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Joint Venture Rice Production In The Solomon Islands: The Inner Workings Of Dependent Development, Sonia P. Juvik Jul 1987

Joint Venture Rice Production In The Solomon Islands: The Inner Workings Of Dependent Development, Sonia P. Juvik

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Agenda: Water As A Public Resource: Emerging Rights And Obligations, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jun 1987

Agenda: Water As A Public Resource: Emerging Rights And Obligations, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Water as a Public Resource: Emerging Rights and Obligations (Summer Conference, June 1-3)

Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors Lawrence J. MacDonnell, David H. Getches, and Charles F. Wilkinson.

This conference focused on the legal rights associated with a broad range of public uses and interests in water including recreation, fish and wildlife protection, and water quality. Evolving legal areas such as the public trust doctrine, instream flow laws, federal reserved rights, and wetlands protection were discussed.

Water as a Public Resource: Emerging Rights and Obligations considered the extension of the public trust doctrine to areas previously not covered by this concept, as well as developments in …


Distinguishing Adult Pectinophora Scutigera (Holdaway) According To Larval Diet By X-Ray Microanalysis, R. A. Lewis, P. W. Walker Feb 1987

Distinguishing Adult Pectinophora Scutigera (Holdaway) According To Larval Diet By X-Ray Microanalysis, R. A. Lewis, P. W. Walker

Scanning Microscopy

In an exploratory study using scanning electron microscope (SEM) based energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) of X-rays, differences were detected in the elemental compositions of adult Pectinophora scutigera raised on contrasting diets - cotton, Hibiscus tiliaceus and laboratory medium.

X-ray spectra were collected from the thorax and abdomen of 13 male and 13 female moths. X-ray yields are optimised by ashing the insects for 1 h at 400-600°C, and by operating the SEM at 25 kV.

Spectrum matching, element matching, discriminant analysis and principal components analysis were used to classify the specimens on the basis of diet with 54-100% success. Spectra …


Comparison Of The Diet, Feeding Behavior, And Habitat Use Of Mallards (Anas Platyrhynchos) And Black Ducks (Anas Rubripes), Michael J. Bennett Jan 1987

Comparison Of The Diet, Feeding Behavior, And Habitat Use Of Mallards (Anas Platyrhynchos) And Black Ducks (Anas Rubripes), Michael J. Bennett

Biology Honors Papers

No abstract provided.


1987 International Pinot Noir Celebration Program, International Pinot Noir Celebration Jan 1987

1987 International Pinot Noir Celebration Program, International Pinot Noir Celebration

Willamette Valley Archival Documents - IPNC

This document is the 1987 program for the International Pinot Noir Celebration (IPNC), held annually on the campus of Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. The program contains a detailed schedule of the celebration’s major events, presentations, and meals, as well as information regarding guest speakers, chefs, and artists visiting the campus. The program also includes a short description of all participating wineries for 1987, both foreign and domestic, along with a listing of the IPNC board of directors and all major supporters and contributors to the event.


Lucille Vinyard Journal 1987, Lucille Vinyard Jan 1987

Lucille Vinyard Journal 1987, Lucille Vinyard

Lucille Vinyard Journal Collection

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The Massachusetts Inshore Lobster Fishery, Peter Robertson Hoar Jan 1987

An Analysis Of The Massachusetts Inshore Lobster Fishery, Peter Robertson Hoar

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

The purpose of this thesis was to explore the limited entry alternative of fishery management by examining the history of a particular limited entry scheme: the Massachusetts inshore commercial lobster fishery license limitation law. A review was made of existing limited entry theory, followed by a description of limited entry programs extant in U.S. fisheries. The legislative and political histories of the Massachusetts lobster fishery limited entry program was then examined. The limited entry law was then analyzed by comparing what actually occurred with what is supposed to occur according to limited entry theory. A quantitative analysis of changes in …


An Inventory And Condition Survey Of Rangelands In The Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia, A L. Payne, G F. Spencer, P J. Curry Jan 1987

An Inventory And Condition Survey Of Rangelands In The Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia, A L. Payne, G F. Spencer, P J. Curry

