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Review Of Dakota Flora: A Seasonal Sampler, James H. Locklear Jan 2007

Review Of Dakota Flora: A Seasonal Sampler, James H. Locklear

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

There are few books on the plants of the Great Plains, and most of these are too technical to appeal to average readers, even those interested in natural history. Thankfully, this situation has changed with the arrival of David J. Ode's Dakota Flora: A Seasonal Sampler.

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Review Of The Nature Of Eastern North Dakota: Pre-1880 Historical Ecology, Dennis H. Knight Jan 2007

Review Of The Nature Of Eastern North Dakota: Pre-1880 Historical Ecology, Dennis H. Knight

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Biologists, anthropologists, and land managers have at least two primary reasons for digging deeply into the journals of early explorers and inhabitants of an area. One is pure enjoyment, the kind that comes with learning from firsthand observers about the environment, people, flora, and fauna that existed over a century ago. Another is coming to a better understanding of the development of the ecosystems on which we now depend, and thereby gaining insights into how to achieve the elusive goal of sustainable land management while protecting the biological diversity that remains. Accessing this information is taxing, occurring as it does …

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The Abcs Of Fractal Thinking In Higher Education, Edward Nuhfer Jan 2007

The Abcs Of Fractal Thinking In Higher Education, Edward Nuhfer

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

All learning establishes and often stabilizes neural networks in the brain. These carry both cognitive and affective attributes and have fractal form. Fractal networks produce many actions and products that exhibit fractal qualities. Awareness of such qualities provides a unifying key to understanding and applying educational knowledge. It represents a marked shift in perception that differs from thinking customarily employed in considering information as a specialist. This alternate perspective helps professionals in higher education draw on diverse information from specialty research and apply it more effectively.

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Toward A Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning In Educational Development, Peter Felten, Alan Kalish, Allison Pingree, Kathryn M. Plank Jan 2007

Toward A Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning In Educational Development, Peter Felten, Alan Kalish, Allison Pingree, Kathryn M. Plank

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Educational development traditionally has been a practice-based field. We propose that as a profession we adopt the methods of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), so often shared with our clients, in order to look through a scholarly lens at the outcomes of our own practice. Using SoTL approaches in our work would deepen the research literature in our field and improve the effectiveness of decisions we make about where to spend limited time and resources. In this chapter, we explore what it might mean for individual developers, and for our professional community, to apply SoTL methods to our …

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Faculty Development Through Student Learning Initiatives: Lessons Learned, Nancy Simpson, Jean Layne, Adalet Baris Gunersel, Blake Godkin, Fred Froyd Jan 2007

Faculty Development Through Student Learning Initiatives: Lessons Learned, Nancy Simpson, Jean Layne, Adalet Baris Gunersel, Blake Godkin, Fred Froyd

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

A project aimed at improving student learning while facilitating the professional development of faculty participants in the area of teaching has yielded a rich collection of data. In addition to providing critical information about how faculty members think, the project has broadened our thinking regarding the link between student learning initiatives and faculty development. The project has also increased our understanding of the interests of faculty members who are not typically clients of faculty development centers and motivated thinking on how to serve the professional development goals of this group.

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Structuring Complex Cooperative Learning Activities In 50–Minute Classes, Barbara J. Millis Jan 2007

Structuring Complex Cooperative Learning Activities In 50–Minute Classes, Barbara J. Millis

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Given the power of learning-centered teaching, faculty can be coached to structure cooperative activities wisely and well, even within 50-minute class periods where there is a perception that complex group work is difficult. In addition to giving some basic advice on team formation and classroom management, this chapter provides examples of five complex cooperative learning structures—Jigsaw, Send-a-Problem, Cooperative Debates, Guided Reciprocal Peer Questioning, and Bingo—that can be conducted within 50-minute classes. The specific literature-based examples are complemented by examples in a variety of other disciplines, making them seem doable to more faculty.

