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Biomass And Nutrient Content Of Green Material The Size Of Medium And Large Litter, William E. Miller

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Analysis Of Four Common Play Patterns In Juvenile Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus Tridecemlineatus), Mary Melville

Field Station Bulletins

Young mammals spend a considerable amount of time engaged in activities which are called "play". The ethological literature contains much controversy concerning the definition and adaptive significance of play. Fagen (1974) characterizes playas active, oriented behavior with a highly variable structure, which apparently lacks immediate purpose, and which is often accompanied by specific signal patterns. He also notes that in playful behavior the adult sequences of behavior break down. Behavioral components such as threats, grooming and sexual posturing are performed in novel and rapidly changing sequences that would be nonadaptive in the serious contexts of adult life. Play in young …

The Effect Of Human Disturbance On Vegetation At The Wehr Nature Center In Whitnall Park, Mariette M. Nowak

Field Station Bulletins

During 1975 and 1976, I studied (Nowak, 1976) two woodlands at the Wehr Nature Center in WhitnaLl Park, Milwaukee County (Figure 1). My purpose was to document the vegetational changes brought about by human disturbance. The Wehr Woods, adjacent to the Wehr Nature Center Building, had been lumbered and grazed; while the woods along College Avenue is subjected to seasonal flooding, a result of road construction which had altered the drainage pattern. In each woodland, a disturbed portion was compared with an adjacent, relatively undisturbed area. The heavily lumbered and grazed portion of the Wehr woods will be referred to …

A Study Of A Population Of The Slender Glass Lizard In Waushara Co., Wisconsin, Thomas A. Pleyte

Field Station Bulletins

The slender glass lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus), a limbless member of the family Anguinidae, is one of the few lizards found in the state of Wisconsin. Records indicate that it is found locally in several sandy areas in the southern half of the state but little was known about its abundance in any of these areas before the present study was conducted in 1973 and 1974.

Nepal Studies Association Bulletin, No. 11, Nepal Studies Association, Donald A. Messerschmidt

Nepal Studies Association Newsletter

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Review: Management Science Applications To Leisure-Time Operations, Perry J. Brown

Forest Management Faculty Publications

Book review for Management Science Applications to Leisure-Time Operations by Shaul P. Ladany, ed. Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing Company; 1975.

The International Congress Of Scientists On The Human Environment, Kyoto, Japan, November 17-26, 1975 - A Report, Forest Sterns

Field Station Bulletins

The International Congress of Scientists on Human Environment was convened under the combined auspices of the Science Council of Japan; the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), Man and the Biosphere (MAB), the Scientists' Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) and the Special Committee on the Environment of the International Social Science Council (ISSC). The 519 participants in the Congress included 95 representing 27 countries in addition to Japan. The Congress was organized by General Secretary, Prof. Y. Fukushima for the Science Council of Japan, an elected group representing 200,000 scientists. The Congress built upon the 1970 Tokyo Symposium on …

Nepal Studies Association Bulletin, No. 10, Nepal Studies Association, Donald A. Messerschmidt

Nepal Studies Association Newsletter

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Terrestrial Ecology Of The Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project, Corps Of Engineers, New England Division, Environmental Research & Technology, Inc

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project

This introduction of the St. John River watershed is situated in a transitional zone between the Boreal Forest Formation and the Eastern Deciduous Forest Formation. Second-growth forests representative of these two ecosystems cover extensive areas of the project site. The boreal forest forms a broad transcontinental belt in northern North America and Eurasia, with southern montane extensions. This northern forest is characterized by evergreen, coniferous trees, predominately spruce-fir The eastern deciduous forest, composed of broad-leaved hardwoods, extends throughout the eastern United States except Florida (Dasmann, 1968; Oosting, 1956).

[Letter From New England Regional Director To Division Engineer, New England Division, U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers], U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project

The results of appraisals conducted jointly by this Service, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and your agency concerning bald eagle, osprey, peregrine falcon, and great blue heron.

