Dr Steve Morton is an Honorary Professorial Fellow with Charles Darwin University. He is an ecologist who studied at the Universities of Melbourne, California and Sydney. He joined CSIRO in Alice Springs in 1984 to work in the desert environment that has long been his focus. From 2000 until 2010, based in Canberra and Melbourne, he helped lead CSIRO as Chief of Division and Executive Team member.
"The book is so rich with wondrous details that readers will likely
develop their own catalogues. Morton has a gift for bringing to
life what he calls the ‘more patient and less dramatic lifestyles’
of species that endure dry times. With its breadth and depth of
ecological knowledge, enlivened by personal observation, Australian
Deserts surely belongs among classics such as Finlayson’s The Red
Centre."
*Australian Book Review #442*
"This is an important book, in that it helps demystify the majority
of the country, by area, in a clear and accessible way. It also
manages to be very beautiful – did I mention that the photos are
superb? And yes, I really do love this book."
*Ian Fraser Natural History Reviews #30*
"How do we learn to see the richness and diversity of this life?
How do we read Country for its presences and absences? How do we fi
ne-tune our capacity as humans to appreciate and understand the
miracles that unfold at our feet and under the skies every day and
night? These are beautiful, inspiring, exhilarating questions and
they underpin this book, which is a glowing compendium of
intelligent wonder.
*Inside Story*
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