Rocky outcrops are landscape features with disproportionately high
biodiversity values relative to their size. They support specialized
plants and animals, and a wide variety of endemic species. To Indigenous
Australians, they are sacred places and provide valuable resources.
Despite their ecological and cultural importance, many rocky outcrops
and associated biota are threatened by agricultural and recreational
activities, forestry and mining operations, invasive weeds, altered fire
regimes and climate change.
Rocky Outcrops in Australia: Ecology, Conservation and Management
contains chapters on why this habitat is important, the animals that
live and depend on these formations, key threatening processes, and how
rocky outcrops can be managed to improve biodiversity conservation in
agricultural landscapes, state forests and protected areas. This book
will be an important reference for landholders, landcare groups,
naturalists interested in Australian wildlife and natural resource
managers.