Archive for September, 2012

New book list, September 26, 2012

Friday, September 28th, 2012

Annals of bryozoology 3 : aspects of the history of research on bryozoans.
Edited by Patrick N. Wyse Jackson & Mary E. Spencer Jones. Dublin : International Bryozoology Association, 2011. HOLLIS# 013359940
QL396.A56 2011

Arctic shorebirds in North America : a decade of monitoring.
Jonathan Bart and Victoria Johnston, editors ; Paul A. Smith and Jennie Rausch, associate editors. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013361292
QL685.5.N63 A73 2012

The behavior guide to African mammals : including hoofed mammals, carnivores, primates.
By Richard Despard Estes ; drawings by Daniel Otte ; foreword by E.O. Wilson. 20th anniversary ed. Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013165174
QL731.A1 E84 2012

The birds of Scotland, digital [electronic resource].
Edited by Ron Forrester … [et al.]. Aberlady : Scottish Ornithologists’ Club, c2012. HOLLIS# 013359978
QL690.G7 B5746 2012

Boat-based recreational fishing catch and effort in Cockburn Sound and Owen Anchorage during 1996/97, 2001/02 and 2005/06.
By Neil Sumner and Eva Lai. [Perth], W.A. : Government of Western Australia, Dept. of Fisheries, c2012. HOLLIS# 013276625
SH677.S86 2012

Burridge’s multilingual dictionary of birds of the world.
Edited by John T. Burridge. Multilingual dictionary of birds of the world Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2008- . HOLLIS# 011755496
Ref. QL672.2.B87 2008 v. 46

Contribution à la connaissance du genre Ceroglossus Solier (6e note) : description d’une nouvelle sous-espèce de Ceroglossus magellanicus d’Argentine (Coleoptera, Carabidae).
Par Eric Jiroux et Walter Heinz. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2010]. HOLLIS# 013359832
QL596.C2 J575 2010

Description de trois nouvelles espèces de Catharsius de Zambie et Tanzanie : (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Coprinae).
Par Jean-François Josso et Patrick Prévost. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, c2009]. HOLLIS# 013359800
QL596.S3 J678 2009

Evolution of the house mouse.
Edited by Milos Macholan … [et al.]. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. HOLLIS# 013283168
QL737.R6 E93 2012

Fynbos fynmense : people making biodiversity work [CD-ROM].
By Ally Ashwell … [et al.]. Pretoria :South African National Biodiversity Institute, 2006. HOLLIS# 012905073
QH195.S6 F9 2006

Getting started with R : an introduction for biologists.
By Andrew P. Beckerman & Owen L. Petchey. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. HOLLIS# 013291045
QA76.73.R3 B43 2012

Guatemala : Pacific Slope Birds : aves de la Región Sur.
Snohomish, WA :Rainforest Publications,c2010. HOLLIS# 012682453
QL687.G9 G82 2011

100 Jahre : Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Naturkundemuseums Stuttgart. [By] Bernard Ziegler … [et al.]. Stuttgart : Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, 2012. HOLLIS# 013361835
QH70.G3 Z44 2012

100 Jahre Museum für Naturkunde Dortmund : 1912-2012.
Red.: Oliver Adrian. Dortmund : Museum für Naturkunde, 2012. HOLLIS# 013311558
QH70.G3 H85 2012

Kent Island [videorecording] : the Bowdoin College Scientific Station, Kent Island, Bay of Fundy, Province of New Brunswick : a 70 year history and perspective : 1934-2004.
[S.l. : s.n., 2004]. HOLLIS# 012785667
QL685.5.N53 K45 2004

Mass extinctions : nature’s spectacular staging of natural selection.
By Julian Lieb. North Charleston, S.C. : CreateSpace, c2011. HOLLIS# 013359980
QH78.L43 2011

Nature. Plasmodium genome [electronic resource] : scientific achievement and medical opportunity.
Editors: Ursula Weiss and Tanguy Chouard. [London] : Nature Publishing Group, [2003?] HOLLIS# 013349401
QL368.H33 N27 2003

Revision of New Zealand Cenozoic fossil Mollusca described by Zittel (1865) based on Hochstetter’s collections from the Novara Expedition. By Alan G. Beu, Sascha Nolden & Thomas A. Darragh. Canberra : Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 2012. HOLLIS# 013354745
QE801.B48 2012

27th special exhibition, Large mammalian fossils.
[In Japanese] [Toyohashi] : Toyohashi-shi Shizenshi Hakubutsukan, 2012. HOLLIS# 013359982
QE881.D44 2012

