CSIRO Publishing is an

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

agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

, plant and animal sciences,

natural history Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is cal ...

and

environmental management Environmental resource management or environmental 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. Environment ...

. It also produces interactive learning modules for primary school students and provides writing workshops for researchers. CSIRO Publishing operates within the

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(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 Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy, in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise. The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit ...

; 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 Ecological restoration, or ecosystem restoration, is the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, destroyed or transformed. It is distinct from Conservation movement, conservation in that it attempts t ...

; 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 ird Minds* David Lindenmayer 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