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Plants are really absorbing: at Cambridge, HG enthuses and informs, in a quirky and typo-strewn fashion, on how Rubisco helps to feed and fuel mankind

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hustle and bustle in Mumbai where poetic exhibition captions capture restorative subtleties stillnotat #PEPGworkshop
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Black hawk down below actually a kite feeding on a surfeit of New Delhi dragon flies as hg not at #pepgworkshop
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Bit of a ramble in the woods: musings on the "promise" of extended EU funding prompted the singular Rackham's fest bit.ly/1KdbQwq

Plant Physiological Ecology

The beating heart of the planet

plantphysiologicalecology.wordpress.com
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ant-i-establishment bivouac solder ants shelter from storm Luango Trace El Tucuche Trinidad #hgbackafteranuthabreak
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Two things to ponder: who put potatoes in the compost? And why are they growing so well in December? #warmingworld
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.... Were wolves to be incorporated into these forests, that bullet would no doubt solve that problem as well... heh heh heh
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back with a joke- in mitigating carbon emissions, David Coomes' silver bullet (of forest regeneration) is flying.. ind.pn/1lPSqY8
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Back in Glorse amongst the Cotswold limestone for a fleeting trip down memory lane
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no George, leaves are not a net producer of O2 for us to breath-when they rot it will all be consumed again arrgh #notlungsoftheearth again
Was this Shakespeare's corn? a better link to the blog on the cornucopia plantphysiologicalecology.wo…
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bard vibes as amaize-ing depiction of WS apparently features in Gerard's Herball theguardian.com/culture/2015… wrong type of corn but name pun good

Shakespeare: writer claims discovery of only portrait made during his lifetime

Historian Mark Griffiths says picture of unknown man on title page of botanical work is playwright, as editor hails ‘literary discovery of the century’

theguardian.com
Whoops bit of a bind-we'd better leave you to work out the punchline to that earlier tweet which ran out the door rather than suffer editing
Those turning to the right get wiped in my constituency Did I miss
That's it! 1400 km of careful driving, a few 1000 m of climbing along mtn trails- and ankle gives way on doorstep. #luckrunout time to leave
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Chasing bromeliads like there's no Tamana (well it is tricky to find by road! bit.ly/1KdbQwq Clusia strangler
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What's the difference between a Helliker trap and a Heliconia Trap? find out at bit.ly/1KdbQwq vapid stuff!
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Circadian rhythms and why do Samanea fold their leaves? Because Saman chanted “evening”! more bit.ly/1KdbQwq
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Aechmea aripensis, epiphytic bromeliad (with CAM!) mainly on Cerro del Aripo summmit- more at: bit.ly/1KdbQwq
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Latest jottings from the Trinnie forests: of bromeliad earworms and local agricultural activities (correct link) bit.ly/1KdbQwq

Plant Physiological Ecology

The beating heart of the planet

plantphysiologicalecology.wordpress.com
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Latest jottings from the Trinnie forests: of bromeliad earworms and local agricultural activities bit.ly/1OOIOUO
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