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Limnological Aspects Of Upland Island: A Wilderness Area In East Texas, J. A. Sidnell, C W. Reed, J. D. Mccullough

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Population Decline Of The Endangered Indiana Bat, Myotis Sodalis, In Arkansas, Michael J. Harvey, V. Rick Mcdaniel

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Harvest Trends Of The Bobcat (Felix Rufus) In Arkansas, C. Renn Tumlison, V. Rick Mcdaniel

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Arkansas bobcat fur harvest records were examined in relation to forest cover, furbuyer distribution, and price. Availability of forest cover correlated with areas of greatest harvest, and a dynamic forest products industry in southern Arkansas is believed to support a greater density, and therefore greater harvest, of bobcats. Comparison of furbuyer distribution with harvest level among physiographic regions suggested that the fur industry in southern Arkansas could expand. Prices increased dramatically in the 1970's, and 94.5% of the variation in harvest level could be explained by price.

Floristic Composition And Management Of East Texas Pitcher Plant Bogs, E. S. Nixon, J. R. Ward

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of The Symbiotic Fauna Of The Family Plethodontidae In The Ouachita Mountains Of Western Arkansas, Douglas A. Winter, Wojciech M. Zawada, Arthur A. Johnson

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

During the spring of 1985, 101 salamanders representing six host species (29 Plethodon ouachitae, 25 P. caddoensis, 6 P. fourchensis, 23 P. serratus, 13 Desmognathus brimleyorum, and 5 P. glutinosus glutinosus) were collected from six localities in three counties in Arkansas (Polk, Scott, and Montgomery) and examined for symbionts. With the exception of Hannemania dunni, all symbionts recovered from the first five species listed constitute new host records, and the endoparasitic fauna in all species establish new locality records. Examinations revealed one or more species of parasites in 82% of the hosts. Eight species of symbionts (3 nematode, 1 trematode, …

A Bibliography Of The Ecological And Taxonomic Literature Of The Nebraska Vascular Plants, Gail E. Kantak, Steven P. Churchill

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Over 700 references spanning 181 years are cited in this bibliography of ecological and taxonomic studies on the native and naturalized vascular plants of Nebraska. References are presented in alphabetical order and are numbered and keyed to a subject index.

Factors Regulating Settlement And Microhabitat Use By Spiny Lobsters Panulirus Argus, William F. Herrnkind, Mark J. Butler Iv

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Clumps of highly-branched red algae Laurencia spp. serve as important settling habitat for postlarval spiny lobsters Panulirus argus and as residence for early benthic-stage juveniles. Given choice between the 2 most abundant macrophytes in Florida Bay, Laurencia spp. and the seagrass Thalassia testudinum, postlarval and juvenile lobsters chose Laurencia spp. Postlarvae apparently use intricate algal architecture as a cue for settlement, whereas juveniles use both architecture and food abundance in selecting habitat. In tethering experiments, predation on juvenile lobsters was very high on open sand, much reduced in algal clumps and seagrass, and lowest in dense algal meadows. Predation …

Physiological And Anatomical Aspects Of Photosynthesis Of Two Agrostis Species At A Sub‐Antarctic Island, Philippa M. Drennan

Biology Faculty Works

Leaf anatomy, rates of photosynthesis, leaf N, chlorophyll, RuBP carboxylase and nitrate reductase were studied on the indigenous Agrostis magellanica Lam. and the invasive alien Agrostis stolonifera L. on Marion Island (46° 54′ S, 37° 45′ E). Leaves of A. magellanica were more deeply ridged, thicker and more sclerophyllus than those of A. stolonifera. Mesophyll cells of A. magellanica were larger but the number of cells per unit leaf area and the total area of chloroplast per unit leaf area were the same for the two species. Maximum CO2 assimilation rates for the two species did not differ (mean maxima …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 17, No. 4. December 1985

The Prairie Naturalist

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MOVEMENTS AND HABITAT USE OF MALE RUFFED GROUSE IN THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS, NORTH DAKOTA ▪ E. L. Bakke and J. W. Schulz

THE BIRDS OF KONZA PRAIRIE RESEARCH NATURAL AREA, KANSAS ▪ J. L. Zimmerman

VASCULAR FLORA OF RANSOM, RICHLAND, AND SARGENT COUNTIES, NORTH DAKOTA ▪ G. J. Seder and W. T. Barker

NORTH DAKOTA FLEAS. IX. SIPHONAPTERANS OF MAMMALS IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ O. R. Larson, M. G. McKenna, and N. R. Fellows

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Breakup and Sibling Dispersal of Two …

