Conservation Science WA Vol 4(3) now available online

[Ben Richardson]

The latest issue of Conservation Science Western Australia journal is
now available online:

http://science.calm.wa.gov.au/cswajournal/

The contents of this issue, Volume 4(3), are as follows:
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The Conservation and Utilisation Potential of Australian Dryland Acacia
Symposium held at Dalwallinu, Western Australia 13-14 July 2001. Edited
by B.R.Maslin and A.S.George.

CONTENTS & FOREWORD (Comments by session convenors: STEPHEN D. HOPPER,
REX EDMISTON and STEPHEN MIDGLEY) (70 Kb)

SESSION 1: SYSTEMATICS AND CONSERVATION

PAGES 1-9 (105 Kb)
The role and relevance of taxonomy in the conservation and utilisation
of Australian Acacias
BRUCE R. MASLIN

PAGES 10-18 (127 Kb)
Phylogenetics and the conservation and utilisation of Acacia in Western
Australia
MARGARET BYRNE

PAGES 19-35 (410 Kb)
Towards an understanding of variation in the Mulga complex (Acacia
aneura and relatives)
JOSEPH T. MILLER, ROSE A. ANDREW AND BRUCE R. MASLIN

PAGES 36-53 (180 Kb)
Rarity and threat in relation to the conservation of Acacia in Western
Australia
MARCELLE L. BUIST, DAVID J. COATES AND COLIN J. YATES

PAGES 54-61 (91 Kb)
The translocation of two critically endangered Acacia species
LEONIE MONKS AND DAVID COATES

PAGES 62-71 (98 Kb)
Wattle I plant for wildlife?
B.M.J. HUSSEY

PAGES 72-93 (351 Kb)
Flora and vegetation of Burnerbinmah Station: a study of the plant
communities in the Mulga shrublands of the Murchison Region, Western
Australia
SUSAN PATRICK

PAGES 94-95 (65 Kb)
Australian Plant Name Index
LINDY CAYZER, LAURIE ADAMS, KIRSTEN COWLEY, BRENDAN LEPSCHI AND GREG
WHITBREAD

SESSION 2: COMMERCIAL AND OTHER APPLICATIONS

PAGES 96-108 (136 Kb)
Acacia species as large-scale crops in the Western Australian wheatbelt
JOHN BARTLE, GRAEME OLSEN, JEROME CARSLAKE AND DON COOPER

PAGES 109-116 (98 Kb)
Economic potential of Western Australian Acacia species: secondary plant
products
DAVID S. SEIGLER

PAGES 117-124 (95 Kb)
Livestock potential of Australian species of Acacia
ROBYN A. DYNES AND ANTHONY C. SCHLINK

PAGES 125-129 (102 Kb)
Review of the influence of Acacia species on establishment of Sandalwood
(Santalum spicatum) in Western Australia
JON E. BRAND

PAGES 130-134 (105 Kb)
Direct seeding acacias of different form and function as hosts for
Sandalwood (Santalum spicatum)
GEOFF S. WOODALL AND CHRIS J. ROBINSON

PAGES 135-138 (67 Kb)
The value of Acacia saligna as a source of feed for sheep
DELWYN HOWARD, GAYE KREBS AND MAARTEN VAN HOUTERT

PAGES 139-144 (81 Kb)
A search for novel biologically active compounds in the phyllodes of
Acacia species
KRISTEN WICKENS AND MARCELLO PENNACCHIO

PAGES 145-146 (38 Kb)
Horticultural potential of Acacia
GRADY BRAND AND LUKE SWEEDMAN

PAGES 147-157 (158 Kb)
Reproductive potential of Acacia species in the central wheatbelt:
variation between years
MANGADAS LUMBAN GAOL AND JOHN E.D. FOX

PAGES 158-160 (55 Kb)
Tourism potential of Acacia, with particular reference to Dalwallinu
CHRIS TATE

SESSION 3: SEED FOR HUMAN FOOD

PAGES 161-169 (112 Kb)
Potential of Australian acacias in combating hunger in semi-arid lands
ANTHONY RINAUDO, PRAKASH PATEL AND LEX A.J. THOMSON

PAGES 170-180 (125 Kb)
Domestication of wattles with edible seeds for the wheatbelt of Western
Australia
MAURICE MCDONALD, BRUCE R.MASLIN AND LEX A.J. THOMSON

PAGES 181-184 (62 Kb)
Issues in the commercialisation of wattle seed for food
ANTHONY HELE

PAGES 185-191 (88 Kb)
Broadscale production of wattle seed to address salinity: potential and
constraints
GRAEME OLSEN

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Cheers,
Ben

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Ben Richardson
Western Australian Herbarium, CALM
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