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) 
    

New Zealand Journal of Botany - 48 (3-4), 2010

Contents:

Editorials

Editorial
Sue Wilkins

Obituary

Obituary
AR Ferguson; PK Buchanan

Articles

An investigation of the glandular and non-glandular foliar trichomes of Orthosiphon labiatus N.E.Br. [Lamiaceae]
A. Bhatt; Y. Naidoo; A. Nicholas

Immature leaves of Weinmannia racemosa are more heat tolerant than mature leaves based on differences in chlorophyll a fluorescence and solute leakage
JS Choinski Jr; KS Gould

Introduced Dioscorea spp. starch in Lapita and later deposits, Vao Island, Vanuatu
M. Horrocks; S. Bedford

How arboreal are epiphytes? A null model for Benzing's classifications
KC Burns

Rosenvingea (Ectocarpales, Scytosiphonaceae) - a new brown macroalgal record for New Zealand
WA Nelson; MD Wilcox

New chromosome counts in New Zealand species of Plantago (Plantaginaceae)
BG Murray; HM Meudt; ML Tay; PJ Garnock-Jones

Testing species limits of New Zealand Plantago (Plantaginaceae) using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) DNA sequences
ML Tay; HM Meudt; PJ Garnock-Jones; PA Ritchie

Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora:×Carpophyma mutabilis and ×Carpophyma pallida (Aizoaceae), new names for two wild intergeneric hybrids
PB Heenan; WR Sykes

Original Articles

Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) as a commensal model for human mobility in Oceania: anthropological, botanical and genetic considerations
D. Seelenfreund; AC Clarke; N. Oyanedel; R. Pina; S. Lobos; EA Matisoo-Smith; A. Seelenfreund

Book Reviews

An Illustrated Guide to Common Weeds of New Zealand, 3rd edn
Rob Lucas

Threatened Plants of New Zealand
Alan F. Mark

Miscellany

Erratum


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Revista de Biología Tropical - 57 (4), 2009

Contents:

Articulo especial

Las Plantas y Carlos Darwin
Gómez P, Luis D


Microbiologia

Distribución de bacterias potencialmente fijadoras de nitrógeno y su relación con parámetros fisicoquímicos en suelos con tres coberturas vegetales en el sur de la Amazonia colombiana
Mantilla-Paredes, Andrea J; Cardona, Gladys. I; Pena-Venegas, Clara P; Murcia, Uriel; Rodríguez, Mariana; Zambrano, Maria M

Effect of Mikania glomerata (Asteraceae) leaf extract combined with anti-venom serum on experimental Crotalus durissus (Squamata: Viperidae) envenomation in rats
Stuani Floriano, Rafael; Barilli Nogueira, Rosa Maria; Sakate, Michiko; Braga Laposy, Cecília; Pereira da Motta, Yudney; Sangiorgio, Fabíola; Costa David, Heloísa; Nabas, Joao Marcelo


Ecología Marina

Lesiones naturales y regeneración de tejido en ramets del coral Montastraea annularis (Scleractinia: Faviidae) en un arrecife degradado del Caribe Colombiano
Alvarado Ch, Elvira; Acosta, Alberto

Effects of heavy metals on the oyster (Crassostrea virginica) at Mandinga Lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico
Guzmán-García, X; Botello, A.V; Martinez-Tabche, L; González-Márquez, H

Trama trófica de una comunidad de peces en una pradera marina en el Caribe Venezolano
López-Ordaz, Adriana; Ortaz, Mario; Rodriguez-Quintal, José G

Variaciones en la abundancia de peces en sitios con diferente grado de contaminación del sublitoral de Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
Hernández Hernández, Ivet; Aguilar Betancourt, Consuelo; González Sansón, Gaspar

Impacto de dos arrecifes artificiales en la pesca artesanal diurna del Golfo de Morrosquillo, Caribe de Colombia
Delgadillo-Garzón, Oscar; García, Camilo B


Ecología de Aguadulce

Phytoplankton assemblage of a small, shallow, tropical African reservoir
Mustapha, Moshood K

Zooplankton assemblage of Oyun Reservoir, Offa, Nigeria
Mustapha, Moshood K

Immunodetection of Luteinizing Hormone (LH), Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) and Prolactin (PRL) in Brachionus calyciflorus (Rotifera: Monogononta)
Alvarado-Flores, Jesús; Montoya-Garcia, María Del Rosario; Ventura Juárez, Javier; Rico-Martínez, Roberto

