Biodiversity

Useful Publications and Guides

FAUNA

• Queensland Museum (2003) Wildlife of Greater Brisbane: A Queensland Museum Guide. Published by the Queensland Museum in partnership with the Environment and Parks Branch of the Brisbane City Council, and the generous assistance of the Queensland Herbarium and Greening Australia.
• Nattrass. R (2004) Talking Wildlife: Backyard Wildlife Q & A. Steve Parish Publishing. Australia.

Mammals

• Strahan.R (2004) The Mammals of Australia. Australian Museum / Reed New Holland. Australia.
• Triggs. Barbara (1991) Possums. Houghton Mifflin. Australia.

Reptiles

• Cronin. Leonard (2007).Key Guide to Australian Reptiles and Amphibians. Allen & Unwin Publishers.  Australia.
• Wilson.S (2005) A Field Guide to Reptiles of Queensland. Reed New Holland Publishers. Australia.
• Patrick Couper and Andrew Amey (2007) Queensland Museum Wild guide:Snakes of southeast Queensland. Published by Queensland Museum. Australia.

Birds

• Greg Czechura and Chris Field (2007): Queensland Museum Wild guide:  Raptors of Southern Queensland. Published by Queensland Museum. Australia.
• Czechura. Gregory (2007) Queensland Museum Wild guide: Birds of Brisbane. Published by Queensland Museum. Australia.
• Slater. Peter, Slater. Pat, and Slater. Raoul (2003).  The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds.  Landsdowne-Rigby. Australia 
• Simpson, Ken & Day, Nicolas, Field Guide to the Birds of Australia (5th & 6th Editions)
• Morcombe. Michael  (2002)  Field Guide to Australian Birds. Steve Parish Publishing. Australia
• Pizzey, Graham and Knight, Frank (2002)  Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Steve Parish Publishing. Australia
• Readers Digest (2003) Readers Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds. Readers Digest. Sydney Australia
• Attracting Birds to your Garden By :John Dengate With bushland being encroached upon more and more, suburban gardens may become one of the most vital domains in which some wildlife can survive. In developing your garden you can consider what birds like to eat, nest, etc, and plants most likely to help fulfil these functions. ISBN 1 86436 223 5 Denegate. John () Attracting Birds to your Garden

Invertebrates

• Dr Chris Burwell (2007). Queensland Museum Wild guide: Ants of Brisbane. Published by Queensland Museum. Australia.
• Dr Chris Burwell (2007). Queensland Museum Wild guide: Backyard Insects of Brisbane. Published by Queensland Museum. Australia.
• Braby M.F (2004) The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. Australia.
• Braby M.F (2000) Butterflies of Australia: Their Identification, Biology and Distribution. Vol 1.  CSIRO Publishing. Canberra, Australia.
• Theischinger. Gunther and Hawking. John (2006) Dragonflies of Australia CSIRO Publishing. Australia. 
• Zborowski. P and Storey. R (2003) A Field guide to Insects in Australia. Reed New Holland. Australia
• Raven. Robert and Seeman. Owen (2007) Queensland Museum Wild guide: Spiders of the Greater Brisbane Region. Published by Queensland Museum. Australia.
• Nattrass.R (2006) Dragonflies of South East Queensland: A Field Guide. Published by Ric Nattrass.

Fish

• Scott Cutmore and Dr Kevin Warburton (2007) Queensland Museum Wild guide: Freshwater Fishes of Greater Brisbane Region. Published by Queensland Museum. Australia.

Frogs

• Casey. Kevin (2001),  Attracting Frogs to Your Garden. Published by Envirobook
• Taylor. Michael J () Australian Frogs: a Natural History Reed New Holland. Australia 
• Barker.J, Grigg. G C and Tyler. M J ().Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Published by Surrey Beatty and Sons 
• Robinson. Martyn (2004) A Field Guide to Frogs of Australia: From Port Augusta to Fraser Island including Tasmania. Australian Museum / Reed New Holland. Australia.
• Czechura. Gregory (2007) Queensland Museum Wild guide: Frogs of South-east Queensland. Published by Queensland Museum. Australia.
• Attracting Frogs To Your Garden By: Kevin Casey Our fascination for these creatures and desire to get to know them better has grown enormously. Which species are they? How can they be encouraged to live in our garden? What can we do to protect them? And the list goes on. ISBN 0 85881 1847 Casey. Kevin () Attracting Frogs to your Garden

