Plants & People
Altmetrics beyond the numbers
There’s an interesting post up on Gaming Altmetrics at altmetric.com. We’re looking seriously at improving how our papers are presented for altmetric services
Uncategorized
Why is one orchid so happy to cater for ants?
There’s a paper that’s moved into free access at Annals of Botany. Uptake of ant-derived nitrogen in the myrmecophytic orchid Caularthron bilamellatum by
Uncategorized
Review: Kingdom of Plants 3D
Short version David Attenborough has written Kingdom of Plants as well as voiced it. He’s on form. If it wasn’t for the Sky3D logo
Uncategorized
The Tannosome, a new organelle, is discovered and the paper is free access
We’ve put out a press release announcing one of our papers, The tannosome is an organelle forming condensed tannins in the chlorophyllous organs of Tracheophyta.
Uncategorized
The Disappearing Watermelons of Europe
How do you see a watermelon that isn’t there? Paris, Daunay and Janick continue their study of the changing crops of Mediterranean Europe with a
Uncategorized
Make roads safer by swinging an axe
If you’d like to avoid a fatal traffic accident what should you do? Drive slower? Avoid drinking alcohol? Roberts and Winters have found this correlation
Uncategorized
If you cut the scientists from a Botanic garden, is it still a ‘Botanic’ garden?
Bad news via the Botanical Society of America [fullclear]…but what is it that makes a garden a botanic garden? Botanic gardens were originally set up to classify plants for science. Is the presence of name labels enough or do you need people doing botany to make a place a botanic garden?
Uncategorized
An experiment in altmetrics (or how I might have broken the blog)
Keep following Annals of Botany for all the latest news about plants. We just made a minor change to this blog to give the authors whose
Plants & People
Los Angeles once again threatened by the prospect of fresh fruit and vegetables
In a consumer society, food production is a radical act. It’s news again, as Los Angeles City Hall is renewing its campaign against gardeners while legislation permitting urban gardening is being held up. Hat-tip to The Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog.
Uncategorized
Botanists disprove Nietzche
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger”, or so said Friedrich Nietzche, but is that really the case? This month in Annals of Botany
Uncategorized
Is your password on the list of most common passwords on the Internet?
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don’t let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months Clifford Stoll Clifford Stoll Handling
Uncategorized
Raindrops keep falling on my flowerhead
Imagine you’re a young and eager pollen. You’re eager for a hot date with an ovule, but first you have to get to her