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Genetic Variability In Developing Periodical Cicadas, Alvan A. Karlin, Eric C. Stout, Lance T. Adams, Lisa R. Duke, James J. English
Genetic Variability In Developing Periodical Cicadas, Alvan A. Karlin, Eric C. Stout, Lance T. Adams, Lisa R. Duke, James J. English
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
There are few events in nature that are more predictable than the emergence of periodical cicadas. The insects emerge from the ground after 13 or 17 years (depending on brood and species) of development. Karlin et al., (1991) biochemically examined over 750 Magicicada tredecassini belonging to Brood XIX which emerged during the spring of 1985. In this study they found evidence for rapid deterioration of heterozygosity for two esterase loci,Gi-3-pdh and Gpi, and suggested that this deterioration may be related to differential mating classes. To test this hypothesis, we re-sampled from this same brood at the same location during fall …
Aquatic Macrophytes Of Two Small Northwest Arkansas Reservoirs, John J. Sullivan, Arthur V. Brown
Aquatic Macrophytes Of Two Small Northwest Arkansas Reservoirs, John J. Sullivan, Arthur V. Brown
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Lake Fayetteville and Lake Wedington are small reservoirs of about the same size and age that are located in northwestern Arkansas. We collected macrophytes from eleven transects around each reservoir in the autumn of 1993. Justicia (waterwillow), Typha (cat-tail), Scirpus (bulrush), Potamogeton (pondweed), and Zannichellia (horned pondweed) occur in both reservoirs. Justicia occurs most commonly in both reservoirs. The macrophytes of Lake Wedington are organized in a characteristic zonation pattern with bands from shore toward open water of emergent, floating-leaved, then submersed macrophytes. Macrophyte zonation was not as evident in Lake Fayetteville because of the low occurrence of floating leaved …
Burying Beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae, Nicrophorus) Surveys On Poteau Ranger District, Ouachita National Forest, Joseph C. Neal, M. Earl Stewart, Warren G. Montague
Burying Beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae, Nicrophorus) Surveys On Poteau Ranger District, Ouachita National Forest, Joseph C. Neal, M. Earl Stewart, Warren G. Montague
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Surveys for American burying beetles {Nicrophorus americanus Oliver) were conducted in west-central Arkansas on Poteau Ranger District of the Ouachita National Forest in1992 and 1993. A total of 2450 Nicrophorus specimens were captured in1098 trap nights. The most frequently captured specimens were N. orbicollis, N. tomentosus, and N. pustulatus. One specimen of N. americanus was also captures. Other species of beetles were also trapped and identified in this survey. Habitats sampled were primarily well-drained uplands with proposed or recent harvests of shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata). It appears that these habitats may not harbor extensive populations of N. americanus onPoteau RD.