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(Print: ISSN 0032-0919, Electronic: ISSN 1537-9752) is an informal communication published four times a year, with information on upcoming meetings, courses, field trips, news of colleagues, new books, and professional opportunities. It provides a means of advertising items or materials wanted. It also serves as a forum for circulating BSA committee reports, for distributing innovative teaching approaches and methods, and for discussing issues of concern to Society members such as environmental policy and educational funding.

 

 

Books Received for Review

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If you would like to review a book or books for PSB, the easiest way to do so is to: highlight and copy the book details, click on the Reviewer Requested link to the right of the book's details and paste the information into the email form that pops up. Remember to include your name, University/Department, all of your mailing details and the date by which the book will be reviewed (15 January, 15 April, 15 July or 15 October). Alternatively, email, write or call the Editor, including the details noted above, as soon as you notice the book of interest in this list because they go quickly! - Editor (psb@botany.org, Ph 620-341-5605)

     
  Plants of the Kampong: A Guide to the Living Collection. Schokman, Larry M. 2012. ISBN 0-915809-06-0 (Spiral US$49.95) 385 pp, National Tropical Botanical Garden c/o The Kampong, 4013 S. Douglas Road, Coconut Grove, Florida 33133.
  American Herbal Products Association’s Botanical Safety Handbook, Second Edition. Gardner, Zoë and Michael McGuffin (Eds.). 2013.  ISBN 9781466516946 (Cloth US$119.95) 1072 pp.  CRC Press. 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487.
  Stress Biology of Cyanobacteria: Molecular Mechanisms to Cellular Responses. Srivastava, Ashish Kumar; Amar Nath Rai, Brett A Neilan (Eds.). 2013. ISBN 9781466504783 (Cloth U.S.$159.95) 394 pp. CRC Press 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487.
 

Hardy Cypripedium: Species, hybrids, and cultivation.  Frosch, Werner and Phillip Cribb.  2012.  ISBN 978-1-84246-464-9  (Cloth $74.00) 156 pp.  Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew.  Distributed by University of Chicago Press, 1427 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637.

 

Alfred Russel Wallace’s 1886-1887 Travel Diary: The North American Lecture Tour. Smith, Charles H. and Megan Derr (Eds.) 2013.  ISBN 978-0-9567795-8-8 (Paper £21.00) 258 pp.  Siri Scientific Press, 2 Progress Street, Rochdale, OL11 3BH, United Kingdom.

 

Freshwater Diatom Floristics of the late Eocene Florissant Formation, Clare’s Quarry Site, Central Colorado, USA.  Benson, Mary Ellen and J. Patrick Kociolek.  2012.  ISBN 978-3-443-57049-1 (Paper €69.00) 136 pp.  J. Cramer, Gebrüder Borntraeger, Johannesstrasse 3A, 70176 Stuttgart, Germany.

 

The Hunter-Gatherer Within: Health and the Natural Human Diet.  Brock, Kerry G. and George M. Diggs, Jr.  2013.  ISBN 978188987840-9. (Paper US$19.95)260 pp.  Botanical Research Institute of Texas Press,  1700 University Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76107-4441.

  Invasive Plant Ecology.  Shibu Jose, Harminder Pal Singh, Daizy Rani Batish, Ravinder Kumar Kohli.  2013.  ISBN 9781439881262  (Cloth US$99.95) 302 pp.  CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, LLC, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway, NW., Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487.
  Systematics, Biodiversity and Ecology of Lichens.  Kärnefelt, Ingvar, Mark R.D. Seaward, and Arne Thell. 2012.  ISBN 978-3-443-58087-2 (Paper, €87.00) 290 pp.  J. Cramer, Begrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Johannesstrasse 3A, 70176, Stuttgart, Germany.
  The Evolutionary Relevance of Vegetative Long-shoot/Short-shoot Differentiation in Gymnospermous Tree Species.  Dörken, Martin.  2012.  ISBN 978-3-510-48032-6 (Paper €94.00)93pp.  Schweizerbart Science Publishers, Johannesstrasse 3A, 70176, Stuttgart, Germany.
  Plants of the Chesapeake Bay.  Musselman, Lytton John and David A. Knepper. 2012.  ISBN 978-1-4214-0498-1. (Paper US$24.95) 216 pp. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 N. Charles Street,  Baltimore, MD 21218.
 

