CSIRO Publishing is an

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...

n-based science and technology publisher. It publishes books, journals and magazines across a range of scientific disciplines, including

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people ...

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, proper ...

, plant and animal sciences, natural history and

environmental management Environmental resource management is the management of the interaction and impact of human societies on the environment. It is not, as the phrase might suggest, the management of the environment itself. Environmental resources management aims ...

. It also produces interactive learning modules for primary school students and provides writing workshops for researchers. CSIRO Publishing operates within the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). It was established as a stand-alone business unit in 1995.

Books

CSIRO Publishing publishes books in a number of categories, including: * Animals: behaviour; birds; domesticated; ecology and management; field guides; fish; genetics and evolution; health and welfare; invasive; invertebrates; mammals and marsupials; reproduction and physiology; reptiles and amphibians; and wildlife. * Built Environment: architecture; building; codes and standards; engineering; landscape architecture; and planning and design. * Food and Agriculture: agribusiness; agroforestry; aquaculture; crops and pastures; farm management; food and beverages; landcare; livestock codes; livestock management; sustainability; viticulture; and weeds, pests and diseases. * Gardening and Horticulture: fruit, vegetables and flowers; horticulture; native plants and gardens; sustainability; techniques and design; and trees, shrubs and grasses. * Health: environmental health; general health; and nutrition. * Marine and Freshwater: coastal science; fisheries and fishing; freshwater ecology; and marine ecology. * Natural Environment: biodiversity and ecology; climate; energy; environmental management; fire; natural resources; policy and risk; pollution and waste; restoration ecology; soils; sustainability; and water. * Physical Sciences: astronomy; chemistry; earth science; mathematics; mining and resources; physics; prehistory; and technology. * Plant Science: algae and lichens; aquatic and marine plants; ecology and management; field and regional guides; flowering plants; grasses; identification and systematics; mosses and fungi; pathology; and physiology and chemistry. * Science in Society: children's books; education; heritage and history; ideas and issues; Indigenous Australia; leisure and tourism; popular science; and populations.

Authors

CSIRO Publishing authors include or have included: * Michael Braby he Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia* Robin Brimblecombe, Kara Rosemeier ositive Energy Homes* Harold Cogger eptiles and Amphibians of Australia* Stephen Debus irds of Prey of Australia* Roger Farrow nsects of South-Eastern Australia* Michelle Gleeson iniature Lives* Jenny Gray oo Ethics*

Gisela Kaplan Gisela Kaplan is an Australian ethologist who primarily specialises in ornithology and primatology. She is a professor emeritus in animal behaviour at the University of New England, Australia, and also honorary professor of the Queensland Br ...

ird Minds*

David Lindenmayer David Lindenmayer, , is an Australian scientist and academic. His research focuses on the adoption of nature conservation practices in agricultural production areas, developing ways to improve integration of native forest harvesting and biodiver ...

nvironmental titles* Peter Menkhorst ''et al.'' The Australian Bird Guide * Robert Whyte, Greg Anderson Field Guide to Spiders of Australia

Journals and magazines

CSIRO Publishing publishes the following journals and magazines:

References

External links

* Book publishing companies of Australia CSIRO Non-profit academic publishers Academic publishing companies {{publish-company-stub