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April 2010

last month: March

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

Collecting cultural material: principals for best practice
Canberra : Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2009.
Also available via the Internet at:http://www.arts.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/89605/hoci-collecting-cultural-material-5may2009.pdf
069.51 COL

Australia ’s renewable energy future
Michael Dopita and Robert Williamson (eds)
Canberra : Australian Academy of Science, 2009
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.science.org.au/reports/documents/AusRenewableEnergyFuture.pdf
333.7940994 AUS

Heritage Act 2004: review – discussion paper
Canberra : Dept. of Territory and Municipal Services, 2010
Closing date for submissions is Friday 7 May 2010.
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.tams.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/185940/Heritage_Act_2004_Review_Discussion_Paper.pdf
P 344.947094 HER

Open science: sharing knowledge in the global century
Julian Cribb and Tjempaka Sari
Melbourne :CSIRO, 2010
“Features sections on good science writing, practical advice on how to develop communication and media strategies, ways to measure communication performance, how to deal with institutional ‘crises’, how to deal with politicians and much more” – from back cover.
501.4 CRI

The flowering of Australia’s rainforests: a plant and pollination miscellany
Geoff Williams and Paul Adam
Collingwood, Vic. :CSIRO Publishing, 2010
“Provides an overview of pollination in Australian rainforests, especially subtropical rainforests. It also examines the plant-pollinator relationships found in rainforests worldwide.” – from back cover
577.340994 WIL

Species plantarum: flora of the world
12. Opiliaceae / Paul Hiepko -- 13. Paracryphiaceae /Joel Jeremie -- 14. Amborellaceae /Joel Jeremie, Porter P. Lowry & Fredric Tronchet.
Geneva : Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Geneve, 2008.
580 SPE

Australia ’s garden: Australian National Botanic Gardens
Canberra : Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, 2010
Editors and writers: Margaret Clarke, Barbara Podger and Anne Rawson
580.739471 AUS

Lindsay Pryor National Arboretum draft master plan
Canberra, ACT : National Capital Authority, 2010
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/downloads/enhancing_and_maintaining/LPNA_report_web.pdf
P 580.739471 LIN

Eyes or no eyes: a tribute to Nancy T. Burbidge
Canberra : National Parks Association of the ACT, 2010
Line drawings and nature notes first published in NPA Bulletins in the years 1963-1971.
580.92 BUR

Plants of the canoe people: an ethnobotanical voyage through Polynesia
W. Arthur Whistler
Lawai, Hawaii : National Tropical Botanical Garden, 2009
581.60996 WHI

Flora of tropical East Africa
Dryopteridaceae – Malvaceae
Kew : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 2007, 2009
581.9676 FLO

Natural history of Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand
Mike D. Wilcox (ed.)
Auckland :Auckland Botanical Society, 2007.
581.99324 NAT

Australia ’s Native Vegetation Framework consultation draft: a national framework to guide the ecologically sustainable management of Australia's native vegetation for ecological resilience
Canberra : Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2010
Also available via the Internet at:http://www.environment.gov.au/land/vegetation/review/pubs/nvf-consultation-draft.pdf
P 581.994 AUS

Mangroves to mallee: the complete guide to the vegetation of temperate South Australia
Todd Berkinshaw
[ Adelaide] : Greening Australia ( South Australia), 2009
581.99423 BER

Find that flower: a colour guide to the wildflowers of the Cape to Cape Track and Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park
Jane Scott
North Fremantle : Cape to Cape Publishing, 2009
582.13099412 SCO

TreeFlip: life-size guide to the trees of Tasmania
Rob Wiltshire & Greg Jordan
Hobart : School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania & CRC for Forestry, 2009
A fold-out laminated guide to 31 trees.
P 582.1609946 WIL

Woolly wattle (Acacia lanuginophylla) recovery plan
Craig Douglas ... [et al.]
Kensington, WA : Dept of Environment & Conservation, 2008
Also available via the Internet at:http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/pubs/acacia-lanuginophylla.pdf
P 583.74809941 WOO

Yornaning Wattle (Acacia insolita subsp. recurva) recovery plan
Craig Douglas and Marie Strelein
Kensington, WA : Western Australian Dept of Environment and Conservation, 2009
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/pubs/acacia-insolita-subsp-recurva.pdf
P 583.74809941 YOR

Wattles of the Pilbara
Bruce Maslin and Stephen van Leeuwen
Kensington, WA : Dept. of Environment and Conservation, 2008 (Bush books)
583.748099413 MAS

EucaFlip: life-size guide to the eucalypts of Tasmania
Rob Wiltshire & Brad Potts
Hobart : School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania & CRC for Forestry, 2007
A fold-out laminated guide.
P 583.76609946 WIL

The Red List of maples
Douglas Gibbs and Yousheng Chen
Richmond, Kew : Botanic Gardens Conservation International, 2009
583.78 GIB

Common native grasses of south west WA
Una Bell
Mundaring, WA : The Author, 2008
P 584.9099412 BEL

Ferns of Kinabalu: an introduction
John H. Beaman and Peter J. Edwards
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia :Natural History Publications ( Borneo), 2007
587.3095953 BEA

The illustrated moss flora of Antarctica
R Ochyra, RI Lewis Smith, H Bednarek-Ochyra
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008
588.209989 OCH

A field guide to insects in Australia, 3 rd edn,
Paul Zborowski and Ross Storey
Chatswood, NSW : Reed New Holland, 2010
ABRS 595.70994 ZBO

A field guide to the mammals of Australia, 2 nd edn,
Peter Menkhorst, Frank Knight
New York : Oxford University Press 2004
599.0994 MEN