Plant DNA and Barcoding: Methods and Protocols.  Sucher, Nicholas J., James R. Hennell & Maria C. Carles (Eds.) 2012.  ISBN: 978-1-61779-608-1 (Cloth US$119.00) 202 pp.  Humana P  

  Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility Manual, Second Edition.  J. Benton Jones, Jr. 2012.  ISBN 978-1-439-81609-7. (Paper US$79.95) 304 pp.  CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group.  6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487
  Recombinant Gene Expression: Reviews and Protocols, 3rd Ed. Lorence, Angela.  2011.  ISBN: 978-1-617-79432-2 (Cloth US $159.00) 649 pages, 105 illustrations.  Humana Press, 333 Meadowlands Parkway, Secaucus, NJ 07094.
  The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences.  Smol, John P. and Eugene F. Stoermer. 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-50996-1 (Cloth US$225.00) 667 pp. Cambridge University Press, 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013.
  Photosynthesis Research Protocols, 2nd ed. Carpentier, Robert (ed.) 2011. ISBN 978-1-60761-924-6 (Cloth US$ 139.00) Humana Press, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013.
  Bromeliads for Home and Garden.  Kramer, Jack.  2011.  ISBN 798-0-8130-3544-4.  (Paper US$26.95) 176pp.  University Press of Florida.
  Landscapes and Hydrology of the Predrainage Everglades. 2011. McVoy, Christopher, Winifred Park Said, Jayantha Obeysekera, Joel VanArman, and Thomas W. Dreschel. ISBN 978-0-8130-3535-2. (Cloth US$85.00) 368 pp. University Press of Florida, 15 NW 15th Street, Gainesville, FL 32611-2079.
Grasslands of Wales: A Survey of Lowland Species-Rich Grasslands, 1987-2004. Stevens, D.P., S.L.N.Smith, T.H. Blackstock, S.D.S. Bosanquet, and J.P. Stevens. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7083-2255-0 (Cloth US$85.00) 336 pp. University of Wales Press, distributed by the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637.
Habitats of Wales: A Comprehensive Field Survey, 1979-1997. Blackstock, T.H., E.A. Howe, J.P. Stevens, C.R> Burrows, and P.S. Jones. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7083-2257-4 (Cloth US$85.00) 240 pp. University of Wales Press, distributed by the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637.
Nova Hedwigia Beiheft 135, Diatom Taxonomy, Ultrastructure and Ecology: Modern Methods and Timeless Questions. A tribute to Eugene F. Stoermer. 2009. ISBN 978-3-443-51057-2 (Paper €139.00) 369 pp, J. Cramer in Borntraeger Science Publishers, Johannesstrasse 3 A, 70176 Stuttgart, Germany.
Marine Phytoplankton: Selected Phytoplankton species from the North Sea around Helgoland and Sylt. Hoppenrath, Mona, Malte Elbrächter, and Gerhard Drebes. ISBN 978-3-510-61392-2 (Paper €18.80) 264 pp. E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nägele u. Obermiller), Johannesstrasse 3 A, 70176 Stuttgart, Germany.
Diversity and Ecology of Lichens in Polar and Mountain Ecosystems. Hafellner, Josef, Ingvar Kärnefelt and Volkmar Wirth (eds). 2010. ISBN 978-3-443-58083-4 (Paper €104.00) 389 pp. J. Cramer in Borntraeger Science Publishers, Johannesstrasse 3 A, 70176 Stuttgart, Germany.

 

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