Applied Vegetation Science - 15 (1), 2012

Contents:

    Editors’ Award, vegetation survey, remote sensing and restoration (pages 1–3)

    J. Bastow Wilson, Alessandro Chiarucci, Milan Chytrý and Meelis Pärtel

 
    Regional context affects native and alien plant species richness across habitat types (pages 4–13)

    Núria Gassó, Joan Pino, Xavier Font and Montserrat Vila

   
    Plant diversity consequences of a herbivore-driven biome switch from Grassland to Nama-Karoo shrub steppe in South Africa (pages 14–25)

    Michael C. Rutherford, Leslie W. Powrie and Lara B. Husted

   
    Active restoration of woody canopy dominants in degraded South African semi-arid thicket is neither ecologically nor economically feasible (pages 26–34)

    Marius L. van der Vyver, Richard M. Cowling, Eileen E. Campbell and Mark Difford

  
    Direct and indirect effects of grazing constrain shrub encroachment in semi-arid Patagonian steppes (pages 35–47)

    Pablo A. Cipriotti and Martín R. Aguiar

   
    Resilience, persistence and relationship to standing vegetation in soil seed banks of semi-arid Australian old fields (pages 48–61)

    Andrew J. Scott and John W. Morgan

   
    Vegetation changes associated with cattle (Bos taurus) and wombat (Vombatus ursinus) activity in a riparian forest (pages 62–70)

    Philip Borchard and David J. Eldridge


    Restoration of native vegetation following exclosure establishment on communal grazing lands in Tigray, Ethiopia (pages 71–83)

    Wolde Mekuria and Edzo Veldkamp

 
    Decadal-scale aspen changes: evidence in remote sensing and tree ring data

    Temuulen Tsagaan Sankey

 
    Recolonization of vascular epiphytes in a shaded coffee agroecosystem (pages 99–107)

    Tarin Toledo-Aceves, José G. García-Franco, Adriana Hernández-Rojas and Keith MacMillan

   
    Traits and growth of liana regeneration in primary and secondary forests of Central Amazonia (pages 108–118)

    Mareike Roeder, Dirk Hölscher and Isolde D. Kossmann-Ferraz


    The age of Calluna stands moderates post-fire regeneration rate and trends in northern Calluna heathlands (pages 119–128)

    Liv G. Velle, Liv S. Nilsen and Vigdis Vandvik

 
    Response of blanket bog vegetation to drain-blocking (pages 129–135)

    Paul E. Bellamy, Leigh Stephen, Iain S. Maclean and Murray C. Grant

  
    The influence of environment, management and site context on species composition of summer arable weed vegetation in Hungary (pages 136–144)

    Gyula Pinke, Péter Karácsony, Bálint Czúcz, Zoltán Botta-Dukát and Attila Lengyel

 
    Spectral heterogeneity of QuickBird satellite data is related to fine-scale plant species spatial turnover in semi-natural grasslands (pages 145–157)

    Karin Hall, Triin Reitalu, Martin T. Sykes and Honor C. Prentice

  
    Reviewers List (pages 158–159)

  

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Annals of Botany - 109 (6), 2012

Contents:

ContentSnapshots

Plant Cuttings
 Chaffey, Nigel

Reaching for the sun. How plants work, 2nd edn
 Chaffey, Nigel

Nitric oxide is the shared signalling molecule in phosphorus- and iron-deficiency-induced formation of cluster roots in white lupin (Lupinus albus)
 Meng, Zhi Bin; Chen, Li Qian; Suo, Dong; Li, Gui Xin; Tang, Cai Xian; Zheng, Shao Jian

Natural foliar variegation without costs? The case of Begonia
 Sheue, Chiou-Rong; Pao, Shang-Horng; Chien, Lee-Feng; Chesson, Peter; Peng, Ching-I

Inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi suppresses initiation of haustoria in the root hemiparasite Pedicularis tricolor
 Li, Ai-Rong; Smith, Sally E.; Smith, F. Andrew; Guan, Kai-Yun

Distribution of calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) in the leaves of Brassica rapa under varying exogenous Ca and Mg supply
 Rios, Juan Jose; Ó Lochlainn, Seosamh; Devonshire, Jean; Graham, Neil S.; Hammond, John P.; King, Graham J.; White, Philip J.; Kurup, Smita; Broadley, Martin R.

Long-term functional plasticity in plant hydraulic architecture in response to supplemental moisture
 von Arx, Georg; Archer, Steven R.; Hughes, Malcolm K.

Mistletoes and mutant albino shoots on woody plants as mineral nutrient traps
 Lo Gullo, M. A.; Glatzel, G.; Devkota, M.; Raimondo, F.; Trifilo, P.; Richter, H.

Sympatric species of Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae) vary in dormancy break and germination requirements: implications for classifying morphophysiological dormancy in Mediterranean biomes
 Hidayati, Siti N.; Walck, Jeffrey L.; Merritt, David J.; Turner, Shane R.; Turner, David W.; Dixon, Kingsley W.

Heterodichogamy in Kingdonia (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales)
 Wang, Xu-mei; Zhang, Peng; Du, Qing-gao; He, Hai-xia; Zhao, Liang; Ren, Yi; Endress, Peter K.

Extreme phenotypic variation in Cetraria aculeata (lichenized Ascomycota): adaptation or incidental modification?
 Pérez-Ortega, Sergio; Fernández-Mendoza, Fernando; Raggio, José; Vivas, Mercedes; Ascaso, Carmen; Sancho, Leopoldo G.; Printzen, Christian; de los Ríos, Asunción

Interspecific prediction of photosynthetic light response curves using specific leaf mass and leaf nitrogen content: effects of differences in soil fertility and growth irradiance
 Lachapelle, Pierre-Philippe; Shipley, Bill

Differential costs of reproduction in females and hermaphrodites in a gynodioecious plant
 Toivonen, Eija; Mutikainen, Pia

How the timberline formed: altitudinal changes in stand structure and dynamics around the timberline in central Japan
 Takahashi, Koichi; Hirosawa, Tatsuru; Morishima, Ryohei

Tree litter and forest understorey vegetation: a conceptual framework to understand the effects of tree litter on a perennial geophyte, Anemone nemorosa
 Baltzinger, Marie; Archaux, Frédéric; Dumas, Yann

The genetics of domestication of yardlong bean, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. ssp. unguiculata cv.-gr. sesquipedalis
 Kongjaimun, Alisa; Kaga, Akito; Tomooka, Norihiko; Somta, Prakit; Vaughan, Duncan A.; Srinives, Peerasak

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Anales de Biologia - 33, 2011

Contents:

Growth, water status and nutrient accumulation of seedlings of Cassia fistula L. in response to soil salinity
Crecimiento, estado hídrico y acumulación de nutrientes en plántulas de Cassia fistula L. en respuesta a la salinidad
Seema Abhay Hardikar & Amar Nath Pandey

Novedades para la flora de la Región de Murcia
New records for the flora of the Region of Murcia
Laura Aznar, Antonio F. Carrillo, Miguel Ángel Carrión, Juan López, José Moya, Jesús Robles & Pedro Solano

Biodiversity of insect-parasitic nematodes in soil pest insect (Orthoptera, Gryllidae and Gryllotalpidae) in wheat fields of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biodiversidad de nemátodos parásitos de insectos plaga del suelo (Orthoptera, Gryllidae y Gryllotalpidae) en áreas agrícolas de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nora Beatriz Camino & María Fernanda Achinelly

Implications of calcium nutrition on the response of Acacia senegal (Mimosaceae) to soil salinity
Implicaciones de la nutrición del calcio en la respuesta de Acacia senegal (Mimosaceae) a la salinidad del suelo
Neha Tusharbhai Patel, Nilesh Sundarjibhai Panchal, Indu Bhushan Pandey & Amar Nath Pandey

Chromosome number in meiotic stage cells and pollen viability of Vanhouttea hilariana Chautems, Vanhouttea brueggeri Chautems and an interespecific hybrid (Gesneriaceae)
Número de cromosomas en las células meióticas y la viabilidad del polen de Vanhouttea hilariana Chautems, Vanhouttea brueggeri Chautems y un híbrido interespecífico (Gesneriaceae)
Maria Cecília Perantoni Fuchs, Saulo Marçal de Sousa, Ivonne Sanmartin-Gajardo & Lyderson Facio Viccini

