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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African Journal of Ecology - 49 (4), 2011

Contents:

    Original articles


        Ficus sp. and Musanga leo-errerae: coexistent keystone fruits for chimpanzees in Kalinzu forest (pages 389–396)

        Grace Kagoro-Rugunda and Frederick I. B. Kayanja

      
        Assessment of woody species encroachment in the grasslands of Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia (pages 397–409)

        Hasan Yusuf, Anna C. Treydte, Sebsebe Demissew and Zerihun Woldu

       
        The role of farm structure on bird assemblages around a Kenyan tropical rainforest (pages 410–417)

        Nickson Erick Otieno, Nathan Gichuki, Nina Farwig and Samuel Kiboi

        
        Small mammal community structure in West Africa: a meta-analysis using null models (pages 418–430)

        Giovanni Amori and Luca Luiselli

       
        Beehive fences as effective deterrents for crop-raiding elephants: field trials in northern Kenya (pages 431–439)

        Lucy E. King, Iain Douglas-Hamilton and Fritz Vollrath

        
        Ecological adaptation of the shea butter tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) along climatic gradient in Bénin, West Africa (pages 440–449)

        Romain Glele Kakai, T. Jean Didier Akpona, Achille E. Assogbadjo, Orou Gandé Gaoué, Sebastian Chakeredza, P. Césaire Gnangle, Guy Apollinaire Mensah and Brice Sinsin

        
        Long-term monitoring of large rainforest mammals in the Biosphere Reserve of Tai National Park, Côte d’Ivoire (pages 450–458)

        Bernd Hoppe-Dominik, Hjalmar S. Kühl, Gerhard Radl and Frauke Fischer

       
        Depth and temporal distribution of vagile fauna associated with Posidonia oceanica meadows in Cap Zebib, north-eastern Tunisian coastline (pages 459–470)

        Walid Belgacem, Habib Langar and Oum Kalthoum Ben Hassine

       
        Influence of environmental conditions on sex allocation in the black rhinoceros population of Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa (pages 471–480)

        Robert B. Weladji and Karine Laflamme-Mayer

       
        Understanding sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) habitats through diet analysis in Rushebeya-Kanyabaha wetland, Uganda (pages 481–489)

        Joseph Ndawula, Mnason Tweheyo, David M. Tumusiime and Gerald Eilu

        
        Patterns of plant functional traits in the biogeography of West African grasses (Poaceae) (pages 490–500)

        Marco Schmidt, Adjima Thiombiano, Alexander Zizka, Konstantin König, Ulrike Brunken and Georg Zizka

       
        Factors governing flower visitation patterns and quality of pollination services delivered by social and solitary bee species to coffee in central Uganda (pages 501–509)

        Théodore Munyuli

       
    Notes and records


        Vegetation composition of natural gaps in Moribane forest (Mozambique) (pages 510–514)

        José Monteiro, Stefaan Dondeyne, Bart Wursten, James Bannerman, Henrik Meilby and Almeida Sitoe

       
    Book review


        Biodiversity in South Africa (pages 515–516)

        K.-R. Grace

        
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Polish Botanical Journal (previously: Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica) - 56 (1-2), 2011

Polish Botanical Journal (previously: Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica) - 56 (1), 2011


Contents:

M. S. CHUAH-PETIOT:
A Checklist of Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of Malaysia.


J. MYTNIK-EJSMONT, D. L. SZLACHETKO & P. BARANOW:
Neoburttia, a new genus for Polystachya longiscapa (Polystachyinae, Orchidaceae).


Z. SZELĄG:
Hieracia balcanica VI. Typification of Hieracium pavichii (Asteraceae).


E. CIEŚLAK & W. PAUL:
Typification of Carlina acanthifolia var. spathulata (Asteraceae) and new authorship for C. onopordifolia.


L. V. DYMYTROVA:
Notes on the genus Scoliciosporum (Lecanorales, Ascomycota) in Ukraine.


Z. SZELĄG:
Hieracium albinum (Asteraceae) rediscovered.


P. PAWLIKOWSKI:
Botrychium virginianum (Ophioglossaceae) rediscovered in Poland.


Z. SZELĄG:
Westernmost occurrence of Lathyrus laevigatus (Fabaceae) in Poland.


E. MUCHNIK & L. ŚLIWA:
New records of Lecanora percrenata, with notes on other members of L. dispersa group in Ryazan region (Russia).


