New in the ANBG Library

March 2011

last month: February

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

Chemistry in the garden
James R Hanson
Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009
The biosynthetic relationship of natural products -- Natural products and plant biochemistry in the garden -- Garden soils -- The colour and scent of garden plants -- Bioactive compounds from ornamental plants -- Natural products in the vegetable and fruit garden -- Fungal and insect chemistry in the garden.
540 HAN

Kurnell Peninsula: a guide to the plants, animals, ecology & landscapes
Virginia Bear
Parramatta, NSW : Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority, 2010
57 p. booklet
577.099441 BEA

Natural history of the Riverland and Murraylands
John T Jennings (ed.)
Adelaide : Royal Society of South Australia, 2009
Covers the lower portion of the Murray River and includes articles on geology, soils, fossils, climate, Aboriginal culture, flora and fauna.
578.0994233 NAT

Marri Ngarr and Magati Ke plants and animals: Aboriginal knowledge of flora and fauna from the Moyle River and Rak Neninh areas, north Australia
Ngarul Jimmy Nambatu … [et al.]
Darwin : Dept of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, 2009 ( Northern Territory botanical bulletin, no. 32)
578.63099429 MAR

Ngarinyman plants and animals: Aboriginal knowledge of flora and fauna from Judbarra / Gregory National Park and the Victoria River area, northern Australia
Bobby Widijburru … [et al.]
Darwin : Dept of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport, Diwurruwurru-Jaru Aboriginal Corporation, 2010 ( Northern Territory botanical bulletin, no. 34)
578.63099429 NGA

Waray plants and animals: Aboriginal flora and fauna knowledge from the upper Adelaide and upper Finniss Rivers northern Australia
Doris Lidawi White … [et al.]
Darwin : Dept of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport, Diwurruwurru-Jaru Aboriginal Corporation 2009 ( Northern Territory botanical bulletin, no. 33)
578.63099429 WAR

Wagiman plants and animals: Aboriginal knowledge of flora and fauna from the mid Daly River area, northern Australia
Lenny Gappuya Liddy … [et al.]
Darwin : Dept of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport : Katherine : Diwurruwurru-Jaru Aboriginal Corporation, 2006 ( Northern Territory botanical bulletin, no. 30)
578.630994295 WAG

The kingdom Fungi: the biology of mushrooms, molds and lichens
Steven L Stephenson
Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2011.
579.5 STE

The families and genera of vascular plants. X. Flowering plants, Eudicots: Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae
K Kubitzki (ed.)
Heidelberg : Springer, 2011
Ref 580.12 FAM

Bark: an intimate look at the world’s trees
Cedric Pollet
London : Frances Lincoln, 2010
Pictorial work with photographs of tree bark found across five continents, including Australia.
581.47

Vegetation, fire and climate change in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area
Kate Hammill & Liz Tasker
[ Sydney]: Dept of Environment, Climate Change & Water, 2010
581.724099445 HAM

Cumberland Plain shale woodlands and shale-gravel transition forest: a guide to identifying and protecting the nationally threatened ecological community
Canberra : DEWHA, 2010
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/publications/cumberland-plain-shale-woodlands.html
P 581.73099441 CUM

Waterplants of the ACT region: glove box guide
[ACT]: Molonglo Catchment Group, [2011?]
24 page booklet with colour photographs
P 581.7609947 WAT

The Burdekin Delta tree guide
Greg Calvert
Ayr, Qld. : Lower Burdekin Landcare Association, 2010
582.16099436 CAL

A guide to eucalypts in the ACT
Canberra : ACT Parks and Conservation Service, 2011
Brochure describing 20 of the most common eucalypts that occur in the ACT.
P 583.76609947 GUI

The genus Grimmia Hedw. (Grimmiaceae, Bryophyta): a morphological-anatomical study
Eva Maier
Chambesy, Switzerland : Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Geneve, 2010 (Boisssiera ; vol. 63)
588.92 MAI

Spider silk: evolution and 400 million years of spinning, waiting, snagging and mating
Leslie Brunetta, Catherine L Craig
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2010
595.4 BRU

The genus Jasminum in cultivation
Peter Green and Diana Miller
Kew : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 2009 (A Botanical Magazine monograph)
635.93387 GRE

Waterwise gardening for Australia: how to create and maintain a beautiful garden without wasting a drop
Catherine Stewart, Sophie Thomson
Ultimo, NSW : Reader’s Digest ( Australia), 2010
635.0994 REA

From art to landscape: unleashing creativity in garden design
W Gary Smith
Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2010
712.2 SMI

The Andy Goldsworthy project
Molly Donovan and Tina Fiske
London : Thames & Hudson, 2010
Presents Goldsworthy’s sculpture project for the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and an illustrated catalogue of his 120+ commissioned installations.
730.92 GOL

