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An Evaluation Of Processed Aspen Chips As A Source Of Roughage For Lactating Cows, L.J. Fisher Nov 1978

An Evaluation Of Processed Aspen Chips As A Source Of Roughage For Lactating Cows, L.J. Fisher

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.


Aquatic Vascular Plants In Three Bays Of Eastern Door County, Wisconsin, Peter J. Salamun Oct 1978

Aquatic Vascular Plants In Three Bays Of Eastern Door County, Wisconsin, Peter J. Salamun

Field Station Bulletins

Aquatic macrophytes of the western shores of Lake Michigan have received little attention from Wisconsin botanists (Ross and Calhoun, 1951; Curtis, 1959), probably because few localities are available for study. Severe wave action and unstable bottom sediments prevent the establishment of such plants in many areas of the lakeshore and intensive shoreline development has eliminated most of the hardy species which were originally present. However, three bays in eastern Door County (Rowleys Bay, North Bay and Moonlight Bay) support a considerable number of aquatic plant because they are protected from severe storms and are relatively free from human interference. This …


Predator Recognition Through Audition In The Black-Capped Chickadee (Parus Airicapillus), Karen Apel Oct 1978

Predator Recognition Through Audition In The Black-Capped Chickadee (Parus Airicapillus), Karen Apel

Field Station Bulletins

The behavior of bird species toward a potential predator has been investigated in various studies in which a live or model predator has been presented to the subject(s). However, with the exception of a few reports of the responses of birds to imitated calls of different birds of prey (e.g., Miller, 1952), little work has been done on how a bird's behavior is influenced by the vocalizations of predators. The purpose of this study was to record the behavior of free-living Black-capped Chickadees (Parus atricapillus) when tape-recorded calls of predatory birds were played back to them.


Nepal Studies Association Bulletin, Nos. 16-17, Nepal Studies Association, Donald A. Messerschmidt Oct 1978

Nepal Studies Association Bulletin, Nos. 16-17, Nepal Studies Association, Donald A. Messerschmidt

Nepal Studies Association Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Attributes Of The Deer Hunting Experience: A Cluster-Analytic Study, Jacob Hautaluoma, Perry J. Brown Oct 1978

Attributes Of The Deer Hunting Experience: A Cluster-Analytic Study, Jacob Hautaluoma, Perry J. Brown

Forest Management Faculty Publications

Using data from Washington State deer hunters, this paper reports on a cluster analytic study of the attributes of the deer hunting experience. The data were collected by mail questionnaire from 3,924 deer hunters by Potter, Hendee, and Clark (1973). Scaled data were subjected to a variable cluster analysis, and then variable clusters were used in an object cluster analysis of hunters. Several dimensions of the deer hunting experience which add to or detract from satisfaction, and groups of hunters reacting differently to these dimensions, are identified. Nature, harvest, equipment, out-group contact, and skill are identified as important attributes of …


Influence Of Nitrogen Fertilization On The Quality And Quantity Of Streamflow From A Forested Watershed, George B. Coltharp, Michael T. Shearer, Everett P. Springer, Robert F. Wittwer Oct 1978

Influence Of Nitrogen Fertilization On The Quality And Quantity Of Streamflow From A Forested Watershed, George B. Coltharp, Michael T. Shearer, Everett P. Springer, Robert F. Wittwer

KWRRI Research Reports

This project was designed to determine the effects of nitrogen fertilization on the quality and quantity of streamflow eminating from an eastern hardwood forest watershed. A 40.67 ha watershed, located in mountainous eastern Kentucky, was aerially fertilized in late April 1975. The forest stand was principally oak, hickory, and yellow poplar, 50 - 55 years of age and in a relatively undisturbed condition. A helicopter applied anunonium nitrate at a rate of 504 kg/ha. Because a large part of applied nitrogen fertilizer ends up in the highly mobile nitrate nitrogen.form, this is the principal ion monitored in this study. No …


Forest Vegetation Of Ozaukee County, Larry R. Brumm Apr 1978

Forest Vegetation Of Ozaukee County, Larry R. Brumm

Field Station Bulletins

No abstract provided.


