x 202 pages, indexed.part from an onership signature on the front end paper, the book is immaculate. First edition. "This pioneering work nexamines the distribution, productivity, soils and complex nutrient cycling of Australian forests. It is the product of a long collaboration bewteen two distinguished scientists, both leaders in their field..... Students and workers in he field of plant ecology, forestry, geography and conservationj - in short, all those confronting the modern problems of land-resource management- will welcome this authorative text" (Front flap)