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a simplified model of a food web containing Accipiter cooperii. VISIT VERA to learn more about the modeling tool and how to run simulations of your own

Figure 1. Phlegmariurusvanuatuensis ARF1140: A habit, leaf arrangement and fertile spikes B close up of sterile leaf arrangement showing subopposite decussate leaf arrangement and ovate-oval leaves C close up of fertile spike showing scale like sporophylls and a sporangium. Scale bar: 10 cm (A); 1 cm (B, C). Illustration by A.R.Field.

American Robin foraging on the lawn in front of the National Gallery. 31 March 2010.

Spread-winged Trio: Common Sootywing - Pholisora catullus, Common Checkered-Skipper - Pyrgus communis, Hayhurst's Scallopwing - Staphylus hayhurstiiDuration: 80 seconds

There are three different songs here sung by a Western Meadowlark. The first repeats three times, the second song repeats 4 times, and the third song is repeated three times. This was recorded on Marble Hot Springs Road at the 2nd 90 degree turn as the Meadowlark sang from the telephone wire above. In the background you will hear cows moo and a few other birds call as well, but the Western Meadowlark is clearly the focal subject of the recording. This was recorded with a Fostex FR-2 and Sennheiser shotgun microphone, ME66. The photo attached is a spectrogram of Western Meadowlark made in Raven Pro. (taxonomy:binomial="Sturnella neglecta")

Let’s face it—when you think of charismatic megaflora, chances are you have in mind something majestic, like a towering Sequoia, or something ancient, like a Joshua tree. But a plant with a four-foot stalk that smells like a cross between rotting stinky cheese and animal feces? This week’s podcast takes us to a sacred island off the coast of Madagascar, where an intrepid botanist braved fever and worse to bring a specimen of this unlikely botanical superstar back alive. Ari Daniel Shapiro reports. Image Credit: Amorphophallus Sp., Greg Wahlert read moreDuration: 5:29Published: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:00:44 +0000

Species: Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv. Date: 1967-12-29 Location: Sengwa Research Station, Gokwe Habitat: Growing out of rock face in very shaded gorge of a tributary of the Kove River.

Species: Asplenium lobatum Pappe & Rawson Date: 2011-12-27 Location: Road from Mt Selinda to Espungabera border post Habitat: Shade on forest floor, in ravine

Species: Iphigenia oliveri Engl. Date: 2012-01-07 Location: By the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park Habitat: In thin soil over rocks

Species: Satyrium anomalum Schltr. Date: 2012-02-08 Location: Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area Habitat: Open Miombo woodland

Species: Leucospermum saxosum S. Moore Date: 0000-00-00 Location: Chikukwa, lower Chimanimani Mts Habitat:

Species: Maerua juncea Pax subsp. juncea Date: 2005-11-17 Location: Christon Bank Habitat: Termite mound in rocky Brachystegia boehmii woodland

Species: Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.) Greene Date: 2011-12-27 Location: Road from Mt Selinda to Espungabera border post Habitat: Roadside

Species: Flemingia grahamiana Wight & Arn. Date: 2004-08-20 Location: Cecil Kop Nature Reserve, Mutare Habitat: Miombo woodland

Species: Clutia paxii Knauf ex Pax Date: 2004-07-18 Location: Near summit plateau Castle Beaon, Vumba Habitat: Margin of ericoid scrub

Species: Sida cordifolia L. subsp. maculata (Cav.) Marais Date: 2010-01-06 Location: By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp. Habitat: Grassy area with clumps of trees by a roadside pan

Species: Psidium cattleianum Sabine Date: 2011-12-25 Location: Near Chalet 2, Chirinda Forest Habitat: In disturbed forest clearing

Species: Tacazzea apiculata Oliv. Date: 2008-01-24 Location: Livingstone: within the grounds of the Maramba Lodge, climbing over entrance to reception and in thicket along the river Habitat: Well watered and shady area

Species: Acrotome inflata Benth. Date: 2006-02-15 Location: On the airstrip, Malilangwe Habitat: Along track

Species: Dicerocaryum eriocarpum (Decne.) Abels Date: 2010-01-06 Location: Near railway line by road to Hwange NP, Main Camp Habitat: Open sandy ground