Variación en la condición de Luciobarbus sclateri (Günther, 1868) (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) a lo largo de gradientes longitudinales de la cuenca del río Segura
Variability in the condition of Luciobarbus sclateri (Günther, 1868) (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) along longitudinal river gradients within the Segura basin
Diego Castejón-Bueno, Mar Torralva, David Verdiell-Cubedo, Inmaculada Martínez-Morales, Ana Ruiz-Navarro & Francisco J. Oliva-Paterna

Caracterización y cultivo de tres cepas de Pleurotus eryngii (Fries) Quélet sobre sustratos basados en residuos agroalimentarios
Characterization and culture of three Pleurotus eryngii (Fries) Quélet strains on food and agriculture wastes
Alberto Andrino, Asunción Morte & Mario Honrubia

Mejora de la capacidad antifúngica in vitro e in vivo de un combinado de antagonistas compatibles frente a Phytophthora capsici
Improving the antioomycete capacity in vivo and in vitro of a formula containing a combination of antagonists of Phytophthora capsici
Mohammed Ezziyyani, Ahlem Hamdache, Ana Requena, Catalina Egea-Gilabert, Maria Emilia Candela, Laura González-Ramiro & Maria Emilia Requena

Los murciélagos (Mammalia: Chiroptera) de la Región de Murcia (SE Espana): distribución y estado de conservación
Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Region of Murcia (SE Spain): distribution and conservation status
Fulgencio Lisón, Emilio Aledo & José Francisco Calvo

Notas corológicas sobre la flora vascular de la provincia de Valladolid (Espana)
Chorological remarks on the vascular flora of Valladolid province (Spain)
Jesús Antonio Lázaro-Bello

Primera cita de Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) en la Región de Murcia
First record of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) in the Region of Murcia
Francisco Collantes & Juan A. Delgado

El guayule, Parthenium argentatum A. Gray (Asteraceae), asilvestrado en Almería (Espana).
The guayule, Parthenium argentatum A. Gray (Asteraceae), casual alien plant in Almería province (Spain).
Francisco Rodríguez, Luis Posadas, Jesús Vilchez, Andrés Ivorra & Agustín Lahora

Los microorganismos y el arte
Microorganisms and art
Mariano Gacto & Marina Gacto

Osmolyte concentrations in Atriplex halimus L. and Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. adapted to salinity and low temperature (Chenopodiaceae)
Concentración de osmolitos en Atriplex halimus L. y Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. adaptados a salinidad y bajas temperaturas (Chenopodiaceae)
Miloud Aouissat, David J. Walker, Kheiria Hcini, Moulay Belkhodja & Enrique Correal

Morphology, anatomy and mycorrhizae in subterranean parts of Zeuxine gracilis (Orchidaceae)
Morfología, anatomía y micorrizas en las partes subterráneas de Zeuxine gracilis (Orchidaceae)
Thangavelu Muthukumar, Eswaranpillai Uma, Arumugam Karthikeyan, Kullaiyan Sathiyadash, Sarah Jaison, Perumalsamy Priyadharsini, Ishworani Chongtham & Vellaisamy Muniappan

Actividad insecticida de Piper tuberculatum Jacq. sobre Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae) y Anopheles pseudopunctipennis Tehobal (Diptera: Culicidae)
Insecticidal activity of Piper tuberculatum against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Anopheles pseudopunctipennis (Diptera: Culicidae)
Jenny Bazán-Calderón, Roberto Ventura-Flores, Massuo J. Kato, Consuelo Rojas-Idrogo y Guillermo E. Delgado-Paredes

Effects of population variability on the accuracy of detection probability estimates
Efectos de la variabilidad en parámetros poblacionales en predicciones de probabilidad de detección
Alejandro Ordónez, Emiel van Loon & Willem Bouten

Nuevas aportaciones corológicas sobre la flora del sureste ibérico
New records for the flora South-eastern Iberia
Pedro Sánchez-Gómez, David López, Juan F. Jiménez, Juan B. Vera, José L. Cánovas & Francisco J. Sánchez

Nuevas citas para la flora de la provincia de Almería (Espana)
New references for the flora of the province of Almería, South Eastern Spain
Andrés Ivorra, Luis Posadas, Jesús Vílchez, Francisco Rodríguez
 
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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (3-5), 2012

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (3), 2012



Contents:


Research Articles



Samali A, Florence D. T., Odeniran O. A. and Cordelia O.N.

        Evaluation of chemical constituents of Phyllanthus Niruri

      
Ahmed Faisal Mutee, Salizawati Muhamad Salhimi, Farid Che Ghazali, Faisal Muti Al-Hassan, Chung Pin Lim, Kamarruddin Ibrahim and Mohd Zaini Asmawi

        Apoptosis induced in human breast cancer cell line by Acanthaster planci starfish extract compared to tamoxifen

      
Mohammad Goodarzi, Ashok Kumar Malik and Nasser Goudarzi

        Simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of nitroanilines using genetic-algorithm-based wavelength selection in principal component - artificial neural network

      
Farhat Ali Khan, Asfandyar Khan, Muneeb Ur Rehman Khattak, Naseem ullah, Muhammad Zahoor and Syed Muhammad Mukaram Shah

        Evaluation of inorganic profile and anti-nutritional values of Cocculus hirsutus


Mohamed Abdalla Estai, Farihah Suhaimi, Ahmad Nazrun Shuid, Srijit Das, Shahrum Abdullah and Ima-Nirwana Soelaiman

        Biomechanical evaluation of fracture healing following administration of Piper sarmentosum in ovariectomised rats

       
Rahmat Ali Khan, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Sumaira Sahreen, Naseer Ali Shah , Amir Muhammad Khan, Jasia Bokhari, Umbreen Rashid, Bushra Ahmad, Maria Shabbir, Naima Saeed, Shumaila Jan and Tayyaba Afsar

        Protective effects of various fractions of Launaea procumbens on molecular markers in rat kidney

       
Blanca Ramírez-Mendiola, Liliana Rivera-Espinosa, Juan Luis Chávez-Pacheco, Radamés Alemón-Medina, Jesús Bobadilla-Chávez, Héctor Osnaya-Martínez, Carmen Flores- Pérez, Hugo Juárez-Olguín, Janett Flores-Pérez and Raquel García-Alvarez

        Stability, content uniformity and therapeutic efficacy of sildenafil extemporaneous capsules
       

Ulku Ozbey, Ayse Seyran, Mine Erisir, Fulya Benzer and Yuksel Savucu

        Changes in nitric oxide levels and erythrocyte arginase activities in patient with Down syndrome  

      
Jianheng Zhou, Jiumao Lin, Xu Wei, Xiaoyong Zhong, Yuqing Zheng, Zhenfeng Hong and Jun Peng

        Qianliening capsule treats benign prostatic hyperplasia through regulating  the expression of sex hormones, estrogen receptor and androgen receptor         [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 173 - 180

     
Cheang Cheng Ye, Endang Kumolosasi and Chua Eng Wee n-Acetylcysteine for prevention of iodinated contrast-induced nephropathy in computed tomography angiography procedures in patients with chronic kidney disease  

        
Babak Khalili Hadad, Hadis Soltani, Sara Nouroozi and Fatemeh Navaie Cyclo[(-D-Gly3-L-Asp3)] in combination with C and D polypeptide chains of NS3; suggestion a novel nanoparticle to stimulate immune system against hepatitis C  

        
Elizabeth Naomi Anderson-Foster, Amusa Sarafadeen Adebayo and Nilza Justiz-Smith

        Physico-chemical properties of Blighia sapida (ackee) oil extract and its potential application as emulsion base  

       
Mehdi Abdoly, Alireza Farnam, Fatemeh Fathiazad, Arash Khaki, Amir Afshin Khaki, Arezoo Ibrahimi, Fatemeh Afshari and Hossien Rastgar

        Antidepressant-like activities of Ocimum basilicum (sweet Basil) in the forced swimming test of rats exposed to electromagnetic field (EMF)  

        
Nazmi SARITAŞ

        Effect of endurance exercise training on blood lipids in young men  

       
G. MURTAZA, S. AZHAR, S. NOREEN, S. A. KHAN, A. KHAN, B. NASIR, A. MUMTAZ, M. ZAMAN and M. S. U. REHMAN

        An evaluation of Pakistani pharmacy students’ knowledge of herbal medicines in Pakistan  


Barkat Ali Khan, Naveed Akhtar, Khalid Waseem, Tariq Mahmood, Akhtar Rasul, Muhammad Iqbal and Shahiq-uz-Zaman