Dispersing Blackbird-Starling Roosts With Helium-Filled Balloons, Donald F. Mott

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Large (120 cm diameter) helium-filled balloons (2-10 per ha of roost) tethered about 8 m above the vegetation were effective in dispersing blackbirds and starlings from roosting sites. Bird population estimates before, during, and after balloon exposure showed that the balloons frightened the birds and caused most of them to abandon the roost. Roosting bird numbers at each of 5 test roost sites (0.3 to 1.7 ha) were reduced an average of 82% (min-max 47-100%) during 3 to 4 evenings of balloon exposure. Winds >16 km/h during the study made it difficult to keep the balloons aloft and not entangled …

Field Behavior Comparison Of 8 Species Of California Desert Ants, Jack S. Neal

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Replicate colonies were observed at three study sites in southern California. Hourly activity was monitored during winter and spring.

The time outside the nest ranged from strictly diurnal in Pogonomyrmex californicus to bimodal to nocturnal in Pheidole barbata. Four aspects of surface activity, foraging, nest work, patrolling, and convening, also differed among species in hour and/or in relative proportion of such activity. Finally, interesting species differences were seen in climbing ability, running time between stops, and response to air blasts (Messor oergandei and Pheidole barbata were the least aggressive). Solenopsis maniosa was one of the three worst glass climbers, along …

A Management Plan For The Conifer Plantations At St. John's, Collegeville, Minnesota, Paul Schwietz Osb

Saint John’s Abbey Publications

This paper describes and analyzes the 120 acres of conifer plantations at St. John's Abbey, defines the objectives of management and proposes a 10 year plan for the maintenance and improvement of the plantations. This management plan emphasizes the non-profit corporation's sense of stewardship with multiple use goals. The protection of natural resources is assumed. Aesthetic and recreational values are high priorities, yet educational uses, wildlife protection and timber production are also important considerations. The plan also assumes that forest management at Saint John's will be self-sustaining. Thus the revenue derived from harvesting and thinning will be used to support …

A Behavioral And Ecological Study Of The Fiddler Crab Uca Crenulata, Magali Hantson-Parker

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The social interaction and behavioral activities of a population of fiddler crabs, Uca crenulatat located in the "Aqua Hedianda" lagoon in Carlsbad, California, is the subject of this study.

Variations in environmental factors as well as seasonal behavioral changes cause an important fluctuation in the male to female ratio and in population density.

A daily and seasonal variation is observed in the different behavioral activities displayed by the crab colony and are caused by biotic and abiotic environmental factors and by intrinsic hormonal changes.

A male color variation from dark to light is related to behavioral changes during the breeding …

Wpa News 8 (1985), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (April 1985), number 8

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Presidential Address: Parasitology: Retrospect And Prospect, Robert L. Rausch, Gerald D. Schmidt

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Transcript of the presidential address given by Dr. Robert L. Rausch, of the University of Washington, at the 59th Annual Meeting, American Society of Parasitologists, August 9, 1984, in Snowbird, Utah, with a transcript of introductory remarks given by Dr. Gerald D. Schmidt, of the University of Northern Colorado.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 17, No. 1. March 1985

The Prairie Naturalist

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COMMUNITY ANALYSIS OF THE FOREST VEGETATION IN THE LOWER PLATTE RIVER VALLEY, EASTERN NEBRASKA ▪ S. J. Rothenberger

RECOLONIZATION OF A BURNED PRAIRIE BY MEADOW VOLES (Microtus pennsylvanicus) ▪ P. L. Vacanti and K. N. Geluso

AMERICAN COOT HABITAT IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ H. A. Kantrud

OBSERVATIONS ON PRAIRIE DOG DISPERSAL IN MONTANA ▪ C. J. Knowles

WINTER FOOD HABITS OF THE SWIFT FOX ON THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS ▪ D. M. Zumbaugh and J. R. Choate

BOOK REVIEW

Ground …

Biochemical Evidence For Hybridization In Fire Ants, Robert K. Vander Meer, Clifford S. Lofgren, Francisco M. Alvarez

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

Hybridization in social insects has been predicted on a theoretical basis by Pearson (1983); however, it is not a commonly reported phenomenon among ants. We recently found support for this theory when we discovered unique biochemical evidence for hybridization between Solenopsis invicta Buren and Solenopsis richteri Forel, two South American fire ant species that were inadvertently introduced into the southeastern United States.

The Vertical Distribution And Feeding Chronology Of Larval Bear Lake Sculpin (Cottus Extensus) In Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, D. Neverman Devroy, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, S. Ohlhorst

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

Preliminary sampling in Bear Lake, Utah/Idaho, with bottom trawls and larval fish nets indicate