[Tex/LaTex] Biblatex induced headache: Bibliography bst style not found

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I'm new to LaTeX and have been trying to get my document to use a specified .bst bibliography style file, but to no avail. I downloaded my preferred .bst file (amnat.bst) from here into the same folder as my document. I've fruitlessly tried various combinations to try to get it to work (including \bibliographystyle{amnat}). I'm not sure if it's a matter of different libraries clashing or what, but I'm incredibly frustrated. I've also tried just setting the bibstyle to equal plain and it still doesn't work (also \bibliographystyle{plain}).

When I run:

pdflatex myTexDocument

I get the error message: 

!Package biblatex Error: Style 'amnat' not found.

Also, 

\RequireBibliographyStyle{\blx@bbxfile}

And (after pressing the Return key): 

!Package biblatex Error: No driver found.

When I run the document without the extra bibstyle=amnat parameter for biblatex, I do not run into any errors.

Here is an abridged version of myTexDocument.tex:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=authoryear,sorting=none,natbib=true,bibstyle=amnat]{biblatex}
\usepackage[pagebackref=false,hidelinks]{hyperref}  %For cross-referencing papers to biliography
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}   %Add images
\usepackage{setspace}   %Set line-spacing
\usepackage[hmargin=2cm,vmargin=2.25cm]{geometry}   %Set document margins
\usepackage{amsmath}    %For mathematic formulas
\usepackage{appendix}
\usepackage{pdflscape}  %For configuring page orientation
\usepackage{varwidth,array,ragged2e}    %To adjust table row heights accordingly
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{mathptmx}   %Set font so compatible with math font too
\usepackage{titlesec}   %For adjusting section headings
\usepackage{paralist}   %For lists
\addbibresource{../../../../Bibtex/library.bib} %Load bibiliography

\titleformat{\section}[block]
{\normalfont\bfseries\large}
{}{0em}{}

\titleformat{\subsection}[runin]
{\normalfont\itshape}
{}{0em}{}[--- ]
\titlespacing{\subsection}{0pt}{*2}{0pt}

\newcommand{\HRule}{\rule{\linewidth}{0.5mm}}

\begin{document}
    \input{titlePage} %My title page document
    \raggedright    %Left Justify document
    \setlength{\parindent}{0.6cm}   %Set paragraph indent
    \doublespacing
    \renewcommand{\abstractname}{Summary}
        \begin{abstract}
            Blahblah \autocite{Webb2002,Graham2008}
        \end{abstract}      
    \section{Conclusion}
        Blah blah
    \phantomsection %Create a hyperlink to the References section in Table of Contents
    \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{References}
    \printbibliography

    \input{tables} %This is just a document with tables
\end{document}

Best Answer

With biblatex, you can't use traditional .bst style files. Instead, you have to use either one of the bibliography styles that ship with biblatex or a third-party style specifically written for this package (e.g., biblatex-dw). Also, with biblatex, the \bibliographystyle command does nothing but produce a warning.

If there's no exact biblatex equivalent to amnat.bst, have a look at Guidelines for customizing biblatex styles to create one yourself.

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