        Visio Scan® VC98, Corneometer MPA 5 and Tewameter MPA 5  

       
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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (4), 2012



Contents:


Research Articles

 
Ana Cristina S. Braga, Maria Luisa Gomes, Josefina da Silva Santos, Joelma Fonseca de Oliveira, Eric Frederico Machado, Márcia Pereira Oliveira, Sebastiao David Santos-Filho and Mario Bernardo- Filho

        Alteration of the labeling of blood constituents with technetium-99m and the morphology of red blood cells by Baccharis trimera extract

      
Ismaila Muhammad Sani and Kenneth Idowu Onifade

        Medetomidine elicit variable effects on sedative indices, hematological and physiological parameters in domestic pigeons (Columba livia)

      
Alenka Golicnik, Matej Podbregar, Mitja Lainscak, Stefan D. Anker, Zoran Grubic and Tomaz Mars

        Atorvastatin modulates constitutive and lipopolysaccharide induced IL-6 secretion in precursors of human skeletal muscle

      
Arash Khaki, S. A. M. Imani and Farhad S. Golzar

        Effects of rosmarinic acid on male sex hormones (testosterone-FSH-LH) and testis tissue apoptosis after exposure to electromagnetic field (EMF) in rats


Talaat Dabbaghi Ghaleh, Fatemeh Lalooha, Rashin Normohammadi and Omid Mashrabi

        Evaluation of maternal and neonatal results after immediate labor induction by vaginal misoprostol and expectational treatment

      
Ghulam Murtaza, Saira Azhar, Ayisha Khalid, Bushra Nasir, Muhammad Ubaid, Muhammad Khurran Shahzad, Fatima Saqib, Iftikhar Afzal, Sobia Noreen, Muhammad Tariq, Tahir Ali Chohan and Abdul Malik

        Development of in vitro-in vivo correlation for pharmacokinetic simulation

       
Wenjing Deng, Hong Lu, Xinwei Ren and Junfang Teng

        Effect of salidroside on learning and memory ability of vascular dementia rats
      

Jie Lu, Jing Wang, Zhen Li and Sohrab Rohani

        Characterization and pseudopolymorphism of L-phenylalanine anhydrous and monohydrate forms  

      

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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (5), 2012



Contents:


Research Articles

 
Ranju Pal, Kundlik Girhepunje, Ashutosh Upadhayay and Thirumoorthy N.

        Antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity of ethanolic extract of the root of Morinda citrifolia (Rubiaceae)

    
Svetlana Medjedovic, Vladimir Jakovljevic, Dusica Djordjevic, Danijela Randjelovic, Zoran Koprivica, Natasa Petronijevic, Nebojsa Tasic, Miroslav Pavlovic, Zarko Vucinic, Zvonko Sundric and Dragan M. Djuric

        Prognostic value of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes

    
Aşkin Ender TOPAL and Mehmet Nesimi EREN

        Comparison of effects of iloprost and pentoxiphylline on walking capacity and skin oxygenation in diabetic patients with peripheral artery disease

      
M. R. Sarookhani, A. Safari, M. Zahedpanah, M. Asiabanha Rezaei and V. Zaroushani

        Effects of 950 MHz mobile phone electromagnetic fields on the peripheral blood cells of male rabbits

  
Mortaza Dehghan and Abolghasem Sharifi Faradonbeh

        The effect of mummy on the healing of bone fractures

       
Kifayatullah Shah, Muhammad Farid Khan, Amir Badshah, Haroon Khan and Asim Urrehman

        Potassium antimony tartrate affects the chemical and metabolic status of  glutathione in human blood: Ex vivo studies

      
Rahmat Ali Khan, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Sumaira Sahreen, Naseer Ali Shah , Amir Muhammad Khan, Jasia Bokhari, Umbreen Rashid, Bushra Ahmad, Maria Shabbir, Naima Saeed, Shumaila Jan and Tayyaba Afsar

        Protective effect of Launaea procumbens against KBrO3 induced nephrotoxicity in rats
       

Mansoor Ahmad, MehJabeen and Noor Jahan

        Exploration of signal transduction mechanism of therapeutic action of Solanum nigrum  

      

Fang Gong, Zhen-hua Yin, Qitai Xu and Wen-yi Kang

        Hepatoprotective effect of Mitragyna rotundifolia Kuntze on CCl4-induced acute liver injury in mice  

      
Fahrettin Akyuz, Neslihan Tekin, Ozlem Aydin, Halide Edip Temel and Burhanettin Isikli

        The effect of metformin and exercise on serum lipids, nitric oxide synthase and liver nitric oxide levels in streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced diabetic rats  

      
Yu Wenyuan, Zhao Yu, Xing Yanli, Bai Xin, Fang Yuee, Zhang Lin, Ding Hao and Wang Banghe

        A preliminary study on the evaluation of a novel gene delivery vector-TACS in vitro and in vivo via co-expressing hVEGF and hBMP genes to repair critical-size rabbit bone defects  

      
Ding Li and WanChun Wang

        Can hydrogen retard the progression of osteoarthritis?  


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The Quarterly Review of Biology - 86 (4), 2011

Contents:

    Announcements(p. 251) 
   
    The Bentley Glass Memorial Endowment Fund(p. 252) 
   
    Regarding the Confusion between the Population Concept and Mayr's “Population Thinking”(pp. 253-264) 
    By Jody Hey
   
    Central Nervous System and Computation(pp. 265-285) 
    By Diego Guidolin, Giovanna Albertin, Michele Guescini, Kjell Fuxe, Luigi F. Agnati
    
    Multiple Sclerosis is Not a Disease of the Immune System(pp. 287-321) 
    By Angelique P. Corthals
    
    God and Darwinists
       
        A review of Darwinism and the Divine: Evolutionary Thought and Natural Theology by Alister E. McGrath
        Darwin's Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong by Conor Cunningham(pp. 323-328) 
        A review of Darwinism and the Divine: Evolutionary Thought and Natural Theology  by Alister E. McGrath; Darwin's Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong  by Conor Cunningham
        Review by: By Michael R. Rose
        
    History, Philosophy, and Ethics of Biology
       
        An Introduction to Evolutionary Ethics by Scott M. James(p. 329) 
        An Introduction to Evolutionary Ethics  by Scott M. James
        Review by: By Chris Zarpentine
        
        Humanity's End: Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement. Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology by Nicholas Agar(pp. 329-331) 
        Humanity's End: Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement. Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology  by Nicholas Agar
        Review by: By Peter Takacs
       
        Homo Novus—A Human without Illusions edited by Ulrich J. Frey, Charlotte Störmer, and Kai P. Willführ(p. 331) 
        Homo Novus—A Human without Illusions  by Ulrich J. Frey; Charlotte Störmer; Kai P. Willführ
        Review by: By Richard A. Richards
        
        The Ethics of Protocells: Moral and Social Implications of Creating Life in the Laboratory edited by Mark A. Bedau and Emily C. Parke(pp. 331-332) 
        The Ethics of Protocells: Moral and Social Implications of Creating Life in the Laboratory  by Mark A. Bedau; Emily C. Parke
        Review by: By Krishna Dronamraju
        
        A Century of Eugenics in America: From the Indiana Experiment to the Human Genome Era edited by Paul A. Lombardo(p. 332) 
        A Century of Eugenics in America: From the Indiana Experiment to the Human Genome Era  by Paul A. Lombardo
        Review by: By Ruth Clifford Engs
        
        Jewish Eugenics by John Glad(pp. 332-334) 
        Jewish Eugenics  by John Glad
        Review by: By Elof Axel Carlson
        
        Emma Darwin: A Victorian Life by James D. Loy and Kent M. Loy(p. 334) 
        Emma Darwin: A Victorian Life  by James D. Loy; Kent M. Loy
        Review by: By Michael Ruse
        
        Darwin edited by William Brown and Andrew C. Fabian(pp. 334-335) 
        Darwin  by William Brown; Andrew C. Fabian
        Review by: By Piers J. Hale
       
        Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences by Erling Norrby(p. 335) 
        Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences  by Erling Norrby
        Review by: By Elof Axel Carlson
       
    General Biology
       
        Biostatistical Design and Analysis Using R: A Practical Guide by Murray Logan(p. 336) 
        Biostatistical Design and Analysis Using R: A Practical Guide  by Murray Logan
        Review by: By Xiaohong Li
       
