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Saving seeds - in four million years we'll laugh about it!
by: Wolfgang Stuppy, Millennium Seed Bank blog20 Sep 2012
Here comes a slightly different 'Seed of the Month' blog by the Millennium Seed Bank's Seed Morphologist, Wolfgang Stuppy, in which he explains why saving seeds is more than just a good idea!
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Harapan memories and take-away thoughts
by: Jenny Williams & Marie Briggs, GIS team blog20 Aug 2012
Kew staff reminisce on time well spent in the Harapan Rainforest, Sumatra, with a summary of their GIS field mapping, personal accounts and photographs.
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Mapping the Harapan Rainforest - how we did it
by: Jenny Williams, GIS team blog24 May 2012
Find out how Kew's GIS unit used remote sensing and field work to produce vegetation maps for the Harapan Rainforest Project.
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From the field - fly-camping in the Harapan Rainforest, Sumatra
by: Jenny Williams, GIS team blog10 Feb 2012
Kew's GIS and South East Asia team report from their study sites deep in the forests of Sumatra. In this - their second post - they venture into the jungle, seeing all sorts of things on the way.
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Phylogenetics of epiphytic cacti
31 Jan 2012
DNA sequence analysis improves our understanding of the relationships between the epiphytic cacti.
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From the field - Harapan Rainforest, Sumatra
by: Marie Briggs, GIS team blog27 Jan 2012
Kew's GIS and South East Asia team report from the forests of Sumatra. This is the first of their posts.
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Trees influence epiphyte and invertebrate communities
04 Jan 2012
Scientists have found that genetically similar tropical trees host similar species assemblages of epiphytes and invertebrates.
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GIS surveys in New Guinea
13 Dec 2011
Kew botanists have helped to survey the vegetation of Biak Island, off the north coast of New Guinea.
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Palms as a model for rainforest evolution
07 Nov 2011
The first complete genus-level dated phylogeny of palms reveals insights into the evolution of rainforests.
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Two new Internet resources for Latin American plants
26 Aug 2011
Kew launches plant image website and vegetation website for Latin America.
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