Technical Bulletins

The inventory and condition survey of rangelands in the Carnarvon Basin, undertaken by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) between 1980 and 1982, describes and maps the natural resources of the region’s pastoral leasehold land. This survey report provides a baseline record of the existence and condition of the natural area’s resources, to assist with the planning and implementation of land management practices. The report identified and described the condition of soils, landforms, vegetation, habitat, ecosystems, and declared plants and animals. It also assessed the impact of pastoralism and made land management recommendations. The area surveyed covers …


Comprehensive Review Supplemental Document 1987, Southeast Research & Extension Center Jan 1987

Comprehensive Review Supplemental Document 1987, Southeast Research & Extension Center

Southeast Research and Extension Center: Reports and Administration

Contents:

Introduction
Extension Specialist survey
Extension Specialist Survey summary
Extension Agent Survey
Extension Agent Survey summary
Department Head Survey
Department Head Survey summary
Citizen Survey
Citizen Survey Summary
Summary Report of Extension Specialists Retreat
Summary Report of Extension Agents Retreat
Summary Report of Focus Group Interviews with Citizens
Summary Report of Department Heads Meeting


Iowa Academy Of Science Directory, 1987-88: Officers, Committees, And Membership Roster, Iowa Academy Of Science Jan 1987

Iowa Academy Of Science Directory, 1987-88: Officers, Committees, And Membership Roster, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Board of Directors ... 5
Program Directors ... 6
Editors ... 7
Committees ... 8
Sections ... 25
Award Recipients ... 55
Past Presidents ... 57
Membership Roster ... 59
Constitution and Bylaws ... 71
Meeting Dates ... 83


Full Issue, Vol. 9 Jan 1987

Full Issue, Vol. 9

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

No abstract provided.


R–S, Stephen L. Wood, Donald E. Bright Jr. Jan 1987

R–S, Stephen L. Wood, Donald E. Bright Jr.

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

No abstract provided.


Introduction, Stanley L. Welsh, N. Duane Atwood, Sherel Goodrich, Larry C. Higgins Jan 1987

Introduction, Stanley L. Welsh, N. Duane Atwood, Sherel Goodrich, Larry C. Higgins

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

No abstract provided.


Distribution Of Fish Within Headwater Riffles Of The Illinois River System, Washington County, Arkansas, Danny J. Ebert, Arthur V. Brown, Carolyn B. Fielder Jan 1987

Distribution Of Fish Within Headwater Riffles Of The Illinois River System, Washington County, Arkansas, Danny J. Ebert, Arthur V. Brown, Carolyn B. Fielder

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Quantitative sampling of fish was performed in five headwater riffles of the Illinois River System, Washington County, Arkansas during low flow conditions. This study revealed differing fish species composition, biomass and feeding guild segregation between head and tail riffle reaches in 1st through 3rd order. Thirty species representing 10 families were identified. Of this number, darters (Percidae), sculpins (Cottidae), madtoms (Ictaluridae), and central stonerollers (Campostoma anomalum) (Cyprinidae) comprised 67 to 98 percent of riffle head populations. Fish biomass was greater for riffle head areas (0.58-6.6/0.28-2.0 g/m2 ) within sectivores and herbivores dominating. Total fish numbers decreased from riffleheads to tails, …


Irrigation Agriculture In High Mountain Communities The Example Of Hopar Villages, Pakistan, David Aaron Otto Butz Jan 1987

Irrigation Agriculture In High Mountain Communities The Example Of Hopar Villages, Pakistan, David Aaron Otto Butz

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The interaction of humans with their geophysical environment has been a popular theme in cultural geography. Mountain regions have been common sites for such studies. Pakistan’s Karakoram Ranges, however, have received relatively little attention. Those studies which have been undertaken in the Karakoram are too general to yield credible descriptions or explanations. In addition, many approach human/environment relationships from a superficial environmentalist perspective. Recent efforts by agricultural development agencies to improve conditions in Northern Pakistan have created a sudden interest in the way traditional high-mountain farming communities interact with their geophysical surroundings. Unfortunately, development agencies concentrate on direct causal relationships …


Behavioral Responses Of Drosophila Robusta And Drosophila Tripunctata In Response To A Temperature And Humidity Gradient, Ellen E. Hostert Jan 1987

Behavioral Responses Of Drosophila Robusta And Drosophila Tripunctata In Response To A Temperature And Humidity Gradient, Ellen E. Hostert

