Arctic and Alpine Mycology II
Arctic and Alpine Mycology II

Author: Gary A. Laursen

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-09

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1475719396

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During the summer of 1980, the First International symposium on Arctic and Alpine Mycology (ISAM-I) was held at the then extant Naval Arctic Research Laboratory near Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A., well within the Arctic Circle (Laursen and Ammirati, Arctic and Alpine Mycology. The First International symposium on Arcto-Alpine Mycology. Univ. Wash. Press, 1982). The facility is currently owned and operated by the Utkeagvik Inupiat community and is named the National Academic and Research Laboratory, thus retaining its acronym NARL. Twenty-five scientists participated in that historic first meeting. Their interests in the fungi spanned a vast geographic area of cold dominated habitats in both the northern and southern hemispheres that included four continents (N. and S. America, Eurasia,and Antarctica), nine countries, and numerous islands ranging from Greenland to Jan Mayen in the Svalbard group. ISAM-I helped to develop ongoing interests and initiate others. This is what ISAM-I founders hoped would happen. Asa result, the organizing committee for ISAM-II was formed. Its mandate was to: involve a maximum of one third new participants in future ISAM meetings: divide the responsibility for organizing future meetings at sites located in areas of interest to research thrusts in Arctic and alpine environments: keep the number of participants small enough to ensure manageability, taking full advantage of field collecting opportunities with minimal complications and cost.

Biodiversity of Fungi
Biodiversity of Fungi

Author: Mercedes S. Foster

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2011-04-28

Total Pages: 797

ISBN-13: 0080470262

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Biodiversity of Fungi is essential for anyone collecting and/or monitoring any fungi. Fascinating and beautiful, fungi are vital components of nearly all ecosystems and impact human health and our economy in a myriad of ways. Standardized methods for documenting diversity and distribution have been lacking. A wealth of information, especially regrading sampling protocols, compiled by an international team of fungal biologists, make Biodiversity of Fungi an incredible and fundamental resource for the study of organismal biodiversity. Chapters cover everything from what is a fungus, to maintaining and organizing a permanent study collection with associated databases; from protocols for sampling slime molds to insect associated fungi; from fungi growing on and in animals and plants to mushrooms and truffles. The chapters are arranged both ecologically and by sampling method rather than by taxonomic group for ease of use. The information presented here is intended for everyone interested in fungi, anyone who needs tools to study them in nature including naturalists, land managers, ecologists, mycologists, and even citizen scientists and sophiscated amateurs. - Covers all groups of fungi - from molds to mushrooms, even slime molds - Describes sampling protocols for many groups of fungi - Arranged by sampling method and ecology to coincide with users needs - Beautifully illustrated to document the range of fungi treated and techniques discussed - Natural history data are provided for each group of fungi to enable users to modify suggested protocols to meet their needs

Phytologia
Phytologia

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13:

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A journal of plant systematics, phytogeography and vegetation ecology.

Floristic Inventory of Tropical Countries
Floristic Inventory of Tropical Countries

Author: David G. Campbell

Publisher: New York Botanical Garden Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13:

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The importance of floristic inventory in the tropics; Regional reports, Asia, China, The Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Kampuchea, Laos, Sundaland, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi Celebes, The Moluccas, New Guinea, India, Sri Lanka; Australia and Pacifica (Pacific), Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, Hawaiian Islands; Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone to Nigeria, Gabon, Equatorial Africa, Cameroun, People's Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, Tanzania, Madagascar; Central America, Oaxaca, Mexico, Transisthmic Mexico, Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatan, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama; Caribbean, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, The Lesser Antilles; South America, Colombia, Venezuela, The Guianas, Northwest South America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazilian Amazon, Eastern, Extra-Amazonian Brazil, Bolivia; Collection and Preparation of Bark and Wood Samples; Collection and Preparation of Karyological Samples; Collecting and Germinating Fernspores; Collection and Preparation of Pollen Samples; Collecting Tropical Germplasm; Collection and Preparation of Palm Specimens; Bryological Studies in the Tropics; Review of Mycological Studies in the Neotropics; Quantitative Inventory of Tropical Forests.