A critical revision of the genus Eucalyptus,

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Eucalyptus, a genus of over 800 species, is a multiproduct crop par excellence. Not only is it grown for timber, pulp and fuelwood, but it has numerous medicinal and aromatic properties. Since the first commercial distillation of eucalyptus oil 150 years ago, a vast array of eucalyptus-based products has entered the marketplace, mainly for pharmaceutical, fragrance and flavor use. Eucalyptus provides an invaluable reference for all those with an interest in Eucalyptus - in academia and industry alike, for researchers as well as producers, processors, importers and end users - but there are also issues discussed and lessons learned that extend to medicinal and aromatic plants. Contents Part 1. General Aspects 1. Botany of the Eucalypts 2. Eucalyptus, Water and the Environment 3. Eucalypts in Cultivation: An Overview 4. Genetic Improvement of Eucalypts: With Special Reference to Oil-Bearing Species 5. Eucalyptus Chemistry 6. Distillation of Eucalyptus Leaf Oils. Theory and Practice Part 2. Cultivation and Production of Eucalypts Around the World: With Special Reference to the Leaf Oils 7. Cultivation and Production of Eucalypts in Australia: With Special Reference to the Leaf Oils 8. Cultivation and Production of Eucalypts in the People's Republic of China: With Special Reference to the Leaf Oils 9. Cultivation and Production of Eucalypts in Africa: With Special Reference to the Leaf Oils 10. Cultivation and Production of Eucalypts in South America: With Special Reference to the Leaf Oils 11. Cultivation and Production of Eucalypts in India: With Special Reference to the Leaf Oils Part 3. Biological and End-Use Aspects 12. Chemistry and Bioactivity of the Non-Volatile Constituents of Eucalyptus 13. Antimicrobial Activity of Eucalyptus oils 14. Eucalyptus in Insect and Plant Pest Control: Use as a Mosquito Repellent and Protectant of Stored Food Products; Allelopathy 15. Chemical Ecology of Herbivory in Eucalyptus: Interactions Between Insect and Mammalian Herbivores and Plant Essential Oils 16. Eucalyptus Oil Products: Formulations and Legislation 17. Production, Trade and Markets for Eucalyptus Oils 18. Research Trends and Future Prospects Appendices: 1. Sources of Eucalyptus Seed 2. Estimates of Eucalypt Plantations Worldwide 3. Advice to a Prospective New Producer of Eucalyptus Oil or Other Leaf Extractive 4. Composition of Some Commercially Distilled Eucalyptus Oils 5. Quality Criteria and Specifications of Eucalyptus Oils 6. Packaging and Labeling Requirements for the Handling and Transportation of Eucalyptus Oils 7. Useful Addresses Contributors Ian R. Calder, University of Newcastle, UK John W. Turnbull and Trevor H. Booth both at CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, John C. Doran, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Australia, Joseph J. Brophy, University of New South Wales, Australia, Mr E.F.K. Denny, Denny, McKenzie Associates, Australia, Geoffrey R. Davis, G.R. Davis Pty Ltd, Australia, Shaoxiong Chen, China Eucalypt Research Centre, Paul A. Jacovelli, UK Laercio Couto, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Brazil, S.S. Handa, R.K. Thappa and S.G. Agarwal, Regional Research Laboratory, India, Takao Konoshima and Midori Takasaki, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan, Stanley G. Deans, Scottish Agricultural College, UK, Peter Golob, University of Greenwich, UK, Hiroyukiu Nishimura and Atsushi Satoh, Hokkaido University, Japan, Ivan R. Lawler, James Cook University of Queensland, Australia, William J. Foley, Australian National University, Judi Beerling, Steve Meakins and Les Small, Quest International, UK, John J.W. Coppen, UK, Erich V. Lassak, Phytochemical Services, Australia

The distribution of the more important timber trees of the genus Eucalyptus (Commonwealth Forestry Bureau. Atlas)

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EUCALYPTUS BUDS AND FRUITS. Illustrations of the buds and fruits of the genus with a list of authentic specimens from which the drawings were made.

