Volume 48, Issue 3
March 1998
Cover image
Cover image
Cover: Social insects fall into two major categories. Life
insurers, such as this paper wasp, Polistes pacificus,
cooperate because the riskiness of foraging outside the
nest means that a single individual has a high probability
of orphaning her young. Fortress defenders cooperate
because their nests are valuable and difficult to
procure but can accommodate many individuals. See
article beginning on page 165. Photo: Colin R. Hughes.
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Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998
Editorial
Introduction
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Page 146, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioscience/48.3.146
Letters
Did the Brown Tree Snake Act Alone?
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Page 147, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313255
The Difficulties in Assessing Lectures
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 147–148, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313256
Response to Stephen Budiansky
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Page 148, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313257
Erratum
Erratum
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Page 148, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313258
Features
Understanding sea otters: Exxon Valdez oil spill engenders research that sheds light on these cute, cuddly creatures
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 151–155, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313259
Departments
Washington Watch: Rethinking roads in the nation's forests
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Page 156, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioscience/48.3.156
Articles
A Dim Future for Boreal Waters and Landscapes: Cumulative effects of climatic warming, stratospheric ozone depletion, acid precipitation, and other human activities
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 157–164, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313261
Kin Selection and Social Insects: Social insects provide the most surprising predictions and satisfying tests of kin selection
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 165–175, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313262
Improving Recovery Planning for Threatened and Endangered Species: Comparative analysis of recovery plans can contribute to more effective recovery planning
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 177–184, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313263
Departments
Education: Internet teaching resources for remote sensing and GIS
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 187–192, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313264
Society News: Ecological tax reform
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 193–196, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioscience/48.3.193
Special Book Article: The evolving role of the textbook in introductory biology
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 197–200, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313266
Books
A celebration of birds
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 201–202, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313267
Knowing the Names: Watching Nature: A Mid-Atlantic Natural History. Mark S. Garland. Illustrations by John Anderton. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1997. 270 pp., illus. $15.95 (ISBN 1-56098-742-1 paper)
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 203–206, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313268
A Tangled Tale Of Ancient Avians
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Page 206, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313269
Cracking the Great Divide!
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 207–208, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313270
A Thought-Provoking Compilation
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 208–209, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313271
Playing Poker on the Titanic
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 209–210, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313272
Biotechnology: Right or Wrong?
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 210–213, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313273
Pharmaceuticals and Forests
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 213–214, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313274
Beautiful Bonobos
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 214–216, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313275
Searching for Common Ground
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 216–219, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313276
Understanding Rarity
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 219–221, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313277
Textbooks
The bottom-up approach to biology
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 223–224, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313278
Publishing News
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Page 224, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioscience/48.3.224
New Titles
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Now Available In Paperback
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 224–225, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioscience/48.3.224-b
AIBS News
New AIBS officers and board and council members
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 227–229, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioscience/48.3.227
Calendar
Calendar
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 237–239, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioscience/48.3.237
BioBriefs
BioBriefs
BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 1998, Page 240, https://doi.org/10.2307/1313281