Botanical notes


H. BEDNAREK-OCHYRA & R. OCHYRA:
A new combination in Bucklandiella (Grimmiaceae).


R. OCHYRA & H. BEDNAREK-OCHYRA:
Additional new names and combinations in Schistidium (Grimmiaceae).


R. OCHYRA:
Lectotypification of Porothamnium and Porotrichum (Neckeraceae).


R. OCHYRA:
New names and combinations in Porotrichum (Neckeraceae).


R. OCHYRA:
A valid description of Orthotrichum microcarpum (Orthotrichaceae).


R. OCHYRA & R. D. SEPPELT:
Notothamia – a new genus of the Seligeriaceae from Tasmania.


R. OCHYRA:
Validation of Wijkia cuynetii (Sematophyllaceae).


R. OCHYRA:
Validation of Leiosporocerotaceae (Anthocerotophyta).


R. OCHYRA:
A nomenclatural comment on Homalothecium aeneum (Brachytheciaceae).


R. OCHYRA:
Roellobryon Ochyra, a new name for Roellia Kindb., hom. illeg..


M. NOBIS, T. KOWALCZYK & A. NOWAK:
Eleusine indica (Poaceae): a new alien species in the flora of Tajikistan.


A. MATWIEJUK:
Rhizocarpon timdalii (Rhizocarpaceae, lichenized Ascomycota), a species new to Poland.


Book reviews


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Polish Botanical Journal (previously: Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica) - 56 (2), 2011


Contents:

T. Pócs:
East African bryophytes XXIX. The Ceratolejeunea (Lejeuneaceae) species of the Indian Ocean Islands.


Z. Szeląg:
Hieracia Balcanica VII. Identity and typification of Hieracium bohatschianum (Asteraceae).


A. Flakus, M. Oset, A. Jabłońska, P. Rodriguez Saavedra & M. Kukwa:
Contribution to the knowledge of the lichen biota of Bolivia. 3.


A. Grzyl & M. Ronikier:
Pulsatilla vernalis (Ranunculaceae) in the Polish lowlands: current population resources of a declining species.


M. Nobis & A. Nowak:
New data on the vascular flora of the central Pamir Alai Mountains (Tajikistan, Central Asia).


J. Czerwik-Marcinkowska & T. Mrozińska:
Algae and cyanobacteria in caves of the Polish Jura.


G. Szarek-Łukaszewska & K. Grodzińska:
Grasslands of a Zn-Pb post-mining area (Olkusz Ore-Bearing Region, S Poland).


J. Necajeva & R. J. Probert:
Effect of cold stratification and germination temperature on seed germination of two ecologically distinct species, Linaria loeselii and L. vulgaris (Scrophulariaceae).


A. Bujakiewicz:
Macrofungi in the Alnetum incanae association along Jaworzyna and Skawica river valleys (Western Carpathians).


R. Jankowiak & M. Kot:
Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) colonizing branches of Pinus sylvestris in southern Poland.


Z. Szeląg:
Hieracium wimmeri (Asteraceae), a species new for the Eastern Sudetes.


K. Kozłowska, A. Nobis & M. Nobis:
Typha shuttleworthii (Typhaceae), new for Poland.


P. Czarnota:
Micarea contexta and M. lynceola (lichenized Ascomycota), new for Poland.


D. Kubiak & M. Westberg:
First records of Candelariella efflorescens (lichenized Ascomycota) in Poland.


P. Chachuła, G. Vončina & J. Kozik:
Ophiocordyceps stylophora (Ascomycota, Hypocreales), new species for Poland.


M. Halama:
First record of the rare species Pholiota squarrosoides (Agaricales, Strophariaceae) in southwestern Poland.


A. Chlebicki:
Anthropogenic origin of the smut fungus Anthracoidea caricis population in the Gorce Mts (Poland).

Book reviews


New names and combinations appearing in Polish Botanical Journal Vol. 56.


