2014 marks the first anniversary of eXtreme botany and Dr M is celebrating by embarking on a European tour which tracks a botanical transect from the Czech Republic, through Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and from thence to Finland – an eXtreme botanical transect indeed! Day 1 Tuesday was a long day! A very early morning start from Reading, travelling to Luton airport (Lorraine Chase comes to
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eXtreme botany heads North to Malham Tarn Field Studies Centre with Dr M and University of Reading MSc Plant Diversity students, this is #5 in Dr M’s MalHam Diary. Day 5 Wednesday: Today is assignment day! Could explain why students were so (unusually?) quiet at breakfast! Dr M started the day leading students in a walk from Malham village to Malham Cove with a spot test
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The World braces itself for Dr M’s long awaited new series of botanical “selfies” in which botanists introduce themselves photographically and in their own words… The series kicks off with: Susanne Masters botanical consultant, and PhD researcher at University of Kent.
This week Dr M has been taking his MSc students on a series of field days, visiting a range of sites and habitats. Here is the third post from Dr M’s field day diary: Day 3: Botany at historical Runnymede