Ecosystems
Life in a place of death? Pitcher plants as habitat
A place meant for killing proves surprisingly full of life.
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AoB Blog puts on its winter clothes
As well as changing the header image an background stripes, I’ve taken the opportunity to redo the theme. I’ve changed it round pull out
Close Encounters
Thousands of trees felled in UK to stop Sudden Oak Death
Thousands of trees are being felled in Somerset to stop the spread of a killer disease. Sudden Oak Death attacks more than 100 varieties of plants and is spreading faster than predicted. The National Trust And The Forestry Commissionare having to cut down trees to stop the infection from spreading.
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Reading about Readability
Bora Zivkovic highlighted a post on readability and blogging yesterday on The Science of Blogging. This is a rework of a post on Colin Schultz’s
Plants & People
January Sales open on English forests
Via Tom Goskar comes news that the UK government has announced the next plan to reduce the deficit. It is to sell the English forests. Every
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A fascinating conservation problem and a failure of my imagination
Writing a press release is easy. Writing a good press release is harder.
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Testing Times for Plant Family Recognition
This paper features an illustrated tutorial for 11 of the largest plant families in Australia (over 50% of Australia’s plant species), augmented with a series of interactive tests.
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Stochastic architecture and biomass partitioning
Stochastic architecture and biomass partitioning Realistic modelling of the topological development of a tree stand is difficult owing to the variability of branching patterns. Using data
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Coexistence of multiple cytotypes of an orchid
Coexistence of multiple cytotypes of an orchid Large-scale cytotype surveys have indicated that intraspecific ploidy diversification is much more common than previously thought. Trávníček et
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Polyploidy and mating patterns in the moss Atrichum
Polyploidy and mating patterns in the moss Atrichum Evolutionary transitions from unisexuality to hermaphroditism in mosses are associated with polyploidy. Jesson et al. investigate this association
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Astrobotany on the web
Do alien gardeners breed black plants?
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Reproductive ecology in a basal angiosperm
Reproductive ecology in a basal angiosperm Trithuria, the sole genus in the family Hydatellaceae, is an important group for understanding early angiosperm evolution because of its