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ASBS Book Reviews

Starting in 2011, it is intended to put book reviews by ASBS members on the web.

Further enquiries to the Book Review Editor:

John Clarkson
Principal Botanist
Department of Environment and Resource Management
PO Box 156
Mareeba  Qld  4880
Australia

Ph: (07) 4048 4745
(Mobile)  0437 732 487
Fax: (07) 4092 2366
Email: john.clarkson@derm.qld.gov

Books currently available to review:

Trees in Savanna Landscapes by Jill Landsberg, David Gillieson and David Salt. David Gillieson with support of the CRC for Tropical Savannas Management.

Realizing Nature’s Potential by B. Ponman & J. Miller eds.  Missouri Botanical Garden Press  (http://www.mbgpress.info/index.php?task=id&id=11301)

Books currently being reviewed:

Burning Issues. Sustainability and Management of Australia's Southern Forests by Mark Adams & Peter Attiwill. CSIRO Publishing (http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/20/pid/6421.htm)

Flora of Australia Vol 39.  Alismatales to Arales CSIRO Publishing (http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/20/pid/6816.htm)

Mistletoes of Southern Australia by David Watson. CSIRO Publishing (http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/20/pid/6436.htm)

Mechanisms of Life History Evolution The Genetics and Physiology of Life History Traits and Trade-Offs edited by Thomas Flatt and Andreas Heyland. Oxford University Press.  (http://www.oup.com.au/titles/higher_ed/science/biological_sciences/9780199568772)

The Origins of Evolutionary Innovations A Theory of Transformative Change in Living Systems by Andreas Wagner. Oxford University Press.  (http://www.oup.com.au/titles/higher_ed/science/biological_sciences/9780199692606)

Flora of the Liverworts and Hornworts of New Zealand, A, Volume 1 by J.J. Engel and D. Glenny. Missouri Botanical Garden Press (http://www.mbgpress.info/index.php?task=id&id=08071)

Effective Learning in the Life Sciences by David Adams. Wiley (http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470661577.html)

Your Research Project: Designing and Planning Your Work by Nicholas Walliman. Sage Publications (http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book234415#tabview=title)

Doing Your Literature Review by Jill Jesson, Lydia Matheson and Fiona Lacey. Sage Publications (http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book233413)

100 Questions (and Answers) About Research Methods by Neil Salkind. Sage Publications (http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book235517#tabview=title)

The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project by Zina O’Leary. Sage Publications (http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book233310#tabview=title)

Wetland Weeds: Causes, Cures and Compromises by Nick Ramanowski. CSIRO Publishing (http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6579.htm)

The Biology of Island Floras edited by D. Bramwell & J. Caujapé-castells. Cambridge University Press (http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521118088)

Hardy Heathers from the Northern Hemisphere: the genera Calluna – Deaboecia – Erica by E.C. Nelson. Kew Publishing (www.kewbooks.com/asps/ForthcomingDetails.asp?id=896)

Threatened Plants of New Zealandby P. de Lange, P. Heenan, D. Norton, J. Rolfe & J. Sawyer. Canterbury University Press (http://www.cup.canterbury.ac.nz/catalogue/threatened_plants.shtml)

Australian Tropical Plants DVD by G.&N. Sankowsky. Zodiac Publications (http://www.rainforestmagic.com.au/atp.html)

Rare and Curious: The Secret History of Governor Macquarie's Collectors' Chest by E. Ellis. Melbourne University Publications (http://catalogue.mup.com.au/978-0-522-85379-7.html)

Wildflower Wonders: The 50 Best Wildflower Sites in the World by Bob Gibbons. Princeton University Press (http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9533.html)

The Last Great Plant Hunt: The Story of the Millennium Seed Bank Project by C. Fry, S. Seddon & G. Vines. Kew Publishing (http://www.kewbooks.com/asps/ShowDetails.asp?id=872)

Introduction to Phylogenetic Networks by David Morrison. PJR Productions (http://www.rjr-productions.org/Networks/)

Wildflower Country : Discovering Biodiversity in Australia’s Southwest by Stanley & Kaisa Breeden (http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/house_garden/1147?keywords=wildflower country&x=11&y=14)

Tropical Plant Collecting: From the Field to the Internet edited by Scott Mori et al. (http://www.tecceditora.com/available-soon-tropical-plant-collecting-from-the-field-to-the-internet/)

Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution by Else Marie Friis et al. (http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521592833)

Biological Control of Weeds in Australia by Mic Julien, Rachel McFadyen and Jim Cullen (http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/21/pid/6509.htm)

Plants of the Victorian High Country A Field Guide for Walkers by John Murphy and Bill Dowling (http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/21/pid/6831.htm)

Life in a Gall The Biology and Ecology of Insects that Live in Plant Galls by Rosalind Blanche (http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/21/pid/6814.htm)

Khawa Karpo Tibetian Traditional Knowledge and Biodiversity Conservation by Jan Salick and Robert Moseley

The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia by Bill Gammage.  Allen and Unwin  http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781742377483

Native Plants of the Sydney Region from Newcastle to Nowra and west to the Dividing Range by Alan Fairley and Philip Moore.  Allen and Unwin  http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781741755718

The Flora of Peninsular Malaysia (Series II: Seed Plants, volume 3)  Forest Research Institute Malaysia.