        Data Mining Techniques for the Life Sciences edited by Oliviero Carugo and Frank Eisenhaber(pp. 336-337) 
        Data Mining Techniques for the Life Sciences  by Oliviero Carugo; Frank Eisenhaber
        Review by: By Iddo Friedberg
        
    Paleontology
       
        The Lucy Man: The Scientist Who Found the Most Famous Fossil Ever! by C. A. P. Saucier(p. 337) 
        The Lucy Man: The Scientist Who Found the Most Famous Fossil Ever!  by C. A. P. Saucier
        Review by: By John G. Fleagle
       
        Triassic Life on Land: The Great Transition by Hans-Dieter Sues and Nicholas C. Fraser(pp. 337-338) 
        Triassic Life on Land: The Great Transition  by Hans-Dieter Sues; Nicholas C. Fraser
        Review by: By Robert R. Reisz
        
        Urumaco and Venezuelan Paleontology: The Fossil Record of the Northern Neotropics edited by Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra, Orangel A. Aguilera, and Alfredo A. Carlini(p. 338) 
        Urumaco and Venezuelan Paleontology: The Fossil Record of the Northern Neotropics  by Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra; Orangel A. Aguilera; Alfredo A. Carlini
        Review by: By K. E. Beth Townsend, Aryeh Grossman
        
        New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium edited by Michael J. Ryan, Brenda J. Chinnery-Allgeier, and David A. Eberth(pp. 338-339) 
        New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium  by Michael J. Ryan; Brenda J. Chinnery-Allgeier; David A. Eberth
        Review by: By Alan H. Turner
        
    Ecology
       
        Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions edited by Daniel Simberloff and Marcel Rejmánek(p. 339) 
        Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions  by Daniel Simberloff; Marcel Rejmánek
        Review by: By Robert I. Colautti
       
        Community Ecology of Stream Fishes: Concepts, Approaches, and Techniques edited by Keith B. Gido and Donald A. Jackson(p. 339) 
        Community Ecology of Stream Fishes: Concepts, Approaches, and Techniques  by Keith B. Gido; Donald A. Jackson
        Review by: By Peter B. Moyle
       
        Aboveground-Belowground Linkages: Biotic Interactions, Ecosystem Processes, and Global Change by Richard D. Bardgett and David A. Wardle(p. 340) 
        Aboveground-Belowground Linkages: Biotic Interactions, Ecosystem Processes, and Global Change  by Richard D. Bardgett; David A. Wardle
        Review by: By Jennifer A. Lau
       
        Alpines: From Mountain to Garden by Richard Wilford(pp. 340-341) 
        Alpines: From Mountain to Garden  by Richard Wilford
        Review by: By Andreas Gröger
        
    Conservation Biology
      
        Climate Change Biology by Lee Hannah(p. 341) 
        Climate Change Biology  by Lee Hannah
        Review by: By Barry W. Brook
        
        Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate by(pp. 341-342) 
        Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate
        Review by: By Iris Grossmann
        
        What Is Land For?: The Food, Fuel and Climate Change Debate edited by Michael Winter and Matt Lobey(p. 342) 
        What Is Land For?: The Food, Fuel and Climate Change Debate  by Michael Winter; Matt Lobey
        Review by: By Brent Clothier
       
        Paleoclimates: Understanding Climate Change Past and Present by Thomas M. Cronin(pp. 342-343) 
        Paleoclimates: Understanding Climate Change Past and Present  by Thomas M. Cronin
        Review by: By A. Townsend Peterson
        
        Effects of Climate Change on Birds edited by Anders Pape Moller, Wolfgang Fiedler, and Peter Berthold(p. 343) 
        Effects of Climate Change on Birds  by Anders Pape Moller; Wolfgang Fiedler; Peter Berthold
        Review by: By Richard Pearson
        
        The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation by Daniel J. Lebbin, Michael J. Parr, and George H. Fenwick(pp. 343-344) 
        The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation  by Daniel J. Lebbin; Michael J. Parr; George H. Fenwick
        Review by: By Mark Robbins
        
        Water Matters: Why We Need to Act Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource edited by Tara Lohan(pp. 344-345) 
        Water Matters: Why We Need to Act Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource  by Tara Lohan
        Review by: By Jeffrey Yule
        
    Evolution
     
        Why Evolution is True by Jerry A. Coyne(p. 345) 
        Why Evolution is True  by Jerry A. Coyne
        Review by: By Michael Ruse
       
        In Search of the Causes of Evolution: From Field Observations to Mechanisms edited by Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant(pp. 345-346) 
        In Search of the Causes of Evolution: From Field Observations to Mechanisms  by Peter R. Grant; B. Rosemary Grant
        Review by: By Frederick R. Davis
        
        Evolutionary Restraints: The Contentious History of Group Selection by Mark E. Borrello(p. 346) 
        Evolutionary Restraints: The Contentious History of Group Selection  by Mark E. Borrello
        Review by: By David Sepkoski
        
    Taxonomy, Systematics, and Phylogenetics
     
        Perspectives in Animal Phylogeny and Evolution by Alessandro Minelli(pp. 346-347) 
        Perspectives in Animal Phylogeny and Evolution  by Alessandro Minelli
        Review by: By Joel Cracraft
      
    Behavior
      
        The Infanticide Controversy: Primatology and the Art of Field Science by Amanda Rees(p. 347) 
        The Infanticide Controversy: Primatology and the Art of Field Science  by Amanda Rees
        Review by: By Andrea L. Baden
        
        Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution edited by Tamás Székely, Allen J. Moore, and Jan Komdeur(pp. 347-348) 
        Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution  by Tamás Székely; Allen J. Moore; Jan Komdeur
        Review by: By Redouan Bshary
       
        Collective Animal Behavior by David J. T. Sumpter(p. 348) 
        Collective Animal Behavior  by David J. T. Sumpter
        Review by: By Sue Boinski
       
        Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour. Third Edition by Peter J. Simmons and David Young(pp. 348-349) 
        Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour. Third Edition  by Peter J. Simmons; David Young
        Review by: By William B. Kristan By   Jr.
       
        Craving Earth: Understanding Pica: The Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice, and Chalk by Sera Young(p. 349) 
        Craving Earth: Understanding Pica: The Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice, and Chalk  by Sera Young
        Review by: By Peter W. Abrahams
       
    Neurobiology
      
        The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks(pp. 349-350) 
        The Mind's Eye  by Oliver Sacks
        Review by: By Adrian G. Dyer, Karen Trist
       
        Effortless Attention: A New Perspective in the Cognitive Science of Attention and Action edited by Brian Bruya(pp. 350-351) 
        Effortless Attention: A New Perspective in the Cognitive Science of Attention and Action  by Brian Bruya
        Review by: By Artem Belopolsky
       
        Space and Time in Perception and Action edited by Romi Nijhawan and Beena Khurana(p. 351) 
        Space and Time in Perception and Action  by Romi Nijhawan; Beena Khurana
        Review by: By Peter Skorupski
       
        Drosophila Neurobiology: A Laboratory Manual edited by Bing Zhang, Marc R. Freeman, and Scott Waddell(pp. 351-352) 
        Drosophila Neurobiology: A Laboratory Manual  by Bing Zhang; Marc R. Freeman; Scott Waddell
        Review by: By Konrad E. Zinsmaier
       
        The Neurobiology of Australian Marsupials: Brain Evolution in the Other Mammalian Radiation edited by Ken W. S. Ashwell(p. 352) 
        The Neurobiology of Australian Marsupials: Brain Evolution in the Other Mammalian Radiation  by Ken W. S. Ashwell
        Review by: By Jon H. Kaas
        
        A Hole in the Head: More Tales in the History of Neuroscience by Charles G. Gross(pp. 352-353) 
        A Hole in the Head: More Tales in the History of Neuroscience  by Charles G. Gross
        Review by: By Jennifer A. Mangels
       
    Cell and Molecular Biology
     
        Epithelial Transport Physiology edited by George A. Gerencser(p. 353) 
        Epithelial Transport Physiology  by George A. Gerencser
        Review by: By Jason R. Rock
       
    Genetics
       
        Evolutionary Genomics and Systems Biology edited by Gustavo Caetano-Anollés(pp. 353-354) 
        Evolutionary Genomics and Systems Biology  by Gustavo Caetano-Anollés
        Review by: By Matthew Rockman
       
