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A Preliminary Annotated Checklist Of The Foliose And Fruticose Lichens Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Barbara Jo Moore Dec 1963

A Preliminary Annotated Checklist Of The Foliose And Fruticose Lichens Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Barbara Jo Moore

Masters Theses

While much of the flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been extensively studied, the lichens have been somewhat neglected. Degelius' Lichen Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains (1941) is the first, and until now the only extensive study of the lichens of this area. Sharp (1930) mentions Gyrophora dillenii (=Umbilicaria mammulata) from Mt. LeConte. Cain (1935), Mozingo (1954), Sierk (1958), and Hale (1961) mention several species from the Smokies. Mozingo (1961) gives keys to the genus Cladonia both in Eastern Tennessee and in the Great Smoky Mountains.

The descriptions and keys in this study have been compiled …


Humulus Lupulus L., Leland Jacob Gier Oct 1963

Humulus Lupulus L., Leland Jacob Gier

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Vol. 4 No. 1 Oct 1963

Front Matter, Vol. 4 No. 1

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


Ticks Of The Nevada Test Site, D Elden Beck, Dorald M. Allred, Elias P. Brinton Oct 1963

Ticks Of The Nevada Test Site, D Elden Beck, Dorald M. Allred, Elias P. Brinton

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


End Matter, Vol. 3 No. 3 Oct 1963

End Matter, Vol. 3 No. 3

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


Mites On Kangaroo Rats At The Nevada Test Site, Morris A. Goates Oct 1963

Mites On Kangaroo Rats At The Nevada Test Site, Morris A. Goates

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

A systematic study of parasitic mites on kangaroo rats of two species at the Nevada Test Site was conducted from August 1959 to December 1961. The intent was to determine the kinds, numbers, seasonal occurrences and ecological relationships of mites in nuclear disturbed and contiguous undisturbed areas. A total of 1,256 rats from nine plant communities was examined.

The 6,208 mites collected represented 16 species including four undescribed. Fourteen were found on both kinds of rats. Considerably more rats were infested with chiggers than with mesostigmatids. Each species of mite occurred alone on its host at least 20% of the …


Front Matter, Vol. 3 No. 4 Oct 1963

Front Matter, Vol. 3 No. 4

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


End Matter, Vol. 3 No. 4 Oct 1963

End Matter, Vol. 3 No. 4

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


Reptiles Of The Nevada Test Site, Wilmer W. Tanner, Clive D. Jorgensen Oct 1963

Reptiles Of The Nevada Test Site, Wilmer W. Tanner, Clive D. Jorgensen

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Vol. 3 No. 3 Oct 1963

Front Matter, Vol. 3 No. 3

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


End Matter, Vol. 4 No. 1 Oct 1963

End Matter, Vol. 4 No. 1

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


Acer Saccharum Marshall, B. Berkson Oct 1963

Acer Saccharum Marshall, B. Berkson

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.


Vitis Vulpina L., B. Berkson Sep 1963

Vitis Vulpina L., B. Berkson

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.


Morus Rubra L., B. Berkson Sep 1963

Morus Rubra L., B. Berkson

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.


Humulus Lupulus L., George Neville Jones Sep 1963

Humulus Lupulus L., George Neville Jones

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Vol. 2 No. 3, Parts 2 & 3 Aug 1963

Front Matter, Vol. 2 No. 3, Parts 2 & 3

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


End Matter, Vol. 2 No. 3, Parts 2 & 3 Aug 1963

End Matter, Vol. 2 No. 3, Parts 2 & 3

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


Hard-Bodied Ticks Of The Western United States. Parts Ii And Iii, Elias P. Brinton, D Elden Beck Aug 1963

Hard-Bodied Ticks Of The Western United States. Parts Ii And Iii, Elias P. Brinton, D Elden Beck

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


End Matter, Vol. 3 No. 2 Aug 1963

End Matter, Vol. 3 No. 2

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


Solpugida Of The Nevada Test Site, Martin Hammond Muma Aug 1963

Solpugida Of The Nevada Test Site, Martin Hammond Muma

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

Study of nearly 1,000 specimens of solpugids collected in 1960, 1961, and 1962 from Mercury, Nevada, resulted in the identification and placement of 395 adults in 28 species. Eight new species are described and figured. Two new synonymies, resulting from proper association of males and females, are cited. Study of the seasonal distribution and relative abundance of the sexes of 12 common species has prompted general and specific deductions concerning the essentially unknown biology of North American solpugids. Systematic collection data furnished ecological information concerning the 12 common species.


Front Matter, Vol. 3 No. 2 Aug 1963

Front Matter, Vol. 3 No. 2

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


Viola Adunca Sm., M. Doyle Jul 1963

Viola Adunca Sm., M. Doyle

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.


Lysimachia Quadrifolia L., Virginius Heber Chase Jul 1963

Lysimachia Quadrifolia L., Virginius Heber Chase

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.


Lewisia Pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Robins., M. Doyle Jun 1963

Lewisia Pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Robins., M. Doyle

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.


Corallorhiza Maculata (Raf.) Raf., M. Doyle Jun 1963

Corallorhiza Maculata (Raf.) Raf., M. Doyle

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.


Viola Nuttallii Pursh, M. Doyle Jun 1963

Viola Nuttallii Pursh, M. Doyle

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.


Claytonia Lanceolata Pursh, M.B. Doyle Jun 1963

Claytonia Lanceolata Pursh, M.B. Doyle

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.


Lewisia Rediviva Pursh, M. Doyle Jun 1963

Lewisia Rediviva Pursh, M. Doyle

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.


Verbena Bracteata Lag. & Rodr., Virginius H. Chase Jun 1963

Verbena Bracteata Lag. & Rodr., Virginius H. Chase

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.


Calypso Bulbosa (L.) Oakes, M. Doyle Jun 1963

Calypso Bulbosa (L.) Oakes, M. Doyle

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.