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Temperature may be a major factor limiting distribution and abundance of species in the wild. It may be the main influence determining the seasonal abundances of two native species, Drosophila robusta and D. tripunctata, both of which have been collected from a lowland forest . Survival studies indicate that D. tripunctata does not survive as well at high temperatures (27 and 30°c) as does D. robusta (Seager, unpublished data). This suggests that the responses of these two species when placed in a temperature and humidity gradient may be responsible for the difference i n seasonal abundances noted by Jennings et …


Fisheries Report No 74 - Marine Resources Map Of Western Australia- Part 2 - The Influence Of Oil On Marine Resources And Associated Activities With An Emphasis On Those Found In Western Australia, H. E. Jones Dec 1986

Fisheries Report No 74 - Marine Resources Map Of Western Australia- Part 2 - The Influence Of Oil On Marine Resources And Associated Activities With An Emphasis On Those Found In Western Australia, H. E. Jones

Fisheries Research Reports

Part 1 of the text accompanying the marine resources maps dealt with the resources and the morphological, hydrological and meteorological characteristics of the Western Australian coastal environment. This subsidiary part is concerned with the effects of oil on marine resources and associated commercial and recreational activities.

Accounts of oil on the seas due to natural seepages appeared in Europe in the sixteenth century on the return of Spanish and Portuguese ships from voyages to the Americas. One of the earliest reports of oil pollution from a man-made source was in 1754 when leakages from wooden petroleum barges were prevalent in …


Nebraska Bird Review (December 1986) 54(4), Whole Issue Dec 1986

Nebraska Bird Review (December 1986) 54(4), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and Ivory Gull Reported … 70

“. . . On Our Nebraska Records,” Revisited … 71

By-laws of the NOU Records Committee … 72

Writing a Documentation … 74

California Gull in Keith County, Nebraska … 77

Avian Cholera in the Panhandle, 1985–1986 … 78

1986 Fall Field Day … 79

Book Reviews … 80

Cassin’s Sparrow in Garden County … 80

Notes … 81

Proximity Nesting: The Great Horned Owl and Red-tailed Hawk … 84

Index to Volume 54 … 86


Writing A Documentation, Barbara L. Wilson Dec 1986

Writing A Documentation, Barbara L. Wilson

Nebraska Bird Review

As the previous article makes clear, the written documentation helps birdwatchers communicate clearly about unusual sightings. Preparing the report can even add to the excitement of the event as one settles into a comfortable chair with the field notes and paper, chortling “Wait ‘til they read about this!” Then one relives the whole experience while organizing one’s thoughts for writing. Those field notes are an important part of the process, for they keep small but critical details accurate. Train yourself to take some kind of notebook or paper into the field, though in a pinch the margin of a field …


Marketing Physician Practices: Developing An Action Plan For Success, Barbara Steiner, Douglas Klegon, William Conway, Patricia Mccarthy Dec 1986

Marketing Physician Practices: Developing An Action Plan For Success, Barbara Steiner, Douglas Klegon, William Conway, Patricia Mccarthy

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


A Reclassification Of The Genera Of Scolytidae (Coleoptera), Stephen L. Wood Dec 1986

A Reclassification Of The Genera Of Scolytidae (Coleoptera), Stephen L. Wood

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

A taxonomic revision of the genera of Scolytidae (Coleoptera) in the world fauna is presented. Included are 215 valid genera and 273 invalid generic and subgeneric names. The type-species for each genus-group name was examined, including the type-specimen of the type-species in those taxa where a holotype, lectotype, or neotype has been designated—with the exception of four contemporary genera, the type-series of which are lost, and six fossil genera for which no effort was made to locate the types. Taxonomic keys to the families of the Curculionoidea, and to the subfamilies, tribes, and genera of Scolytidae are presented. Descriptions and …


Book Review Of "A Theory Of Technology", Carl J. Bajema Dec 1986

Book Review Of "A Theory Of Technology", Carl J. Bajema

Other Scholarly Publications

The definitive version is available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=BBS


Land Use In The Amazon: Soil Erosion, Sedimentation, And The Samuel Dam, Doug H. Graham Dec 1986

Land Use In The Amazon: Soil Erosion, Sedimentation, And The Samuel Dam, Doug H. Graham

Peer Reviewed Articles

Doug Graham received a M.A. in Geography in December of 1986. This paper is a summary of his thesis entitled "The Samuel Dam: Land Use, Soil Erosion, and Sedimentation in Amazonia." Graham conducted field research in Brazil during the Summer of 1985, with funding from the Tinker Foundation and the Amazon Research and Training Program. His immediate plans are to continue his training in Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.


