Articles of note in the Sterling Morton Library : December’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.

Brooke, Cassandra. Conservation and adaptation to climate change. Conservation Biology, v. 22, no. 6, p. 1471-1476.

Dimke, K.C., S.K. Still and D.S. Gardner. Effect of overwintering environment on the survival of 30 species of herbaceous perennials. Journal of Environmental Horticulture, v. 26, no. 4, p. 222-228.

Helmreich, Anne. Body and soul : the conundrum of the aesthetic garden. Garden History : Journal of the Garden History Society, v. 36, no. 2, p. 273-288.

New plants for 2009. American Nurseryman, v. 208, issue 12, p. 19-73.
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Orr, David W. Land use and climate change. Conservation Biology, v. 22, no. 6, p. 1372-1374.

Suchecki, Paul F. and David J. Gibson. Loss of Cornus florida L. leads to significant changes in the seedling and sapling strata in an eastern deciduous forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, v. 135, no. 4, p. 506-515.

Vanderwel, Mark C., Hilary C. Thorpe, Jennifer L. Shuter, John P. Caspersen, and Sean C. Thomas. Contrasting downed woody debris dynamics in managed and unmanaged northern hardwood stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, v. 38, no. 11, p. 2850-2861.

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