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Who owns Annals of Botany and AoB PLANTS?
Guest post by Rod Hunt Most science journals these days are owned either by a major publisher or by a learned society. Oxford University Press publishes
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Purple Hays and Glossy Gibbons
The debate on naming continues. What makes a name scientific?
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Recent Botany Videos
For people more interested in LOLCatkins instead of LOLCats.
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International Women’s Day 2017: “Diversity makes my job enjoyable”
For International Women’s Day 2017, we asked plant biologist Dr Zoë Popper [http://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/natural-sciences/zoepopper/] to write about a typical day in her working life. Here, she reflects on the importance of diversity in her job.
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International Women’s Day 2017: Celebrating Professor Winifred Pennington
For International Women’s Day, we are celebrating the work and achievements of Professor Winifred Pennington FRS. You can download a free poster of her life at the end of this article.
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The plant that helps you slim (if you’re a bluegill)
Utricularia vulgaris isn’t a slimming aid as such. It’s just hard for a fish to grow when someone else has eaten all the fleas.
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Peter Barlow, a true Renaissance man [14th August, 1942 – 26th January, 2017]
Recently, my good friend and long-time colleague Dr Peter Barlow passed away. Peter was one of the true ‘greats’ of botany and his contributions to
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How do you reverse a Forest Invasion?
If an invasive species is a problem, isn’t the answer simply to remove it? A new review by Wardle and Peltzer shows it’s a bit more complicated than that.
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Darwin’s Closer Look at Primroses
What did Darwin think was his most satisfying scientific work? It might not be what you thought.
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Darwin Day is coming and you can be part of it
Anyone can celebrate Darwin Day and promote science, without even leaving the house.
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It’s World Wetland Day
Today, lakes, rivers, underground aquifers, swamps, marshes, wet grasslands, peatlands, oases, estuaries, deltas, tidal flats, mangroves, coral reefs, as well as fish ponds, rice paddies, reservoirs and salt pans and, as the rain hammers down, also my garden, celebrate World Wetlands Day today.
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1887 and all since then for Annals of Botany
Mike Jackson, former Chief Editor of Annals of Botany and AoB PLANTS has taken a look back at the past 125 of Annals of Botany, and found some tips for the future along the way.