Publications

Australian Mammalogy
Australian Mammalogy is the Australian Mammal Society's peer-reviewed scientific journal. It began publication in 1974, and continues to publish original research articles and notes on all aspects of Australasian mammals. Two issues of the journal are published annually, with additional issues for symosiums and conferences. The journal is abstracted by Zoological Record and by Biological Abstracts.

A catalogue of Australian Mammalogy issues and their contents is available to all website visitors by using this Australian Mammalogy link, while members may access the full text articles by loging in to the members section using the Member Login link in the navigation bar.

Australian Mammal Society Newsletters (available to members only)'
The society publishes three newsletters annually that keeps members informed about activities of the council and associated issues of concern to members. The newsletter also contains information about forthcoming conferences and symposiums, post graduate opporrtunities, provides upadates on research projects of its members along with book reviews.

AMS Council and Annual General Meeting Minutes (available to members only)
The AMS council provides minutes for all its meeting and all annual general meetings. These are availbale to members only by loging in to the members section using the Member Login link in the navigation bar.

Calaby References (available to members only)
John Henry Calaby (1922-1998) compiled a comprehensive bibliography on the mammals of Australia and its dependencies, and the New Guinea region, which he assembled and published as a service to the community from a wide range formal and less formal publications. The bibliography begins with 1958, the year of the Society's beginning.

His first contribution to Current Literature appeared in Bulletin no. 1 of the fledgling Australian Mammal Society, of which he was editor from 1960 to 1975 and one of the four founder members. By 1998, his 33 contributions comprised in all 10 600 citations, providing a significant resource for mammalogists everywhere on a period of huge growth in Australian mammalogy.

As several of the earlier contributions to Current Literature are difficult to obtain, the compilers scanned a complete set and assembled an electronic version. It has been checked for errors introduced during scanning; however, we recognise that some may have been missed. In such cases, and for any other errors detected by readers, please mail the details to us (graham.ross@ea.gov.au) so we can update the files.

The bibliography incorporates Calaby’s original divisions as keywords at the end of each citation. These divisions are (with numbers of references in each): General (2022); Monotremes (1219); Marsupials (7016); Insectivora (from 1998, 2); Bats (1369); Rodents (1761); Lagomorphs (544); Whales (388); Seals (472); Land Carnivores (699); Ungulates (570); Dugong (172); Parasites and Diseases (1283). In some early issues, Dingo was included as a keyword; the compilers have extended its inclusion to cover all identifiable references to the Dingo. The Bibliography is provided as four files arranged alphabetically by author, and as extracts by Calaby’s keywords. References can be extracted from these to a new file based on these categories or any other term, using the macro extract included in the Word 6 template findrefs.dot supplied with these files.

These are availbale to members only by loging in to the members section using the Member Login link in the navigation bar.

13-May-2008