Noteworthy Events From Spring To Autumn, Maria Plonczynski Apr 1978

Noteworthy Events From Spring To Autumn, Maria Plonczynski

Field Station Bulletins

No abstract provided.


Are Trees Necessary In The City?, Chester Smolski Jan 1978

Are Trees Necessary In The City?, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"It appeared as a small news item: the Providence Park Commission had requested that 40 trees be planted along Atwells Avenue as part of the $2.8 million facelift scheduled for Federal Hill but the Providence Redevelopment Agency did not act on the request. Businessmen along the street were also opposed to the plantings because they considered that their shops would not be visible behind the trees and thus, they would lose some potential business. As a result, no new trees will appear along that business thoroughfare."


Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Environmental Impact Statement : Supplement To Draft Eis For Transmission Lines Prepared By The Department Of Energy, New England Division, U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Jan 1978

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Environmental Impact Statement : Supplement To Draft Eis For Transmission Lines Prepared By The Department Of Energy, New England Division, U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project

Consultation and Coordination During Preparation of the DEIS DOE, in developing the scope of work for the Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes transmission study, recognized the need for a great deal of consultation and coordination. Consultation, coordination, and public involvement were integral parts of the study design. As part of this effort, extent of experience in northern New England and location were important factors in selecting consultants for various portions of the study. The System Planning Study (Appendix A), DOE's first project effort, was accomplished in coordination with the electric utilities of the region, specifically NEPLAN, the planning arm of the New …


Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project Environmental Impact Statement: Appendix F: Terrestrial Ecosystem Analysis (Supplement), New England Division, United States Army Engineer Division Jan 1978

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project Environmental Impact Statement: Appendix F: Terrestrial Ecosystem Analysis (Supplement), New England Division, United States Army Engineer Division

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project

Construction of the proposed Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project in Aroostook County, Maine will result in the isolation of an area of land due to the impoundment behind Dickey Dam. This land area is located between the United States - Canadian border, the Little Black River, the impoundment (elevation = 913 feet), the Big Black River, and the Shields Branch of the Big Black River, and comprises 183,768 acres of land. A previous report (ERT, 1977) determined the forest types within two miles of the impoundment but did not extend to the Canadian border. This report addresses the forest types


Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project Environmental Impact Statement: Appendix G: Recreation Resources (Revised June 1978), U.S. Army, Corps Of Engineers, New England Division, Northern Maine Regional Planning Commission, Land Use Consultants, Inc. Jan 1978

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project Environmental Impact Statement: Appendix G: Recreation Resources (Revised June 1978), U.S. Army, Corps Of Engineers, New England Division, Northern Maine Regional Planning Commission, Land Use Consultants, Inc.

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project

The purpose of this report is to evaluate and describe the existing recreational use and resources of the project area and the encompassing study area and to project the future use of those resources both with and without the Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project. The primary impact area of the proposed project (project area) includes the St. John River watershed upstream of the proposed damsites to the confluence of Nine-mile Brook. The area is bounded by the watershed divide with the Allagash River on the east and the Canadian Border on the west. Major tributaries of the St. John affected by …


Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project Transmission Studies Environmental Impact Statement: Appendix A, United States Department Of Energy Jan 1978

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project Transmission Studies Environmental Impact Statement: Appendix A, United States Department Of Energy

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project

The U.S. Departments of the Interior and Energy have conducted system planning, location, and environmental studies for the trans-mission facilities required for the Dickey-Lincoln School Hydroelectric Project. These studies of many alternate routes have resulted in iden-tification of a proposed transmission line route, and an environmental impact statement, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. This report, documenting an early phase of the overall studies, was first published by the Department of the Interior in February 1977. It is being republished as Appendix A to the DOE Environmental Impact Statement for the project.


