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Madrono, Vol. 60, No. 4, p. 362, 2013 EDITORS’ REPORT FOR VOLUME 60 Wearepleasedtoreportthepublicationofvolume60of presided over Madrono’s move to an online submission Madrono by the California Botanical Society (CBS) in process, and was critical in getting the journal back on 2013. Withthisvolumewearecelebrating 100years ofthe schedule. The CBS executive council is extremely grateful CBS. for all the work he has done for thejournal. The publication ofMadrono remains on schedule with This year we received 26 new manuscripts and 22 were anaveragetimebetweeninitialsubmissionandpublication accepted for publication. Several manuscripts were also ofabout8months.WehopethatMadronocontinuestobe carried over from the previous year. The 60th volume viewed as the best outlet for western botanists to publish includes two special issues: Tanoak: ecology, botany, theirworkinatimelyfashion,whilereachinganinterested history, and values (guest edited by Susan Frankel ofthe and relevant audience. This year, all the past issues of USDAForestService),andthisissuethatcelebratesnearly Madrono, from volume one on, have become available 100 years ofMadrono byreprinting articles byprominent onlinethroughJSTOR. Special thanks areduetoJSTOR, people in the history of California botany as well as especiallytoBarbaraChinandKatherineHarto,whowere seminal and important papers that strongly influenced extremely helpful in providing PDFs of articles on short later botanical work in California. notice for the use ofthe editor and to produce this issue. As Editors, we have enjoyed our interactions with The efforts ofnumerous individuals are critical to the contributors and reviewers this past year and anticipate continued quality of the journal. Among these are our continued submissions ofnovel and exciting work. Noteworthy Collections editor. Dieter Wilken; Steve ThisvolumerepresentsthelastoneofwhichI(Whitkus) Timbrook who has long provided the volume Index and will be an editor. I have enjoyed the opportunity to work Table ofContents; Annielaurie Seifert at Allen Press; and with the California Botanical Society in bringing forward the CBS executive council. We are also grateful to our articles and reports of interest to plant professionals and contributors for their interesting and insightful manu- enthusiasts. I have been honored to work with the Board scripts, and our reviewers who take time from their busy members overthepast severalyearsandto havetheirtrust schedules to assess the quality ofsubmitted work. inproducingthejournal.Thetwoco-editorsIworkedwith, Dieter Wilken will be resigning after this volume as Tim Lowery and Matt Ritter, have been extremely NoteworthyCollectionseditor.Dieterservedthereadersof supportive ofmy quirkiness and tardiness. In truth, I will Madrono in that position for more than 15 years and we not miss the work, but I will miss the professional and areextremelygratefulforallhisefforts. David Keil ofCal collegialinteractionsofeveryonewhohascontributedtothe Poly, San Luis Obispo will become the next Noteworthy productionanddistributionofasingularbotanicaljournal. Collections editor. Genevieve Walden is our new editorial assistant and has been doing great work in the position. Matt Ritter Finally, Richard Whitkus has been the copy editor for Richard Whitkus Madrono for the past 5 years. In his time Dr. Whitkus December 2013 REVIEWERS OF MADRONO MANUSCRIPTS 2013 David Ackerly Bonnie Heidel Robert Patterson Denny Albert Larry Hufford Mark Porter Paul Beardsley Kimberly Hunter Robert Preston Robert Boyd Christopher Ivey Nishanta Rajakaruna William Buck Kathleen Kay Jon Rebman Rebecca Burt David Keil Tony Reznicek John Callaway Ron Kelley Kevin Rice Chris Campbell Kenneth Kellman Joe Rocchio Gerald Carr Anne Kelly Stanley Scher Kenton Chambers Charley Knight Aaron Sims Robert Cox Jaun Larrain Tom Daniel Peter Lesica Larry St. Clair Mark Darrach Federico Luebert Shannon Still Mark Stromberg David Diamond Lucas Majure Lance Evans Don Mansfield John Strother Kern Ewing Marlon Marchado Dean Taylor David Toren Ezequiel Ezcurra Jim Mauseth Patricia Fall Joseph McAuliffe Claudia Tyler Laurel Fox Kyle Merriam Oscar Van Auken Naomi Fraga Michael Mesler Michael Vincent Linda Geiser Kathy Ann Miller David Wagner Robert Graham Nancy Morin Dieter Wilken Timothy Griffith Tom Mulroy Marti Witter Lisa Grubisha Seth Munson Dorde Woodruff Christina Hazard Guy Nesom Jenn Yost