frequently, willingly and skillfully to restore a healthy, safe environment and economy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781925138740 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fire ecology.<br/>Aboriginal Australians--Fire use.<br/>Fire management--Australia.<br/>Indigenous knowledge - Ecology.<br/>Environment - Land management - Fire.<br/>Environment - Climate and weather - Bush fires.<br/>Environment - Resource management.<br/>Environment - Land management - Rehabilitation.<br/>Environment - Land management - Soil resources.<br/>Environment - Conservation - Forests.<br/>Environment - Conservation - Ecologically sustainable development.<br/>Environment - Conservation - Environmental impact studies.<br/>Animals - Mammals - Marsupial megafauna.<br/>Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture.<br/>Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry.<br/>Plants - Eucalypts.<br/>Plants - Acacias.<br/>Plants - Grasses.<br/>Fire ecology--Australia.<br/>Fire ecology.<br/>Social ecology--Australia.<br/>Fire ecology.<br/>Natural history--Australia.<br/>Shifting cultivation--Australia.<br/>Aboriginal Australians--Agriculture.<br/>Agriculture--Australia.<br/>Nature--Effect of human beings on--Australia.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Australia.<br/>Murray River (SW WA SI50-02)<br/>Darling River (NSW SH55, SI54)<br/>Tasmania (Tas)<br/>Australia.<br/>Australia--Environmental conditions.<br/>Australia.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Australian 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>304.20994 577.240994