Alternative Power Transmission Corridors. Map Volume., United States. Department Of Energy Jan 1978

Alternative Power Transmission Corridors. Map Volume., United States. Department Of Energy

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project

Source data for base map taken from US Geological Survey Topographic Maps. 1:250.000 scale series. Horizontal and vertical control depicted herein is relative to the U S.G S source maps.


Revised Draft Impact Statement Issued For Dickey-Lincoln, New England Division, United States Army Corps Of Engineers Jan 1978

Revised Draft Impact Statement Issued For Dickey-Lincoln, New England Division, United States Army Corps Of Engineers

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project

The revised draft combines data previously published in two separate impact statements prepared by the Corps relating to the dams, reservoirs and Power Plants and by the U. S. Department of Energy for transmission facilities to link the St. John River development to the New England power grid.


Draft Environmental Impact Statement : Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Transmission Project, United States Department Of Energy Jan 1978

Draft Environmental Impact Statement : Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Transmission Project, United States Department Of Energy

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project

This draft environmental impact statement (EIS) will describe the environmental impacts of transmission plans of the Department of Energy (DOE) for the proposed Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project. Electric power produced by the project is to be integrated into the New England electric system if the project is constructed.


Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Transmission Project : Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Transmission Eis Study Team, United States. Department Of Energy Jan 1978

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Transmission Project : Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Transmission Eis Study Team, United States. Department Of Energy

Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project

This report summarizes the results of system planning, environmental, and location studies for transmission facilities associated with the proposed Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project in northern Maine. The studies recommend the construction of two 345-kV transmission circuits from a substation near the project along a route through western Maine into northern New Hampshire and Vermont. The plan will integrate the power produced by the project into the New England Power Pool Transmission System.


Field Response Of The Southern Pine Beetle To Behavioral Chemicals, T.L. Payne, Jack E. Coster, L.J. Edson, E.R. Hart, J.V. Richerson Jan 1978

Field Response Of The Southern Pine Beetle To Behavioral Chemicals, T.L. Payne, Jack E. Coster, L.J. Edson, E.R. Hart, J.V. Richerson

Faculty Publications

Field tests were conducted in East Texas in 1973-77 to evaluate the influence of 7 behavioral chemicals on the flight and landing behavior of the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmerman. A mixture of frontalin plus host tree volatiles attracted flying beetles within an infestation. Trans-verbenol synergized the activity of frontalin and substituted for host tree volatiles, expinene and loblolly turpentine. Verbenone in a 1: 1 ratio with frontalin did not significantly affect trap catch. At higher concentrations of verbenone, trap catch was significantly reduced. Endobrevicomin inhibited trap catch when added to an attractant-baited trap. Exo-brevicomin showed no …


Probability Of Attack By Southern Pine Beetle In Relation To Distance From An Attractive Host Tree, Paul C. Johnson, Jack E. Coster Jan 1978

Probability Of Attack By Southern Pine Beetle In Relation To Distance From An Attractive Host Tree, Paul C. Johnson, Jack E. Coster

Faculty Publications

The pattern of southern pine beetle (SPB) attack was examined in two infestations in East Texas to determine the probability of host tree attack (PA) as a function of distance (X) from a recently attacked tree (pheromone source). In an infestation having a low rate of newly attacked trees per day and only a few pheromone sources occurring simultaneously, distance was a critical factor in determining PA. The probability decreased as In X, and was described by the regression model, PA=0.06757- 0.2583 In X. Distance, however, was less critical in a larger infestation which had multiple pheromone sources occurring simultaneously …


A Simple Model For Predicting Annual Numbers Of Southern Pine Beetle Infestations In East Texas, James Kroll, Hershel C. Reeves Jan 1978

A Simple Model For Predicting Annual Numbers Of Southern Pine Beetle Infestations In East Texas, James Kroll, Hershel C. Reeves

Faculty Publications

Eleven climatic variables, recorded during the period 1966-76, were used to develop a multiple linear regression model for predicting potential number of southern pine beetle (SPB) infestations for east Texas. Four climatic variables were significantly (P < 0.05) related to numbers of SPB infestations. These were (1) mean temperature for February of current year, (2) total rainfall for previous summer, (3) total rain fall for previous fall, and (4) total rainfall for previous spring. The regression analysis accounted for 90.7 percent of the variation in yearly numbers of SPB infestations.


