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The 14th IMPR will be held July 14-19, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain -- Mark your calendars!
Check out the initial announcement is released
read moreNew Feature – IPS Envoys!
The IPS is delighted to introduce IPS Envoy posts, a new feature on the website designed to increase communication among phytolith researchers. Because the phytolith research community is so large and global, it is difficult to keep up with research conducted by laboratories outside one’s own region.
read moreFirst IPS Envoy Posts!
Check out the very first IPS envoy posts: Phytolith Research in Southeastern China, by Xinxin Zuo and Bioturbation: Unveiling the role of ants and termites in the phytolith assemblage of tropical soils, by Carolina Glaeser Benincá
IPS Envoy Posts!Announcing the Launch of PHYTO-CHAT-L!
We strongly encourage all phytolith researchers (IPS membership is not required) to join PHYTO-CHAT_L.
read moreNews from the committee on Phytolith morphometry
In 2022, the International Committee on Phytolith Morphometry (ICPM) launched a new project to study inter- and intra-observer variation in phytolith morphometry.
read moreInternational conference in Nice (France) about “Dung, manure and guano: garbage or brown gold?
read moreThe new code for phytolith nomenclature, version 2.0 IS NOW published !
The paper with its supplementary material can be downloaded for free on the Annals of Botany website.
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Looking for the paper Mineralization of fossil wood by Buurman published in Scripta Geologica in 1972?
Join us and get access to pdfs of articles in the phytolith bibliography!