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Information about the annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) which was held in Davis, California in August 1988 is presented. The program coordinator of the event was Hal Salwasser of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and the contributed paper sessions were organized by Daniel Simberlofif. Various award was also presented during the event, which include recognition on strengthening of the legal protection of endangered wildlife. more...

Actinorhizal root nodules are nitrogen fixing symbioses that forms between perinnial, mostly woody host plants in eight angiosperms the nitrogen economies of a wide range of nutrient-limited soils globally. New phytogenetic evidence suggests that the frankia-nodulated host plants are substantially less scattered in their evolutionary origins than was once believed. An increasing recognition of common biological themes in legume and actinorhizal symbioses emerges in several papers, as well as the need for a unified vocabulary of terms an methodologies to further elucidate nodule development, functional organization and environmental adaptation. Citing these tasks, the Tenth International Conference on Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants was designed which held in Davis, California in August 1995. more...