Vida silvestre en el campus de la Universidad del Valle.
Universidad del Valle, Departamento de Biología. 1. ed. Cali, Colombia : Ed. Universidad del Valle, [2010]. HOLLIS# 013349418
QH121.V53 2010

Visualizing the invisible : imaging techniques for the structural biologist.
By Peter B. Moore. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013329997
QH324.M66 2012

Writings and drawings.
By John James Audubon. Writings & drawings. New York : Literary Classics of the U.S. : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam, c1999. HOLLIS# 008164848
Ref. QL31.A9 A3 1999

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BHL and EOL at the Ecological Society of America

Tuesday, September 18th, 2012

In early August, I had the privilege of representing the Encyclopedia of Life and the Biodiversity Heritage Library at an exhibitor’s booth at the Ecological Society of America annual meeting in Portland, Oregon. The theme for the 2012 annual meeting was: Life on Earth: Preserving, Utilizing and Sustaining our Ecosystems. This theme certainly fits the broader goals of EOL and BHL.
BHL/EOL booth at ESA

It was challenging to be the only representative at the booth because there were many visitors since ESA provided a great match of people for BHL and EOL. Faculty members, contractors, postdoctoral associates, undergraduate and graduate students working in the fields of biology, conservation and ecology stopped by to hear about the work done by EOL and BHL. Many were interested in how they could contribute. It was very rewarding to show this crowd what literature is available on the BHL portal, how it links in with EOL, how they could make requests and follow our progress using social media. It was exciting to get into deep discussions with the many interested parties about how they might be able to contribute to EOL as curators/users/teachers. And best of all, I frequently was asked the question “How much do you charge to access BHL/EOL?” The amazed looks on everyone’s face when I said access is free–I wish I had taken some pictures. I was sure to note that there are “Donate” buttons available but that these are optional.

I handed out BHL buttons, BHL pens, EOL magnifying glasses, EOL bags and BHL cards. Pens, bags and magnifying glasses went very quickly. Many more people who stopped by were more familiar with EOL than with BHL, but many who recognized EOL did not know much about it. One person with some in-depth knowledge of EOL was 2012 Rubenstein fellow Kelly O’Donnell. She noted that until the fellow training she wasn’t aware of BHL and was thrilled that she was able to test-drive it and now incorporates it into her work.

Another positive experience was that the BHL/EOL booth was sited in between booths for ARKive and the Center for Conservation Biology Conservation Canines. ARKive is an organization that is “creating the ultimate multimedia guide to the world’s endangered animals, plants and fungi” which fits nicely with the goals of EOL and BHL. Conservation Canines is an organization that trains dogs to locate wildlife scat (including from marine mammals) so the scat can be used to provide genetic and physiological information as well as identify local species and estimate population abundance. It was fun to visit with their dogs–and they brought a lot of traffic to our exhibit area!
conservation canines

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New book list, September 12, 2012

Monday, September 17th, 2012

Bioluminescence : chemical principles and methods.
Osamu Shimomura. Rev. ed. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2012. HOLLIS# 013329985
QH641.S52 2012

Biosimulation : simulation of living systems.
By Daniel A. Beard. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. HOLLIS# 013329987
QH505.B35 2012

Ceroglossus magellanicus vidali, una nueva subespecie de Carabidae para Chile (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
By Tomás Moore. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2006]. HOLLIS# 013344119
QL596.C2 M66 2006

Cetoniidae d’Éthiopie : le genre Compsocephalus White (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae, Goliathinae).
Par Cyril Di Gennaro, Jean-Philippe Legrand, Shinji Nagai. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2008]. HOLLIS# 013344252
QL596.S3 D534 2008

Cetoniidae d’Éthiopie : notes sur les Centrantyx du groupe de Centrantyx rougeoti Ruter et description d’une nouvelle espèce (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
Par Cyril Di Gennaro et Jean-Philippe Legrand. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2005]. HOLLIS# 013342559
QL596.S3 D53 2005

Cetoniidae de l’Est africain, notes sur Compsocephalus bayeri (Moser) et descriptions de nouvelles espèces (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
Par Jean-Philippe Legrand. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2004]. HOLLIS# 013342733
QL596.S3 L336 2004

Cetoniidae du Sabah (Malaisie orientale) et des Philippines, nouveau genre, nouvelles espèces (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
By Jean-Philippe Legrand. Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, c2004. HOLLIS# 013342740
QL596.S3 L337 2004