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Methods for the identification of the light-coloured woods of the genus Eucalyptus (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)

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Presidential address: [on Antarctica, and on Development and distribution of the genus Eucalyptus] (Roy. soc. of New South Wales. Jour. and Proc)

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Seed collection of the genus Eucalyptus in Northern Australia

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Trees of the Tasmanian forests of the order Myrtaceae: The genus Eucalyptus (Bulletin)

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What, in evolutionary terms, propelled us to become human? The answer lies not in our forebears" big brains or their facility with language but in their ability to walk on two feet. That remarkable fact standing and walking seem so mundane -- only starts the drama that Craig Stanford, codirector of the Jane Goodall Research Center, tells of our origins. Today scientists are finding far more evidence than ever before about our beginnings. The discoveries are prompting dramatic reappraisals of common beliefs about our past. Throw out the simple idea that millions of years ago some apes moved to the African savanna, where they evolved into runty hominids who eventually metamorphosed into us. Dump that textbook image of an ape transforming into a human in five stages. Newly found remnants of two-legged "proto-humans" show that our ancestry is much richer and more convoluted. In no way can we still think of ourselves as standing on the top rung of an evolutionary ladder of excellence. But what about our tremendous thinking powers? Our brains could have started to grow because, as our ancestors adapted to standing and walking upright, they became more successful at hunting ever larger animals. The meatier diet could have fueled the increase in brain size. And the switch to standing and walking tall may have allowed our forebears to develop language, let alone take over the entire world as their home. Describing his - and others' - latest research and interpretations, Stanford offers a fresh, galvanizing take on what made us human.

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Foot fetish.......2004-10-12

Craig Stanford has studied chimpanzees for many years. He's seen them in groups and as individuals. He's watched them parading along tree limbs seeking fruit, or reaching up to pull branches close for harvest. He once saw one enter, then leave, a stream, "looking for all the world like a swimmer emerging from the surf". These studies have given him some insights to how our ancestors likely went from a four-legged posture to a bipedal lifestyle. It was a step of profound legacy for us. Bipedalism ultimately allowed humans to traverse the planet.

Stanford's studies have resulted in a work that relies strongly on changes in hominin anatomy. Bipedalism requires immense changes in skeletal structure, muscle placement and use, the formation of the pelvis, and, of course, the formation of the foot. These changes must be incremental, he reminds us. Bipedal walking wasn't an overnight transition. It took a great deal of experimentation by natural selection to achieve it. The question of balance loomed large throughout the process. Our modern bodies have a centre of gravity straight up from between our feet - the chimpanzee's is well forward in its midsection. It took many evolutionary trade-offs to change from one type of body structure to another. As the modifications occurred over many generations, the creature carrying them must survive and reproduce to pass these traits on. Was each step suitably sufficient in its own right?

In answering that question, Stanford takes us not only through the likely progression, but also reviews the scholarship attempting to explain them. He presents the views and counter arguments of the major thinkers explaining the human lineage. He makes clear that it took many years of study to recognise that bipedalism was the key to becoming human. To infer what slow, gradual steps were required to bring us upright from the paucity of fossils imparting information leaves many points unresolved. That gives researchers a broad spectrum of interpretations to offer, but few absolute answers. Stanford picks through the evidence and the viewpoints, then pronounces his verdict on the most viable scenario. He's clear on what he favours and why.

Some of his judgments are severe, and no few of them are open to question. Although he offers little of the early hominin social scene, he's quick to dispose of those who have. His assessment of Owen Lovejoy's scenario of sex playing a major role in leading us to an upright stance is grossly misleading. He accuses Lovejoy of positing a single cause for this change, when Lovejoy's analysis is anything but limited in scope. One can almost sense Adrienne Zihlman at his shoulder as he wrote the passage. Zihlman, a fanatical opponent of "women's roles" in paleoanthropology, is also a sharp critic of Lovejoy. Among chimpanzees, the gift of love is meat. Although Stanford recognises the role of meat protein in aiding in the building of brains, it most certainly played a greater role in our social development than he assigns to it. This brevity is surprising in view of his earlier books.

These shortcomings may be considered as no more than another academic dispute. That's only true in part. Bipedalism may be the significant foundation leading to modern humans, but there are other aspects of our lives today with roots in those ancestral changes. Why did we tend to pair off as mates when most other primates are male-dominated groups? Why did language evolve to give us enhanced communicative skills? What led us to use our bipedal skills to migrate so far, so rapidly? Stanford almost teases us with his sketchy explanations. Although this is an excellent summary of the issues and the personalities who have addressed them, it will take someone with a wider grasp and deeper insight to provide the most reasonable answers to how we became human. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

An interesting, thoughtful review.......2004-09-14

Craig Stanford's "Upright: The Evolutionary Key to Becoming Human" is a brief, easy and informative read. I've enjoyed Stanford's previous efforts, and this volume was no disappointment. He approaches the subject of human evolution from the perspective of a researcher studying living great apes, particularly chimpanzees. As such, he takes a distinctly different tack than students of bones and artifacts might. Stanford's discussions of anatomy involve comparisons of the differences between ape and human anatomy, followed by brief presentations of how the hominid fossil record tracks these shifts. His presentation is relaxed but thorough, and his data are quite up-to-date. But it's his deep knowledge of chimpanzee and bonobo behavior, and the application of this information to ancient human ancestry, where this book shines.

