Comments for AoB Blog http://aobblog.com News and views on plant science and ecology Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:38:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on After Google Reader by Jeremy http://aobblog.com/2013/06/after-google-reader/#comment-14990 Jeremy Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:38:31 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=10686#comment-14990 I haven’t tried this, but I believe it is possible to send two feeds of <100 to hidden pages on your server and then use a Pipe to re-import and mash those two (or more).

All very clunky, I know.

]]> Comment on Because they’re not red(!) by The Phytophactor http://aobblog.com/2013/06/because-theyre-not-red/#comment-14983 The Phytophactor Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:41:15 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=10667#comment-14983 “So we arrive at an important realization, a basic environmental parameter, the abundance of energy available in the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum under water, is the reason photosynthetic organisms are predominately green. ”
This does not preclude that red algae did not invade land, but it’s not the whole story; unfortunately my book (How the
Earth turned green, Chicago U. Press) won’t be out until next spring.

]]> Comment on After Google Reader by Alun Salt http://aobblog.com/2013/06/after-google-reader/#comment-14974 Alun Salt Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:24:54 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=10686#comment-14974 I’ve had a go with Yahoo! Pipes, but it seems to be choking on 100 feeds.

]]> Comment on After Google Reader by Editor Pat Heslop-Harrison http://aobblog.com/2013/06/after-google-reader/#comment-14887 Editor Pat Heslop-Harrison Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:09:41 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=10686#comment-14887 I’m going to really miss iGoogle when it is withdrawn in November – I use it as homepage, and it brings in a good number of RSS feeds from publication/news sites I follow, with their titles, along with weather for places I’m going, to-do lists, calculator, calendar etc.

]]> Comment on After Google Reader by Jeremy http://aobblog.com/2013/06/after-google-reader/#comment-14829 Jeremy Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:58:55 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=10686#comment-14829 Have you looked at building your own with Yahoo Pipes? It isn’t that hard, if you know the sites you want to feed your feed.

]]> Comment on Fungal symbiont choosiness from the nutrient “menu” influences orchids’ distribution and rarity by Fungal symbiont choosiness from the nutrient &l... http://aobblog.com/2013/06/fungal-symbiont-choosiness-from-the-nutrient-menu-influences-orchids-distribution-and-rarity/#comment-14805 Fungal symbiont choosiness from the nutrient &l... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:15:04 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=10698#comment-14805 [...] The distribution of orchid mycorrhizal fungi in the soil determines orchid distribution, and understanding the growth and survival of these fungi is an important consideration in orchid conservation.Orchids may be found everywhere, but which orchid is found where depends on the tastes of their partners.  [...]

]]> Comment on Et si l’agroforesterie remplaçait les monocultures en Europe… / Do you believe agroforestry may replace monoculture in Europe? by Et si l’agroforesterie remplaçait ... http://aobblog.com/2013/06/et-si-lagroforesterie-remplacait-les-monocultures-en-europe-do-you-believe-agroforestry-may-replace-monoculture-in-europe/#comment-14623 Et si l’agroforesterie remplaçait ... Sun, 09 Jun 2013 07:30:00 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=10657#comment-14623 [...] Agroforestry has been replaced by monocultures in farms across Europe, but could a drive to sustainable agriculture herald its return?  [...]

]]> Comment on Succulent plants of Africa and America: Do these lookalikes live alike? by Succulent plants of Africa and America: Do thes... http://aobblog.com/2013/06/succulent-plants-of-africa-and-america-do-these-lookalikes-live-alike/#comment-14333 Succulent plants of Africa and America: Do thes... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:18:14 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=10645#comment-14333 [...] There are numerous examples in nature of distantly-related organisms converging on similar shapes. But are the similarities deeper than simply looks?  [...]

]]> Comment on Le Roi des observateurs / The King of Observers by Christian Westerkamp http://aobblog.com/2013/05/le-roi-des-observateurs-the-king-of-observers/#comment-14186 Christian Westerkamp Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:38:51 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=10597#comment-14186 what a coincidence: we published a book on Fritz Müller and his biologist brothers *the day before* your blog appeared! Here is the site (for the time being, unfortunately, in German only):
http://www.basilisken-presse.de/neuheiten/fritz-und-hermann-muller.html
There is an english biography of Fritz Müller:
West, David A., 2003. Fritz Müller. A naturalist in Brazil. Blacksburg/VA: Pocahontas Press
For more information, you might be interested to access this catalogue (in brazilian portuguese and german):
http://issuu.com/martiusstaden/docs/catalogo_fritz_web?e=4493465/2862223
And, attention, Fritz was born in 1822 (the year of Brazilian independence) and not in 1821 as says the Wikipedia …

Thanks for writing on Fritz!
Christian

]]> Comment on (Not yet) Giant Redwoods for sale by AJ Cann http://aobblog.com/2013/06/not-yet-giant-redwoods-for-sale/#comment-14177 AJ Cann Sun, 02 Jun 2013 09:59:34 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=10514#comment-14177 When living in California in the 1980s I visited Muir Woods north of San Francisco. One of the items in the visitor centre gift shop was a redwood burr in a nice turned redwood bowl. I decided this would make a good Christmas present for my father in law. I had my eyes on the bowl, but he was intent on growing the burr. After a few months he planted it out in the garden of his house in Birmingham. The last time I saw it, it was easily visible from the street over the roof of the house, and it’s not quite a feature on Google Earth!

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