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Robert R. Sokal - Co-Founder of Numerical Taxonomy - Passed Away
Author : Mike Bell and Jessica Gurevitch, Stony Brook | BEN No. 455 | 17 May 2012
We are sad to report that Distinguished Professor Emeritus Robert R. Sokal passed away in Stony Brook on Monday, April 9, 2012 at the age of 86. Prof. Sokal was a founding member of the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University, co-founder of the revolutionary field of Numerical Taxonomy, and the principal investigator for major research programs in the spatial variation of insects and humans and the evolutionary response to selection in insects. ....
Smooth Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia var. pumila), New to British Columbia
Author : Paul M. Catling, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | BEN No. 455 | 17 May 2012
Recently Smooth Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. var. pumila (Torr. and A. Gray) A. Nelson) was reported from cool montane parklands in the Crowsnest Pass and Castle Mountain regions of Rocky Mountains in Alberta, these being the first records for Canada. While examining specimens at the Royal British Columbia Museum in 2010, I found two collections from British Columbia.. ....
A Synopsis of the Saskatoons (Amelanchier) In British Columbia
Author : Paul M. Catling, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | BEN No. 455 | 17 May 2012
With the discovery of a new taxon in British Columbia (see above) and some recent work on Amelanchier in the province, it may be useful to have a new key and an overview of the taxa considering their relationships and distributions. ....
Beach Bombs Close Pacific Rim Dunes
Author : Judith Lavoie, Times-Colonist Newspaper | BEN No. 455 | 17 May 2012
The Wickaninnish Sand Dunes in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve are likely to remain closed for much of the summer while the Department of National Defence sweeps the area looking for unexploded munitions. Hmmmm ....
Paul Frederick Maycock (August 13, 1930 - February 23, 2012)
Author : Announcement | BEN No. 454 | 1 May 2012
At 81 years of age, post recent surgery, Paul passed away in Waterdown on Feb. 23rd, 2012. ... Paul took great delight in diverse interests such as his Church, food, speaking another language, an intense debate, singing karaoke, building a stone wall at his Greek island home, or protecting a bog. ....
Paul Maycock - Plant Community Ecologist
Author : Terry Carlton | BEN No. 454 | 1 May 2012
Paul did his undergraduate degree at Queen's University in Kingston and his Ph.D at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, under the supervision of John Curtis. Curtis was the first researcher in North America to complete a data-based vegetation survey of a whole U.S. State, Wisconsin. This work was published as a ground-breaking book in 1959. ....
New Canadian Medicinal Plant Website
Author : Ernie Small and Paul M. Catling | BEN No. 454 | 1 May 2012
This website is a comprehensive reference guide to important medicinal plants that are native to Canada. ... The explosive interest in herbal products that provide medicinal or health benefits has resulted in a need for information.....
Epilogue: The First of May - The Time of Love
Author : Karel Hynek MACHA | BEN No. 454 | 1 May 2012
Late evening, on the first of May ... The twilit May - the time of love ...
