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July 2009

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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

Arts and culture in Australia: a statistical overview, 2008, 2 nd ed.
[ Canberra, A.C.T.] : Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2008. (Catalogue no. 4172.0)
Also available via the Internet at:
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/productsbyCatalogue/B5DEC25B3155FC38CA2572FE007753AE?OpenDocument
306.48120994 ART

The role of CITES in controlling the international trade in forest products : implications for sustainable forest management
Teresa Mulliken
Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009 (Non-wood forest products working document no. 7)
333.7513 MUL

Significance 2.0 : a guide to assessing the significance of collections
Roslyn Russell and Kylie Winkworth
[ Adelaide] : Collections Council of Australia, 2009
Also available via the Internet at:http://significance.collectionscouncil.com.au/print
363.690994 RUS

Environmental views and behaviour, 2007-08
Canberra : Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2008 (ABS catalogue no. 4626.0.55.001)
These spreadsheets contain data on people's views and practices on environmental issues. Topics include: environmental concerns, personal energy and water use, waste collection and disposal and environmental involvement.
Available via the Internet at:http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/cat/4626.0.55.001
ANBG copy includes only summary.
P 363.7350994 ENV

Great Artesian Basin historical overview
Thom Blake and Margaret Cook
Brisbane : Dept, of Natural Resources and Mines, 2006
551.4980994 BLA

Australian botanist’s companion
Alex S. George
Kardinya, W.A. : Four Gables Press, 2009
A collection of information on plant names, collectors, institutions and societies, placenames, the environment and historical literature.
Ref 580.994 GEO

Diversity of plants : a molecular approach
Editor S. John Britto
Tiruchirappalli, India : Rapinat Herbarium and Centre for Molecular Systematics, St Joseph’s College, 2009
580.12 DIV

Flora Zambesiacae. Volume 12, Part 2
Richmond, UK : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 2009
Includes families from Alismataceae to Smilaceae.
Also available via the Internet at:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/search.do
581.9689 FLO

Grasses of New South Wales, 4 th ed.
SWL Jacobs, RDB Whalley, DJB Wheeler
Armidale, NSW : University of New England, 2008
584.909944 JAC

The complete field guide to stick and leaf insects of Australia
Paul D. Brock and Jack W. Hasenpusch
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2009
595.7290994 BRO

Frogs and tadpoles of Australia
Marion Anstis
Sydney : Young Reed, 2007
A 48 p. large format book for younger readers.
ABRS 597.890994 ANS

Sustainable gardens
Rob Cross, Roger Spencer
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2009
635.9870994 CRO

Bees and their role in forest livelihoods : a guide to the services provided by bees and the sustainable harvesting, processing and marketing of their products
Nicola Bradbear
Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009 (Non-wood forest products 19)
638.1 BRA

First Fleet artist : George Raper’s birds & plants of Australia
Linda Groom
Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2009
759.994 RAP

REPRINTS AND VERTICAL FILE

A statistical methodology for tracking long-term change in reporting rates of birds from volunteer-collected presence-absence data / Ross Cunningham, Penny Olsen
Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 18, 2009, pp. 1305-1327

Public preference for endemism over other conservation-related species attributes /.Emily Meuser, Howard W Harshaw and Arne O Mooers
Conservation Biology, vol. 23, issue 4, pp. 1041-1046

Achieving Target 2 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation : building a preliminary assessment of vascular plant species using data from herbarium specimens / Gary A Krupnick, W John Kress, Warren L Wagner,
Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 18, 2009, pp. 1459-1474.

AUDIOVISUAL

Classic walks [DVD]
Presented by Sorrell Wilby
Sydney : Australian Geographic, 2009 (Best of Australia 10)
Includes walks along Sydney Harbour foreshore, Bay of Fires walk in Tasmania, National Pass in Blue Mountains NSW, Heysen Trail in the Flinders Ranges SA, and the Great Hinterland Walk in Queensland.
AV 912.94 CLA

WEB RESOURCES

TL-2 Online , the online edition of Taxonomic Literature, 2nd edition (TL-2).
Available to DEWHA staff at http://tl2.idcpublishers.info/

Includes all volumes up to Supplement 6 (i.e. lacks supps. 7 & 8) In this online edition you can browse the volumes and supplements of TL-2, and the original work is enhanced by the addition of various search options, including full text searching.

