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June 2013

last issue: April/May 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

Do species exist? Principles of taxonomic classification
Werner Kunz
Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
ANBG copy purchased by ABRS for general collection
576.86 KUN

Tuart dwellers
Jan Ramage; illustrations by Ellen Hickman
Bentley, WA : Dept of Environment and Conservation, 2008
Children’s book
577.309941 RAM

Hypotrachyna (Parmeliaceae, lichenized fungi)
Harrie JM Sipman, John A Elix & John H Nash
Bronx, NY : New York Botanical Garden, 2009 (Flora neotropica monograph 104)
ANBG copy donated by Jack Elix, June 2013.
579.7098 SIP

A primer of botanical Latin with vocabulary
Emma Short, Alex George
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013
ABRS 580.14 SHO

Australian rainforest fruits: a field guide
Wendy Cooper, illustrated by William T Cooper
Collingwood, Vic : CSIRO Publishing, 2013
ANBG copy purchased by ABRS for general collection.
581.6320994 COO

Weeds of the Goulburn Broken: a field guide to terrestrial and aquatic weeds, 3rd edn
Shepparton, Vic : Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, 2008
581.652099454 WEE

High mountain flowers of the Patagonian Andes: field guide for identification of the main species of high-Andean vascular plants
Marcela Ferreyra, Cecilia Ezcurra, Sonia Clayton
Buenos Aires : Edicion LOLA, 2006
ANBG copy donated by Jack Elix, June 2013
581.9827 FER

Flora of Australia. Volume 26. Meliaceae, Rutaceae, Zygophyllaceae
Annette Wilson, editor
Canberra : ABRS : Melbourne : CSIRO, 2013
581.994 FLO

Tasmania’s natural flora, 2nd edn
Christine Howells
Hobart : Australian Plants Society Tasmania Inc., 2012
ANBG copy purchased by ABRS for general collection.
581.9946 TAS

Eucalypts of Western Australia’s wheatbelt
Malcolm French
[Padbury, WA]: M. French, 2012
ANBG copy purchased by ABRS for general collection.
583.766099412 FRE

Bulbophyllum of Sulawesi
Jaap Vermeulen & Peter O’Byrne
Kota Kinabalu : Natural History Publications (Borneo), 2011
584.4095984 VER

National recovery plan for the Central Australian cabbage palm Livistona mariae subsp. mariae
Catherine Nano
Alice Springs : Dept of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport Northern Territory, 2008
Also available at: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/pubs/livistona-mariae-subsp-mariae.doc
P 584.509942 NAN

Handbook of the mammals of the world. 3. Primates
Russell A Mittermeier, Anthony B Rylands, Don E Wilson, chief editors
Barcelona : Lynx Edicions, 2013
ABRS 599 HAN v. 3

The red centre: man and beast in the heart of Australia, new edn.
HH Finlayson
Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1952
ANBG copy donated by Murray Fagg, June 2013
919.42 FIN


RARE BOOK COLLECTION

The lichen flora of the Mount Donna Buang Scenic Reserve, Victoria
Simone Henrica JJ Louwhoff
Thesis (M. Appl. Sci) – Deakin University, 1995
Rare Thesis LOUWHOFF

The lichen genera Hypotrachyna and Parmotrema in the Pacific islands: taxonomy, phytochemistry and distribution
Simone Henrica JJ Louwhoff
Thesis (Ph.D.) – Australian National University, 2000
Rare Thesis LOUWHOFF

Effects of altitude on vegetative and reproductive plant characteristics in the Australian Alps
Deborah B Segal
Thesis (B. Sc. Hons.) – Australian National University, 2010
Rare Thesis SEGAL

Lichens on mangroves along the east coast of Australia
Gweneth Nell Stevens
Thesis (M. Sc.) – University of Queensland, 1989
Rare Thesis STEVENS

A primer of forestry, with illustrations of the principal forest trees of Western Australia
CE Lane-Poole
Perth : Govt Printer, 1922
Rare 634.909941 LAN



ARCHIVE COLLECTION

ANBG Volunteer Guides’ Meeting minutes 18 June 2013

Growing eremophilas at the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Paul Carmen, Murray Fagg
Journal, Australian Native Plants Society Canberra Region Inc, vol. 17, no. 6, June 2013, pp. 24-28.

Botanist Murray Fagg’s lush library of botanical memories
SGAP Queensland Region Bulletin, vol. 52, no. 1, June 2013, pp. 31-32.
On Murray’s Fagg’s retirement from the ANBG. Reprinted from ‘Australian Plants on the Web’.

Grass-dependent Thysanoptera of the family Thripidae from Australia
Laurence A. Mound
Zootaxa, 3064, 2011, pp. 1-40
Includes description of a new genus Aliceathrips in recognition of Alice Wells, ABRS staff.


REPRINTS & VERTICAL FILE

Whose backyard? Some precautions in choosing recipient sites for assisted colonisation of Australian plants and animals
Stephen Harris et al.
Ecological Management & Restoration, vol. 14, no. 2, May 2013, pp. 106-110
Available to Dept staff at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/emr.12041/abstract

Whatever happened to myrtle rust?
Mike McRae
Ecos, 21 June 2013
Available at: http://www.ecosmagazine.com/view/journals/ECOS_Print_Fulltext.cfm?f=EC13137

Dietary characteristics of emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) in semi-arid New South Wales, Australia, and dispersal and germination of ingested seeds
 Emu, vol. 113, 2013, pp. 168-176
Available to Dept staff at: http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MU12061.htm


CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, COURSES

Philosophy of Biological Systematics: a course by Kirk Fitzhugh
29 July – 2 August 2012
Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW
A “Pre-conference workshop” of IPC - http://www.ipc2013.com.au/

11th International Polychaete Conference
4-9 August 2013
Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW
http://www.ipc2013.com.au

Writing the Australian Landscape
3-4 August 2013
National Library of Australia, Canberra
http://www.nla.gov.au/events/landscape

6th International Symposium on the Biology and Ecology of Gall Inducing Arthropods and Related Endophytes
4-8 August 2013
O’Reillys Rainforest Retreat, Qld
http://6isbegia.org/

Australian Native Plants Society Australia 2013 Conference: Diversity is in our Nature
10-16 August 2013
Alexandra Park Conference Centre, Sunshine Coast, Qld
http://www.sgapqld.org.au

Australian Fundraising Forum 2013
5-6 September 2013
Dockside Convention Centre, Cockle Bay, Sydney
http://www.fpmagazine.com.au/aff/

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

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

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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