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In some oak databases one can find a few oak names described by a certain Hansen. And in every instance there is no link to a publication whatsoever... 
Posted Sun, 2016-02-14 15:05 in Patrick Vereecke's blog
What connection could there possibly be between oaks and world cup rugby?
Posted Wed, 2015-12-02 21:33 in Roderick Cameron's blog
An article in The Economist proposes a radical approach for conservation of threatened species.
Posted Wed, 2015-12-02 20:01 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Nick Stoynoff and team organized a memorable Seed Exchange at the 8th IOS Conference.
Posted Wed, 2015-12-02 18:14 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Bob McCartney and his IOS Special Service Award were in his local newspaper, while Dirk Benoit received his Award in Belgium.
Posted Wed, 2015-12-02 17:13 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Jim Hitz designed a perfect follow up to the IOS Conference at The Morton Arboretum: three days touring varied sites in Indiana, with a foray into Michigan.
Posted Wed, 2015-12-02 01:37 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Twenty-one years to the day after the first IOS meeting took place, the Society held its 8th Conference at the same venue.
Posted Tue, 2015-12-01 19:43 in Roderick Cameron's blog
The 2015 IOS Pre-Conference Tour highlighted an amazing diversity of trees and biomes across southern and central Illinois. 
Posted Tue, 2015-12-01 13:09 in Warren Chatwin's blog
Tomorrow, the United Nations Conference on Climate Change COP21 opens in Paris.  A couple of days ago, I came across an essay published by Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom, that I found quite...
Posted Sun, 2015-11-29 11:05 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog
Last year, Sylvia and I went on a three-day holiday to visit some friends who own a camping site near the city of Bitburg (where the famous beer Bitburger comes from) in Germany, a three-hour...
Posted Mon, 2015-11-23 21:18 in Jeroen Braakman's blog
Late September in Missouri is typically the start of acorn season, the most important time of the year for a quercophile. My good friend, Alan Branhagen, Director of Horticulture for Powell...
Posted Sun, 2015-11-22 11:34 in Ryan Russell's blog
The BBC's Oak Tree: Nature's Greatest Survivor documents a year-long study in which entomologist George McGavin investigates the sophisticated biology of one of the great icons of the British...
Posted Mon, 2015-09-28 23:13 in Roderick Cameron's blog

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In some oak databases one can find a few oak names described by a certain Hansen. And in every instance there is no link to a publication whatsoever... 
Posted Sun, 2016-02-14 15:05 in Patrick Vereecke's blog
What connection could there possibly be between oaks and world cup rugby?
Posted Wed, 2015-12-02 21:33 in Roderick Cameron's blog
An article in The Economist proposes a radical approach for conservation of threatened species.
Posted Wed, 2015-12-02 20:01 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Nick Stoynoff and team organized a memorable Seed Exchange at the 8th IOS Conference.
Posted Wed, 2015-12-02 18:14 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Bob McCartney and his IOS Special Service Award were in his local newspaper, while Dirk Benoit received his Award in Belgium.
Posted Wed, 2015-12-02 17:13 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Jim Hitz designed a perfect follow up to the IOS Conference at The Morton Arboretum: three days touring varied sites in Indiana, with a foray into Michigan.
Posted Wed, 2015-12-02 01:37 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Twenty-one years to the day after the first IOS meeting took place, the Society held its 8th Conference at the same venue.
Posted Tue, 2015-12-01 19:43 in Roderick Cameron's blog
The 2015 IOS Pre-Conference Tour highlighted an amazing diversity of trees and biomes across southern and central Illinois. 
Posted Tue, 2015-12-01 13:09 in Warren Chatwin's blog
Tomorrow, the United Nations Conference on Climate Change COP21 opens in Paris.  A couple of days ago, I came across an essay published by Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom, that I found quite...
Posted Sun, 2015-11-29 11:05 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog
Last year, Sylvia and I went on a three-day holiday to visit some friends who own a camping site near the city of Bitburg (where the famous beer Bitburger comes from) in Germany, a three-hour...
Posted Mon, 2015-11-23 21:18 in Jeroen Braakman's blog
Late September in Missouri is typically the start of acorn season, the most important time of the year for a quercophile. My good friend, Alan Branhagen, Director of Horticulture for Powell...
Posted Sun, 2015-11-22 11:34 in Ryan Russell's blog
The BBC's Oak Tree: Nature's Greatest Survivor documents a year-long study in which entomologist George McGavin investigates the sophisticated biology of one of the great icons of the British...
Posted Mon, 2015-09-28 23:13 in Roderick Cameron's blog

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