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“Heritage Rocks”: Principles And Best Practices Of Effective Intercultural Teaching And Learning, Peter Frederick, Mary James Jan 2007

“Heritage Rocks”: Principles And Best Practices Of Effective Intercultural Teaching And Learning, Peter Frederick, Mary James

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This portrayal of the intercultural teaching/learning culture and classroom stories at one fully multicultural institution, Heritage University, itself reflecting many diverse “heritages,” provides a glimpse into the faces of the future of higher education in America. We offer several examples and a synthesis of the principles and best practices of effective intercultural teaching and learning, with the intention of helping other institutions move intercultural education from the margins to the “center,” thereby preparing both teachers and learners for effective intercultural learning and living in the 21st century.

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How Do You Handle This Situation? Responses By Faculty In Great Britain And The United States To Workshops On The Ethics Of Teaching, Miriam Rosalyn Diamond Jan 2007

How Do You Handle This Situation? Responses By Faculty In Great Britain And The United States To Workshops On The Ethics Of Teaching, Miriam Rosalyn Diamond

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Faculty in the United States and Great Britain took part in workshops exploring educational ethics. Participants articulated concerns about balancing approachability with fairness, cross-cultural communication, conveying standards to students, and academic integrity. Responses to the session were positive, and both groups indicated an interest in continuing discourse on the topic. The groups differed on specific issues of interest, as well as feedback on the session. Some of these appear to be culturally influenced. Overall, this workshop presents a model for providing faculty with the opportunity to examine and formulate direction when dealing with ethical issues related to teaching.

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In The Eye Of The Storm: Students' Perceptions Of Helpful Faculty Actions Following A Collective Tragedy, Therese A. Huston, Michele Dipietro Jan 2007

In The Eye Of The Storm: Students' Perceptions Of Helpful Faculty Actions Following A Collective Tragedy, Therese A. Huston, Michele Dipietro

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

On occasion, our campus communities are shaken by national tragedies such as Hurricane Katrina and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, or by local tragedies such as the murder of a faculty member or student. Because these are unusual circumstances, faculty are often initially confused about how to respond, and later have little or no sense of how effective their actions have been (DiPietro, 2003). This chapter investigates the most common instructor responses following a tragedy and which of those responses students find most helpful. Implications for faculty and faculty developers are discussed.

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Faculty Development In Student Learning Communities: Exploring The Vitality Of Mid–Career Faculty Participants, Shari Ellertson, John H. Schuh Jan 2007

Faculty Development In Student Learning Communities: Exploring The Vitality Of Mid–Career Faculty Participants, Shari Ellertson, John H. Schuh

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Student learning communities result in numerous benefits for students and institutions, but less is known about the influence of learning community participation on faculty renewal and development. This qualitative study examines mid-career faculty members’ involvement in student learning communiities to explore the degree to which the construct of vitality appropriately describes and illuminates their experiences. Findings suggest that learning communities foster vitality by serving as a boundary-spanning activity where faculty can merge various work interests, allowing them to engage in purposeful production and providing them with experiences that help generate feelings of energy, excitement, and engagement with their work.

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Bibliography, Volume 25 (2007) Jan 2007

Bibliography, Volume 25 (2007)

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Bibliography for volume 25 (2007) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development.

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Editorial, Volume 3 - 2007, Ada Long, Dail Mullins Jan 2007

Editorial, Volume 3 - 2007, Ada Long, Dail Mullins

Honors in Practice Online Archive

Table of Contents:

Editorial Policy

Submission Guidelines

Dedication to William P. Mech

Editor’s Introduction by Ada Long

Learning a Practice Versus Learning to Be a Practitioner: Teaching Archaeology in an Honors Context by Troy R. Lovata

Teaching Arts and Honors: Four Successful Syllabi by P. Brent Register, Robert Bullington, and Joe A. Thomas

Service Learning in the Honors Composition Classroom: What Difference Does It Make? by Ann T. Parker

First-Year “Initiation” Courses in Honors by Jim Lacey

Teaching an Honors Course Tied to a Large University Event by Anne M. Wilson, Tyler D. Blakley, Kathryn A. Leciejewski, Michelle L. Sams, …

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Book Review: Living With Coyotes: Managing Predators Humanely Using Food Aversion Conditioning, John A. Shivik Jan 2007

Book Review: Living With Coyotes: Managing Predators Humanely Using Food Aversion Conditioning, John A. Shivik

