Plant evolution and biodiversity in the Caribbean Islands--perspectives from molecular markers.
The Caribbean Islands cover an area of approximately 270,000 [km.sup.2], and are recognized as a one of the 34 biodiversity hotspots (sensu Mittermeier et al., 2004) because they have high levels of endemicity, high species richness, and a biota highly threatened by human development (Santiago-Valentin & Olsmtead, 2004; Maunder...

Mind your meals: dive into a holistic approach to cooking and eating.
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Endless bowls of brown rice and impossibly blue waters were what I expected when I was assigned to investigate macrobiotics on a cruise to the Caribbean; turns out, I saw green and pearl gray in the ocean as well as blue, and ate a much...

Ross University Medicine Graduates Respond to U.S. Primary Care Crisis.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-22 September 2008-Ross University Medicine Graduates Respond to U.S. Primary Care Crisis(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Overwhelming numbers of Ross University School of Medicine graduates are responding to a deepening healthcare crisis by choosing to go into primary care, the university reported. ...

Marvelous journeys; routes of identity in the Caribbean novel.
9780820476100 Marvelous journeys; routes of identity in the Caribbean novel. Heady, Margaret. Peter Lang Publishing Inc 2008 127 pages $59.95 Hardcover Caribbean studies; v.16 PQ3944 Heady (French, Eastern Washington...

Editorial.
Arthur C. Clarke, famous science fiction writer once pointed out, "How inappropriate to call this planet Earth, when clearly it is Ocean", as about 71% of earth's surface is covered by the oceans. The statement stresses the role and influence of oceans and world coastlines on different forms of...

Reproductive success of the Puerto Rican Vireo in a montane habitat.
The nesting success of a bird species can vary geographically as a result of differences in abundance of brood parasites, particularly if habitat characteristics favor the parasitic species (Ward and Smith 2000, Purcell 2006). These effects can be exacerbated if the host has not evolved nest defense strategies following...

As long as you are a black man ...
Having grown up in London, I know and recognise all of the comments that Stella speaks about--"that African shop" and knowing "nothing about what is in Africa", all based on ignorance, the same ignorance that I have to correct other Ghanaian and Tanzanian friends who call all Jamaicans thieves...

Multiple events of dispersal and radiation of the tribe Miconieae (Melastomataceae) in the Caribbean.
Introduction The Caribbean biogeographic region comprises over 115 islands and hundreds of keys and islets in the West Indies and the Bahamas, extending in an arc from 24 N to 10 N. The region as a whole has a complex geological history, with some of the islands...

Plant conservation in the Caribbean Island biodiversity hotspot.
Introduction The Caribbean Islands, comprising the Bahamas, Greater and Lesser Antilles and some islands located off the northern coast of South America, represent the most important insular system of the New World. As one of the 34 biodiversity hotspots sensu Mittermeier et al. (2004), these islands representa...

Caribbean Island asteraceae: systematics, molecules, and conservation on a biodiversity hotspot.
Endemicity on the Caribbean Islands, Advances in Systematics, and Conservation Status Sunflower genera endemic to islands have provided outstanding examples of speciation through adaptive radiation (Adsersen, 1995; Givnish, 1998). The best known ones are found in the Macaronesian Islands [e.g., Argyranthemum, ca. 24 species (Francisco-Ortega et al.,...