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No. 185 February 24, 1998
aceska@victoria.tc.ca Victoria, B.C.
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Dr. A. Ceska, P.O.Box 8546, Victoria, B.C. Canada V8W 3S2
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BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA - FREE INTERNET SERVICES
From: "Scott D. Russell" <srussell@ou.edu>
Internet site: http://www.botany.org/
(A) The BSA site now has the Tables of Contents (TOC) and
abstracts of articles in the American Journal of Botany (AJB)
available free on the Web through its web site. These are avail-
able for all of 1997 and are posted as available (usually before
the printed version). The TOC's of AJB are also available by
email listserv. To sign up, also see the BSA web site.
(B) Plant Science Bulletin is now fully implemented on the BSA
web site. Issues for all of 1997 are currently available. The
TOC's of PSB are also available by email listserv. To sign up,
also see the BSA web site.
(C) Announcements of botanical interest can be posted and
viewed, currently for free at the BSA web site. See the an-
nouncements page:
http://www.botany.org/bsa/announce/
(D) Electronic abstract submission for the annual meetings is
being conducted through March 1 at the site as well.
TRIAL PHASE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF NEW PLANT NAMES (1998-1999)
From: "Scott D. Russell" <srussell@ou.edu>
From the 1st of January 2000, and subject to ratification by the
XVI International Botanical Congress (St Louis, 1999) of a rule
already included in the International code of botanical
nomenclature (Art. 32.1-2 of the Tokyo Code), new names of
plants and fungi will have to be registered in order to be
validly published. To demonstrate feasibility of a registration
system, the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)
undertakes a trial of registration, on a non-mandatory basis,
for a two-years period starting 1 January 1998. The coordinating
centre will be the Secretariat of IAPT, currently at the Botanic
Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Germany. Co-
ordination with present indexing centres for major groups of
plants is being sought, in view of their possible active in-
volvement at the implementation stage. The International
Mycological Institute in Egham, U.K., has already accepted to
act as associate registration centre for the whole of fungi,
including fossil fungi.
The entire text of the article is at URL:
http://www.botany.org/bsa/psb/1997/arti97-4.html
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA - ENVIRONMENTAL LAW POSITION
From: "D. Curran" <dlcurran@uvic.ca>
The Eco-Research Chair of Environmental Law and Policy at the
University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada) is a new
research and policy centre that seeks to identify the underlying
legal, economic and social causes for ecological decline, and
develop sustainable alternatives to current policies, practices,
and institutions.
The Chair is seeking an ecologist or environmental scientist as
a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the field of science policy. The
successful candidate will be working at the interface of science
and the policy-making process. The Fellow must be able to par-
ticipate effectively in a multidisciplinary project that is
developing ecosystem-based strategies in a range of sectors,
especially forestry and urban design.
Applications are invited for a one year term (renewable for a
second year) for an appointment beginning July 1998. Salary is
$36,000/year (Canadian funds) plus benefits. Applications accom-
panied by a curriculum vitae and the names of three referees
should be directed to:
Dr. R. Michael M'Gonigle
Eco-Research Professor and Chair
Faculty of Law
University of Victoria
PO Box 2400
Victoria, B.C. V8W 3H7
DISCUSSION FORUM ON BRITISH COLUMBIA VEGETATION
From: Adolf Ceska <aceska@victoria.tc.ca>
I had a distribution list set up for people interested in class-
ification of British Columbia vegetation and other related
topics. If you wish to participate in this discussion group, you
can subscribe to it by sending message
subscribe L_ENV_BCVEGETATION <your e-mail address>
to
majordomo@pop.gov.bc.ca
The aim of this discussion group is the development of vegeta-
tion classification in British Columbia. Please subscribe, if
you feel that you can contribute to this process.
CHECKLIST OF NORTH AMERICAN LICHENS ON LINE
From: Ted Esslinger <esslinge@prairie.NoDak.edu>
originally posted on lichens-l@hawaii.edu
An updated version of the online cumulative checklist of North
American lichens has just been posted (17 Feb. 98). The URL
differs slightly from the first version, only by having a dif-
ferent file extension (htm instead of html). The new URL is:
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/instruct/esslinge/chcklst/
chcklst7.htm
The previous, first posted version will remain online for a
short time, until everyone who cares has been made of aware of
the slightly changed address.
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