| Feb. 5 |
Benjamin van Ee (HUH/OEB) |
Biogeography of Croton (Euphorbiaceae s.s.) in the Caribbean |
| Feb. 12 |
Matt Ogburn (Brown University) |
Anatomical variation in cacti and their relatives: implications for the evolution of the cactus life form |
| Feb. 19 |
Serita Frey (University of New Hampshire) |
Interactions between Microbial Metabolism and Soil Carbon Storage in a Global Change Context |
| Feb. 26 |
Robert Morris (UMass-Boston) |
Architecture and demonstration of author-friendly, web-accessible, database-backed, localizable Electronic Field Guides |
| Mar. 4 |
Kristin Lewis (Rowland Institute) |
Controlling parasitic plants by inhibiting cell wall degrading enzymes |
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Nathalie Nagalingum (Mathews Lab/Arnold Arboretum) |
Interpreting the evolution of heterosporous ferns (Salviniales) through fossil and molecular data
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| Mar. 11 |
Michaela Schmull (HUH) |
The lichen genus Lecidea s. lat. (sensu Zahlbruckner): How widely are the species of this heterogeneous group distributed within the Lecanoromycetes? |
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Jen Winther (Kramer Lab/Arnold Arboretum) |
Mycorrhizal symbioses in subterranean ferns and lycopsids |
| Mar. 18 |
Hardeep Rai (Mathews Lab/Arnold Arboretum) |
Inference of deep vascular-plant phylogeny using a large multigene
plastid data set |
| Mar. 25 |
** CANCELLED** |
| Apr. 1 |
Timothy Short (Queens College) |
Ceratopteris richardii as a model for photomorphogenesis: traits and tools |
| Apr. 8 |
John Dighton (Rutgers University) |
Decomposition of plant litters, fungi involved and climatic relations
with spore dispersal |
| Apr. 15 |
Steven Orzack (The Fresh Pond Research Institute) |
Demographic heterogeneity and life history evolution: the whole world is a plant |
| Apr. 22 |
Rebecca Irwin (Dartmouth University) |
The role of floral traits in pollination and plant defense |
| Apr. 29 |
Greg Bonito (Duke University) |
Revisionary Systematics of the Tuberaceae and phylogenetic placement of unidentified Tuber mycorrhiza |