Full Issue, Vol. 10 Dec 1986

Full Issue, Vol. 10

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

No abstract provided.


Chiropteran Enamel Structure, K. S. Lester, S. J. Hand Oct 1986

Chiropteran Enamel Structure, K. S. Lester, S. J. Hand

Scanning Microscopy

We have examined sectioned and whole teeth of Hipposideros diadema in order to provide a baseline description of bat enamel at electron microscope level. Intact and worn surfaces of whole teeth from representatives of all superfamilies of the suborder Microchiroptera, representatives of the suborder Megachiroptera, and the Ditjimanka fossil tooth have been surveyed.

Whole chiropteran teeth lend themselves well to non-destructive SEM examination; all except Dobsonia sp. showing evidence of prismatic structure at the outer surface. The majority of prisms in chiropteran enamel are horse-shoe shaped becoming rounded and complete only towards the outer enamel surface. Prism packing is typically …


Matrix Effects In Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometric Analysis Of Biological Tissue, Margaret S. Burns, David M. File, Vaughn Deline, Pierre Galle Oct 1986

Matrix Effects In Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometric Analysis Of Biological Tissue, Margaret S. Burns, David M. File, Vaughn Deline, Pierre Galle

Scanning Electron Microscopy

We have made several observations during the course of our studies that show the presence of matrix effects in soft biological tissue and standards. The sputtering rate of gelatin is approximately twice that of epoxy resin, but the ion yield of lithium in gelatin is an order of magnitude less than in epoxy. Osmium impregnation of freeze-dried material significantly alters the localization of calcium, but not potassium and barium. The absolute count rate for calcium in osmicated tissue is increased several-fold above that in freeze-dried tissue. Scanning electron microscopy of sputtered material shows the formation of cones during sputtering, which …


Paul Alan Cox And Joel C. Janetski's Review Of Patrick Vinton Kirch's The Evolution Of The Polynesian Chiefdoms, Paul Alan Cox, Joel C. Janetski Oct 1986

Paul Alan Cox And Joel C. Janetski's Review Of Patrick Vinton Kirch's The Evolution Of The Polynesian Chiefdoms, Paul Alan Cox, Joel C. Janetski

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


A Simple Solution For The Thorny Problem Of Park Protection: Focusing On Alternatives, David Mastbaum Sep 1986

A Simple Solution For The Thorny Problem Of Park Protection: Focusing On Alternatives, David Mastbaum

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

116 pages (includes illustrations).

Contains footnotes and references.

Contains 3 attachments:

1) Article titled, "No Park Is an Island: A Simple Solution for the Thorny Problem of Park Protection," by David Mastbaum, from Resource Law Notes, Natural Resources Law Center.

2) Paper titled, "National Park Service War Work: December 7, 1941 to June 30, 1944" prepared by National Park Service.

3) Paper titled, "An Alternative to the Allen-Warner Valley Energy System: A Technical and Economic Analysis," by The Environmental Defense Fund, July 1980.


Agenda: External Development Affecting The National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had", University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Sep 1986

Agenda: External Development Affecting The National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had", University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Daniel Magraw.

The conference will be held at the Aspen Lodge, adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park, Colorado.

It was Wallace Stegner who called the national parks "the best idea we ever had." The continuing increases in usage attest to their popularity. National parks are created to preserve areas of special scenic and cultural value for enjoyment and use. Managing the parks in a manner that protects the important values and purposes for which they were created presents important and difficult …


South Dakota Farm And Home Research, South Dakota State University Jul 1986

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, South Dakota State University

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

Director’s Comment: A south Dakota wheat line may be answer to Hessian fly in Morocco [p] 2
Woodies go ‘beep’: Wood ducks that talk to us have a clear message: oxbows are best nurseries around [p] 3
Lifestyle: clue to obesity?: Over half in survey said they were overweight; we cooperate in two-state search for causes [p] 6
Wheat: the checkoff: It’s an R7D’ program, an investment in our future, that’s been shown to pay off [p] 11
Wheat: the package: A new wheat means ‘maybe a profit,’ unproven until grower adds ‘other 50%’ of the package [p] 13
Alternative …