Human–Wildlife Interactions

I was initially worried after receiving a phone call from a predator advocate who told me that I must see the new book that explained how conditioned food avoidance (CFA) could be used to solve the problem of coyote predation. “New?” I thought, recalling the acrimonious debates over CFA in the journal Appetite and elsewhere in the 1980s. On reading the book, however, I was pleasantly surprised to find that Living with coyotes by Stuart Ellins is not an extension of the ongoing diatribes that started so long ago. Instead, the book acknowledges that many of the previous heated debates …

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The Changing Face Of Wildlife Damage Management, William H. Clay Jan 2007

The Changing Face Of Wildlife Damage Management, William H. Clay

Human–Wildlife Interactions

On behalf of the Wildlife Services program, I’m pleased to provide some thoughts for this initial issue of Human–Wildlife Conflicts regarding the changing face of wildlife damage management. Having been in this profession for more than 25 years, I have witnessed firsthand the growth and evolution of wildlife damage management programs across the country. The entire field of wildlife damage management has been in a period of change during the past 15 to 20 years. Wildlife damage managers making decisions in today’s environment must now consider a wide range of legitimate public interests that often conflict with one another. These …

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Evolution Of The Field Of Wildlife Damage Management In The United States And Future Challenges, James E. Miller Jan 2007

Evolution Of The Field Of Wildlife Damage Management In The United States And Future Challenges, James E. Miller

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Through the early twentieth century, people in rural areas of North America either dealt with problems caused by wildlife by killing the problem species, eliminating its habitat, changing crops or husbandry practices, tolerating the damage, or moving to a new area devoid of such problem animals. However, many of these solutions are impractical today with the increase in human populations, the increased expansion of development into previously rural landscapes, the increased fragmentation of land ownership, and the increasing movement of people into metropolitan areas. Because of current local, state, and federal ordinances and regulations, along with the impacts of animal …

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Population Viability Analysis Of Monk Parakeets In The United States And Examination Of Alternative Management Strategies, Stephen Pruett-Jones, James R. Newman, Christian M. Newman, Michael L. Avery, James R. Lindsay Jan 2007

Population Viability Analysis Of Monk Parakeets In The United States And Examination Of Alternative Management Strategies, Stephen Pruett-Jones, James R. Newman, Christian M. Newman, Michael L. Avery, James R. Lindsay

Human–Wildlife Interactions

In the United States, monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) are expanding their geographical distribution, and their overall population size is growing exponentially. Monk parakeets are causing widespread economic damage in the United States by nesting on utility structures, which leads to electrical fi res and power outages. Although few life history data are available for the species from North America, extensive data are available from the species’ native range in South America. Incorporating data from South America into the population viability analysis program VORTEX, we simulated population growth in United States monk parakeets to determine whether it is likely …

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A Review Of Shiga Toxin Escherichia Coli And Salmonella Enterica In Cattle And Free-Ranging Birds: Potential Association And Epidemiological Links, Kerri Pedersen, Larry Clark Jan 2007

A Review Of Shiga Toxin Escherichia Coli And Salmonella Enterica In Cattle And Free-Ranging Birds: Potential Association And Epidemiological Links, Kerri Pedersen, Larry Clark

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Cattle are the main reservoir for human infection by pathogenic Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica. To prevent entry of these food-borne pathogens into the human food chain, management factors at the farm level must be identified and controlled. External sources of contamination, such as birds, should be considered as potential sources of transmission over long distances. In this review, we focus on the epidemiology of infection by E. coli and S. enterica and the consequences of birds acting as disseminators of these pathogens at dairy farms in terms of cattle health and the subsequent effects on human health.

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In Re Phoenix L., 270 Neb. 870, 708 N.W.2d 786 (2006): An Analysis Of Parental Rights And The Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act, Katherine S. Vogel Jan 2007

In Re Phoenix L., 270 Neb. 870, 708 N.W.2d 786 (2006): An Analysis Of Parental Rights And The Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act, Katherine S. Vogel

Nebraska Law Review

As early as 1923, the United States Supreme Court held that a parent's right to make decisions concerning the upbringing of their children is a liberty interest protected by the Constitution.' A state is not to inject itself into the private realm of family to question the ability of a parent to make decisions concerning the rearing of their children so long as the parent is fit and adequately responsible to provide for the care of their children. 2 However, if a parent is unable to take care of their child, the state has an obligation to remove that child.3 …

