Australian National Botanic Gardens   LIBRARY BULLETIN

January 2009

last month: December

The Gardens’ Library is located on the first floor of the Botany Building at the ANBG, Clunies Ross Street, Black Mountain.
Opening hours are 9.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday. Members of the public may use the library by appointment.

The bulletin contains a list of new material recently received in the library. These items together with recent issues of journals and magazines are on display in the ANBG Library for approximately three to four weeks. All registered library clients are welcome to use the library and photocopy display items or reserve items for loan.

Staff may request items from the bulletin by phone, fax or email.
Phone: (02) 6250 9480
Fax: (02) 6250 9432
Email: ANBG.library@environment.gov.au

BOOKS & PAMPHLETS

Communicating nature : how we create and understand environmental messages
Julia B. Corbett
Washington : Island Press, 2006
333.72 COR

Irrigation of urban green spaces : a review of the environmental, social and economic benefits
Dena Fam et al.
[Darling Heights, Qld]; CRC for Irrigation Futures, 2008
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.irrigationfutures.org.au/
P 354.367 IRR

Aboriginal myths, legends & fables
A.W. Reed
Sydney : Reed New Holland, 1999
398.2049915 REE

Aboriginal stories
A.W. Reed
Sydney : Reed New Holland, 1999
398.2049915 REE

To sail beyond the sunset : natural history in Australia 1699-1829
C.M. Finney
Sydney : Rigby, 1984
From the collection of Helen Hewson.
508.94 FIN

100 years of Australian scientific explorations
Peter Stanbury (ed.)
Artarmon, NSW : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975
From the collection of Helen Hewson.
508.94 ONE

Origins : selected letter of Charles Darwin, 1822-1859
Frederick Burkhardt (ed.)
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008
576.82092 DAR

Charles Darwin : the concise story of an extraordinary man
Tim M. Berra
Baltimore, MD : John Hopkins University Pres, 2009
576.82092 DAR

The reluctant Mr. Darwin : an intimate portrait of Charles Darwin and the making of his theory of evolution
David Quammen
New York : W.W. Norton, 2006
576.82092 DAR

Life in the Cape York rainforest
Robert Heinsohn, Michael Cermak
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2008
Investigates the biology of some animals shared between the Cape York region and New Guinea. Includes palm cockatoos, eclectus parrots and green pythons.
577.34099438 HEI

The Proceedings of TDWG: provisional abstracts of the 2008 Annual Conference of the Taxonomic Databases Working Group, 19-24 October 2008, Fremantle, Australia
Anna Weitzman & Lee Beilbin (eds.)
Fremantle : Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) and Missouri Botanical Garden, 2008
Conference presentations also available via the Internet at: http://www.tdwg.org/conference2008/program/slides-upload/
578.0285 TAX

A new history of the Durban Botanic Gardens
Donal P. McCracken
Durban : Parks Dept, City of Durban, 1996
580.7368455 MCC

The palm collection of the Durban Botanic Gardens, with notes on palm cultivation and identification
Ann Lambert
Durban : Parks Dept, City of Durban, 1994
580.7368455 LAM

A checklist and guide to trematodes of Australian fishes
Thomas H. Cribb, Sylvie Pichelin and Rodney A. Bray
[S.l. : University of Queensland, 2008?]
ABRS 592.48 CRI

Exotic subtropical trees in Durban : a guide for the layman
Louis Paola
Durban : Parks Dept, City of Durban, 1998
635.9770968455 PAO

Too close for comfort : contentious issues in human-wildlife encounters
Daniel Lunney, Adam Munn and Will Meikle (eds.)
Mosman : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 2008
ABRS 639.90994 TOO

The Villa Taranto : a Scotsman garden in Italy
Neil McEacharn
London : Country Life, 1954
Describes a garden on the Pallanza promontory, Lake Maggiore, northern Italy. ANBG copy prov. Lindsay Pryor.
712.509451 MCE

Laughter and tears from the golden years, or, Some more ironbark chips
Geo. W. Althofer
Dubbo, NSW : Macquarie Publications, 1983
Volume of colllected stories.
994.45 ALT

THESES

Studies in the ecology of blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis Sm.)
R.G. Florence
PhD. Thesis, University of Sydney, 1961
RARE Thesis Florence

STAFF PUBLICATIONS

A remarkable new species of Rimularia Nyl. (lichenized fungi: Trapeliaceae) from tropical Australia / G. Kantvilas, P. McCarthy & B. Stuckey, Austrobaileya, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 659-663.

ARCHIVE COLLECTION

Water for Life : program notes for guides
Jo Pillinger; edited by Molly Henson
[ Canberra]: Education Services, Australian National Botanic Gardens, 2008
Archive 2008/07

Preschool programs : program notes for guides
Jo Pillinger; edited by Molly Henson
[ Canberra]: Education Services, Australian National Botanic Gardens, 2008
Archive 2008/08

PRESS CLIPS and ARTICLES

Elevated CO2 and warming impacts on flowering phenology in a southern Australian grassland are related to flowering time but not growth form, origin or longevity / Mark J. Hovenden et al
Australian Journal of Botany , vol. 56, 2008, pp. 630-643.

Parks by design / Gail Thomas
Australian Horticulture , vol. 106, no. 12, pp. 54-55.
Describes the work of Paula Villagra on plant displays in botanic gardens

ANNUAL REPORTS

DEWHA. Supervising Scientist 2007-2008
South African National Biodiversity Institute 2007-2008

CONFERENCES, COURSES and EVENTS

* Indicates a new listing

Alpine Ecology Course 2009
16-20 February 2009
Bogong High Plains and Falls Creek Resort
alpine.ecology@latrobe.edu.au

Ingredients for a Brighter Future.
Nursery & Garden Industry National Conference and Exhibition 09
18-19 February 2009
National Convention Centre, Canberra

* Charles Darwin Symposium
26 February 2009
National Museum of Australia
http://www.nma.gov.au/events.darwin_symposium/

Minding our own Biodiversity: Conservation on Private Land
2 nd National Forum, Australian Network for Plant Conservation
30 April – 1 May 2009
Halls Gap, The Grampians, Vic
http://www.anpc.asn.au/conferences.html

“Botanic Gardens in the Age of Climate Change”
Eurogard V, Fifth European Botanic Gardens Congress
8-12 June 2009
Helsinki, Finland
http://www.luomos.fi/eurogardv

The Global Garden, APGA Conference
23-27 June 2009
St Louis, Missouri
http://www.publicgardens.org

Barks, Birds & Billabongs : the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 1948 Remembered
6-10 July 2009
National Museum of Australia, Canberra
http://www.nma.gov.au/barks_birds_billabongs

Charles Darwin University Symposium
22-24 September 2009
Darwin Convention Centre, NT
http://www.cdu.edu.au/cdss

Australian Plants in the 21 st Century
Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants Conference and Seminar
26 Sept – 2 October 2009
Convenor: Paul Kennedy, PO Box 220, Strathmerton VIC 3641
Ph (03) 5874 5239
Email hakeaholic@aapt.net.au

Action Learning: Places, Spaces and Partnerships for Biodiversity and Human Well-Being.
BGCI’s 7 th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens
1-6 November 2009
Durban Botanic Gardens
http://www.ebg2009.org.za

29 th International Seed Testing Congress
16-18 June 2010
Cologne, Germany
Call for papers http://www.ista-cologne2010.de

* 8 th International Flora Malesiana Symposium
23-27 August 2010
Singapore Botanic Gardens
http://www.sbg.org/fm8