New in the ANBG Library & Archive

August 2013

last issue: July 2013

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

The geology of Western Australia
[Perth]; Geological Survey of Western Australia, 1975
559.41 GEO

Lichen type photographs
N Sammy ; compiled and digitised by R.J Cranfield
[Manjimup, WA : Dept of Conservation and Environment, 2006]
Photographs and label information on type specimens of Australian lichens. ANBG copy lacks associated CDROM.
579.70994 SAM

Rainforests and cool temperate mixed forests of Victoria
Bill Peel
East Melbourne, Vic. : Dept of Natural Resources and Environment, 1999
581.73409945 PEE

African plant diversity: systematic and sustainable development : Proceedings of the XIXth AETFAT Congress, held at Antananarivo, Madagascar, 26-30 April 2010
Natacha Beau, Steven Dessein, Elmar Robbrecht (eds)
Meise : National Botanic Garden of Belgium, 2013 (Scripta botanica belgica; v. 50)
581.967 AET

The allure of orchids
Mark A Clements
Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2013
Features illustrations of Australian orchids by 25 artists.
ANBG copy donated by Mark Clements, August 2013
584.4 CLE

Honey plants in Western Australia
Francis G Smith
South Perth ; Dept of Agriculture, 1969
638.1309941 SMI

The red centre: man and beast in the heart of Australia, new edn,
HH Finlayson
Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1952
ANBG copy donated by Murray Fagg, June 2012
919.42 FIN

Legends of the red heart: twenty-six heroes of inland Australia
Shirley Brown
Rockhampton, Qld. : Central Queensland University Press, 2002
994.20099 BRO

AUDIOVISUAL COLLECTION

Bush food: end of the wet, episode 1 DVD
Stan Kalkeeyorta
[Aurukun, Qld] : Wik & Kugu TRKP, 2006.
Elder Stan Kalkeeyorta takes us to the heart of the Wik traditional lands, at the end of wet season where he reveals his bush food secrets and traditional knowledge.
AV 578.63099438 KAL

RARE BOOK COLLECTION

Sixteen orchids of Papua New Guinea : a series of fine art prints
Celia Perkins; text: Andree Millar
Rabaul, PNG : 3P Publications, 1975
Folio of 16 prints, in black ink on buff paper, mostly dendrobiums.
ANBG copy donated by Fred Parker, 8 August 2013.
Art 52

ARCHIVE COLLECTION

ANBG Volunteer Guides’ Meeting minutes 16 July 2013
Growing Friends record of meeting 3 August 2013

Thursday talks Printed copies of Powerpoint presentations
1/8/13 Contributions of the ANBG to scientific research on Australian flora / Judy West
8/8/13 Flocks of colour: a portfolio of Canberra’s parrots 1913 to 2013 / Penny Olsen
15/8/13 – ClimateWatch: monitoring nature / Steve Speer

A new terrestrial genus and species within the aquatic liverwort family Riellaceae (Sphaerocarpales) from Australia
D Christine Cargill & Josephine Milne
Polish Botanical Journal, vol. 58, no. 1, 2013, pp. 71-80

Bush Blitz Symposium handbook: adding to Australia’s biodiversity picture
[Canberra : Australian Biological Resources Study], 2013
Program and abstracts from the symposium held at Old Parliament House, Canberra, 30 July 2013.
Talks are available as webcasts via the Internet at: http://webcast.gigtv.com.au/Mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/bushblitz2013
ABRS Archive – S

REPRINTS & VERTICAL FILE

Googling trends in conservation biology
Raphael Proulx, P Massicotte & M Pepino
Conservation Biology, “Early view”, 23/8/2013, 8 pp.
Google Trends, a web-crawling engine, can be used to track changes in timing of biological processes, spatial distributions of invasive species, and level of public awareness about key conservation issues.
Available to Dept staff at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.12131/abstract

Sensitivities of extant animal genera to ocean acidification
Astrid C Wittmann & Hans-O. Portner
Nature Climate Change, published online 25/8/13, 7pp.
It is suggested that ocean acidification is a driver for substantial change in ocean ecosystems, potentially leading to long-term shifts in species composition.
Abstract available at: http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1982.html

Best practices: in the 21st century, taxonomic decisions in herpetology are acceptable when supported by a body of evidence and published via peer-review
Hinrich Kaiser et al.
Herpetological Review, vol. 44, no. 1, 2013, pp. 8-23
Available at: http://www.australiansocietyofherpetologists.org/docs/Kaiser-herp-review-taxonomic-decisions.pdf

CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, COURSES

‘A Passion for Eucalypts’ art exhibition by Marcelle Stirling
5 June – 25 November 2013
Myall Park Botanic Garden
Glenmorgan, Qld
http://www.myallparkbotanicgarden.org.au/

22nd International Grasslands Congress
15-19 September 2013
Sydney Exhibition & Convention Centre, NSW
http://www.igc2013.com/

Australian Landscape Conference: ‘Design for the Future’
20-24 September 2013
Melbourne Convention Centre, Vic
http://www.landscapeconference.com/AU/

Weeds have no boundaries!
17th NSW Weeds Conference
9-12 September 2013
Corowa, NSW
http://www.riverinaweeds.org.au/WhatsNew/images/Notification_Call_for_Papers.pdf

Gardens with Altitude: The High Lean Country of New England
34th Annual National Conference, Australian Garden History Society
18-20 October 2013
Armidale, NSW
http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au

Celebrating Success – The Influence and Appeal of Botanic Gardens
5th Global Botanic Gardens Australia and New Zealand Congress
20-25 October 2013
Dunedin Botanic Garden, New Zealand
http://www.5gbgc.com

Plant identification for flora of the Wimmera
30-31 October 2013
Horsham, Vic
http://www.anpc.asn.au

EcoTas13: 5th Joint Conference of New Zealand Ecological Society and Ecological Society of Australia
24-29 November 2013
Aotea Centre, Auckland, NZ
http://ecotas13.org/

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