Journals

[lazaah]

I am an undergraduate Botany major, ecology minor, wondering if there is any/many journals that frequently/speccifically feature this theme [for orchidaceae]?

Would like to keep up with the play in surveying methods, data collection, and phylo/genetics. Not so much interested in biochemstry or medicinal studies, but I'll take what I can get!

Much appreciated

[tropterrarium]

Have you gone to the library at your college? Start there.

There are some specialized journals in Orchids like Lankasteriana. Your other interests are wide, and there is, to my knowledge, no special journal for surveys of orchids, ect.. For that look at Ecology, American Naturalist, etc.. Data collection depends on what data you want to collect. If you think about data in Herbaria, possibly look at the SPNHC-Journal [pronounced "Spinach" in the field].

Systematics/Phylogenetics: Systematic Biology, Cladistics, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Phytotaxa.

Then learn to use Current Contents and the various databases. Talk to the reference librarian at your school about that. For older literature look at Biodiversity History Library.

Just off the top of my head as a non-botanist.