Water Resources Development Project, Saint John River Basin : Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes, Maine, U.S.A. And Quebec, Canada : Design Memorandum No. 2 : Hydrology And Hydraulic Analysis, Section Iv - Lincoln School Dam-Spillway Design Flood, Department Of The Army, New England Division, Corps Of Engineers

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project

The first of four sections comprising Design Memo-randum No. 2. The other sections are: II - Dickey Dam - Spillway Design Flood, III - Lincoln School Dam - Spillway Design Flood and IV - Flood Analysis and Reservoir Regulation. la section I, hydro-logic studies will be confined generally to the drainage area of the Saint John River above the gaging station at Fort Kent, Maine. The purpose of section I is to present the climatological and streamflow data for the Saint John River above Fort Kent in order to establish hydrologic criteria for the design of the Dickey and Lincoln …

Report On Rare And Unusual Plant Species Within The Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project Area, Charles D. Richards, United States Army Corps Of Engineers, New England Division

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project

Report on rare and unusual plant species within the Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes project area. New England.

Effects Of Six Insecticides On Emergence Of Some Parasites And Predators From Southern Pine Beetle Infested Trees, Jack E. Coster, I. R. Ragenovich

Faculty Publications

Six insecticides (lindane, phosmet, diazinon, acephate, propoxur, and carbaryl) were tested to determine effects on predators and parasites associated with southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmerman, in eastern Texas. Eleven species of parasites and predators emerged from insecticide-treated pine bolts. The most prevalent species was Coeloides pissodis followed by Medetera lJistriata, Roptrocerus xylophagorum, Corticeus glaber, and Thanasimus dulJius. In terms of emergence from treated pines, only diazinon significantly reduced the total number of associated insects. They were 65% fewer in number following diazinon treatment. The insecticides differed in their effects on the 11 associates. C. glaber, C. pissodis, M. lJistriata, …

Endoparasitic Nematodes Of Ips Bark Beetles In Eastern Texas, Jack E. Coster, William Hoffard

Faculty Publications

East Texas Ips species contained 4 specific internal nematodes; I. avulsus (Eichhoff) were infected with Parasitylenchus avulsi Massey, I. grandicollis (Eichhoff) with Contortylenchus grandicolli (Massey) Rlihm, and I. calligraphus (Germar) with Contortylenchus elongatus (Massey) Nickle and Parasitaphelenchus sp. In all 3 bark beetles, infection peaked in July and August when 50-58% of adults from naturally attacked pine trees contained nematodes. Infection levels declined to 20-30% during January and February. Infected I. grandicollis and I. avulsus adults appeared lighter in color than noninfected adults. Nematode infection apparently delayed emergence of both sexes of I. grandicollis and females of I. avulsus. In …

Type Variability And Succession In Rocky Mountain Aspen, Walter F. Mueggler

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Most of the 6 million acres of aspen lands in the West occur in the Central Rocky Mountains. The ability of western aspen to occupy a wide diversity of sites, the great genetic diversity among clones, and the role of aspen as both a dominant successional and stable species severely complicate management. Such ecological and genetic diversity results in considerable variability in both resource production and potential response to management. Progress in classifying the ecological variability of aspen lands is slow; useful partitioning of genetic diversity is nil.

Kiln Drying Characteristics Of Studs From Rocky Mountain Aspen And Wisconsin Aspen, James C. Ward

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Aspen studs, 7/4-inch thick, from Rocky Mountain and Wisconsin trees will dry to required moisture contents within similar periods of time under conventional and high temperature kiln schedules. Bacterial wetwood occurs in both Rocky Mountain and Wisconsin aspen and causes severe drying problems from wet pockets, collapse, honeycomb, and ring failure. Presorting green lumber is a suggested solution to the wetwood problem.

