Duke Bryology Laboratory, Blanka Shaw
Blanka Shaw  

 

Blanka Shaw (Buryova)

Herbarium Data Manager, blanka@duke.edu

Education:

Ph.D. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic 2004

Biography:

Born in the Czech Republic, studying eight years in Botany Department of Charles University, Prague, and working eight years as bryologist in the Institute of Botany ASCR in Pruhonice near Prague. I came to Durham, NC, in 2004. Since October 2004, I am working as data manager in Duke Cryptogamic Herbarium, where I maintain data bases of bryophytes, lichens, fungi and vascular plants, and oversee a databasing project of southeastern US bryophytes. I am participating on 'Sphagnum of Alaska' project sponsored by National Geographic Society, and on Liverwort Tree of Life project. I have extensive field experience in temperate and boreal regions of Europe and North America, with focus mainly on bryophytes.

Research:

I am interested in systematics of moss genus Philonotis, and in bryophyte diversity of montane, alpine and wetland ecosystems. More..


Publications in English:

Shaw J., Boles S. & Shaw B. In press. A phylogenetic delimitation of the "Sphagnum subsecundum complex" (Sphagnaceae, Bryophyta). American Journal of Botany.

Shaw, A. J. T. Cao, L-S. Wang, K. I. Flatberg, B. Flatberg, B. Shaw, S. B. Boles, P. Zhou, & S. Terracciano. In press. Genetic variation in three Chinese peat mosses (Sphagnum) based on microsatellite markers, with primer information and analysis of ascertainment bias. Bryologist.

Shaw A.J., Andrus R. & Shaw B. In press. A new arctic species of Sphagnum (Bryophyta) based on morphological and molecular data. Systematic Botany.

Hajkova P., Shaw B., Hajek M., Hinterlang D. & Plasek V. 2007. The role of base saturation and altitude in habitat differentiation within Philonotis in springs and mires of three different European regions. Bryologist 110(4): 776-787.

Buryova B. & Hradilek Z. (2006). Clonal structure, habitat age, and conservation value of the moss Philonotis marchica in Kotouc quarry (Czech Republic). Cryptogamie Bryologie, 27(3): 375-382.

Buryova B. & Shaw A.J. (2005). Phenotypic plasticity in Philonotis fontana (Bryopsida: Bartramiaceae). Journal of Bryology 27:12-23.

Buryova B. (2004): Genetic variation in two closely related species of Philonotis based on isozymes. Bryologist 107: 316-327.

Kucera J., Zmrhalova M., Buryova B., Kosnar J., Plasek V., Vana J. (2004): Bryoflora of the glacial cirques of the Western Krkonose Mts. Casopis Slezského Muzea, serie A, 53: 1-47.

Kucera J., Zmrhalova M., Buryova B., Kosnar J., Plasek V., Vana J. (2004): Bryoflora of the Upska jama cirque and adjacent localities of the Eastern Krkonoše Mts. – Casopis Slezského Muzea, serie A, 53: 143-173.

Sukova M., Scheuer Ch. et Buryova B. (2003): New records and ecology of Naeviopsis carneola in Central Europe with notes on other fungi growing on Juncus filiformis. Czech Mycology 55: 223-239.

Kucera J., Hradilek Z., Buryova B. et Hajek P. (2003): Hypnum sauteri and Lescuraea patens, two additions to the moss flora of the Czech Republic. Preslia 75: 255-262.

Kucera J. & Buryova B. (2001): Bryofloristic survey of the summit region of the Eastern Krkonose Mts. (Czech Republic). Opera Corcontica 36, 1999, 105-132.

Buryova B. et Kucera J. (1999): Two interesting bryofloristic records from the Krkonose Mts - Racomitrium macounii subsp. alpinum and Grimmia reflexidens. Preslia 71: 21-26.

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Last updated: April 2, 2008


 Shaw Laboratory
 139 Biological Sciences Bldg.
 Box 90338
 Department of Biology
 Duke University
 Durham
 North Carolina 27708
 U.S.A.

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