Thanks to reviewers


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

Contents:


Editorials

Editorial
Sue Wilkins

Obituary

OBITUARY
A.R. Ferguson & P.K.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
J.S. Choinski Jr & K.S. 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
K.C. Burns

Rosenvingea (Ectocarpales, Scytosiphonaceae) – a new brown macroalgal record for New Zealand
W.A. Nelson & M.D. Wilcox

New chromosome counts in New Zealand species of Plantago (Plantaginaceae)
B.G. Murray, H.M. Meudt, M.L. Tay & P.J. Garnock-Jones

Testing species limits of New Zealand Plantago (Plantaginaceae) using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) DNA sequences
M.L. Tay, H.M. Meudt, P.J. Garnock-Jones & P.A. Ritchie

Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: ×Carpophyma mutabilis and ×Carpophyma pallida (Aizoaceae), new names for two wild intergeneric hybrids
P.B. Heenan & W.R. Sykes

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

Kew Bulletin - 66 (1-2), 2011

Kew Bulletin - 66 (1), 2011


Contents:

Valid publication of the family name Pteleocarpaceae

R. K. Brummitt


Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification

James L. Reveal


A revision of the genus Medusanthera (Stemonuraceae, Icacinaceae s.l.)

Timothy M. A. Utteridge


Phylogeny and biogeography of the lamioid genus Phlomis (Lamiaceae)

C. Mathiesen, A.-C. Scheen and C. Lindqvist


Catabrosa versus Colpodium (Poaceae: Poeae) in southern Africa, with a key to these genera and their species in Africa

Robert J. Soreng and Lyn Fish


Four new species of Aloe (Aloaceae) from Ethiopia, with notes on the ethics of describing new taxa from foreign countries

Sebsebe Demissew, Ib Friis, Tesfaye Awas, Paul Wilkin and Odile Weber, et al.


Four new species of Anthurium (Araceae) from Bahia, Brazil

A. Haigh, S. J. Mayo and M. A. Nadruz Coelho


Baccharis sphagnophila, a new species of Baccharis sect. Caulopterae (Compositae: Astereae) from the highlands of Southern Brazil

Angelo Alberto Schneider, Gustavo Heiden and Ilsi Iob Boldrini


Two new species of Marsdenia R. Br. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) from the semi-arid region of Brazil

Alessandro Rapini and Jorge Fontella Pereira


Kerianthera longiflora (Rubiaceae), a remarkable new species from eastern Brazil, with some observations on K. preclara

Caetano Troncoso Oliveira, Leandro L. Giacomin and Daniela C. Zappi


Passiflora cristalina, a striking new species of Passiflora (Passifloraceae) from Mato Grosso, Brazil

John Vanderplank and Daniela Zappi


Zeuxine strateumatica (Orchidaceae) goes south: a first record for Brazil

Luiz Menini Neto, Marcelo Rodrigues Miranda and David Cruz


Lectotypifications in Pseudolaelia (Laeliinae: Orchidaceae)

Luiz Menini Neto, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza and Cassio van den Berg


Microlicia hirticalyx (Melastomataceae): a new name for Microlicia acuminata Cogn.

R. Romero and E. M. Woodgyer


Typification and synonymy of Meriania species (Merianieae – Melastomataceae) from Brazil

Berenice Chiavegatto and José Fernando Andrade Baumgratz


Hyptis maya, a new species of Lamiaceae from Belize, Central America, and the closely related H. lanceolata

Raymond M. Harley


Vernonia bayensis (Asteraceae/Compositae), a new species from Somalia and a key to the Somali species of Vernonia

Mats Thulin and Henk Beentje


Vernonia excelsa (Compositae), a new liana from Central Africa, and notes on related species

Carel C. H. Jongkind


A new endemic species of Pandanaceae from India: Pandanus palakkadensis

A. B. Nadaf, R. L. Zanan and K. V. Wakte


Impatiens kunyitensis (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Sumatra, Indonesia

Nanda Utami


Alexander von Humboldt’s fungal collections at Kew

Peter Roberts


Book Reviews
(Edited by B. M. Spooner)

B. M. Spooner


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Kew Bulletin - 66 (2), 2011



Contents:

Clinopodium L. (Lamiaceae) in Bolivia

John R. I. Wood


A taxonomic history of Japanese endemic Fritillaria (Liliaceae)

Laurence Hill


New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique

T. Harris, I. Darbyshire and R. Polhill


A taxonomic revision of unifoliolate Chinese Epimedium L. (Berberidaceae)

Y. J. Zhang, H. S. Dang, Y. Wang, X. W. Li and J. Q. Li


Four new species of Chionolaena (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) from south-eastern Brazil

B. Loeuille, L. Deble and J. N. Nakajima


Two new species of Bertolonia (Melastomataceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

