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Biodiversity 2010 and Beyond: Science and Collections
Author : The 2010 SPNHC and CBA-ABC Joint Conference Local Organizing Committee Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | BEN No. 421 | 4 February 2010
For the first time, the Canadian Botanical Association (CBA/ABC) and the international Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) are holding a joint annual conference in Ottawa (May 31 to June 5, 2010), hosted by the Canadian Museum of Nature.....
Botany BC 2010 - May 27-30, 2010 Tofino
Author : Elizabeth Easton, BC, Canada | BEN No. 421 | 4 February 2010
Botany BC 2010 will be held in the stunningly beautiful Tofino area from the evening of Thursday May 27th through the morning of Sunday May 30th 2010. Presentations and meeting activities will be held in the Tofino Community Hall and the Tofino Botanical Gardens Foundation/Clayoquot Field Station and as usual, field trips to some very exciting areas of interest will also be on the agenda. ....
Dr. Reid Moran (1916-2010)
Author : Originally posted on HERBARIA list by Sula Vanderplank | BEN No. 421 | 4 February 2010
Dr. Reid Moran was Curator of Botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum from 1957 to 1982. Dr. Moran died January 21 at age 93 in Lake County, California. As an explorer of Baja California, he spent much of his time during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s traveling by truck, mule, and boat to the most remote and obscure places....
Dr. Rudolf (Rudi) Willem Becking (1922-2009)
Author : Adolf Ceska with the help of Rudi's family and friends | BEN No. 421 | 4 February 2010
Dr. Reid Moran was Curator of Botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum from 1957 to 1982. Dr. Moran died January 21 at age 93 in Lake County, California. As an explorer of Baja California, he spent much of his time during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s traveling by truck, mule, and boat to the most remote and obscure places....
Bibliography of Rudolf W. Becking's Publications
Author : Bibliograpy | BEN No. 421 | 4 February 2010
Publications spanning from 1954 to 2007....
Is RSS Poised to Replace Email as the Medium to Distribute BEN?
Author : Scott Russell, University of Oklahoma | BEN No. 420 | 8 January 2010
Since April 26, 2005, BEN has been available by news feeds using RSS ('Really Simple Syndication'). If you are reading this, you have already found a use for RSS ....
Canadian Lichenologist Trevor Goward Honoured by His Finnish Colleagues
Author : Adolph Ceska | BEN No. 420 | 8 January 2010
My friend Trevor Goward, a leading Canadian lichenologist, was recently honoured by his Finnish colleagues. The name of a new genus, Gowardia, "is dedicated to Trevor Goward, B.C., Canada, for his remarkable and ongoing work on North American lichens...."
Liparis loeselii (L.) L.C. Rich. (Loesel's Twayblade) - A New Orchid for Alberta
Author : Lorna Allen, Province of Alberta | BEN No. 420 | 8 January 2010
The first Alberta population of Loesel's twayblade was located north of Fort McMurray on June 17, 2006. Twenty plants were counted (seven in bloom) in a graminoid fen with water at or near the surface and dominated by sedges (Carex spp.) and grasses. ... Photographs were reviewed and it was confirmed to be a new orchid for Alberta.
Erioderma pedicellatum, Boreal Felt Lichen: Current Status, Conservation Issues and Future Prospects
Author : Robert Cameron, Claudia Hanel, Ian Goudie and Tom Neily, | BEN No. 420 | 8 January 2010
Erioderma pedicellatum is an epiphytic foliose lichen found in the temperate and boreal northern hemisphere. It is a leafy lichen, light grey when dry to greyish green when wet. This lichen is part of a group of lichens known as cyanolichens because the photosynthesizing partner is a cyanobacterium ... in the genus Scytonema.
Second Edition of the Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest
Author : Paul M. Catling and Gisele Mitrow, Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Ottawa | BEN No. 420 | 8 January 2010
When Bruce McCune and Linda Geiser's book, Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest was first published in 1997, it was warmly received and proved to be invaluable to western botanists and ecologists dealing with lichens. ... A lot has happened in lichenology since 1997, and this has necessitated a new look at the lichens of the Pacific Northwest (PNW).