ANNUAL REPORTS

Queensland Herbarium achievements 2007-2008

STAFF PUBLICATIONS

A comparison of Australia’s anuran records against the reserve system / Francis Lemckert, Dan Rosauer, Cameron Slatyer
Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 18, 2009, pp. 1233-1246. 

ARCHIVE COLLECTION

Stocktakes 12 to 15 / Australian National Botanic Gardens
1990-2005
Archive – Stocktake

CONFERENCES, COURSES and EVENTS

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Ecology in a Changing Climate, 10 th International Congress of Ecology
16-21 August 2009
Brisbane
http://www.intecol10.org/

Landscape Australia Expo Melbourne
26-28 August 2009
Melbourne Showgrounds
http://www.landscapeexpo.com.au

Xth Australasian Bryophyte Workshop
30 August – 5 September 2009
Manjimup, WA
Email to Louise.Biggs@dec.wa.gov.au

18th Australian Orchid Council Conference and Show
8-13 September 2009
Wyndham Events Centre, Werribee, Vic
http://www.mosorchid.org/AOCConf2009.php

Australian Landscape Conference 2009: Designing the Liveable Landscape
11-15 September 2009
Camberwell Centre, Camberwell, Vic
http://www.landscapeconference.com

# Parks & Leisure Australia 2009 National Conference “Making Connections in the Top End”
13-16 September 2009
Holiday Inn, Esplanade, Darwin
http://www.placonference.com.au/

# 2009 American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting & Expo
“Beyond Sustainability : Regenerating Places and People”

18-21 September 2009
Lakeside Center at McCormick Place, Chicago
http://www.asla.org/2009meeting

Charles Darwin University Symposium
22-24 September 2009
Darwin Convention Centre, NT
http://www.cdu.edu.au/cdss

Australian Plants in the 21 st Century
Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants Conference and Seminar
26 Sept – 2 October 2009
Convenor: Paul Kennedy, PO Box 220, Strathmerton VIC 3641
Ph (03) 5874 5239
Email hakeaholic@aapt.net.au

Plan(e)t Priority : Regional Reality.
2009 Botanic Gardens of Australia and New Zealand (BGANZ) Congress
8-11 October 2009
Mackay, Qld
http://www.bganz.org.au/congress.html

Cultivating Australia Felix: the Pastoral Legacy
Australian Garden History Society 30 th Annual National Conference
16-18 October 2009
Geelong Conference Centre, Geelong, Vic
http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au

Action Learning: Places, Spaces and Partnerships for Biodiversity and Human Well-Being.
BGCI’s 7 th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens

1-6 November 2009
Durban Botanic Gardens, South Africa
http://www.ebg2009.org.za

Australasian Conference of Voluntary Guides in Botanic Gardens
9-13 November 2009
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
http://www.friendsanbg.org.au/rtbgbrochure.doc

# Managing Biodiversity in a Time of Global Change
Society for Conservation Biology - Oceania Section Meeting
30 November - 3 December 2009
University of Tasmania, Hobart
http://www.cdesign.com.au/scboceania2009/

Systematic Botany: From Science to Society. Australian Systematic Botanic Society 2009 Conference and Workshop on national accreditation of providers of biological information.
1–Dec 2009
University of New England, Armidale, NSW
http://www.anbg.gov.au/asbs/conferences/2009-UNE/index.html

# Safeguarding Agriculture and the Environment
Global Biosecurity 2010 Conference
28 February – 3 March 2010
Brisbane
http://www.globalbiosecurity2010.com

# 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
Call for papers http://www.ista-cologne2010.de

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

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

 


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