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Spiders In Paint Creek, A Local Wetland: Initial Findings In Family Composition And Distribution, Laurie G. Cummins Jan 2007

Spiders In Paint Creek, A Local Wetland: Initial Findings In Family Composition And Distribution, Laurie G. Cummins

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

The presence of spiders in terrestrial ecosystems has been studied extensively. Little is known, however, about the role of spiders in aquatic ecosystems, especially wetlands. The purpose of this study was to obtain a preliminary understanding of the spider community found in a local wetland, Paint Creek. Aerial and ground samples were collected along a 50-meter transect in a dense stand of native Typha angustifolia. Samples were taken monthly from May to September, and were analyzed for both species composition and plant biomass. Initial findings indicate that spider communities in wetlands are highly variable. Ground samples yielded the largest …

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Optimizing A High-Throughput Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization And Flow Cytometry-Based System For The Detection Of Cottontail Rabbit Papillomavirus, Matthew Raines Jan 2007

Optimizing A High-Throughput Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization And Flow Cytometry-Based System For The Detection Of Cottontail Rabbit Papillomavirus, Matthew Raines

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

Human papillomaviruses are the most frequent known cause of cervical cancer. They preferentially infect epithelial cells, and their life cycles are dependent upon the differentiation of infected cells. Cottontail Rabbit Papillomavirus (CRPV) has been a reliable animal model for papillomavirus study, and has provided germane insight into human papillomavirus biology. Despite the usefulness of CRPV in this regard, single-cell analysis of infected cell cultures has proven challenging due to the latent, non-lytic nature of the virus. The purpose of this study was to develop a highthroughput method for the single-cell detection and analysis of CRPV-infected cells. This method utilizes fluorescence …

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Synthesis And Kinetic Analysis Of Tendamistat-Based A-Amylase Inhibitors, Allison Rogalski Jan 2007

Synthesis And Kinetic Analysis Of Tendamistat-Based A-Amylase Inhibitors, Allison Rogalski

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

α-Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down polysaccharides into their glucose subunits. It is one of the enzymes important in controlling blood sugar levels in the body. Inhibiting α-amylase could be a beneficial treatment for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, obesity, and hyperlipaemia. Naturally occurring Tendamistat has been found with such inhibitory affects, but there are drawbacks to this molecule and a small variation was synthesized. Several variations of the parent were tested in this research, exchanging Tyr15 for other residues to test for how a pKa change affects the inhibitory property. The peptide sequences were synthesized, cleaved, and purified through High …

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The Colonial Ascidian Didemnum Sp. A: Current Distribution, Basic Biology And Potential Threat To Marine Communities Of The Northeast And West Coasts Of North America, S. G. Bullard, G. Lambert, M. R. Carman, J. Byrnes, R. B. Whitlatch, G. Ruiz, R. J. Miller, L. Harris, P. C. Valentine, Jeremy S. Collie, J. Pederson, D. C. Mcnaught, A. N. Cohen, R. G. Asch, J. Dijkstra, K. Heinonen Jan 2007

The Colonial Ascidian Didemnum Sp. A: Current Distribution, Basic Biology And Potential Threat To Marine Communities Of The Northeast And West Coasts Of North America, S. G. Bullard, G. Lambert, M. R. Carman, J. Byrnes, R. B. Whitlatch, G. Ruiz, R. J. Miller, L. Harris, P. C. Valentine, Jeremy S. Collie, J. Pederson, D. C. Mcnaught, A. N. Cohen, R. G. Asch, J. Dijkstra, K. Heinonen

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

Didemnum sp. A is a colonial ascidian with rapidly expanding populations on the east and west coasts of North America. The origin of Didemum sp. A is unknown. Populations were first observed on the northeast coast of the U.S. in the late 1980s and on the west coast during the 1990s. It is currently undergoing a massive population explosion and is now a dominant member of many subtidal communities on both coasts. To determine Didemnum sp. A's current distribution, we conducted surveys from Maine to Virginia on the east coast and from British Columbia to southern California on the west …

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Open Source And Private Ordering: A Commentary On Dusollier, Arti K. Rai Jan 2007

