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Presentations and purpose
Several AoBBlog.com posts have discussed presentations, because both teaching and conference talks are such an important part of what many botanists are doing – telling people
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It’s not what you know, but who you know!
Whilst humankind often debates the benefits – or otherwise – of an individual’s advancement based on patronage rather than merit, it is interesting to note that the
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A cold hardiness model for grapevine
Plant cold hardiness varies dynamically throughout the dormant season, primarily in response to changes in temperature. Taking advantage of an extensive database of grapevine (Vitis spp.
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Seed predator satiation and seedling recruitment
Isoglossa woodii (Acanthaceae) exhibits population-wide synchrony in reproduction and mortality. Tsvuura et al. invoke predator satiation and facilitation of seedling establishment as explanations for masting
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Cytogeography of Pilosella echioides
There have been significant advances recently in understanding the processes that operate in mixed-ploidy populations to maintain the coexistence of multiple cytotypes. Trávníček et al.
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Leaf size and altitude
Leaf size is extremely variable among species and the reasons for this are still not fully understood. Milla & Reich analyse how leaf size reduction with
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Charles Darwin and the Origins of Plant Evolutionary Developmental Biology
I often quote the last paragraph of Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species: “It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank, clothed with many plants of
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Paying to read or paying for publication: what do you get?
Why not simply post your manuscript on your own or your Institute’s webserver, at minimal cost, fast and available to all? Following Annals of Botany’
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Effects of cotyledon damage on fitness in Medicago
Effects of cotyledon damage on fitness in <i>Medicago</i> Damage to cotyledons can have significant effects on subsequent plant growth and
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What I did on my day off
I visited Biddulph Grange Garden, a National Trust Property in Staffordshire. As visits go it wasn’t a huge success. The sky was solid cloud that
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Nuclear DNA amounts in 2221 angiosperm species
In the largest ever compilation of angiosperm DNA amounts, C-values for 2221 species from 152 original references (including 1860 species not previously collated), are listed
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Phylogeographic patterns of Epipactis lineages
Phylogeographic patterns of <i>Epipactis</i> lineages Epipactis is a widespread orchid genus encompassing morphologically and genetically problematic aggregates of taxa, such