    Microbiology
      
        Bacterial Population Genetics in Infectious Disease edited by D. Ashley Robinson, Daniel Falush, and Edward J. Feil(p. 354) 
        Bacterial Population Genetics in Infectious Disease  by D. Ashley Robinson; Daniel Falush; Edward J. Feil
        Review by: By Mark Achtman
      
        Environmental Microbiology: Current Technology and Water Applications edited by Keya Sen and Nicholas J. Ashbolt(pp. 354-355) 
        Environmental Microbiology: Current Technology and Water Applications  by Keya Sen; Nicholas J. Ashbolt
        Review by: By Jean MacRae
      
        Modern Biotechnology: Connecting Innovations in Microbiology and Biochemistry to Engineering Fundamentals by Nathan S. Mosier and Michael R. Ladisch(p. 355) 
        Modern Biotechnology: Connecting Innovations in Microbiology and Biochemistry to Engineering Fundamentals  by Nathan S. Mosier; Michael R. Ladisch
        Review by: By Michael Hadjiargyrou
       
        Barron's E-Z Microbiology by René Fester Kratz(p. 355) 
        Barron's E-Z Microbiology  by René Fester Kratz
       
    Botany
       
        The Restless Plant edited by Dov Koller and Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh(pp. 355-356) 
        The Restless Plant  by Dov Koller; Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh
        Review by: By Ulrich Kutschera
      
        Plant Defense: Warding Off Attack by Pathogens, Herbivores, and Parasitic Plants by Dale R. Walters(pp. 356-357) 
        Plant Defense: Warding Off Attack by Pathogens, Herbivores, and Parasitic Plants  by Dale R. Walters
        Review by: By Andre Kessler
       
        Plant Cell Walls: From Chemistry to Biology by Peter Albersheim, Alan Darvill, Keith Roberts, Ron Sederoff, and Andrew Staehelin(p. 357) 
        Plant Cell Walls: From Chemistry to Biology  by Peter Albersheim; Alan Darvill; Keith Roberts; Ron Sederoff; Andrew Staehelin
        Review by: By Tobias I. Baskin
       
        A Natural History of the New World: The Ecology and Evolution of Plants in the Americas by Alan Graham(pp. 357-358) 
        A Natural History of the New World: The Ecology and Evolution of Plants in the Americas  by Alan Graham
        Review by: By Donald M. Waller
       
        Trees of Panama and Costa Rica. Princeton Field Guides by Richard Condit, Rolando Pérez, and Nefertaris Daguerre(p. 358) 
        Trees of Panama and Costa Rica. Princeton Field Guides  by Richard Condit; Rolando Pérez; Nefertaris Daguerre
       
    Zoology
      
        Vermiculture Technology: Earthworms, Organic Wastes, and Environmental Management edited by Clive A. Edwards, Norman Q. Arancon, and Rhonda Sherman(pp. 358-359) 
        Vermiculture Technology: Earthworms, Organic Wastes, and Environmental Management  by Clive A. Edwards; Norman Q. Arancon; Rhonda Sherman
        Review by: By Jon Nilsson
       
        Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches edited by Stefan Jarau and Michael Hrncir(p. 359) 
        Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches  by Stefan Jarau; Michael Hrncir
        Review by: By Sarah E. Bengston, Jennifer Jandt, Anna Dornhaus
       
        Adventures among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions by Mark W. Moffett(pp. 359-360) 
        Adventures among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions  by Mark W. Moffett
        Review by: By Michael Kaspari
      
        Honeybee Democracy by Thomas D. Seeley(p. 360) 
        Honeybee Democracy  by Thomas D. Seeley
        Review by: By Matina Donaldson-Matasci
      
        Do Fish Sleep?: Fascinating Answers to Questions about Fishes by Judith S. Weis(pp. 360-361) 
        Do Fish Sleep?: Fascinating Answers to Questions about Fishes  by Judith S. Weis
        Review by: By Peter J. Park
      
        The Laboratory Zebrafish by Claudia Harper and Christian Lawrence(p. 361) 
        The Laboratory Zebrafish  by Claudia Harper; Christian Lawrence
        Review by: By Howard Sirotkin
      
        Turtles: The Animal Answer Guide by Whit Gibbons, Judy Greene, and Cris Hagen(pp. 361-362) 
        Turtles: The Animal Answer Guide  by Whit Gibbons; Judy Greene; Cris Hagen
        Review by: By Fredric J. Janzen
       
        Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles by Jonathan B. Losos and Harry W. Greene(pp. 362-363) 
        Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles  by Jonathan B. Losos; Harry W. Greene
        Review by: By Jerry F. Husak
       
        Chameleons of Africa: An Atlas: Including the Chameleons of Europe, the Middle East and Asia by Colin R. Tilbury(p. 363) 
        Chameleons of Africa: An Atlas: Including the Chameleons of Europe, the Middle East and Asia  by Colin R. Tilbury
        Review by: By Christopher J. Raxworthy
       
        Handbook of the Birds of the World edited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, and David Christie(pp. 363-364) 
        Handbook of the Birds of the World  by Josep del Hoyo; Andrew Elliott; David Christie
        Review by: By Walt Anderson
       
        The Birds of Panama: A Field Guide by George R. Angehr and Robert Dean(p. 364) 
        The Birds of Panama: A Field Guide  by George R. Angehr; Robert Dean
       
        How Fast Can a Falcon Dive?: Fascinating Answers to Questions about Birds of Prey by Peter Capainolo and Carol A. Butler(p. 364) 
        How Fast Can a Falcon Dive?: Fascinating Answers to Questions about Birds of Prey  by Peter Capainolo; Carol A. Butler
        Review by: By Laurie Goodrich
      
        The Eagle Watchers: Observing and Conserving Raptors around the World edited by Ruth E. Tingay, Todd E. Katzner, Keith L. Bildstein, and Jemima Parry-Jones(p. 365) 
        The Eagle Watchers: Observing and Conserving Raptors around the World  by Ruth E. Tingay; Todd E. Katzner; Keith L. Bildstein; Jemima Parry-Jones
        Review by: By Lloyd F. Kiff
      
    Human Biology and Health
       
        Avian Influenza: Science, Policy and Politics edited by Ian Scoones(pp. 365-366) 
        Avian Influenza: Science, Policy and Politics  by Ian Scoones
        Review by: By A. Townsend Peterson
       
        Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis by Karl Drlica and David S. Perlin(p. 366) 
        Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis  by Karl Drlica; David S. Perlin
        Review by: By Fabrizio Spagnolo
       
        Diseases and Diagnoses: The Second Age of Biology by Sander L. Gilman(pp. 366-367) 
        Diseases and Diagnoses: The Second Age of Biology  by Sander L. Gilman
        Review by: By Elof Axel Carlson
       
        The Evolutionary Biology of Human Body Fatness: Thrift and Control by Jonathan C. K. Wells(pp. 367-368) 
        The Evolutionary Biology of Human Body Fatness: Thrift and Control  by Jonathan C. K. Wells
        Review by: By J. Josh Snodgrass
       
    Directory of Publishers(pp. 369-370) 
  
    Titles and Authors of Articles(pp. 371-372) 
   
    Titles and Authors/Editors of Books Reviewed(pp. 373-385) 
  
    Reviewers of Books(pp. 386-388) 
    

The Quarterly Review of Biology - 86 (3), 2011

Contents:


    Announcements(p. 161) 
    
    The Bentley Glass Memorial Endowment Fund(p. 162) 
    
    From the Origin of Sex-Determining Factors to the Evolution of Sex-Determining Systems(pp. 163-180) 
     Tobias Uller, Heikki Helanterä
    
    It's All Who You Know: The Evolution Of Socially Cued Anticipatory Plasticity As A Mating Strategy(pp. 181-197) 
    Michael M. Kasumovic, Robert C. Brooks
    
        Mentally Rotating Gender.(pp. 198-202) 
        Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference  by Cordelia Fine; Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences  by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young
        Review by: By Marlene Zuk
        
        Expand or Revise? The Evolutionary Synthesis Today.(pp. 203-208) 
        Evolution: The Extended Synthesis  by Massimo Pigliucci; Gerd B. Müller
        Review by: By Douglas J. Futuyma
        
            Stephen Jay Gould and the Politics of Evolution.(pp. 209-210) 
            Stephen Jay Gould and the Politics of Evolution  by David F. Prindle
            Review by: By Ullica Segerstrale
            