Open Source And Private Ordering: A Commentary On Dusollier, Arti K. Rai

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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A Different Sort Of Invader: The Second Manatee To Visit Rhode Island, Robert D. Kenney Jan 2007

A Different Sort Of Invader: The Second Manatee To Visit Rhode Island, Robert D. Kenney

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

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Grassland Birds In Restored Grassland Of The Rainwater Basin Region In Nebraska, Jill Sporrong Utrup, Craig A. Davis Jan 2007

Grassland Birds In Restored Grassland Of The Rainwater Basin Region In Nebraska, Jill Sporrong Utrup, Craig A. Davis

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Conservationists and managers mention grassland restorations as a conservation strategy to reverse the decline of grassland bird populations in the Great Plains. In the Rainwater Basin Region of southcentral Nebraska, state and federal resource agencies have used grassland restorations to protect wetlands from sedimentation and agrichemical runoff. These grassland restorations may also provide important habitat for breeding grassland birds. In this paper, we describe the abundance, composition, nesting success, and habitat requirements of breeding birds in grassland restorations in the Rainwater Basin Region. We observed 14 grassland bird species in 12 grassland restorations. The most abundant species were dickcissels ( …

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Review Of Deep Alberta: Fossil Facts And Dinosaur Digs, University Of Alberta Jan 2007

Review Of Deep Alberta: Fossil Facts And Dinosaur Digs, University Of Alberta

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

We tend to rate smarter animals, like crows and naturalists, by their degree of behavioral versatility. If polymathic interest correlates with intellect, John Acorn is a very bright naturalist indeed. He has written field guides to insects and birds of Alberta's prairies, mountains, and badlands. His versatility emerges through media popularization of these topics, in series like The Nature Nut and more recently Deep Alberta, a set of radio vignettes about Alberta's fossilized past. But does Acorn's range skim the surface like a light breeze, or does his insight scour deep to Cretaceous bedrock? Judging by Acorn's Deep Alberta: …

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Review Of Texas Quails: Ecology And Management, Paul A. Johnsgard Jan 2007

Review Of Texas Quails: Ecology And Management, Paul A. Johnsgard

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Texan quail enthusiasts can count themselves lucky, since Texas is one of only two states (New Mexico is the other) supporting native populations of four species of American quails. These include the nearly ubiquitous northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), the scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) of the desert grasslands, the Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii) of the upper Rio Grande Valley, and the rare and beautiful Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) of the Trans-Pecos and Edwards Plateau's pine-oak woodlands.

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Review Of Developing And Extending Sustainable Agriculture: A New Social Contract., Fabian D. Menalled Jan 2007

Review Of Developing And Extending Sustainable Agriculture: A New Social Contract., Fabian D. Menalled

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

In the last two decades, sustainable agriculture has grown from a purely academic curiosity into a widely accepted approach to producing food, fiber, and energy. Since its creation in 1988, the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE) has been instrumental in the process of bringing sustainable agriculture forward by helping professional agriculturists across the United States advance farming systems that are profitable, environmentally sound, and good to communities. Almost 20 years later, Developing and Extending Sustainable Agriculture: A New Social Contract provides a timely review of the many contributions of the SARE program, land grant universities, and the nonprofit …

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Review Of The National Grasslands: A Guide To America's Undiscovered Treasures., Mary Ann Vinton Jan 2007

Review Of The National Grasslands: A Guide To America's Undiscovered Treasures., Mary Ann Vinton

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

The aptly named "guide to America's undiscovered treasures" is an informative and user-friendly summary of the areas that comprise the 4 million-acre national grassland system. The terrain, plants, wildlife, public facilities, and unique features of each of the 20 grasslands ranging from western Oregon to eastern North Dakota are described, with detailed maps and 10utras's evocative photography interspersed throughout. Most areas (17 of 20) are located in the Great Plains. The aim of the book is ambitious: Moul attempts to place the national grasslands in context, with a look at the history of the grassland system as well as an …

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Review Of Wild Orchids Ofthe Prairies And Great Plains Region Of North America., Doris Ames Jan 2007

Review Of Wild Orchids Ofthe Prairies And Great Plains Region Of North America., Doris Ames

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

There are orchidophiles who think big, and the prolific author of this book, which covers a vast geographical area and includes 73 species and varieties of wild orchids, is surely one of them.

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