Native Argentinean cyclopoids (Crustacea: Copepoda) as predators of Aedes aegypti and Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes
Tranchida, María C; Micieli, María V; Maciá, Arnaldo; García, Juan J

Danos por depredación y tamano de concha del caracol diádromo Neritina virginea (Gastropoda: Neritidae) en el Río Mameyes, Puerto Rico
Blanco-Libreros, Juan Felipe; Arroyave-Rincón, Andrea

El pez Trachelyopterus striatulus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) como herramienta de muestreo de la entomofauna en un embalse tropical
Gonzalez Neves dos Santos, Alejandra Filippo; Racca-Filho, Francisco; Neves dos Santos, Luciano; Gerson Araújo, Francisco

Limnological evaluation of the fisheries potentials and productivity of a small shallow tropical African reservoir
Mustapha, Moshood K

Histología y morfometría del ojo del pez dulceacuícola Paracheirodon axelrodi (Characiformes: Characidae)
Tovar, Mario O; Obando, Martha J; Gómez, Edwin; Caldas, María L; Hurtado, Hernán


Botanica

Comunidades de hongos actinomicetos en tres tipos de vegetación de la Amazonia colombiana: abundancia, morfotipos y el gen 16s ADNr
Cardona, Gladys Inés; Pena-Venegas, Clara Patricia; Ruiz-García, Manuel

Ontogenia del esporangio y esporogénesis del licopodio Huperzia brevifolia (Lycopodiaceae) de las altas montanas de Colombia
Rincón Barón, Edgar Javier; Gélvez Landazábal, Leidy Vivivana; Forero Ballesteros, Helkin Giovany; Arrieta Prieto, Dagoberto; Hleap, José Sergio

Influencia de tres tipos de vegetación riberena en el control de la erosión fluvial en Pantanos de Centla, México
Sepúlveda-Lozada, Alejandra; Geissen, Violette; Ochoa-Gaona, Susana; Jarquín- Sánchez, Aarón; Hernández de la Cruz, Simón; Capetillo, Edward; Zamora-Cornelio, Luis Felipe

Estructura y composición florística de tres robledales en la región norte de la cordillera central de Colombia
León, Juan D; Vélez, Gladys; Yepes, Adriana P

Landscape structure and live fences in Andes Colombian agrosystems: upper basin of the Cane-Iguaque River
Otero, Javier; Onaindia, Miren

Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of the aqueous extracts of Margaritaria discoidea (Euphorbiaceae) stem bark in experimental animal models
Adedapo, Adeolu A; Sofidiya, Margaret O; Afolayan, Anthony J

Actividad fagodisuasiva de las plantas Tithonia diversifolia y Montanoa hibiscifolia (Asteraceae) sobre adultos del insecto plaga Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)
Bagnarello, Gina; Hilje, Luko; Bagnarello, Vanessa; Cartín, Víctor; Calvo, Marco


Invertebrados terrestres

Life history of the land snail Habroconus semenlini (Stylommatophora: Euconulidae) under laboratory conditions
Silva, Lidiane; Meireles, Liliane; Vargas, Tércia; Junqueira, Flávia O; A. Bessa, Elisabeth C

Urban mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) of dengue endemic communities in the Greater Puntarenas area, Costa Rica
Calderón-Arguedas, Olger; Troyo, Adriana; Solano, Mayra E; Avendano, Adrián; Beier, John C

Presence and significance of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry proteins associated with the Andean weevil Premnotrypes vorax (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
López-Pazos, SilvioAlejandro; Martínez, John Wilson; Castillo, Adriana Ximena; Cerón Salamanca, Jairo Alonso

The effect of parasitism on the population dynamics of the macadamia nutborer Gymnandrosoma aurantianum (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Blanco-Metzler, Helga; Watt, Allan D; Cosens, Derek


Vertebrados terrestres

Microgeographic body size variation in a high elevation Andean anole (Anolis mariarum; Squamata, Polychrotidae)
Bock, Brian C; Ortega, Angela M; Zapata, Ana María; Páez, Vivian P

Distribución vertical de las aves Dendroica pityophila y Teretistris fernandinae (Passeriformes: Parulidae) en Pinar del Río, Cuba
Plasencia Vázquez, Alexis Herminio; Torrens, YatsunarisAlonso; Hernández Martínez, Fernando Ramón