Australia's Poisonous Plants, Fungi and Cyanobacteria A Guide to Species of Medical and Veterinary Importance by R. McKenzie.  CSIRO Publishing  (http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/21/pid/6507.htm)

Weeds of Northern Australia by Nicholas Smith.  Northern Territory Environment Centre  (http://www.ecnt.org/weeds-field-guide)

The Smallest Kingdom: Plants and Plant Collectors at the Cape of Good Hope by M. & L. Fraser  Kew Publishing  http://www.kewbooks.com/asps/ShowDetails.asp?id=804

A Field Guide to the Eucalypts of the Cape York Peninsula Bioregion by John Clarkson. Queensland Government.

Reviews published in Newsletter 150 (link to PDF)

Burke and Wills by E.A. Joyce & D.A. McCann. CSIRO Publishing (www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6733.htm)

Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science by M. Nielsen. Princeton University Press marketed in Australia by Footprint Books http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9517.html

Ethnobiology edited by E.N. Anderson, D. Pearsall, E. Hunn and N. Turner. Wiley (http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470547855.html)

A Botanical Journey: The Story of the Western Australian Herbarium by R. Underwood WA. Naturally Publications (http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.dec/product_id,315/category_id,28/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,1561/)

Botany for the Artist: An Inspirational Guide to Drawing Plants by Sarah Simblet. Penguin Books (http://www.penguin.com.au/products/9781405332279/botany-artist-inspirational-guide-drawing-plants)

The Ambonese Herbal, Volume 1: Introduction and Book I: Containing All Sorts of Trees, That Bear Edible Fruits, and Are Husbanded by People by G.E. Rumphius; Translated, annotated, and with an introduction by E. M. Beekman. Yale University Press (http://yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?K=9780300153705&nat=false&sort=%24rank&sf1=keyword&st1=beekman&m=9&dc=9)

A Field Guide to the Eremophilas of Western Australia by A. Brown & B. Buirchell. Wildflowers Society of WA.

Plants of Capricornia by Rhonda Melzer and Joel Plumb. Capricorn Conservation Council (http://www.cccqld.org.au/book.html)

Deceptive Beauties: The World of Wild Orchids by C. Ziegler. University of Chicago Press (http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo10963532.html)

Reviews to be published in Newsletter 151

Reframing Darwin: Evolution and Art in Australia by J. Hoorns.Melbourne University Publications (http://catalogue.mup.com.au/978-0-522-85684-2.html)

Microscopic Worlds Volume 3: Bacteria, Fungi, Lichens and Plants by Kerry Swanson (http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6806.htm)

The Dynamic Genome A Darwinian Approach byAntonio Fontdevila. Oxford University Press. (http://www.oup.com.au/titles/academic/science/biological_sciences/9780199541379)

The Anatomy of Palms  Arecaceae – Palmae by P. Barry Tomlinson, James W. Horn & Jack B. Fisher. Oxford University Press (http://www.oup.com.au/titles/academic/science/biological_sciences/9780199558926)

Floodplain Wetland Biota in the Murray-Darling Basin edited by Kerrylee Rogers & Timothy Ralph. CSIRO Publishing (http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6464.htm)

Water Regime for Wetland and Floodplain Plants: A Source Book for the Murray-Darling Basin by Jane Roberts and Frances Marston. National Water Commission (http://nwc.gov.au/publications/topic/environment/water-regime-for-wetland-and-floodplain-plants)

Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants: Identification and Cultivation of over 3000 Tropical Plants by Ahmed Fayaz (http://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/isbn/9781742232904.htm)

Soul of the Desert by Philippa Nikulinsky (http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/house_garden/1274?keywords=soul of the desert&x=21&y=13)

Rainforest Country : An Intimate Portrait of Australia’s Tropical Rainforest by Stanley & Kaisa Breeden (http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/house_garden/1299?keywords=rainforest country)

A Brilliant Touch, Adam Forster's Wildflower Paintings by Christobel Mattingley (http://www.nla.gov.au/media/book-zone/a-brilliant-touch/index.html)

Recently published reviews

The Flowering of Australia’s Rainforests: A Plant and Pollination Miscellany by G. Williams & P. Adam. CSIRO Publishing. (Reviewed by Peter Weston)

Elachistine Moths of Australia by Lauri Kaila. CSIRO Publishing (http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6646.htm)

Practical Computing for Biologists by S.H.D. Haddock & C.W. Dunn. Sinauer Associates. (Reviewed by David Morrison)

Practical Computing for Biologists by Sinuaer and Associates by Steven Haddock & Casey Dunn. (http://www.sinauer.com/detail.php?id=3914)

Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words by D. Lindsay. CSIRO Publishing. (Reviewed by Chris Cargill)

