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Another new journal: Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment

January 22, 2015
By Maggi Kelly
They say: With the launch of this new journal, Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment focuses on providing a platform for describing innovative methods and scientific results from the application of remote sensing technology to a wide range of societal and environmental relevant topics...
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Honey bee foraging in a flowering quince. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Why Spring Doesn't Seem So Distant

January 21, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The honey bees are hungry. Those venturing out from their colonies as the temperatures edge toward 55 degrees or more aren't finding much. It's the dead of winter. Spring seems so distant. But wait, the flowering quince is blooming.
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Honey bee foraging on a tulip. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Marla Spivak's Keynote Speech: 'Helping Bees Stand on Their Own Six Feet'

January 20, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Helping Bees Stand on Their Own Six Feet." Yes, honey bees have six feet, and that's the title of a keynote speech to be presented May 9 at the University of California, Davis by Distinguished McKnight Professor and 2010 MacArthur Fellow Marla Spivak of the University of Minnesota.
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VTM data helps us understand changes to California forests

January 20, 2015
By Maggi Kelly
Some press on our PNAS paper: Twentieth-century shifts in forest structure in California: Denser forests, smaller trees, and increased dominance of oaks. Berkeley News http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2015/01/20/warmer-drier-climate-altering-forests-statewide/ National Geographic http://news.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Herbicide control of distaff thistle

January 20, 2015
By Joseph DiTomaso
Over the past several years, land managers and ranchers in Marin and Sonoma counties have been concerned with the spread of woolly distaff thistle (Carthamus lanatus). However, there is very little research conducted on the control of this species.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

JOB OPENING :: Deputy Director of the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative and Associate Professor

January 20, 2015
By Gale Perez
From Stephen Powles at the UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Colleagues, One month from now (February 23rd 2015) is the closing date for applications for the position of Deputy Director of the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative and Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia.
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This dead honey bee with a load of pollen was among dozens found outside the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

'Super Sleuth' Solves the Mystery of the Dead Bees

January 19, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What's killing the honey bees? The email arrived in my UC Davis inbox at 9:10 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 8. An employee from the UC Davis Plumbing Shop wondered what was happening in front of the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on the UC Davis campus.
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A male monarch nectaring Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Real Skinny on Migrating Monarchs, Milkweed

January 16, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A recent article in Science magazine, headlined Plan to Save Monarch Butterflies Backfires, is getting a lot of attention. And UC Davis butterfly expert Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, is getting a lot of inquiries.
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Ag students
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Car Plates Supporting Ag Education

January 16, 2015
By Ben A Faber
SACRAMENTO The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has awarded $215,670 for five projects that will promote and administer agricultural education and leadership programs for students, teachers and youth under the 2014 California Special Interest License Plate (CalAgPlate) grant pro...
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Clegg collection
Topics in Subtropics: Article

The Clegg Collection: A Valuable Resource

January 16, 2015
By Ben A Faber
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside An unusual population of avocado trees may soon suffer the same fate as many commercial orchards elsewhere in California: its water supply will be cut off and the trees fed to a wood chipper. And yet these trees (Fig.
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