José Fernando A. Baumgratz, André M. Amorim and Alessandra B. Jardim


Side by side: two remarkable new species of Encholirium Mart. ex Schult. & Schult. f. (Bromeliaceae) found in the Cadeia do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rafaela Campostrini Forzza and Daniela Zappi



Three new species of Ipomoea L. (Convolvulaceae) from Southern Brazil

Priscila Porto Alegre Ferreira and Silvia Teresinha Sfoggia Miotto


Strychnos jacarepiensis, a new species of Loganiaceae from Brazil

Evelin Andrade Manoel and Elsie Franklin Guimaraes


Capparis tchaourembensis, a new species of Capparaceae from Mayotte, Comororian Archipelago

Silvio Fici


Ischaemum sayajiraoi, a new species of Poaceae from Gujarat, India

Vinay M. Raole, Rinku J. Desai and J. F. Veldkamp


The taxonomic status of Cyperus digitatus var. khasianus (Cyperaceae)

V. P. Prasad and D. A. Simpson


A new fungicolous Scolecobasidium (hyphomycetes) and Caducirostrum gen. nov. (coelomycetes) from leaf litter in the UK and Italy

E. Punithalingam and Brian M. Spooner


Book Reviews

B. M. Spooner


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Turczaninowia - 13 (2), 2010

Contents:

Veryanov L.
The orchids of Vietnam. Illustrated survey. Part 2.

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The Quarterly Review of Biology - 86 (2), 2011

Contents:

Announcements

The Bentley Glass Memorial Endowment Fund

The Causes Of Species Richness Patterns Across Space, Time, And Clades And The Role Of “Ecological Limits”(pp. 75-96)
John J. Wiens

Why On Earth?: Evaluating Hypotheses About The Physiological Functions Of Human Geophagy(pp. 97-120)
Sera L. Young, Paul W. Sherman, Julius B. Lucks, Gretel H. Pelto

What about Darwin?: All Species of Opinion from Scientists, Sages, Friends, and Enemies Who Met, Read, and Discussed the Naturalist Who Changed the World.
Michael Ruse

Letters to Linnaeus.
Fernando E. Vega
Reviewed work(s): Letters to Linnaeus by Sandra Knapp; Quentin Wheeler

What's the Use of Race?: Modern Governance and the Biology of Difference.
Stephanie M. Fullerton
Reviewed work(s): What's the Use of Race?: Modern Governance and the Biology of Difference by Ian Whitmarsh; David S. Jones

Genethics and Religion.
Elof Axel Carlson
Reviewed work(s): Genethics and Religion by G. Pfleiderer; G. Brahier; K. Lindpaintner

Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives in Neuroethics.
Arthur L. Caplan
Reviewed work(s): Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives in Neuroethics by James J. Giordano; Bert Gordijn

Animal Lessons: How They Teach Us to Be Human.
Anthony J. Dellureficio
Reviewed work(s): Animal Lessons: How They Teach Us to Be Human by Kelly Oliver

Bioenergy.
Patrik R. Jones
Reviewed work(s): Bioenergy by Judy D. Wall; Caroline S. Harwood; Arnold Demain

Ardipithecus kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia.
Frederick E. Grine
Reviewed work(s): Ardipithecus kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia by Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Giday WoldeGabriel

Prehistoric Life: Evolution and the Fossil Record.
George R. McGhee Jr.

The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs.
Christopher R. Noto
Reviewed work(s): The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs by Gregory S. Paul

Trophic Cascades: Predators, Prey, and the Changing Dynamics of Nature.
Anurag Agrawal
Reviewed work(s): Trophic Cascades: Predators, Prey, and the Changing Dynamics of Nature by John Terborgh; James A. Estes

An Introduction to Mathematical Models in Ecology and Evolution: Time and Space.
Peter A. Abrams
Reviewed work(s): An Introduction to Mathematical Models in Ecology and Evolution: Time and Space by Michael Gillman

Oceans: Exploring the Hidden Depths of the Underwater World.
Thomas Iliffe
Reviewed work(s): Oceans: Exploring the Hidden Depths of the Underwater World by Paul Rose; Anne Laking

The Biology of Deserts.
Brett R. Riddle
Reviewed work(s): The Biology of Deserts by David Ward