Effects Of Clear-Cutting On Nutrient Losses In Aspen Forests On Three Soil Types In Michigan, Curtis J. Richardson, Jeffrey A. Lund

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Aspen Mortality In Rocky Mountain Campgrounds, Thomas E. Hinds

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Aspens die from canker disease infections as a result of mechanical injuries to the live bark inflicted by thoughtless campers. Dead trees usually are cut to reduce camper hazard. Aspen loss is related to campground age. A desirable aspen-type camp unit can be degraded to a treeless site of grass, forbs, and shrubs within 10 to 20 years. The management of aspen campgrounds must be altered if the resource is to be maintained.

Effects Of Clear-Cutting On Nutrient Losses In Aspen Forests On Three Soil Types In Michigan, Curtis J. Richardson, Jeffrey A. Lund

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The effects of clear-cutting on NO^-₃, NH⁺₄, PO^3-₄, K⁺, Ca²⁺, Na⁺, Fe²⁺, and Mg²⁺ losses were evaluated in three 60-year-old aspen stands in northern lower Michigan.

Bird Populations Of Aspen Forests In Western North America, J.A. Douglas Flack

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The patterning of populations of plants and animals is probably the result of selection over time of organisms according to their individual physiological tolerances, behavioral adaptations to an environmental complex, and geographical availability (Gleason 1926).

Some Properties And Characteristics Of Aspen That Affect Utilization In The Rocky Mountains, E.M. Wengert

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Water Quality Of A Range Watershed In Southwestern Alberta Prior To Aspen Clearing, T. Singh, Y.P. Kalra

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Sawflies Of The Holarctic Genus Platycampus Schioedte (Hymenoptera:Tenthredinidae), D.R. Smith

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Physiological And Environmental Factors Controlling Vegetative Regeneration Of Aspen, George A. Schier

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Aspen Market Opportunities: Lumber, Excelsior And Residue, Mark S. Koepke

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Preliminary Forest Habitat-Types Of Northwestern Utah And Adjacent Idaho, Jan A. Henderson, R.L. Mauk, D.L. Anderson, R. Ketchie, P. Lawton, S. Simon, R.H. Sperger, R.W. Young, A. Youngblood

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Following pioneering work in northern Idaho and eastern Washington by Daubenmire 1952, 1968, and later in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah by Pfister et al., 1974, Steele et al., 1974, 1975, Cooper 1975, Reed 1969, Ream 1964, and Pfister 1972, work was begun to finish identifying and naming the forest habitat types of Utah. Preliminary work had been done by Pfister (1972) on the subalpine fir and engelmann spruce series. This current work covers all forest land in Utah and adjacent southern Idaho including that covered by Pfister.

Field work in northewestern Utah and adjacent Idaho began in …

Perspective On Particleboards From Populus Spp., Robert L. Geimer

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Populus species particleboards have a high compression ratio resulting in high bending strength. Their low-porosity edges, advantageous in furniture manufacture, dictate close moisture content control in production.

Aspen roundwood is the primary raw material for composition structural sheathing. Populus utilization will likely increase as material sources expand and as new product develop.

Genetics Of Quaking Aspen, Dean W. Einspahr, Lawson L. Winton

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Frost Damage In Poplar On The Prairies, Harry Zalasky

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Frost cankers in poplar are freeze-killed areas of bark and wood around which woody calluses develop and form buris and frost ribs. Frost dieback is a freeze-killed segment of the stem at the base, tip, or mid-portion of a branch or leader. It may or may not enhance natural pruning or poplar branches depending on whether the basal parts are damaged or alive and able to form abscission layers. In addition to abscission, low temperature affects increment, growth patterns, and vigor of poplar. Tree become stunted from persistent leader dieback. Suckers, crooks, and sweeps also characterize many stands of poplar. …

Description Of Aspen Communities And Related Wildlife Populations In The Phosphate Strip Mining Area Of Southeastern, Idaho, David S. Winn

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