I was intrigued by Stanford's surmise that the initial impetus towards full erect bipedality may have been simply standing erect for brief moments while feeding and foraging. This seems awfully simplistic, yet not remotely inconceivable. (Leave it to evolution to take the boring way to get somewhere ...) Readers may wish to compare this view with that presented by Jonathan Kingdon in his book "Lowly Origin". I would observe, however, that Stanford's insistence that behavioral change precedes and drives anatomical change seems to leave the whole concept of mutations out of the loop.

What follows is a minor point, but I must confess to having been annoyed by the occasional obvious mistakes encountered throughout portions of the book. Whether these can be placed on Stanford's own doorstep, or that of his editor(s), remains to be determined. But to encounter so many simple errors -- not only typos, but actual factual mistakes -- does make one wonder whether there are other errata that one might be missing. In any event, these mistakes led me to conclude that this book was generated somewhat hastily; that's unfortunate. [For the record: it's Giganotosaurus, not "Gigantosaurus" (p. 64); it's Hadrosaurus, not "Hadrosaurs" (p. 64); the hind limbs of Eudibarmus are longer than the animal's forelimbs, not shorter (p. 65); the first species of paranthropine (= "robust" australopithecine) discovered was Paranthropus robustus, not "Zinj" (p. 74); people were living in Siberia very near Alaska by ~19,000 years ago (the book states that this was not true until 16,000 years after 25,000 years ago, or 9,000 years ago) (p. 170).]

Be that as it may, the book remains thoroughly enjoyable nonetheless. One could wish for a little more editorial time and care to have been taken, and perhaps for a few more pictures of actual fossils. But these are minor quibbles. Students of human evolution will have much to look forward to from this volume.

Standing led the way.......2004-02-23

Anthropologist and co-director of the Jane Goodall Primate Research Center, Craig Stanford argues that the first step in the march to humanity was upright posture.

Apes stand when it's advantageous, Stanford points out, taking examples from his field experience. They stand on branches as well as on the ground, the better to reach fruit in the trees. For our earliest ancestors, living in areas of mixed trees and grass, shuffling between trees would have been more efficient than dropping to all fours.

Stanford reminds us that evolution is not a straightforward progression towards something better, but rather a natural product of what works best for the animal's ability to reproduce. Where upright posture favored feeding and energy conservation, it persisted, with a gradual shift to greater bipedalism.

Bipedalism led to everything else. He theorizes that walking, by increasing efficiency over distance and freeing the hands, created better hunters, and the high caloric, protein diet helped fuel the expansion of the brain. He outlines the hunting strategies of the modern ape and how these may have evolved in early hominids.

Again and again he returns to the modern ape to compare behavior and anatomy, similarity and divergence, throughout the hominid fossil record. Bipedalism is an anatomical trade off. Our broad pelvis, backbone shape and large gluteal muscles give us stability and forward efficiency, and free the lungs from coordination with stride (eventually permitting speech), but decrease climbing ability, make childbirth difficult, and deliver a baggage of back problems.

The history of hominid research is one of many stories and few bones. Stanford traces this history, showing how new finds give rise to new, frequently opposing, theories, how the same scrap of bone can be described in starkly different terms by equally eminent and adamant scientists, how psychology, imagination, ambition, and graduate schools have as much (or more) to do with evolutionary views as hard evidence does. Stanford also looks at bipedalism in the big picture - dinosaurs - which had a wide range of bipedal habits without developing speech or big brains.

The writing is clear and well organized. Stanford ("Significant Others," "The Hunting Apes") paints a picture of an Africa teeming with variously bipedal hominids, most of which went extinct comparatively quickly. Others, made powerful by their two sturdy legs, spread out into the world, leaving fossilized remains to prove it. Then there's us, the last wave out of Africa, and the only ones left (according to mitochondrial DNA evidence). Are we the best? Or just the last ones left standing? A fascinating, concise and intelligent book.

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Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control

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A night of good taste; Fine art and fine wine enjoyed at gala auction.(Life): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press

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Gala Night (The Delightful World of P.G. Wodehouse)

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