            Remarkable Biologists: From Ray to Hamilton.(pp. 210-211) 
            Remarkable Biologists: From Ray to Hamilton  by Ioan James
            Review by: By Elof Axel Carlson
           
            Donald Michie on Machine Intelligence, Biology and More.(p. 211) 
            Donald Michie on Machine Intelligence, Biology and More  by Ashwin Srinivasan; I. J. Good; J. D. Biggers; C. A. Sammut; S. H. Muggleton
            Review by: By Anthony J. Dellureficio
            
            Progress in Bioethics: Science, Policy, and Politics.(pp. 211-212) 
            Progress in Bioethics: Science, Policy, and Politics  by Jonathan D. Moreno; Sam Berger
            Review by: By Edmund D. Pellegrino
            
            Exuberant Skepticism.(p. 212) 
            Exuberant Skepticism  by Paul Kurtz; John R. Shook
            Review by: By Justin Trottier
            
            Science Education and Civic Engagement: The SENCER Approach.(pp. 212-213) 
            Science Education and Civic Engagement: The SENCER Approach  by Richard D. Sheardy
            Review by: By O. R. Anderson
            
            Emerging Model Organisms: A Laboratory Manual, Volume 2.(p. 213) 
            Emerging Model Organisms: A Laboratory Manual, Volume 2  by David A. Crotty; Alexander Gann
            Review by: By Christopher Lowe
           
            Corporate Accountability and Sustainable Development.(pp. 213-214) 
            Corporate Accountability and Sustainable Development  by Peter Utting; Jennifer Clapp
            Review by: By Bernardo Aguilar-González
           
        Paleontology

            The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush: Museums and Paleontology in America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.(p. 215) 
            The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush: Museums and Paleontology in America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century  by Paul Brinkman
            Review by: By Christopher R. Noto
            
            The Rise of Horses: 55 Million Years of Evolution.(pp. 215-216) 
            The Rise of Horses: 55 Million Years of Evolution  by Jens Lorenz Franzen; Kirsten M. Brown
            Review by: By Juha Saarinen
           
        Ecology
          
            Marine Macroecology.(p. 216) 
            Marine Macroecology  by Jon D. Witman; Kaustuv Roy
            Review by: By Jeffrey Levinton
            
            Amphibian Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques.(p. 217) 
            Amphibian Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques  by C. Kenneth DoddJr
            Review by: By Andrew Storfer
            
            Effective Ecological Monitoring.(pp. 217-218) 
            Effective Ecological Monitoring  by David B. Lindenmayer; Gene E. Likens
            Review by: By David Schimel
         
            From Populations to Ecosystems: Theoretical Foundations for a New Ecological Synthesis.(p. 218) 
            From Populations to Ecosystems: Theoretical Foundations for a New Ecological Synthesis  by Michel Loreau
            Review by: By Diane S. Srivastava
            
            Resolving Ecosystem Complexity.(pp. 218-219) 
            Resolving Ecosystem Complexity  by Oswald J. Schmitz
            Review by: By Peter A. Abrams
            
            Remote Sensing for Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques.(p. 219) 
            Remote Sensing for Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques  by Ned Horning; Julie A. Robinson; Eleanor J. Sterling; Woody Turner; Sacha Spector
            Review by: By James L. Smith
           
            Mapping Species Distributions: Spatial Inference and Prediction.(pp. 219-220) 
            Mapping Species Distributions: Spatial Inference and Prediction  by Janet Franklin; Jennifer A. Miller
           
        Conservation Biology
          
            Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainability in the Americas: Impacts and Adaptations.(p. 220) 
            Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainability in the Americas: Impacts and Adaptations  by Francisco Dallmeier; Adam Fenech; Don MacIver; Robert Szaro
            Review by: By Shaily Menon
          
            Nature's Matrix: Linking Agriculture, Conservation and Food Sovereignty.(pp. 220-221) 
            Nature's Matrix: Linking Agriculture, Conservation and Food Sovereignty  by Ivette Perfecto; John Vandermeer; Angus Wright
            Review by: By Daniel Lavelle, Hillary Suzanne Sardinas, Eleanor Jane Blitzer, Karen Z. Weinbaum, Matthew Scott Luskin, Justin S. Brashares
           
            Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change.(pp. 221-222) 
            Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change  by Allan Eaglesham; Ralph W. F. Hardy
            Review by: By Robert Mendelsohn
           
        Evolution
         
            Biology's First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems.(p. 222) 
            Biology's First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems  by Daniel W. McShea; Robert N. Brandon
            Review by: By Michael Ruse
           
            Human Brain Evolution: The Influence of Freshwater and Marine Food Resources.(pp. 222-223) 
            Human Brain Evolution: The Influence of Freshwater and Marine Food Resources  by Stephen C. Cunnane; Kathlyn M. Stewart
            Review by: By Christopher P. Heesy
           
            The Evolution of Language.(p. 223) 
            The Evolution of Language  by W. Tecumseh Fitch
            Review by: By Mark Pagel
            
            Animal Models in Light of Evolution.(pp. 223-224) 
            Animal Models in Light of Evolution  by Niall Shanks; C. Ray Greek
            Review by: By Rachel A. Ankeny
            
        Behavior
          
            The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds, and the Invention of Monogamy.(p. 224) 
            The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds, and the Invention of Monogamy  by Bernd Heinrich
            Review by: By Michael S. Webster
            
            A Primer of Conservation Behavior.(pp. 224-225) 
            A Primer of Conservation Behavior  by Daniel T. Blumstein; Esteban Fernández-Juricic
            Review by: By John P. Swaddle
           
        Neurobiology
       
            Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain.(pp. 225-226) 
            Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain  by Antonio Damasio
            Review by: By Paul E. Tibbetts
           
            Neurosociology: The Nexus between Neuroscience and Social Psychology.(p. 226) 
            Neurosociology: The Nexus between Neuroscience and Social Psychology  by David D. Franks
            Review by: By Paul Tibbetts
          
        Anatomy and Physiology
        
            Seeing: The Computational Approach to Biological Vision.(p. 227) 
            Seeing: The Computational Approach to Biological Vision  by John P. Frisby; James V. Stone
            Review by: By Heinrich H. Buelthoff, Lewis Leewui Chuang
           
        Cell and Molecular Biology
         
            Fundamentals of Molecular Biology.(p. 227) 
            Fundamentals of Molecular Biology  by Jayanta K. Pal; Saroj S. Ghaskadbi
            Review by: By Kuang Yu Chen
            
            Introducing Biological Energetics: How Energy and Information Control the Living World.(p. 228) 
            Introducing Biological Energetics: How Energy and Information Control the Living World  by Norman W. H. Cheetham
            Review by: By Edwin H. Battley
           
            Control Theory and Systems Biology.(p. 228) 
            Control Theory and Systems Biology  by Pablo A. Iglesias; Brian P. Ingalls
            Review by: By Andriani Daskalaki
         
            Membrane Structural Biology: With Biochemical and Biophysical Foundations.(p. 229) 
            Membrane Structural Biology: With Biochemical and Biophysical Foundations  by Mary Luckey
            Review by: By Andreas Engel
            
            Anaerobic Parasitic Protozoa: Genomics and Molecular Biology.(pp. 229-230) 
            Anaerobic Parasitic Protozoa: Genomics and Molecular Biology  by C. Graham Clark; Patricia J. Johnson; Rodney D. Adam
            Review by: By Sudha Bhattacharya
     
            Insect Pathogens: Molecular Approaches and Techniques.(p. 230) 
            Insect Pathogens: Molecular Approaches and Techniques  by S. Patricia Stock; John Vanderberg; Noël Boemare; Itamar Glazer
            Review by: By Ann E. Hajek
      
            Cancer Stem Cells.(pp. 230-231) 
            Cancer Stem Cells  by William L. Farrar
            Review by: By Keith Syson Chan
           
            The Great Pheromone Myth.(p. 231) 
            The Great Pheromone Myth  by Richard L. Doty
            Review by: By Ann Eileen Miller Baker
        
        Genetics
       
            Genetic Twists of Fate.(pp. 231-232) 
            Genetic Twists of Fate  by Stanley Fields; Mark Johnston
            Review by: By Anthony J. Dellureficio
           
            Human Biological Variation.(p. 232) 
            Human Biological Variation  by James H. Mielke; Lyle W. Konigsberg; John H. Relethford
            Review by: By Brian M. Kemp
            