Cetoniidae du Sabah (Malaisie orientale) et des Philippines, nouveau sous-genre, nouvelles espèces, nouvelle sous-espèce (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
Par Jean-Philippe Legrand et Steven Chew Kea Foo. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2004]. HOLLIS# 013342744
QL596.S3 L338 2004

Climate and conservation : landscape and seascape science, planning, and action.
Edited by Jodi A. Hilty, Charles C. Chester, and Molly S. Cross. Washington, DC : Island Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013329990
QH75.C56 2012

Contribution à la connaissance des Scarabaeidae africains … (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Coprinae).
Par Jean-François Josso et Patrick Prévost. Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, c2001- . HOLLIS# 013342639
QL596.S3 J67 2001 v. 1-4

Contribution à la connaissance du genre Ceroglossus Solier IV (Coleoptera, Carabidae).
Par Walter Heinz et Éric Jiroux. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2001]. HOLLIS# 013342710
QL596.C2 H34 2001

Contribution à la connaissance du genre Ceroglossus Solier V (Coleoptera, Carabidae).
[By] Éric Jiroux. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2008]. HOLLIS# 013342490
QL596.C2 J47 2008

Contribution à l’étude du genre Ceroglossus (Coleoptera, Carabidae).
[By] Olivier Jaffrézic et Laurent Rataj. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes,2006] HOLLIS# 013344076
QL596.C2 J23 2006

Coral reefs of the Gulf : adaptation to climatic extremes.
Bernhard M. Riegl, Sam J. Purkis, editors. Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2012. HOLLIS# 013329991
QH94.4.C67 2012

Le cycle de développement des Ceroglossus (Coleoptera, Carabidae).
[By] Olivier Jaffrézic. [Andrésy, France: Association Magellanes, 2006]. HOLLIS# 013344083
QL596.C2 J24 2006

Description de cinq Onthophagini nouveaux pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest (parc du W) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Coprinae).
Par Jean-François Josso et Patrick Prévost. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2006]. HOLLIS# 013344219
QL596.S3 J676 2006

Description de trois nouvelles sous-espèces du sous-genre Chrysocarabus Thomson, 1875 (Coleoptera, Carabidae).
[By] Damien Maguerre. Andrésy : Association Magellanes, 2009. HOLLIS# 013344311
QL596.C2 M343 2009

Deux nouvelles espèces de Clinteria Burmeister d’Inde du sud (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
Par Jean-Philippe Legrand. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2005]. HOLLIS# 013342540
QL596.S3 L334 2005

Ecosystem services: charting a path to sustainability: interdisciplinary research team summaries : conference, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California, November 10-13, 2011.
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013330014
QH541.15.E267 N384 2011

The eurypterid Stoermeropterus conicus from the lower Silurian of the Pentland Hills, Scotland.
By James C. Lamsdell. London : Palaeontographical Society, c2011. HOLLIS# 013344057
QE823.E8 L36 2011

Genetics: analysis of genes and genomes.
By Daniel L. Hartl, Maryellen Ruvolo. 8th ed. Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2012. HOLLIS# 013170173
QH430.H3733 2012

Influence of climate change and human-induced environmental degradation on Lake Victoria.
By Julius B. Lejju. [Addis Ababa] : OSSREA, c2012. HOLLIS# 013330015
GE190.V45 L355 2012

The laboratory mouse.
Edited by Hans J. Hedrich. 2nd ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic, 2012. HOLLIS# 013330010
SF407.M5 L33 2012

The lower Ordovician cephalopod faunas of the Durness Group, North-West Scotland.
By David H. Evans. London : Palaeontographical Society, c2011. HOLLIS# 013343643
QE806.E735 2011

The marine bryozoans of the northeast coast of the United States: Maine to Virginia.
By Judith E. Winston, Peter J. Hayward. Martinsville, Va.: Virginia Museum of Natural History, 2012. HOLLIS# 013343637
QL397.1.U6 W567 2012

Microbial ecological theory: current perspectives.
Edited by Lesley A. Ogilvie and Penny R. Hirsch. Norfolk, UK : Caister Academic Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013343342
QR100.M527 2012

Microbiology: an evolving science.
By Joan L. Slonczewski, John W. Foster ; appendices and glossary by Kathy M. Gillen. 2nd ed. New York : W.W. Norton, c2011. HOLLIS# 013343303
QR41.2.S585 2011 [on reserve for MCB 121)