Australia : William Blandowski’s Illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia
Harry Allen, ed.
Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2010
Blandowski’s original work was published in 1862 as ‘Australien in 142 photographischen Abbildungen nach zehnjahrigen Erfahrungen’.
994.0049915 BLA

REPRINTS AND VERTICAL FILE

Botanic gardens in the age of climate change
Leif Schulman, Susanna Lehvavirta
Biodiversity & Conservation, vol. 20, 2011, pp. 217-220.
Available to staff via the Intranet at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/02203717664tu7j7/

The capacity of Australia’s protected-area system to represent threatened species
James EM Watson et al.
Conservation Biology, vol. 25, no. 2, 2011, pp. 324-332
Available to staff via the Intranet at: http://ejournals.ebsco.com/Article.asp?ContributionID=23419716

Plant ageing and its effect on stem cuttings
Philip McMillan Browse
Plantsman, n.s. vol. 10, pt. 1, 2011, pp. 16-19

Plant communities of the ironstone ranges of south Western Australia: hotspots for plant diversity and mineral deposits
Neil Gibson, Colin J Yates, Rebecca Dillon
Biodiversity & Conservation, vol. 19, 2010, pp. 3951-3952
Also available to staff via the Intranet at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/c657gj84642jx565/

ARCHIVE COLLECTION

West, J 2010, ‘The role of taxonomy in conservation’, in, Planning conservation to achieving restoration : program and abstracts of the 8th National Conference of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation Inc., Perth, 28 Sept. - 1 Oct. 2010, p. 39. [Abstract]

Growing Friends Record of meeting 5 March 2011
Volunteer Guides’ Meeting minutes 15 March 2011

CONFERENCES, COURSES and EVENTS

# Indicates a new listing

Organic Matter Management & Compost Use in Horticulture
4-7 April 2011
University of Adelaide
http://www.compost-for-horticulture.com

# Landscape Australia Expo
14-15 April 2011
RNA Showgrounds, Bowen Hills, Old
http://www.landscapeexpo.com.au

Indigenous Values Workshops with Rod Mason
Organised by Friends of Grasslands
20-21 April Resource flows in the landscape
Garuwanga, near Nimmitabel NSW
Contact Geoff Robertson: geoffrobertson@iprimus.com.au or ph 02 6241 4065

13 th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS)
27-30 April 2011
Perth Cultural Centre, WA
http://wa-oigc.curtin.edu.au/conference.cfm

Back to the Future
International Plant Propagators’ Society Australian Region 39 th Annual Conference
26-29 May 2011
Grace Hotel Sydney
http://www.ipps.org.au/confer.html

11 th World Conference on Parasitic Plants
7-12 June 2011
Martina Franca, Italy
http://ipps2011.ba.cnr.it

Fungimap VI
14-19 July 2011
Denmark, Western Australia
http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/fungimap/fungimap-vi-conference

# 16 th NSW Weeds Conference
Making a difference – from country to coast
18-21 July 2011
Pacific Bay Conference Centre, Coffs Harbour
http://2011weeds.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/weeds.htm

Explore, Experience, Educate 6 th World Environmental Education Congress
19-23 July 2011
Brisbane
http://www.weec2011.org

The Eternal Order in Nature: the Science of Botanical Illustration
18 July – 7 August 2011
Domain House, Dallas Brooks Drive, Melbourne
http://eternalorderinnature.squarespace.com/about-the-exhibition/

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

Australian Garden History Society 32 nd Annual National Conference
19-21 August 2011
Maryborough Qld
http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au/conferences_tours

23 rd Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference
25-30 September 2011
The Sebel, Cairns, FNQ
http://www.apwss.com/

Australian Native Plants Society (Aust) 2011 National Biennial Conference
‘Australian Plants in a Wondrous Web’
2-7 October 2011
Westminster School, Marion, South Australia
http://www.australianplantssa.asn.au/conference_2011.html

Garden Clubs of Australia 2011 Biennial National Convention ‘Crossing the Mountains’
9-13 October 2011
Blue Mountains, NSW
http://www.gardenclubs.org.au

# 2011 BGANZ Congress ‘Staying Valuable and Viable’
20-23 October 2011
Albury, NSW
http://www.bganz.org.au/bganzevents

National Conference on Volunteering 2011
9-11 November 2011
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/conference

7 th International Association for Lichenology Symposium
9-13 January 2012
Bangkok, Thailand
http://ww.ru.ac.th/lichen/IAL7

Education and the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
8 th BGCI International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens
22-28 October 2012
Mexico
http://www.bgci.org/education/mexicoform/