        Microbiology
          
            High-Pressure Microbiology.(pp. 232-233) 
            High-Pressure Microbiology  by Chris Michiels; Douglas H. Bartlett; Abram Aertsen
            Review by: By Rukma N. Reddy
           
            Medical Microbiology.(p. 233) 
            Medical Microbiology  by Michael Ford
      
            Clinical Virology.(pp. 233-234) 
            Clinical Virology  by Douglas D. Richman; Richard J. Whitley; Frederick G. Hayden
            Review by: By Marie Louise Landry
           
        Botany
         
            Plants in Mesozoic Time: Morphological Innovations, Phylogeny Ecosystems.(p. 234) 
            Plants in Mesozoic Time: Morphological Innovations, Phylogeny Ecosystems  by Carole T. Gee
            Review by: By Ramona Walls
           
            Plant Cell Culture: Essential Methods.(p. 234) 
            Plant Cell Culture: Essential Methods  by Michael R. Davey; Paul Anthony
            Review by: By Adi Zaltsman
            
        Zoology
         
            Manual of Central American Diptera.(pp. 235-236) 
            Manual of Central American Diptera  by B. V. Brown; A. Borkent; J. M. Cumming; D. M. Wood; N. E. Woodley; M. A. Zumbado; S. A. Marshall
            Review by: By David Grimaldi
          
            Mariposas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y Alrededores.(p. 236) 
            Mariposas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y Alrededores  by Ezequiel Nunez Bustos; Roberto Güller
            Review by: By Arthur M. Shapiro
            
            The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct.(pp. 236-237) 
            The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct  by Bert Hölldobler; Edward O. Wilson
            Review by: By Seán G. Brady
           
            Inland Fishes of the Greater Southwest: Chronicle of a Vanishing Biota.(p. 237) 
            Inland Fishes of the Greater Southwest: Chronicle of a Vanishing Biota  by W. L. Minckley; Paul C. Marsh; James E. Deacon
            Review by: By Dean A. Hendrickson
          
            Fish Defenses.(pp. 237-238) 
            Fish Defenses  by Giacomo Zaccone; C. Perriere; A. Mathis; B. G. Kapoor
            Review by: By Iain Barber
       
            Sharks and Their Relatives II: Biodiversity, Adaptive Physiology, and Conservation.(p. 238) 
            Sharks and Their Relatives II: Biodiversity, Adaptive Physiology, and Conservation  by Jeffrey C. Carrier; John A. Musick; Michael R. Heithaus
            Review by: By John E. McCosker
     
            Sharks and Rays of Australia.(pp. 238-239) 
            Sharks and Rays of Australia  by Peter R. Last; John D. Stevens
            Review by: By Marcelo R. de Carvalho
          
            The Last Tortoise: A Tale of Extinction in Our Lifetime.(pp. 239-240) 
            The Last Tortoise: A Tale of Extinction in Our Lifetime  by Craig B. Stanford
            Review by: By James F. Parham
         
            Birds of Brazil: The Pantanal and Cerrado of Central Brazil.(p. 240) 
            Birds of Brazil: The Pantanal and Cerrado of Central Brazil  by John A. Gwynne; Robert S. Ridgely; Guy Tudor; Martha Argel; Maria Allen; Terry Clarke
           
            Island Bats: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation.(p. 240) 
            Island Bats: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation  by Theodore H. Fleming; Paul A. Racey
            Review by: By Gary F. McCracken
           
        Human Biology and Health
       
            Biographies of Disease.(pp. 241-242) 
            Biographies of Disease  by William Bynum; Helen Bynum
         
            Lyme Disease: The Ecology of a Complex System.(p. 241) 
            Lyme Disease: The Ecology of a Complex System  by Richard S. Ostfeld
            Review by: By Weigang Qiu
         
            The Elusive Malaria Vaccine: Miracle or Mirage?.(p. 241) 
            The Elusive Malaria Vaccine: Miracle or Mirage?  by Irwin W. Sherman
          
            Infectious Disease: Pathogenesis, Prevention and Case Studies.(p. 242) 
            Infectious Disease: Pathogenesis, Prevention and Case Studies  by N. Shetty; J. W. Tang; J. Andrews
           
        Miscellaneous
        
            Biodiversity and the Law: Intellectual Property, Biotechnology and Traditional Knowledge.(p. 242) 
            Biodiversity and the Law: Intellectual Property, Biotechnology and Traditional Knowledge  by Charles R. McManis
            Review by: By Kabir Bavikatte
           
        Directory of Publishers(pp. 243-244) 
      
    No Access

    Index to Titles and Authors/Editors of Books Reviewed(pp. 245-248) 
   
    Index to Reviewers of Books(p. 249) 
   
   
 
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Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae - 80 (3-4), 2011

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae - 80 (3), 2011


Contents:

Editorial

Letter from the Editor 
Beata Zagórska-Marek
    
Floristics and Plant Conservation

Orobanche mayeri (Suess. & Ronniger) Bertsch & F. Bertsch – a species new to Poland    
Renata Piwowarczyk    

Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

A comparison of PCR-based markers for the molecular identification of Sphagnum species of the section Acutifolia    
Jakub Sawicki, Monika Szczecińska    

Physiology and Biochemistry

TLC of selected sesquiterpenoids of the Asteraceae family    
Gerard Nowak, Renata Dawid-Pać, Maria Urbańska, Joanna Nawrot    

Structure, Evolution and Development

Coleoptile length and plant height of modern tall and semi-dwarf European winter wheat varieties    
Žilvinas Liatukas, Vytautas Ruzgas    

Cyanophytes on limestone rocks in the Szopczański Gorge (Pieniny Mountains) – their ecomorphology and ultrastructure    
Joanna Czerwik-Marcinkowska, Bohuslav Uher    

'Elaioplasts' identified as lipotubuloids in Althaea rosea, Funkia sieboldiana and Vanilla planifolia contain lipid bodies connected with microtubules    
Maria Kwiatkowska, Dariusz Stępiński, Katarzyna Popłońska, Agnieszka Wojtczak, Justyna Teresa Polit    

Pollen morphology of Polish native species of the Rosa genus (Rosaceae) and its relation to systematics    
Dorota Wrońska-Pilarek    

Taxonomy and Phytogeography

Aneuploids in the shrub birch Betula humilis populations in Poland    
Katarzyna A. Jadwiszczak, Ewa Jabłońska, Stanisław Kłosowski, Agata Banaszek    

Lathyrus aphaca L.: the distribution, habitats and remarks on the status of the species in Poland    
Agnieszka Nobis, Marcin Nobis, Alina Urbisz    

Morphological variability of Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl in the north-western Balkans    
Kristjan Jarni, Marjana Westergren, Hojka Kraigher, Robert Brus    

Tissue Culture

Terpenoids from a multiple shoot culture of Telekia speciosa    
Anna Stojakowska, Janusz Malarz, Wanda Kisiel    


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Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae - 80 (4), 2011


Contents:

Ecology

Impact of weather on dynamics of plant functional groups in an abandoned limestone grassland    
Zbigniew Dzwonko, Stefania Loster    

The pattern of seed banks during secondary succession on poor soils    
Anna J. Kwiatkowska-Falińska, Małgorzata Jankowska-Błaszczuk, Maciej Wódkiewicz    

Floristics and Plant Conservation

Allium olivieri Boiss. (Alliaceae), a new taxon to Turkey, with contributions to its taxonomy    
Ismail Eker, Mehmet Koyuncu    

Structure, Evolution and Development

Phyllotaxis instability – exploring the depths of first available space    
Marcin Szpak, Beata Zagórska-Marek    

Arbuscular mycorrhizal and dark septate endophyte associations of medicinal plants    
Szymon Zubek, Janusz Błaszkowski, Piotr Mleczko    

Taxonomy and Phytogeography

Distribution and ecology of the lichen Fellhanera gyrophorica in the Pojezierze Olsztyńskie Lakeland and its status in Poland    
Dariusz Kubiak    

Genetic and morphological differentiation between Melica ciliata L. and M. transsilvanica Schur (Poaceae) in Europe reveals the non-presence of M. ciliata in the Polish flora
Magdalena Szczepaniak, Elżbieta Cieślak    

ISSR analysis points to relict character of Aconitum bucovinense Zapał. (Ranunculaceae) at the range margin    
Piotr Boroń, Joanna Zalewska-Gałosz, Agnieszka Sutkowska, Bogdan Zemanek, Józef Mitka    