New environmentalism: managing New Zealand’s environmental diversity.
By C.R. de Freitas, Martin Perry. Dordrecht ; New York : Springer,2012. HOLLIS# 013330007
GE320.N48 D34 2012

A new species of Cyclocephala from Central America and descriptive notes on two species of Cyclocephala from South America (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae).
[By] Vladislav Malý. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2006]. HOLLIS# 013344232
QL596.S3 M25 2006

Notes sur la répartition de Dicronocephalus adamsi (Pascoe) et description d’une nouvelle sous-espèce de Chine centrale et du Vietnam (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
Par Jean-Philippe Legrand. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2004]. HOLLIS# 013344045
QL596.S3 L3372 2004

Une nouvelle espèce de Campsiura Hope de Zambie (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
Par Jean-Philippe Legrand et Petr Malec. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2006]. HOLLIS# 013344128
QL596.S3 L3375 2006

Une nouvelle espèce de Centrantyx Fairmaire d’Éthiopie (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
Par Jean-Philippe Legrand. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2003]. HOLLIS# 013342728
QL596.S3 L335 2003

Une nouvelle espèce de Dicronorhina Hope, du Burkina Faso, du Bénin et du Togo (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
Par Jean-Philippe Legrand … [et al.]. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2006]. HOLLIS# 013344242
QL596.S3 L3376 2006

Une nouvelle espèce du genre Oncosterna J. Thomson des Célèbes : (Sulawesi, Indonésie), (Coleoptera, Scarabeidae, Cetoniinae).
By Jean-Philippe Legrand. Andrésy : Association Magellanes, c2009. HOLLIS# 013344275
QL596.S3 L3383 2009

Une nouvelle espèce du genre Tmesorrhina Westwood (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
Par Jean-Philippe Legrand et Philippe Antoine. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2003]. HOLLIS# 013342723
QL596.S3 L333 2003

Un nouveau genre de la tribu des Goliathini, sous-tribu des Coryphocerina (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
[By] Jean-Philippe Legrand. Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, c2001. HOLLIS# 013342676
QL596.S3 L332 2001

Nouveau genre et nouvelle espèce d’Onthophagini du Malawi (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae).
[By] Jean-François Josso & Patrick Prévost. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2008]. HOLLIS# 013344248
QL596.S3 J677 2008

Une nouvelle sous-espèce de Netocia subpilosa (Desbrochers des Loges), d’Israël et du sud Liban (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
Par Jean-Philippe Legrand et Alain Drumont. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2006]. HOLLIS# 013344110
QL596.S3 L3374 2006

The phylogenetic handbook : a practical approach to phylogenetic analysis and hypothesis testing.
Edited by Philippe Lemey, Marco Salemi, Anne-Mieke Vandamme. 2nd ed. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2009. HOLLIS# 012140162
QP624.P486 2009

Soil ecology and ecosystem services.
Editor-in-chief, Diana H. Wall ; section editors, Richard D. Bardgett … [et al.]. 1st ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. HOLLIS# 013330001
QH541.5.S6 S65 2012

South Asian mammals : their diversity, distribution, and status.
By Chelmala Srinivasulu, Bhargavi Srinivasulu. New York : Springer, c2012. HOLLIS# 013330000
QL729.S64 S65 2012

Systematics : a course of lectures.
By Ward C. Wheeler. Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. HOLLIS# 013329999
QH83.W46 2012

Trois nouvelles espèces de Cetoniinae des Célèbes (Sulawesi, Indonésie) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae).
Par Jean-Philippe Legrand. Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, c2008. HOLLIS# 013344266
QL596.S3 L3382 2008

Trois nouvelles espèces de Schizorhinini de Nouvelle-Guinée (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
Par Jean-Philippe Legrand. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2006]. HOLLIS# 013344094
QL596.S3 L3373 2006

Trois nouvelles espèces de Taenioderini des Célèbes et de Bornéo (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).
Par Jean-Philippe Legrand. Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, c2000. HOLLIS# 013342619
QL596.S3 L33 2000

Two new species of Coprophanaeus Olsoufieff from Mexico and Costa Rica (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae).
By Vladislav Maly and Svatopluk Pokorny. [Andrésy, France : Association Magellanes, 2008]. HOLLIS# 013344256
QL596.S3 M254 2008

Urban biodiversity of Calcutta : flowering plants, butterflies, birds and mammals, West Bengal, India.
By Suchitra Ghosh ; edited by the Director, Zoological Survey of India. Kolkata : Zoological Survey of India, 2010. HOLLIS# 013312251
QH77.I4 G46 2010

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