Monday, November 17, 2008

Articles of note in the Sterling Morton Library : November's offerings

These are some recent articles that can be found within the journal collection of the Sterling Morton Library. Please visit the Library to discover the incredible botanical and horticultural resources that await you! If you are unable to visit the Library and interested in reviewing one of these articles, I would be delighted to help you at rhassert@mortonarb.org.

Cumming, Anne Buckelew, Daniel B. Twardus, and David J. Nowak. Urban Forest Health Monitoring: Large-Scale Assessments in the United States. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, v. 34, no. 6, p. 341-346.

Ellis, Barbara. Fall for grasses. Organic Gardening, v. 56, no. 1, p. 66-69.

Klinkenborg, Verlyn. Our vanishing night. National Geographic, v. 214, no. 5, p. 102-109.

Rankin, Rose. Lucky clovers. Chicagoland Gardening, v. 14, no. 6, p. 22-24.
Chicagoland natives – features the native purple prairie clover.

Richardson, Tim. Fit for a president. Gardens Illustrated, no. 142, p. 44-49.
A President’s garden legacy – Thomas Jefferson’s masterpiece at Monticello.

Six, Laura J. and Charles B. Halpern. Substrate effects on distribution, biomass allocation, and morphology of forest understory plants. Botany, v. 86, no. 10, p. 1133-1142.

Swanson, Frederick J., Charles Goodrich and Kathleen Dean Moore. Bridging boundaries: scientists, creative writers, and the long view of the forest. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, v. 6, no. 9, p. 499-504.

Woodward, F. I. and C.K. Kelly. Responses of global plant diversity capacity to changes in carbon dioxide concentration and climate. Ecology Letters, v. 11, no. 11, p. 1229-1237.

Enjoy these fine autumn days!

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