Horticulture

This page provides suggestions for content relating to AHC31421 Certificate III Conservation & Ecosystem Management. 

• Don't see what you're looking for on these pages?  Try searching the Library Catalogue or Library Databases.
• Consult your teacher for additional resources, or textbook advice.

Suggested databases include:

• Environment Complete
• Plantfile
• Chemwatch
• Hazardous Chemical Information System
• Pubcris

WHS

• WHS: A Management Guide
• Health and Safety Handbook: The Practical Guide to Workplace Health and Safety

Chemicals, Weeds, Pests

• Chemical Application (TOCAL) 
• Managing Weeds (TOCAL) 
• Plant Protection 1 (Pests, Diseases and Weeds)
• Plant Protection 2 (Control Methods and Management)
• Weeds of Southern Queensland (NEW!) 
• Weeds of Central and Northern Queensland (NEW!) 
• Weeds of the South-East
• Pests, Diseases and Beneficials:  Friends and Foes of Australian Gardens

Maintain Ecosystem Areas/Regeneration

• Recovering Australia's Threatened Species
• Rocky Outcrops in Australia: Ecology, Conservation and Management
• Environmental History and Ecology of Moreton Bay 
• Rainforest Restoration Manual for South-Eastern Australia

Chain and Pole Saws

• Chainsaw Operation: A Practical Guide to Safe Work Techniques
• Chainsaw Operator's Manual
• Ergonomic Operational Working Aspects of Forest Machines
• Pole Saw Operation and Maintenance (TOCAL) 
• Tree Faller's Manual: Techniques for Standard and Complex Tree-Felling Operations

Propagation

• Australian Rainforest Seeds:  A Guide to Collecting, Processing and Propagation
• The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests: Pollination Ecology and Plant Evolution (NEW!)
• The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests: A Plant and Pollination Miscellany

Plants

• Plants of Central Queensland: Identification and Uses of Native and Introduced Species
• Plants of Subtropical Eastern Australia (NEW!) 
• Australian Rainforest Fruits
• Rainforest Trees and Shrubs:  A Field Guide for their Identification in Vic, NSW and subtropical Qld Using Vegetative Features

Survey Pests

• Guide to Introduced Pest Animals of Australia
• Managing Australia's Pest Animals
• Pests, Diseases and Beneficials:  Friends and Foes of Australian Gardens
• Garden Pests, Diseases and Good Bugs:  The Ultimate Illustrated Guide for Australian Gardeners
• Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management

Identify Fauna

• Field Guide to the Birds of Australia
• Birds of Prey Australia: A Field Guide 
• Birds of Australia: A Photographic Guide 
• Birds and Animals of Australia's Top End: Darwin, Kakadu, Katherine and Kununurra
• Bird Minds: Cognition and Behaviour of Australian Native Birds 
• Mammals of Australia: An Introduction to Their Classification, Biology and Distribution
• The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of Australia
• Australian Mammals: Biology and Captive Management
• A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia
• Wildlife Research in Australia: Practical and Applied Methods
• Queensland's Threatened Animals
• Australia's Amazing Kangaroos: Their Conservation, Unique Biology and Coexistence with Humans
• Wildlife on Farms: How to Conserve Native Animals
• A Guide to Native Bees of Australia
• Australia's Dangerous Snakes: Identification, Biology and Envenoming

Fencing

• Fencing AgGuide (TOCAL) 
• Electric Fencing AgGuide (TOCAL) 

Site Inspections

• Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities
• Effective Ecological Monitoring
• Forests and Insect Conservation in Australia

Animal Trapping

• Camera Trapping: Wildlife Management and Research 

First Aid

• Emergency First Aid