Gaia in Turmoil: Climate Change, Biodepletion, and Earth Ethics in an Age of Crisis.
Craig D. Idso
Reviewed work(s): Gaia in Turmoil: Climate Change, Biodepletion, and Earth Ethics in an Age of Crisis by Eileen Crist; H. Bruce Rinker; Bill McKibben

Global Climate Change: Convergence of Disciplines.
Barry W. Brook
Reviewed work(s): Global Climate Change: Convergence of Disciplines by Arnold J. Bloom

The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference.
John D. Pilgrim
Reviewed work(s): The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference by Jonathan M. Hoekstra; Jennifer L. Molnar; Michael Jennings; Carmen Revenga; Mark D. Spalding; Timothy M. Boucher; James C. Robertson; Thomas J. Heibel; Katherine Ellison; Jennifer L. Molnar

Preparing for Climate Change.
Craig D. Idso
Reviewed work(s): Preparing for Climate Change by Michael D. Mastrandrea; Stephen H. Schneider

Climate Change in the 21st Century.
Barry W. Brook
Reviewed work(s): Climate Change in the 21st Century by Stewart Cohen; Melissa W. Waddell

Molecular Approaches in Natural Resource Conservation and Management.
Robert J. Toonen
Reviewed work(s): Molecular Approaches in Natural Resource Conservation and Management by J. Andrew DeWoody; John W. Bickham; Charles H. Michler; Krista M. Nichols; Olin E. RhodesJr; Keith E. Woeste

Essentials of Conservation Biology.
Erica Fleishman
Reviewed work(s): Essentials of Conservation Biology by Richard B. Primack

The Challenges of Biodiversity Science.
John S. Kominoski
Reviewed work(s): The Challenges of Biodiversity Science by Michel Loreau; Otto Kinne

Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota.
Pablo Munguia
Reviewed work(s): Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota by Darryl L. Felder; David K. Camp

Communication Skills for Conservation Professionals.
Susan G. Clark
Reviewed work(s): Communication Skills for Conservation Professionals by Susan K. Jacobson

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution.
Gregory J. Morgan
Reviewed work(s): The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins

In the Light of Evolution.
Douglas J. Futuyma
Reviewed work(s): In the Light of Evolution by John C. Avise; Francisco J. Ayala

Am I a Monkey?: Six Big Questions about Evolution.
Jacques Cabaret
Reviewed work(s): Am I a Monkey?: Six Big Questions about Evolution by Francisco J. Ayala

Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution.
Eörs Szathmáry
Reviewed work(s): Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution by Nick Lane

On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction.
Hope Hollocher, Agustin Fuentes, Charles H. Pence, Grant Ramsey, Daniel John Sportiello, Michelle M. Wirth
Reviewed work(s): On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction by Brian Boyd

Innovation in Cultural Systems: Contributions from Evolutionary Anthropology.
Stephen J. Lycett
Reviewed work(s): Innovation in Cultural Systems: Contributions from Evolutionary Anthropology by Michael J. O'Brien; Stephen J. Shennan

Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands.
R. D. E. MacPhee
Reviewed work(s): Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands by Alexandra van der Geer; George Lyras; John de Vos; Michael Dermitzakis

The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals.
Göran Arnqvist
Reviewed work(s): The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals by Janet L. Leonard; Alex Córdoba-Aguilar

Amazonia: Landscape and Species Evolution: A Look into the Past.
Janalee P. Caldwell
Reviewed work(s): Amazonia: Landscape and Species Evolution: A Look into the Past by Carina Hoorn; Frank Wesselingh

How Many Friends Does One Person Need?: Dunbar's Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks.
Joseph Lachance
Reviewed work(s): How Many Friends Does One Person Need?: Dunbar's Number and Other Evolutionary Quirks by Robin Dunbar

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Bennett G. Galef
Reviewed work(s): Exploring Animal Behavior: Readings from American Scientist by Paul W. Sherman; John Alcock

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Mind: A Tribute to Michael S. Gazzaniga.
Apostolos P. Georgopoulos
Reviewed work(s): The Cognitive Neuroscience of Mind: A Tribute to Michael S. Gazzaniga by Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz; Kathleen Baynes; George R. Mangun; Elizabeth A. Phelps

Quirks of Human Anatomy: An Evo-Devo Look at the Human Body.
John G. Fleagle
Reviewed work(s): Quirks of Human Anatomy: An Evo-Devo Look at the Human Body by Lewis I. HeldJr