Weeds of the South East: An Identification Guide by F.J. Richardson, R.G. Richardson & R.C.H. Shepherd. R.G & F.J. Richardson (http://www.weedinfo.com.au/bk_weedsosea.html)

Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic History of Latin American Vegetation and Terrestrial Environments by Alan Graham. Missouri Botanical Garden Press (http://www.mbgpress.info/index.php?task=id&id=10062)

Frozen in Time by Jeffrey Stilwell & John Long. CSIRO Publishing (http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6431.htm)

Coastal Plants. A Guide to the Identification and Restoration of Plants of the Perth Region by Kingsley Dickson. CSIRO Publishing (http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/20/pid/6560.htm)

Getting Published in the Life Sciences by Richard Gladon, William Graves and Michael Kelly. Wiley (http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118017161.html)

Joseph Hooker: Botanical Trailblazer by P. Griggs & J. Enders. Kew Publishing (www.kewbooks.com/asps/ForthcomingDetails.asp?id=907)

Book reviews from early ASBS Newsletters (before PDF versions in 2001)

The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants - Arthur Cronquist
An Introduction to Plant Taxonomy - Charles Jeffrey
Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics - Clive Stace
Plant Taxonomy: The Systematic Evaluation of Comparative Data - Tod F. Stuessy
Grevillea (Proteaceae). A Taxonomic Revision - D.J. McGillivray, assisted by R.O. Makinson
The Names of Acacias of New South Wales. With a Guide to Pronunciation of Botanical Names - Norman Hall and L.A.S. Johnson
Flora of New South Wales, Volume 3 - Gwen Harden (ed.)
The Compleat Cladist: A Primer of Phylogenetic Procedures - E.O. Wiley, D. Siegel-Causey, D.R. Brooks, and V.A. Funk
Cladistics. A Practical Course in Systematics - Peter L. Forey, Christopher J. Humphries, Ian J. Kitching, Robert W. Scotland, Darrell J. Siebert, and David M. Williams
Historical Biogeography of the Southeast Asian Genus Spatholobus (Legum.-Papilionoideae) and its Allies - J.W.A. Ridder-Numan
The Ecology and Biogeography of Nothofagus Forests - Veblen T. T., Hill, R. S. & Read, J. (eds)
Cottoning On - Siobhan McHugh
Malesian Seed Plants. Volume 1 - spot characters. An aid for identification of families and genera - M.M.J. van Balgooy
Black nightshades: Solanum nigrum L. and related species - J.M. Edmonds and J.A. Chweya
Freshwater Algae in Australia. A guide to conspicuous genera - T.J. Entwisle, J.A. Sonneman and S.H. Lewis
The Tree of Liff - Brendan Lepschi
Checklist of the Mosses of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand - B.H. Macmillan
Pre-European Vegetation of Adelaide: a Survey from the Gawler River to Hallett Cove - Darrell N. Kraehenbuehl
Principles and Techniques of Contemporary Taxonomy - Donald L.J. Quicke
Handbook of the Vascular Plants of Ashmore and Cartier Islands - G.D. Pike and G.J. Leach
False Economy - William J. Lines
Worterbuch der Botanik - G. Wagenitz
George Bentham Autobiography 1800 - 1834 - Marion Filipiuk (ed.)
Biological Systematics. The State of the Art - Alessandro Minelli
Botany in the Backblocks, from 1939 - Noel C.W. Beadle
Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean - Paul C. Silva et. al.
Contemporary Plant Systematics - Dennis W. Woodland
Eucalyptus - Murray Bail
1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants - K.S. Walter and H.J. Gillett
John Lindley 1799 - 1865, Gardener - Botanist and Pioneer Orchidologist, Bicentenary Celebration Volume - William T. Stearn
Adventrop Doc - Les adventices d'Afrique soudano-sahéliene
EUCLID - Eucalypts of south-eastern Australia - M.I.H. Brooker, J.R. Connors, A.V. Slee
Walker in the Wilderness: The Life of R.J. Anketell - Judith Anketell
Regardfully Yours: Life & letters of Ferdinand von Mueller. Selected Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller. Vol. 1 1840-1859 - R.W. Home, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora and J.H. Voigt
Flora of Australia. Volume 48: Ferns, Gymnosperms and Allied Groups
Do Not Yield to Despair: Frank Hugh Hann's Exploration Diaries in the Arid Interior of Australia 1895-1908 - Mike Donaldson and Ian Elliot
Brilliant Careers: Women collectors and illustrators in Queensland - Judith McKay
Malesian Seed Plants. An aid for identification of families and genera. Vol. 2: Portraits of tree families - M.M.J. van Balgooy
Would a panicle by any other name smell as sweet? Die Infloreszenzen Band II, Teil 2, Monotele und polytele Synfloreszenzen - Focko Weberling & Wilhelm Troll
Flora of Australia Volume 17B, Proteaceae 3, Hakea to Dryandra
Flora of Australia Volume 1: Introduction 2nd Edition

 

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