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The talk will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, April 14, at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Lowman, executive director of the Marie Selby Botanic Garden in Sarasota, Fla., is internationally recognized for her work on understanding the life cycle of the canopy layer.
"Life in the Treetops" will be presented in the Schoenberg auditorium at the Missouri Botanical Garden. A reception and autograph session follows the lecture from 4 to 5 p.m. During her lengthy career Lowman has gone to great lengths to explore the uncharted territories of the rainforest. She has used ropes, walkways, construction cranes and hot air balloons to access the canopy. Her latest book, Life in the Treetops, details her adventures high above the rainforest floor.
Dr. John Dwyer is a professor emeritus of biology at Saint Louis University, where he taught for more than 30 years. When he retired in 1987, his family funded a lectureship in his name. Dwyer attends the lectures every year.
"The purpose of the lecture is to highlight the recent progress in biological research," said Dr. Peter Bernhardt, professor of biology and organizer of the lecture. "Because Dr. Dwyer is a botanist, we have tended to emphasize the field he is in."
The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, call 977-7152 or e-mail bernhap2@slu.edu.
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