Library Connect November/December 2025

This farewell edition of Library Connect has the usual listing of new books, a few articles for your interest and a big thank you to you all. I’ve had a wonderful time working here. Partly due to the collection, partly due to the location but mostly due to the enthusiastic and appreciative library users!

My last day is 3 December, but the library will still be open Mon – Fri 9.30 – 4.30 and please email anbg.library@dcceew.gov.au for any queries.

All the best,

Alex

For your interest

Muelleria 2025-26, Vol. 44, pp. 11–22
Additions and corrections to a biographical register of Ferdinand Mueller’s female plant collectors, and observations on the limitations of specimen databases.
S. Maroske, A. Vaughan & R. Le Get.
https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/science/journal/#CurrentVolume

The Conversation
Spiders inspired biologists to create artificial webs to capture airborne DNA for biodiversity monitoring.
31 October 2025.
Angela (Ang) McGaughran & Manpreet K Dhami.
https://theconversation.com/spiders-inspired-biologists-to-create-artificial-webs-to-capture-airborne-dna-for-biodiversity-monitoring-265741

Nature 2025; 646 p 611–618
15 October 2025.
Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source.
Hannah Carle, David Bauman, Michael N. Evans, Ingrid Coughlin, Oliver Binks, Andrew Ford, Matthew Bradford, Adrienne Nicotra, Helen Murphy & Patrick Meir.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09497-8

Nature - Technology Feature
22 April 2025.
Which programming language should I use? A guide for early-career researchers
Computer scientists and bioinformaticians address four key questions to help rookie coders to make the right choice.
Jeffrey M. Perkel.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01241-6

Int J Wildland Fire (2025) 34 (11): WF25056.
Restoring fire management to Australian deserts: progress after a decade of burning.
Hannah B. Cliff et al.
https://doi.org/10.1071/WF25056

ABC News
Rare West Australian seaweed scrapbooks provide glimpse into history.
28 Nov 2025.
Macey Turner.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-28/wa-seaweed-scrapbooks-glimpse-into-history/106052420

New additions to the collection

The tree climber's companion : a reference and training manual for professional tree climbers / by Jeff Jepson; illustrations by Bryan Kotwica and Rick Kollath.
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Madrid Code) / prepared and edited by the Editorial Committee.
Access and benefit sharing of genetic resources, information, and traditional knowledge / edited by Charles Lawson, Michelle Rourke, and Fran Humphries.
Palawa tunapri: knowledge of our ancestors / Trish Hodge.
Endangered grasslands: rescuing the native temperate grasslands of south-eastern Australia / K. A. Raulings.
Wildflowers, weeds & wilderness: the legend of Florence Perrin / Tabatha Badger.
The Indigenous Right of Reply to archives: working towards Indigenous sovereignty, healing, and justice in archival practice / edited by The Indigenous Archives Collective.
Plant collecting in another planet: E. H. Wilson in Australia 1920–21 / Margaret J. Grose.
Dryandra forest: a silvicultural history : the story of a Western Australian forest / by Roger Underwood.
Saving orchids: stories of species survival in a changing world / Philip Seaton & Lawrence W. Zettler.
Ecology matters conversations with Australian ecologists / The Ecological Society of Australia and Grace Heathcote.
Tasmanian plant names unravelled / Mark Wapstra, James Wapstra, Annie Wapstra, Hans Wapstra.
Moss safari: exploring the secret life in moss / Andrew Chandler-Grevatt.
[Wooden spoon] : [realia] / Craig Pennifold. [Canberra, ACT : Woodcraft Guild ACT Inc., 2025]. Donated to the ANBG by the Woodcraft Guild - ACT, October 2025.
The lost orchid: a story of Victorian plunder and obsession / Sarah Bilston.

Library Connect November/December 2025

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