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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Pollinator Listserv,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The
Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network Pollinator Thematic Network
(IABIN PTN) Needs Your Plant-Pollinator Interaction Terminology <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>* * * Please respond by July 30, 2008 * * * </span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Data on interactions between pollinating animals (bees,
butterflies, bats, birds, beetles, and others) and flowering plants in natural
and agricultural systems are often difficult to find and access. Your help is
requested in defining standardized terminology so that interaction data can be
effectively cataloged and shared within the <st1:place w:st="on">Western
Hemisphere</st1:place>. Please distribute this invitation to your colleagues
and friends, so that we will receive broad representation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The direct link to the terminology survey
is <a
href="http://pollinators.iabin.net/documents/IABIN%20PTN%20Terminology%20Survey.doc">http://pollinators.iabin.net/documents/IABIN%20PTN%20Terminology%20Survey.doc</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Thank you, gracias, obrigado,</span></font><font face=Arial><span
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</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#004000" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#004000'>Jennifer Tsang</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#004000" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#004000'>jt@pollinator.org</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#004000" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#004000'>Pollinator Partnership
(P2)<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">423 Washington St.</st1:address></st1:Street>
5th Fl.<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94111-2339</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
T: 415.362.1137</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#004000" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#004000'>F: 415.362.3070</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#004000" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#004000'><a
href="http://www.pollinator.org">www.pollinator.org</a></span></font><font
color="#004000"><span style='color:#004000'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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