New in the ANBG Library & Archive

November 2012

last issue: September - October 2012

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 owl that fell from the sky: stories of a museum curator
Brian Gill
Wellington, N.Z. : AWA Press, 2012
069.099324 GIL

Celebrating Canberra: a nation’s cultural and democratic landscape: exploring Canberra’s national heritage
Australian Heritage Council
Canberra : DSEWPAC, 2012
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/ahc/national-assessments/canberra/pubs/canberra-info-paper.pdf
P 333.716099471 CEL

Food and garden organics: best practice collection manual
Hyder Consulting
Canberra : DSEWPAC, 2012
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.environment.gov.au/wastepolicy/publications/organics-collection-manual/index.html
363.72880994 FOO

Grey box (Eucalyptus macrocarpa) grassy woodlands and derived native grasslands of south-eastern Australia: a guide to the identification, assessment and management of a nationally threatened ecological community EPBC Act 1999
[Canberra]: DSEWPAC, 2012
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/publications/grey-box-booklet.html
577.30994 GRE

The atlas of endangered species, rev. edn
Richard Mackay
ANBG copy donated by Meredith Cosgrove, 2012
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009
578.68 MAC

Fungi of China
S.C. Teng; edited by Richard P. Korf
Ithaca, NY : Mycotaxon, 1996
ANBG copy donated by Heino Lepp, 2012
579.50951 TEN

Health benefits of Australian native foods: an evaluation of health-enhancing compounds
I. Konczak and others
Barton : Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, 2009 (RIRDC pub. no. 091/133)
Also available via the Internet at: https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/items/09-133
P 581.6320994 HEA

Medicinal activity of Dodonaea viscosa: a preliminary study
Andrew Pengelly
Barton : Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, 2008 (RIRDC pub. no. 08/172)
Also available via the Internet at: https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/downloads/08-172.pdf
P 581.6340994 PEN

The alpine vegetation of Victoria (excluding the Bogong High Plains region). Volume 1
N.G. Walsh, R.H. Barley and P.K. Gullan
[Melbourne]: Dept. Of Forests, Conservation and Lands, 1984
581.99455 WAL

Jean Linden: explorer, master of the orchid
Nicole Ceulemans
Brussels : Fonds Mercator, 2006
584.4092 LIN

Birds of the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden
Peter Langdon
Port Augusta, S.A. : Friends of the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, 2012
598.0994238 LAN

Mound-builders
Darryl Jones and Ann Goth
Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing, 2008 (Australian natural history series)
Covers the 3 Australian species: the Scrubfowl in the humid tropics, the Brush turkey in dense forested areas from Cape York to Sydney, and the Malleefowl in the arid interior.
598.640994 JON

Wombats, 2nd edn
Barbara Triggs
Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing, 2009
599.24 TRI

Draft NSW biosecurity strategy: biosecurity: a shared responsibility
Sydney : Dept. Of Primary Industries, 2012
Also available via the Internet at: http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/biosecurity-strategy
P 632.909944 NEW

Understanding the cropping behaviour of riberry (Syzygium luehmannii)
G.M. Sanewski
Barton : Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, 2010 (RIRDC pub. no. 10/194)
Also available via the Internet at: https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/items/10-194
P 634.420994 SAN

Edible gardens
Elizabeth Peters, editor
Brooklyn, NY : Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2011 (Handbook no. 196)
635 EDI

Fragrant designs
Beth Hanson, editor
Brooklyn, NY : Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2009 (Handbook no. 193)
635.968 FRA

The climate conscious gardener
Janet Marinelli, editor
Brooklyn, NY : Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2010 (Handbook no. 195)
635.987 CLI

Potential physiological activities of selected Australian herbs and fruits
Izabela Konczak, Karunrat Sakulnarmrat, Michelle Bull
Barton : Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, 2012 (RIRDC pub. no. 11/097)
Also available via the Internet at: https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/items/11-097
P 641.303 KON

The gentle arts: 200 years of Australian women’s domestic & decorative arts
Jennifer Isaacs
Sydney : Lansdowne Press, 1987
745.44994 ISA

Flowers of the loom : plants, dyes and oriental rugs
Royal Botanic gardens Sydney, Oriental Rug Society of NSW
Sydney : Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, [1990?]
Catalogue to accompany an exhibition held at the RBG Sydney.
746.75095 FLO

Explorers routes revisited: Moore expeditions 1836, Drummond expeditions 1841-1842
Lesley Brooker
Kalamunda, WA : Hesperian Press, 2012
919.41042 BRO

Explorers routes revisited: Roe expedition 1836
Lesley Brooker
Kalamunda, WA : Hesperian Press, 2012
919.41042 BRO

ANNUAL REPORTS

Australia. Director of National Parks 2011-12
Australia. Supervising Scientist 2011-2012

ARCHIVE COLLECTION

Growing Friends record of meeting 3 November 2012

Thursday talks
28 June 2012 The place of home gardens in a sustainable world / Ian Lawrence
13 Sept 2012 A view from the ANBG 200 years ago / Peter White
27 Sept 2012 Mughal gardens, Kashmir / David Young
25 Oct 2012 Wetlands for our suburbs: retrofitting wetlands … / Edwina Robinson

REPRINTS & VERTICAL FILE

Educational and enjoyment benefits of visitor education centers at botanical gardens
He He, Jin Chen
Biological Conservation, vol. 149, 2012, pp. 103-112
Available to Dept staff via the Intranet at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320712000614

Valuing Australian botanic garden collections: a combined travel-cost and contingent valuation study
Paul Mwebaze and Jeff Bennett
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 56, 2012, pp. 498-520
doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2012.00595.x

Why are some biodiversity policies implemented and others ignored ? Lessons from the uptake of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation by botanic gardens
Sophie J. Williams and others
Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 21, 2012, pp. 175-187
Available to Dept staff via the Intranet at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-011-0174-1

Fit for purpose: the importance of quality standards in the cultivation and use of live plants for conservation
David Rae
Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 20, 2011, pp. 241-258
Available to Dept staff via the Intranet at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-010-9932-8

From taxonomic literature to cybertaxonomic content
Jeremy Miller and others
BMC Biology, vol. 10, 2012, 87
Available via the Internet at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/10/87

Using endemism to assess representation of protected areas – the family Myrtaceae in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area
Shawn Laffan, Daniel Ramp & Erin Roger
Journal of Biogeography, 2012
doi: 10.111/jbi.12001

CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, COURSES

Capturing flora: 300 years of Australian botanical art
Art Gallery of Ballarat, Vic.
25 September – 2 December 2012
http://www.artgalleryofballarat.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