The marine algae Sargassum spp. (Sargassaceae) as feed for sheep in tropical and subtropical regions
Marín, Alejandro; Casas-Valdez, Margarita; Carrillo, Silvia; Hernández, Hugo; Monroy, Alberto; Sanginés, Leonor; Pérez-Gil, Fernando


Resena

I. Wehrtmann, J. Cortés (eds.). 2009 Marine Biodiverstiy of Costa Rica, Central America
Gómez P, Luis D



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Revista de Biología Tropical - 57 (3), 2009

Contents:

Articulo especial

Conceptual and statistical problems associated with the use of diversity indices in ecology
Barrantes, Gilbert; Sandoval, Luis


Foro

Garantías Ambientales en la Constitución: Un nuevo modelo ecológico-político para Costa Rica y el resto del mundo
Quesada A, Gabriel


Artículo invitado

Los manglares de Costa Rica: el Pacífico norte
Zamora-Trejos, Priscilla; Cortés, Jorge


Microbiologia

Bacterial contamination of automotive fuels in a tropical region: the case of Costa Rica
Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Carlos E; Rodríguez-Cavallini, Evelyn; Blanco, Rigoberto

Humoral response of paracoccidioidomycosis sera in hamsters with different Venezuelan isolates
Spencer, Lilian M; Mateu, Guaniri; Magaldi, Sylvia; García, Fabiola; Mata-Essayag, Sofia


Vertebrados acuaticos

Impacto de la luz artificial sobre la anidación de la tortuga marina Dermochelys coriacea (Testudines: Dermochelyidae), en playa Cipara, Venezuela
Rondón Médicci, María; Buitrago, Joaquín; Mccoy, Michael

Cariotipo del pejelagarto tropical Atractosteus tropicus (Lepisosteiformes: Lepisosteidae) y variación cromosómica en sus larvas y adultos
Arias-Rodríguez, Lenin; Páramo-Delgadillo, Salomón; Contreras-Sánchez, Wilfrido M; Álvarez-González, Carlos A

Variación morfológica de los peces Hemibrycon boquiae y Hemibrycon rafaelense (Characiformes: Characidae) en el Río Cauca, Colombia
Román-Valencia, César; Arcila-Mesa, Dahiana K; Hurtado T, Hernando

Fishery of the Goliath grouper, Epinephelus itajara (Teleostei: Epinephelidae) based on local ecological knowledge and fishery records in Yucatan, Mexico
Aguilar-Perera, Alfonso; González-Salas, Carlos; Tuz-Sulub, Armin; Villegas-Hernández, Harold


Invertebrados terrestres

Taxonomía de onicóforos de Santander, Colombia y termogravimetría, calorimetría de barrido diferencial y espectroscopía infrarroja de la secreción adhesiva (Onychophora: Peripatidae)
Jerez-Jaimes, Javier H; Bernal-Pérez, M. Catalina

Moluscos terrestres de las elevaciones cársticas de Vinales, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Oliva-Olivera, Wilfredo; Real, Raimundo

Sex ratio in two species of Pegoscapus wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) that develop in figs: can wasps do mathematics, or play sex ratio games?
Ramírez-Benavides, William; Monge-Nájera, Julián; Chavarría, Juan B

Is the butterfly Tomares ballus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) a potential pest of Lens culinaris (Leguminosae)?
Martín Cano, José; Gurrea, Pilar; Montalbán, Blanca; Urena, Leticia; Iglesias, Javier


Ecologia acuatica

Cambios nictemerales de variables físicas y químicas en la Ciénaga de Paticos, complejo cenagoso de Ayapel, Colombia
Montoya M, Yimmy; Aguirre R, Néstor

Composition and abundance of zooplankton groups from a coral reef lagoon in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, during an annual cycle
Álvarez-Cadena, José N; Ordónez-López, Uriel; Almaral-Mendivil, Alma Rosa; Uicab-Sabido, Amira

Crecimiento y mortalidad de la concha nácar Pteria sterna en bancos silvestres de Baja California Sur, México
Wright-López, Humberto; Holguín-Quinones, Oscar; Arreguín-Sánchez, Francisco; Roque-Villada, Irene

Biodiversidad, morfometría y alimentación de los cangrejos del género Callinectes (Decapoda: Portunidae) en Santiago de Cuba
Gómez Luna, Liliana; Sosa Montano, Antonio; Moreno Castillo, Isabel; Jover Capote, Abdiel

Actividad alimentaria de los peces herbívoros y su impacto en arrecifes con diferente nivel de degradación antrópica
Durán, Alain; Claro, Rodolfo