Nepal Studies Association Bulletin, No. 15, Nepal Studies Association, Donald A. Messerschmidt Jan 1978

Nepal Studies Association Bulletin, No. 15, Nepal Studies Association, Donald A. Messerschmidt

Nepal Studies Association Newsletter

No abstract provided.


The Opportunity Spectrum -- Concept And Behavioral Information In Outdoor Recreation Resource Supply Inventories: Background And Application, Perry J. Brown, B. L. Driver, C. Mcconnell Jan 1978

The Opportunity Spectrum -- Concept And Behavioral Information In Outdoor Recreation Resource Supply Inventories: Background And Application, Perry J. Brown, B. L. Driver, C. Mcconnell

Forest Management Faculty Publications

The paper describes an outdoor recreation resource (ORR) Supply Inventory and Classification (SIC) System that is being developed for multiple use natural resource planning. Four previously developed ORR SIC’s on which this system was built are described briefly. A general model for natural resource planning is presented to show how the proposed ORR SIC fits into a larger planning framework.

The proposed SIC System is described and its application for regional and unit planning is explained. Relationships between OR consumers' preferences for specific types of satisfying experiences and their preferences for specific attributes of the physical, social, and managerial settings …


Distribution Of Biomass And Production For Several Northern Woody Species, T.R. Crow, R.W. Blank Jan 1978

Distribution Of Biomass And Production For Several Northern Woody Species, T.R. Crow, R.W. Blank

Aspen Bibliography

Relative distributions of biomass and net primary production among plant components are reported for three tree species and four shrub species common to the northern deciduous forest.


Root Suckering In Young Aspen, Girdled, Defoliated, And Decapitated At Various Seasons, George A. Schier Jan 1978

Root Suckering In Young Aspen, Girdled, Defoliated, And Decapitated At Various Seasons, George A. Schier

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.


Equations For Estimating Stand Establishment, Release, And Thinning Costs In The Lake States, Jeffrey T. Olson, Allen L. Lundgreen, Dietmar Rose Jan 1978

Equations For Estimating Stand Establishment, Release, And Thinning Costs In The Lake States, Jeffrey T. Olson, Allen L. Lundgreen, Dietmar Rose

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.


Effect Of Cold Storage On Development Of Suckers On Aspen Root Cuttings, George A. Schier, R.B. Campbell Jan 1978

Effect Of Cold Storage On Development Of Suckers On Aspen Root Cuttings, George A. Schier, R.B. Campbell

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.


Variation In Suckering Capacity Among And Within Lateral Roots Of An Aspen Clone, George A. Schier Jan 1978

Variation In Suckering Capacity Among And Within Lateral Roots Of An Aspen Clone, George A. Schier

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.


A Hydrologic Model Of Aspen-Conifer Succession In The Western United States, Richard A. Jaynes Jan 1978

A Hydrologic Model Of Aspen-Conifer Succession In The Western United States, Richard A. Jaynes

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.


Five-Year Growth And Development In A Virgin Arizona Mixed Conifer Stand, G.J. Gottfried Jan 1978

Five-Year Growth And Development In A Virgin Arizona Mixed Conifer Stand, G.J. Gottfried

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.


Characterizing The Growth Dynamics Of Lake States Aspen, Thomas Edward Burk Jan 1978

Characterizing The Growth Dynamics Of Lake States Aspen, Thomas Edward Burk

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.