Vascular Plants of the Sand Prairie Natural History Reservation, Harvey County, Kansas

1973 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwight R. Platt
1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 592
Author(s):  
Ben A. LePage ◽  
Lawrence J. Eilers ◽  
Dean M. Roosa

Kosmos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-172
Author(s):  
Oleg Aleksandrowicz ◽  
Zbigniew Sobisz ◽  
Mariola Truchan ◽  
Konrad Wiśniewski

Pomeranian University in Słupsk hosts two significant natural history collections, i.e. the Herbarium Slupensis (SLTC) botanical collection and the zoological collection, which contains mainly the arthropods. In the Herbarium both the historical and contemporary material is stored, including fungi, lichens, bryophytes and vascular plants that were collected mainly in the Polish Pomerania. The zoological collection contains predominantly the specimens of beetles and spiders, originating from Belarus and Poland (from Pomerania, but also from Masuria and Lower Silesia). In the two collections there are representatives of very valuable species. Both the Herbarium and the zoological collection are presently being digitised, supplemented with new specimens and developed. They present a significant contribution to knowledge on diversity of fauna and flora in the region and in Poland.


The present survey of the fauna of Rennell and Bellona Islands is based on personal acquaintance during three visits to Rennell, over 2 months’ duration in all, as well as on published records. These are first and foremost to be found in The natural history of Rennell Island, British Solomon Island , published by Danish Science Press on behalf of the University of Copenhagen and the British Museum (Natural History) London. Vol. 1 (1958) contains five introductory papers and seven papers on the vertebrate animals, vol. 2 (1959) and vol. 4 (1962) two additional papers on the vertebrates and 26 papers on invertebrates, and vol. 3 (1960) contains six papers on botany and geology. Another 18 papers, which will be published in 1968 in vol. 5, and are based on recent expeditions to Rennell (see below) have also been utilized in the present survey. Literature referring to early visits to Rennell and Bellona (before 1951) is listed by Wolff (1955 a). The most comprehensive of these papers are those on birds (Mayr 1931 a, b), reptiles (Slevin 1934), ants (Wheeler 1934), vascular plants (Fosberg 1940), and geology (Stanley 1929).


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Teixidor-Toneu ◽  
K. Kjesrud ◽  
E. Bjerke ◽  
K. Parekh ◽  
A. Kool

Abstract From the “Norwegian Flora” (eighteenth Century) to “Plants and Tradition” (twentieth Century): 200 Years of Norwegian Knowledge about Wild Plants. Much ethnobotanical knowledge is documented through history in books of various kinds, which allow diachronic studies of plant use. These texts can also contribute to investigate plant knowledge transmission. Here we evaluate the influence of the first Norwegian Flora, Flora Norvegica (J. E. Gunnerus 1766–1776), a major Enlightenment natural history work in Norway, by comparing it to Planter og Tradisjon (“Plants and Tradition,” O. A. Høeg 1974), Norway’s most important ethnobotanical compilation. We systematized information from these two key historical sources of plant knowledge in Use Reports per category of use. In total, 2449 Use Reports for 552 taxa were collected, including vascular plants, ferns, mosses, algae, lichens, and fungi. We find over 100 unchanged traditions (i.e., plant-use combinations recorded in both books): only 270 Use Reports and 185 taxa are recorded in both sources. Plant knowledge may have changed, been lost or newly developed in Norway, but it is also possible that it has largely been under-documented. We argue that differences are explained to a great extent by the differing aims and socio-economic contexts of the two texts. Ultimately, perceptions of what nature is and what it is for determine what ethnobotanical knowledge is documented in historical sources. Norwegian Abstract Fra Flora Norvegica (18th århundre) til Planter og Tradisjon (20th århundre): Norsk kunnskap om ville planter gjennom 200 år. Etnobotanisk kunnskap, kunnskap om menneskers plantebruk, finnes bevart i forskjellige typer bøker fra flere århundrer. Diakrone sammenlikninger av. plantebruk er mulig ved å analysere slike bøker. Tekstene gir også innsikt i hvordan plantekunnskap er blitt formidlet. Her undersøker vi hvilken innflytelse den første norske flora, opplysningstidens Flora Norvegica (J. E. Gunnerus 1766–1776) har hatt på senere utbredelse og formidling av. plantekunnskap. Det gjør vived å sammenlikne den med Norges viktigste etnobotaniske oppslagsverk, Planter og Tradisjon (O. A. Høeg 1974). I artikkelen har vi systematisert og deretter sammenliknet plantekunnskap fra disse to verkene i kategorier av. angitte bruksområder (UR). Vi har samlet 2449 bruksområder for 552 ulike planter, inkludert bregner, moser, alger, lav og sopp. Selv om intensjonen bak de to verkene og de sosio-økonomiske kontekstene er svært ulike, finner vi over 100 uendrede tradisjoner (bruksområder angitt i begge verk), mens bare 270 bruksområder og 185 taxa er angitt i begge verk. Kunnskapen kan ha blitt endret, gått tapt, eller er ny i Norge, men det er også mulig at plantekunnskapen ikke har vært godt nok dokumentert over tid. Vi argumenterer for at det skyldes at intensjonen bak de to verkene og de sosio-økonomiske kontekstene er svært ulike. Vi diskuterer hvordan en grunnleggende forståelse av. naturen og bruken av. naturen har påvirket formidlingen av. plantekunnskap i de historiske kildene.


2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannes Rakoczy

Abstract The natural history of our moral stance told here in this commentary reveals the close nexus of morality and basic social-cognitive capacities. Big mysteries about morality thus transform into smaller and more manageable ones. Here, I raise questions regarding the conceptual, ontogenetic, and evolutionary relations of the moral stance to the intentional and group stances and to shared intentionality.


Author(s):  
E.L. Benedetti ◽  
I. Dunia ◽  
Do Ngoc Lien ◽  
O. Vallon ◽  
D. Louvard ◽  
...  

In the eye lens emerging molecular and structural patterns apparently cohabit with the remnants of the past. The lens in a rather puzzling fashion sums up its own natural history and even transient steps of the differentiation are memorized. A prototype of this situation is well outlined by the study of the lenticular intercellular junctions. These membrane domains exhibit structural, biochemical and perhaps functional polymorphism reflecting throughout life the multiple steps of the differentiation of the epithelium into fibers and of the ageing process of the lenticular cells.The most striking biochemical difference between the membrane derived from the epithelium and from the fibers respectively, concerns the presence of the 26,000 molecular weight polypeptide (MP26) in the latter membranes.


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