Geoff Baylis Lecture 2009 - Steve Higgins " The Discovery of slowness - life in the plant lane"

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The Geoff Baylis lectures are a joint initiative between the Otago Botanical Society and the Department of Botany, University of Otago. Steve higgins talks about how impressive plants really are - the biggest, tallest, oldest and most dangerous living oprganisms on teh planet. He discusses how grasses evolved and changed the face of the planet, and how leaf phenology can help us map changes in atmosphere and climate. This lecture was given on the 9th of September 2015

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Geoff Baylis Lecture 2009 - Steve Higgins " The Discovery of slowness - life in the plant lane"

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Geoff Baylis Lecture 2009 - Steve Higgins " The Discovery of slowness - life in the plant lane"

Steve Higgins

Geoff Baylis Lecture 2009 - Steve Higgins " The Discovery of slowness - life in the plant lane"