An e-periodical by and for botanists. http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 17 May 2012 11:25:59 -0800 Thu, 17 May 2012 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 We are sad to report that Distinguished Professor Emeritus Robert R. Sokal passed away in Stony Brook on Monday, April 9, 2012 at the age of 86. Prof. Sokal was a founding member of the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University, co-founder of the revolutionary field of Numerical Taxonomy, and the principal investigator for major research programs in the spatial variation of insects and humans and the evolutionary response to selection in insects. .... Mike Bell and Jessica Gurevitch, Stony Brook | BEN No. 455 | 17 May 2012 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben455.html#1 Thu, 17 May 2012 11:15:50 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben455.html#1 Recently Smooth Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. var. pumila (Torr. and A. Gray) A. Nelson) was reported from cool montane parklands in the Crowsnest Pass and Castle Mountain regions of Rocky Mountains in Alberta, these being the first records for Canada. While examining specimens at the Royal British Columbia Museum in 2010, I found two collections from British Columbia.. .... Paul M. Catling, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | BEN No. 455 | 17 May 2012 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben455.html#2 Thu, 17 May 2012 11:15:40 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben455.html#2 With the discovery of a new taxon in British Columbia (see above) and some recent work on Amelanchier in the province, it may be useful to have a new key and an overview of the taxa considering their relationships and distributions. .... Paul M. Catling, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | BEN No. 455 | 17 May 2012 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben455.html#3 Thu, 17 May 2012 11:15:40 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben455.html#3 The Wickaninnish Sand Dunes in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve are likely to remain closed for much of the summer while the Department of National Defence sweeps the area looking for unexploded munitions. Hmmmm .... Judith Lavoie, Times-Colonist Newspaper | BEN No. 455 | 17 May 2012 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben455.html#4 Thu, 17 May 2012 11:15:40 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben455.html#4 At 81 years of age, post recent surgery, Paul passed away in Waterdown on Feb. 23rd, 2012. ... Paul took great delight in diverse interests such as his Church, food, speaking another language, an intense debate, singing karaoke, building a stone wall at his Greek island home, or protecting a bog. .... Announcement | BEN No. 454 | 1 May 2012 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben454.html#1 Tue, 1 May 2012 11:15:50 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben454.html#1 Paul did his undergraduate degree at Queen's University in Kingston and his Ph.D at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, under the supervision of John Curtis. Curtis was the first researcher in North America to complete a data-based vegetation survey of a whole U.S. State, Wisconsin. This work was published as a ground-breaking book in 1959. .... Terry Carlton | BEN No. 454 | 1 May 2012 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben454.html#2 Tue, 1 May 2012 11:15:40 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben454.html#2 This website is a comprehensive reference guide to important medicinal plants that are native to Canada. ... The explosive interest in herbal products that provide medicinal or health benefits has resulted in a need for information..... Ernie Small and Paul M. Catling | BEN No. 454 | 1 May 2012 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben454.html#3 Tue, 1 May 2012 10:15:50 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben454.html#3 Late evening, on the first of May ... The twilit May - the time of love ... Karel Hynek MACHA | BEN No. 454 | 1 May 2012 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben454.html#4 Tue, 1 May 2012 10:13:50 -0800 http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben454.html#4