New taxon of the genus Calypogeia (Jungermanniales, Hepaticae) in Poland    
Katarzyna Buczkowska, Alina Bączkiewicz    

Orthotrichum affine var. bohemicum (Orthotrichaceae), a new variety of epiphytic moss from the Czech Republic    
Vítězslav Plášek, Jakub Sawicki, Ivana Marková, Sylwia Wierzcholska    


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South African Journal of Botany - 78, 2012

Contents:

Editorial Board

Publisher's note

Inclusion of the Cape genus Anisothrix in the Namibian-centred genus Pentatrichia (Asteraceae, Gnaphalieae) based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis
E.S. Klaassen, N.G. Bergh

Medicinal plants used for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections by lay people in northern Maputaland, KwaZulu–Natal Province, South Africa
H. De Wet, V.N. Nzama, S.F. Van Vuuren

Cytology and embryology of the pompom weed, Campuloclinium macrocephalum (Eupatorieae, Asteraceae)
G.E. Farco, M.M. Sosa, M. Dematteis, A. Fernández

Fruit nutritional composition and non-nutritive traits of indigenous South African tree species
A.-L. Wilson, C.T. Downs

Antibiofilm activity and post antifungal effect of lemongrass oil on clinical Candida dubliniensis isolate
S. Taweechaisupapong, P. Ngaonee, P. Patsuk, W. Pitiphat, W. Khunkitti

The isolation of high quality RNA from the fruit of avocado (Persea americana Mill.)
A.T. Djami-Tchatchou, C.J. Straker

A comparative study of desiccation responses of seeds of Asian Evergreen Oaks, Quercus subgenus Cyclobalanopsis and Quercus subgenus Quercus
K. Xia, M.I. Daws, F.R. Hay, W.-Y. Chen, Z.-K. Zhou, H.W. Pritchard

Knysna Turacos (Tauraco corythaix) do not improve seed germination of ingested fruit of some indigenous South African tree species
A.-L. Wilson, C.T. Downs

Nectar properties of the sunbird-pollinated plant Impatiens sakeriana: A comparison with six other co-flowering species
M. Bartoš, Š. Janeček, E. Padyšáková, E. Patáčová, J. Altman, M. Pešata, J. Kantorová, R. Tropek

Changes of xylem hydraulic efficiency and native embolism of Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb. seedlings under different drought stress conditions and after rewatering
M. Ayup, X. Hao, Y. Chen, W. Li, R. Su

Effect of smoke-derived butenolide priming treatment on pepper and salvia seeds in relation to transplant quality and catalase activity
I. Demir, I. Ozuaydin, F. Yasar, J. Van Staden

Enhancing seedling growth of Jatropha curcas—A potential oil seed crop for biodiesel
H.A. Abdelgadir, M.G. Kulkarni, M.P. Arruda, J. Van Staden

Physiomorphological response of rose-scented geranium (Pelargonium spp.) to irrigation frequency
B.K. Eiasu, J.M. Steyn, P. Soundy

Dracoscirpoides (Cyperaceae) — A new genus from Southern Africa, its taxonomy and floral ontogeny
A.M. Muasya, M. Reynders, P. Goetghebeur, D.A. Simpson, A. Vrijdaghs

Uptake and translocation of heavy metals by medicinal plants growing around a waste dump site in Pretoria, South Africa
J.O. Olowoyo, O.O. Okedeyi, N.M. Mkolo, G.N. Lion, S.T.R. Mdakane

Role of calcium in alleviating effect of salinity on germination of Phragmites karka seeds
A. Zehra, B. Gul, R. Ansari, M.A. Khan

Uncovering the cycad taxa (Encephalartos species) traded for traditional medicine in Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa
S.R. Cousins, V.L. Williams, E.T.F. Witkowski

Sodium nitroprusside, ferricyanide, nitrite and nitrate decrease the thermo-dormancy of lettuce seed germination in a nitric oxide-dependent manner in light
Z. Deng, S. Song

A revision of the Combretum vendae complex
N. Hahn

Unisexual flowers as a robust synapomorphy in Cariceae (Cyperaceae)? Evidence for bisexual flowers in Schoenoxiphium
B. Gehrke, A. Vrijdaghs, E. Smets, A.M. Muasya

The cost of being specialized: Pollinator limitation in the endangered geophyte Brunsvigia litoralis (Amaryllidaceae) in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa
S. Geerts, A. Pauw

Traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in Gindeberet district, Western Ethiopia
S. Zerabruk, G. Yirga

Microculture effects on leaf epidermis and root structure in Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra
M. Moyo, J.F. Finnie, J. Van Staden

A revision of the genus Dolichos (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae, Phaseoleae), including Lesotho and Swaziland
A.N. Moteetee, B.-E. Van Wyk

Three-dimensional reciprocity: A new form of tristyly in South African Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) species and its implications for reproduction
S.S. Turketti, K.J. Esler, L.L. Dreyer

Influence of salinity and temperature on seed germination rate and the hydrotime model parameters for the halophyte, Chloris virgata, and the glycophyte, Digitaria sanguinalis
H. Zhang, L.J. Irving, Y. Tian, D. Zhou

Molecular cloning and expression characteristics of a novel MAPKKK gene, GhCTR1, from cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
F. Yu, R. Guo, C. Wu, H. Li, X. Guo

Activity of South African medicinal plants against Listeria monocytogenes biofilms, and isolation of active compounds from Acacia karroo
M.A. Nyila, C.M. Leonard, A.A. Hussein, N. Lall

Antibacterial activity, cytotoxicity and chemical constituents of Hydnora johannis roots
S. Yagi, F. Chrétien, R.E. Duval, S. Fontanay, M. Maldini, S. Piacente, M. Henry, Y. Chapleur, D. Laurain-Mattar

Overexpression of Suaeda salsa stroma ascorbate peroxidase in Arabidopsis chloroplasts enhances salt tolerance of plants
K. Li, C.-H. Pang, F. Ding, N. Sui, Z.-T. Feng, B.-S. Wang

Seasonal variation in the cyclooxygenase inhibitory activities of four South African medicinal bulbs
B. Ncube, J.F. Finnie, J. Van Staden

In vitro evaluation of antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of some Tunisian vegetables
H. Edziri, S. Ammar, L. Souad, M.A. Mahjoub, M. Mastouri, M. Aouni, Z. Mighri, L. Verschaeve

A morphological re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of the genus Pellegriniodendron (Harms) J. Léonard (Leguminosae–Caesalpinioideae–Detarieae) and its inclusion in Gilbertiodendron J. Léonard
M. de la Estrella, J.A. Devesa, J.J. Wieringa

Pelargonium saxatile (Geraniaceae: Section Hoarea), a new species from the southwestern Cape, South Africa, and a key to the species of the P. dipetalum group
J.C. Manning, P. Goldblatt

Germination dimorphism in Suaeda acuminata: A new combination of dormancy types for heteromorphic seeds
H.-L. Wang, L. Wang, C.-Y. Tian, Z.-Y. Huang

Seed dispersal and seed banks in Aloe marlothii (Asphodelaceae)
C.T. Symes

Metalasia namaquana (Asteraceae–Gnaphalieae), a new species from the Kamiesberg (South Africa)
P.O. Karis, N.A. Helme

Optimisation of pollen viability tests for Acacia podalyriifolia and two ploidys of Acacia mearnsii
S.L. Beck-Pay

Improved tolerance toward low temperature in banana (Musa AAA Group Cavendish Williams)
J.Z. Zhang, Q. Zhang, Y.J. Chen, L.L. Sun, L.Y. Song, C.L. Peng

Overexpression of the acerola (Malpighia glabra) monodehydroascorbate reductase gene in transgenic tobacco plants results in increased ascorbate levels and enhanced tolerance to salt stress
H.A. Eltelib, Y. Fujikawa, M. Esaka

Genetic homogeneity of in vitro raised plants of grapevine cv. Crimson Seedless revealed by ISSR and microsatellite markers
A. Nookaraju, D.C. Agrawal

Transient gene expression assays in rose tissues using a Bio-Rad Helios® hand-held gene gun
B. Kuriakose, E.S. Du Toit, A. Jordaan

Searsia species with affinity to the N-methyl-d-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptor
A.K. Jäger, D.M. Knap, B. Nielsen, G.I. Stafford, J. Van Staden

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