An e-periodical by and for botanists. http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue. 16 Apr 2013 11:25:59 -0800 Tue. 16 Apr 2013 11:25:59 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben-logo.gif http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ An e-periodical by and for botanists 88 31 Jim is the author or co-author of 3 books and over 60 botanical papers. He has been honored by having a species and two variaties named after him. In 1977, Jim was awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal honouring Canadians who were considered to have made a significant contribution in important fields of endeavour. Erich Haber, Stittsville, Ontario from a more comprehensive treatment in Canadian Field-Naturalist 126: 61-67 | BEN No. 467 | 16 April 2013 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben467.html#1 Tue. 16 Apr 2013 11:15:50 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben467.html#1 The genus Gaga is named in honor of the American pop singer-songwriter-performer Lady Gaga, for her articulate and fervent defense of equality and individual expression in today's society. Because Lady Gaga speaks to the need for humanity to celebrate broad differences within its own species, we hereby provide her with a scientific namesake that characterizes the struggle to understand the intricate biology underlying cryptic patterns of diversity. From the journal Systematic Botany | BEN No. CDLXVI | 1 Apr 2013 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben466.html#1 Mon. 1 Apr 2013 11:15:50 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben466.html#1 We are seeking a field assistant with vast experience in collecting large blood samples from small songbirds captured in mist nets. To demonstrate your bleeding experience provide a list of what bird species you have bled, how many individuals you have bled per species, and state the blood volumes you have collected per species. ..... ESA Job Board | BEN No. CDLXVI | 1 Apr 2013 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben466.html#2 Mon. 1 Apr 2013 11:15:40 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben466.html#2 Presentations held at the CMN Rock Gallery and Theatre in Ottawa, 22 November 2012, commemorating release of a biography of Alf Erling Porsild, including appearances by Meg Beckel, Irwin M. Brodo (both of Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, ON), Ludger Muller-Wille ((McGill University, Montreal, QC), and Wendy Dathan (author, Naturalist and retired museum curator, Grand Harbour, Grand Manan, NB) . ...... Oregon Senate Bill 578 | BEN No. CDLXVI | 1 Apr 2013 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben466.html#3 Mon. 1 Apr 2013 10:15:50 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben466.html#3 From: Hayden, B., Canuel, N., and Shanse, J. 2013. What was brewing in the Natufian? An archaeological assessment of brewing technology in the Epipaleolithic. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 20(1): 102-150. ..... Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory | BEN No. CDLXVI | 1 Apr 2013 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben466.html#4 Mon. 1 Apr 2013 10:15:51 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben466.html#4 Since August 2012 Boris (Boriss) Lariushin has been prolifically publishing a series of illustrated botanical monographs on major plant families. The problem is that these books are plagiarised from the Internet and published under Lariushin's name without acknowledgement or accreditation of the multiple sources. ...... Mark F. Watson, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | BEN No. CDLXVI | 1 Apr 2013 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben466.html#5 Mon. 1 Apr 2013 10:15:52 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben466.html#5 As sea levels rise, do the official elevations for everything get changed accordingly? Barbara Ertter | BEN No. CDLXVI | 1 Apr 2013 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben466.html#6 Mon. 1 Apr 2013 10:15:55 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben466.html#6