Respiratory Physiology of Vertebrates: Life With and Without Oxygen.
John Eme
Reviewed work(s): Respiratory Physiology of Vertebrates: Life With and Without Oxygen by Göran E. Nilsson

Muscles of Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Evolution, Homologies and Development.
John G. Fleagle
Reviewed work(s): Muscles of Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Evolution, Homologies and Development by Rui Diogo; Virginia Abdala

Form and Function in Developmental Evolution.
James Hanken
Reviewed work(s): Form and Function in Developmental Evolution by Manfred D. Laubichler; Jane Maienschein

The Tao of Chemistry and Life: A Scientific Journey.
Robert C. Kerber
Reviewed work(s): The Tao of Chemistry and Life: A Scientific Journey by Eugene H. Cordes

Principles of Virology.
Eric Delwart
Reviewed work(s): Principles of Virology by S. J. Flint; L. W. Enquist; V. R. Racaniello; A. M. Skalka

Aquaculture Microbiology and Biotechnology.
Oivind Bergh
Reviewed work(s): Aquaculture Microbiology and Biotechnology by Didier Montet; Ramesh C. Ray

Principles and Practices of Plant Genomics.
Hugo E. Cuevas
Reviewed work(s): Principles and Practices of Plant Genomics by Chittaranjan Kole; Albert G. Abbott

Gene Flow between Crops and Their Wild Relatives.
Laura R. Lewis
Reviewed work(s): Gene Flow between Crops and Their Wild Relatives by Meike S. Andersson; M. Carmen de Vicente; Norman C. Ellstrand

Plant Microevolution and Conservation in Human-Influenced Ecosystems.
Jeremie Fant
Reviewed work(s): Plant Microevolution and Conservation in Human-Influenced Ecosystems by David Briggs

Multiplicity in Unity: Plant Subindividual Variation and Interactions with Animals.
Robert A. Raguso
Reviewed work(s): Multiplicity in Unity: Plant Subindividual Variation and Interactions with Animals by Carlos M. Herrera

New Flora of the British Isles.
R. J. Pankhurst
Reviewed work(s): New Flora of the British Isles by Clive Stace; Hilli Thompson; Margaret Stace

Manual of Leaf Architecture.
William K. Smith
Reviewed work(s): Manual of Leaf Architecture by Beth Ellis; Douglas C. Daly; Leo J. Hickey; Kirk R. Johnson; John D. Mitchell; Peter Wilf; Scott L. Wing

Fireflies, Honey, and Silk.
Ted R. Schultz
Reviewed work(s): Fireflies, Honey, and Silk by Gilbert Waldbauer; James Nardi

The History of British Birds.
Robert Prys-Jones
Reviewed work(s): The History of British Birds by D. W. Yalden; U. Albarella

Handbook of the Birds of the World.
Chris S. Elphick
Reviewed work(s): Handbook of the Birds of the World by Josep del Hoyo; Andrew Elliott; David Christie

The Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
David C. Blackburn
Reviewed work(s): The Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea by Malcolm Largen; Stephen Spawls

Urban Carnivores: Ecology, Conflict, and Conservation.
Chris Carbone
Reviewed work(s): Urban Carnivores: Ecology, Conflict, and Conservation by Stanley D. Gehrt; Seth P. D. Riley; Brian L. Cypher

Macropods: The Biology of Kangaroos, Wallabies and Rat-Kangaroos.
Daniel T. Blumstein
Reviewed work(s): Macropods: The Biology of Kangaroos, Wallabies and Rat-Kangaroos by Graeme Coulson; Mark Eldridge

Cenozoic Mammals of Africa.
Aryeh Grossman
Reviewed work(s): Cenozoic Mammals of Africa by Lars Werdelin; William Joseph Sanders

Primates in Perspective.
Brandon C. Wheeler
Reviewed work(s): Primates in Perspective by Christina J. Campbell; Agustín Fuentes; Katherine C. MacKinnon; Simon K. Bearder; Rebecca M. Stumpf

Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality.
David L. Wilson
Reviewed work(s): Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality by Jonathan Weiner

Decoding Reality: The Universe as Quantum Information.
Apostolos P. Georgopoulos
Reviewed work(s): Decoding Reality: The Universe as Quantum Information by Vlatko Vedral

Science.
Christophe Malaterre
Reviewed work(s): Science by Steve Fuller

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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