Keep it clean: reducing costs and losses in the management of pests and diseases in the greenhouse
Jeremy Badgery-Parker
NSW Dept of Primary Industries, Sydney, 2009
635.049 KEE

Australian palms: biogeography, ecology and systematics
John Leslie Dowe
Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, 2010
584.50994 DOW

The Encyclopedia of mammals
David Macdonald (ed.)
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009
ABRS 599.03 ENC

Nursery industry phone book 2010/2011
Tullamarine, Vic. : Rural Press, 2010
Retail and wholesale nurseries, nursery products, specific plant supplies.
REF 635 NUR

Growing Australian: a resource kit for your home garden in Victoria
Helen Kennedy, Cathy Powers and assistance from Ern & Lesley Perkins
Hawthorn, Vic. : Australian Plants Society Victoria, 2009
635.951945 GRO

ACT kangaroo management plan
Canberra ,ACT : Parks , Conservation and Lands, Dept of Territory and Municipal Services, 2010
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.tams.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/186378/ACT_Kangaroo_Management_Plan.pdf
P 639.9792 ACT

Ex situ plant conservation: supporting species survival in the wild
Edward O. Guerrant, Kayri Havens and Mike Maunder (eds.)
Island Press, Washington, DC, 2004
639.99 EXS

MAPS

Far South Coast forest map
Forests NSW, 2009
Map Box 333.7509944 FAR

Lower North Coast forest map
Forests NSW, 2006
Map Box 333.7509944 LOW

South Coast forest map
F
orests NSW, 2007
Map Box 333.7509944 SOU

The Pilliga forest
Sydney NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2008
Map Box 333.783099444 PIL

REPRINTS AND VERTICAL FILE

Caruthers, J & Robin, L 2010, ‘Taxonomic imperialism in the battles for Acacia: identity and science in South Africa and Australia’, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 48-64.

Nelson , DC et al 2010, ‘Karrikins enhance light responses during germination and seedling development in Arabidopsis thaliana’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Early edition, 6 pp. [ www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0911635107 ]

ARCHIVE COLLECTION

Sutherland, Lucy & Cosgrove, Craig 2010, ‘Valuing a national collection: a work in progress at the Australian National Botanic Gardens’, BGjournal, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 7-11.

McCarthy, PM 2010 ‘New and interesting foliicolous lichens from Australia’, Australasian Lichenology, no. 66, pp. 4-15.

O’Bryan, KE , Prober, SM, Lunt, ID & Eldridge, DJ 2009, ‘Frequent fire promotes diversity and cover of biological soil crusts in a derived temperate grassland’, Oecologia, vol. 159, pp. 827-838.

ANBG Volunteer Guides’ meeting minutes: 16 March 2010, 20 April 2010

Davidson, Peter 2010, ‘James Backhouse 1794 – 1869’ [Background information compiled for article on Backhousia citriodora, joint winner of the Bernard Fennessy ‘What’s in a name ?’ Award 2009, see Friends of the ANBG Newsletter no. 63 Dec 2009.]

CONFERENCES, COURSES and EVENTS

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National Parks – Can They Take the Heat ?
NPA ACT 2010 Symposium
7-8 May 2010
CSIRO Discovery Centre, Canberra, ACT
http://www.npaact.org.au

Cradle of Creation
International Plant Propagator’s 38 th Australian Conference

13-16 May 2010
Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, WA
Pam Berryman, ph (07) 3829 9454 or pjberry@iprimus.com.au

Association of Friends of Botanic Gardens Conference
Secrets of the Mallee

22-23 May 2010
Australian Inland Botanic Garden, Buronga NSW
Wendy Hallinan, ph (02) 5023 3612 wendyaibg@bigpond.com

8 th National Wildflower Conference
26-28 May 2010
Yarra Valley, Vic
http://www.wildflowersaustralia.com.au

American Public Garden Association 2010 Annual Conference
The Garden Canvas: Colors of Success

1-5 June 2010
Atlanta, Georgia
http://www.publicgardens .org/web/2007/01/2007_apga_annual_conference.aspx

Addressing Global Change: a New Agenda for Botanic Gardens
4 th BGCI Global Botanic Gardens Congress
13-18 June 2010
Dublin, Ireland
www.4GBGC.com

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

# Australian Mammal Society Conference 2010 and Rock Wallaby Symposium
4-9 July 2010
Australian Academy of Science
Canberra ACT
http://www.australianmammals.org.au/Conference%202010.htm

Grevillea Hybrids & Cultivars : 8 th FJC Rogers Seminar
21-22 August 2010
East Gippsland, Victoria
Contact: Dawn Barr (03) 5156 4674

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

# Green Expo Sydney 2010 / Nursery & Garden Industry, NSW & ACT Ltd.
Exhibition Hall, Rosehill Gardens
Sydney
http://www.ngina.com.au

BGANZ NSW 2010 Conference
Where to Now

27-29 August 2010
Hunter Region Botanic Gardens
email info@portstephens.org.au

11 th Meeting of International Organization of Plant Biosystematists
2-4 September 2010
Aurangabad, India
http://www.asdhabe.com/iopb/inde.html

Society for Growing Australian Plants (Qld Region) Inc 2010 State Conference
“Fragments of Green”

19-24 September 2010
Jacob Wells Environmental Education Centre, Qld
Enquiries to Bev Leggett: bleggett@australiaonline.net au or ph (07)3870 8517

8 th National Conference Australian Network for Plant Conservation
Planning Conservation to Achieving Restoration
28 Sept – 1 October 2010
Perth, WA
http://www.anpc.asn.au

13 th National Conference on Volunteering
27-29 October 2010
Sebel and Citigate Albert Park, Melbourne, Vic.
http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/conference

XVIII International Botanical Congress
24-30 July 2011
Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre
http://www.ibc2011.com/

 

 


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