PLANT SCIENCE BULLETIN

The Plant Science Bulletin
(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.

WINTER 2011 now online - click here

Submit your articles for peer review here

SEARCH ALL ISSUES | ANNOUNCEMENTS | CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Recent Issues - FALL 2011 (57-3),   SUMMER 2011 (57-2),   SPRING 2011 (57-1)


Books Received for Review

XML FEED CODE

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)

     
  The Golden Age of Flowers: Botanical Illustration in the Age of Discovery 1600-1800. Fisher, Celia. ISBN 978-0-7123-5820-0 (Cloth US$29.95) 144pp. The British Library, Distributed by the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637.
  Fire in the Forest.  Thomas, Peter A. and Robert S. McAlpine. 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-82229-9 (Cloth US$49.00) 225 pp. Cambridge University Press, 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013.
  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.
  Bromeliads for Home and Garden.  Kramer, Jack. 2011. ISBN 798-0-8130-3544-4. (Paper US$26.95) 176pp. University Press of Florida.
  Photosynthesis Research Protocols, 2nd ed. Carpentier, Robert (ed.) 2011. ISBN 978-1-60761-924-6 (Cloth US$ 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.
  Sesame: The genus Sesamum. Bedigian, Dorothea. 2010. ISBN 978-0-849-33538-9 (Cloth US$129.95) 556 pp. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 6000 NW Broken Sound Parkway, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487.
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.

 

Peer Review in
Plant Science Bulletin

for contributed and solicited articles and
book reviews
dealing especially with Botanical
Education, History of Botany, Botanical
Outreach and other botanical topics of
general interest

Contributions

Plant Science Bulletin invites submission of announcements, career opportunities, news, and articles of interest to the BSA membership and the botanical community. Electronic submissions only. These may be made to the Editor at psb@botany.org.

» Post a Position, Opportuity or Announcement

Deadlines

To be included in the printed versions of PSB, submissions must be received by the editor no later than January 15th, April 15th, July 15th, and October 15th to appear in the Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter issues respectively.

Please contact the Editor at psb@botany.org for additional information.

» Editor, Dr. Marshal Sundberg
» Editorial Committee

Book Reviews

» Submitting Books for Review
» Instruction for Reviewers
» A Strategy for Reviewing Books for Journals

Planting Science Project
American Journal of Botany Plant Science Bulletin Careers in Botany BSA Image Collection www.PlantingScience.org