PLANTS

• Parry. Nola and Jones. Jocelyn (2007) Native Grasses for Australian Gardens. Reed New Holland. Australia
• Cronin. Leonard (2008).  Key Guide to Australian Wildflowers. Allen & Unwin. Australia
• Harrold, Arthur (1994) Wildflowers of the Noosa – Cooloola Area. Noosa National Parks Association. QLD Australia.
• Haslam. S (2004) Noosa’s Native Plants. Noosa Integrated Catchment Association. Inc. Australia.
• Queensland Museum (2003) Wild Plants of Greater Brisbane: A Queensland Museum Guide. Published by the Queensland Museum in partnership with the Environment and Parks Branch of the Brisbane City Council, and the generous assistance of the Queensland Herbarium and Greening Australia.
• MacRae.Ian.C (1996) Wildflowers of Bribie Island. Bribie Island Environmental Protection Association Inc. Australia.
• Hodgson. Margaret and Paine. Roland,(1985) A Field Guide to Australian Wildflowers, Vol 1 and 2. Australia Rigby Ltd.
• Sainty G R and Jacobs S W L. (1994) Water Plants in Australia. Sainty and Associates Darlinghurst Australia.
• Hodgson. Margaret and Paine. Roland,(1989) The A & R Field Guide to Australian Orchids. Angus and Robertson. Australia.
• Lord. Ernest P and Willis. J H (1999) Shrubs and Trees for Australian Gardens. Published by Thomas P Lothian Ltd
• Leiper. L, Glazebrook.J, Cox.D and Rathie.K (2008) Mangroves to Mountains: A Field guide to Native Plants of South-east Queensland - Revised Edition. Logan River Branch, Society for Growing Australian plants (QLD Region) Inc
• Stephens.KM and Dowling.RM (2002) Wetland Plants of Queensland: A field guide. CSIRO Publishing. Australia
• Kleinschmidt. Harry, Holland. Ailsa and Simpson. Paul (1996) Suburban Weeds – Third Edition. Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Australia
• Clarke.Peter and Carolin. Roger (1991) Beach Plants of South Eastern Australia. Sainty & Associates. Australia.
• Nicholson. Nan and Hugh  (1996) Australian Rainforest Plants.  Terania Rainforest Publishing. NSW Australia.
• Nicholson. Nan and Hugh  (2007) Australian Rainforest PlantsII. Terania Rainforest Publishing. NSW Australia.
• Nicholson. Nan and Hugh  (2006) Australian Rainforest Plants III. Terania Rainforest Publishing. NSW Australia.
• Nicholson. Nan and Hugh  (2003) Australian Rainforest Plants IV. Terania Rainforest Publishing. NSW Australia.
• Nicholson. Nan and Hugh  (2000) Australian Rainforest Plants V. Terania Rainforest Publishing. NSW Australia.
• Nicholson. Nan and Hugh  (2004) Australian Rainforest Plants VI. Terania Rainforest Publishing. NSW Australia.

GARDENING / NATIVE GARDEN DESIGN

• Native Gardens: Authors, Bill Molyneux and Ross Macdonald. Published by Nelson Publishers

MISCELLANEOUS

• Franks. Alan and Stacey (2003). Nest Boxes for Wildlife: A Practical Guide. Bloomings Books. Melbourne Australia.
• Triggs. Barbara (1984) Mammal Tracks and Signs : A field guide for south-eastern Australia. Oxford University Press, Melbourne Australia.
• Triggs. Barbara (2004) Tracks, Scats and Other Traces – A field guide to Australian mammals, revised edition. Oxford University Press, Melbourne Australia.
• Bowden. John (1999) Living with the Environment in the Pine Rivers Shire. Pine Rivers Shire Council. QLD Australia.
• Willmont Warwick (2007) Rocks and Landscapes of the Sunshine Coast: Revised second edition. Geological Society of Australia Inc. Queensland Division. Australia 
• Temby.Ian (2007) Wild Neighbours: The humane approach to living with wildlife. Citrus Press. Australia
• Bradley. Joan (2002) Bringing back the Bush: The Bradley method of bush regeneration. Reed New Holland. Australia