Crecimiento y mortalidad natural del pez Haemulon aurolineatum (Teleostei: Haemulidae) del suroeste de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela
Bravo, Edwis; Eslava, Nora; González, Leo

Influence of watershed activities on the water quality and fish assemblages of a tropical African reservoir
Mustapha, Moshood K

Natural and human-induced variability in the composition of fish assemblages in the Northwestern Cuban shelf
González-Sansón, Gaspar; Aguilar, Consuelo; Hernández, Ivet; Cabrer, Yureidy; Suarez-Montes, Noelis; Bretos, Fernando; Guggenheim, David

Fecundity, growth, and survival of the angelfish Pterophyllum scalare (Perciformes: Cichlidae) under laboratory conditions
Ortega-Salas, Armando A; Cortés G, Isabel; Reyes-Bustamante, Hugo


Ecologia terrestre

Diversity and distribution of vascular epiphytes in an insular Brazilian coastal forest
de Andrade Kersten, Rodrigo; Borgo, Marília; Menezes Silva, Sandro

It takes two to tango: self incompatibility in the bromeliad Tillandsia streptophylla (Bromeliaceae) in Mexico
Ramírez Morillo, Ivón M; Chi May, Francisco; Carnevali, Germán; May Pat, Filogonio

Phenology and recruitment of Caryocar costaricense (Caryocaceae), an endemic tree species of Southern Central America
Solís, Silvia; Lobo, Jorge; Grimaldo, Mayori

Depredación pre-dispersiva de semillas en tres poblaciones del árbol Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Fabaceae)
Nahuel Morandini, Marcelo; de Viana, Marta Leonor

Resprouting from roots in four Brazilian tree species
Hissae Hayashi, Adriana; Appezzato-da-Glória, Beatriz

Cronología de la regeneración del bosque tropical seco en Santa Rosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica: I. Características edáficas
Leiva, Jorge A; Mata, Rafael; Rocha, Oscar J; Gutiérrez Soto, Marco V

Cronología de la regeneración del bosque tropical seco en Santa Rosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica: II. La vegetación en relación con el suelo
Leiva, Jorge A; Rocha, Oscar J; Mata, Rafael; Gutiérrez-Soto, Marco V

Beneficial effect of spider presence on seedling recruitment of the tropical rainforest tree Dipteryx oleifera (Fabaceae)
Ruiz, Javier; Ingram-Flóres, Cherryl; Boucher, Douglas H; Chaves, Luis F

Is the red spotted green frog Hypsiboas punctatus (Anura: Hylidae) selecting its preys?: The importance of prey availability
López, Javier A; Scarabotti, Pablo A; Medrano, María C; Ghirardi, Romina

Perch-height specific predation on tropical lizard clay models: implications for habitat selection in mainland neotropical lizards
Steffen, John E

Seed predation by mammals in forest fragments in Monteverde, Costa Rica
Chinchilla, Federico A

Variabilidad genética en géneros de ciervos neotropicales (Mammalia: Cervidae) según loci microsatelitales
Ruiz-García, Manuel; Martinez-Agüero, María; Álvarez, Diana; Goodman, Simon


Resenas de libros

Llorente-Bousquets, J. & J.J. Morrone. 2005: Regionalización biogeográfica en Iberoamérica y tópicos afines
Monge-Nájera, Julián

García G., J.E. & G. Fuentes G. (eds.). 2007: Opciones al uso unilateral de plaguicidas en Costa Rica
Monge-Nájera, Julián




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Rośliny okrywowe. Byliny,pnącza i krzewy zamiast trawnika.- Ellis (book)

Autor/Author: Barbara W. Ellis
Tytuł/Title: Rośliny okrywowe. Byliny,pnącza i krzewy zamiast trawnika.
Język publikacji/Language: polski/polish
Liczba stron/pages: 216
Rok wydania/Year of publication: 2008
Wydawnictwo/Publischer: Klub dla Ciebie
Wymiary/Dimensions: 23,5 x 25,5
ISBN-13: 978-8374049832


Spis treści:

Twórcza rola roślin okrywowych

1. Rozwijanie kobierców
2. Doskonałe rośliny na każde podłoże
3. Sadzenie, uprawa i rozmnażanie

Mapa stref mrozoodporności Polski

Zdjęcia i projekty ogrodów

Źródła

Indeks


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South African Journal of Botany - 75 (4), 2009

Contents [Volume 75, Issue 4, 2009]:

Editorial Board

Tribute to Prof. Johannes van Staden: in honour of his 70th birthday, 12 October 2009

Advances in the pollination biology of South African plants
Steven D. Johnson, John C. Manning, Anton Pauw

Pollination and breeding systems of selected wildflowers in a southern African grassland community
S.D. Johnson, L. Fabienne Harris, Ş. Procheş

Pollination of Plectranthus spp. (Lamiaceae) with sigmoid flowers in southern Africa
C.J. Potgieter, T.J. Edwards, J. Van Staden

The importance of flower visitors not predicted by floral syndromes
D.G. de Merxem, B. Borremans, M.L. de Jäger, T. Johnson, M. Jooste, P. Ros, R.D. Zenni, A.G. Ellis, B. Anderson

Appearances can be deceiving: Pollination in two sympatric winter-flowering Aloe species
C.T. Symes, H. Human, S.W. Nicolson

New evidence for bee-pollination systems in Aloe (Asphodelaceae: Aloideae), a predominantly bird-pollinated genus
C. Botes, P.D. Wragg, S.D. Johnson

Insect pollination in the African cycad Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi Lehm
T.N. Suinyuy, J.S. Donaldson, S.D. Johnson

New records of insect pollinators for South African asclepiads (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae)
A. Shuttleworth, S.D. Johnson

Hyper-specialization for long-billed bird pollination in a guild of South African plants: the Malachite Sunbird pollination syndrome
S. Geerts, A. Pauw

Pollination of the red hot poker Kniphofia caulescens by short-billed opportunistic avian nectarivores
M. Brown, C.T. Downs, S.D. Johnson

Mice pollinate the Pagoda Lily, Whiteheadia bifolia (Hyacinthaceae) — First field observations with photographic documentation of rodent pollination in South Africa
P. Wester, R. Stanway, A. Pauw

Rodent pollination in Protea nana
A. Biccard, J.J. Midgley

Patterns of diversity, endemism and distribution of bees (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in southern Africa
M. Kuhlmann

Variation in seed set amongst populations of a rodent pollinated geophyte, Colchicum coloratum
C. Kleizen, J.J. Midgley, S.D. Johnson

Confirmation of hawkmoth pollination in Habenaria epipactidea: Leg placement of pollinaria and crepuscular scent emission
C.I. Peter, G. Coombs, C.F. Huchzermeyer, N. Venter, A.C. Winkler, D. Hutton, L.A. Papier, A.P. Dold, S.D. Johnson

Do floral traits of Strelitzia reginae limit nectar theft by sunbirds?
G. Coombs, C.I. Peter

Preliminary evidence that the long-proboscid fly, Philoliche gulosa, pollinates Disa karooica and its proposed Batesian model Pelargonium stipulaceum
J.K. Combs, A. Pauw

Pollination by flower chafer beetles in Eulophia ensata and Eulophia welwitschii (Orchidaceae)
C.I. Peter, S.D. Johnson

Specificity of the signal emitted by figs to attract their pollinating wasps: Comparison of volatile organic compounds emitted by receptive syconia of Ficus sur and F. sycomorus in Southern Africa
M. Proffit, S.D. Johnson

Heterostyly and pollinators in Plumbago auriculata (Plumbaginaceae)
V. Ferrero, C. de Vega, G.I. Stafford, J. Van Staden, S.D. Johnson

A quantitative evaluation of the distylous syndrome in Sebaea grandis (Gentianaceae)
L.M. Wolfe, P.H. Massinga, S.D. Johnson

Autonomous self-pollination and pseudo-fruit set in South African species of Eulophia (Orchidaceae)
C.I. Peter, S.D. Johnson

Yeasts in floral nectar of some South African plants: Quantification and associations with pollinator type and sugar concentration
Clara de Vega, C.M. Herrera, S.D. Johnson

Anther-smut fungal infection of South African Oxalis species: Spatial distribution patterns and impacts on host fecundity
H.R. Curran, F. Roets, L.L. Dreyer

Field Guide to the Orchids of northern South Africa and Swaziland, 2008, Douglas McMurtry, Lourens Grobler, Jolisa Grobler and Shane Burns, Umdaus Press, Pretoria, Price: R340,00 Soft cover, 484 pages, full colour throughout, ISBN: 1-919766-46-4, Website: www.umdaus.com.
J.C. Manning

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Illustrated Studies of the Genus Opuntia

D. Griffiths "Illustrated Studies of the Genus Opuntia"

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