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The Place Of Farm Animals In Humane Sustainable Agriculture, M. W. Fox

eBooks

It is not yet widely recognized that the livestock industry has become a major threat to the world's economy, the environment, consumer health, and the food security of nations and generations to come. Farm animals do have a place in ecologically sound agriculture, but, as will be shown, they have not been properly integrated either in the United States or in other developed and less-developed nations of the world.

Cultural Diversity & Adaptation: The Archaic, Anasazi, & Navajo Occupation Of The Upper San Juan Basin, United States Bureau Of Land Management

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

Recent work in the upper San Juan Basin has more than doubled the number of known, as well as excavated, sites. Without exception, this work has modified and expanded long-held views of the PaleoIndian, Archaic, Anasazi, and Navajo people who inhabited the area. The papers presented in this volume reflect these changes and represent the cutting edge of southwestern archaeology.

Effects Of Seeder Design And Seed Placement On Seedling Size And Cull Rates At Western Forest Nurseries, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Forestry

Nursery plots sown with the Summit Precision Seeder and the Oyjord Seeder were compared with plots oversown and hand thinned to desired spacings. We studied 26 seedlots of nine conifer species at five Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, nurseries. Results varied with nursery, species, and seed characteristics. Thinned plots produced less clumping and fewer gaps between seedlings, but showed little or no difference in seedling size, nor in the number of acceptable seedlings.

A Partial Glossary Of Elk Management Terms, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Forestry

This glossary helps define terms that have been misused during forest planning. Terms that were developed from research on the influences of timber sales and roads during the summer months have been used inappropriately when referring to winter range, hunting seasons, and other conditions. The glossary is based on the results of an "Elk Management Terminology Workshop" held at the University of Montana's Lubrecht Experimental Forest on April 3-4, 1990.

Plant Community Diversity After Herbicide Control Of Spotted Knapweed, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Herbicides and Pesticides

Herbicides were applied to four west-central Montana sites with light to moderate spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.) infestations. Althought knapweed suppression was high, 2 years after the spraying the communities were not converted to grass monocultures. No large declines in plant diversity were caused by the herbicides, and small depressions were probably transitory. By the third year, diversity had increased.

In Memoriam: Harold W. Beams (1903-1992), Richard G. Kessel

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Harold W. Beams, long time Professor of Biology at the University of Iowa, died at his home in Iowa City on January 26, 1992 after an illness of several months. Professor Bearns was born in Belle Plaine, Kansas on August 3, 1903. He received the B.A. Degree in 1925 from Wichita State University, the M.A. Degree in Zoology in 1926 from Northwestern University, and the Ph. D. Degree in Zoology in 1928 from the University of Wisconsin.

Back Cover

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

No abstract provided.

Calculation Of Barriers To Proton Transfer Using Multiconfiguration Self‐Consistent‐Field Methods. I. Effects Of Localization, K. Luth, Steve Scheiner

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

The usefulness of multiconfiguration self‐consistent‐field (MCSCF) calculations in computing correlated proton transfer potentials is investigated for the systems HF₂⁻, H₇N₂⁺, H₃O₂⁻, and H₅O₂⁺. In deciding whether to include particular molecular orbitals, it is important to consider the balance of electron density between the donor and acceptor groups and the interactions that are incorporated in the orbitals. Only orbitals which have the proper symmetry to interact with the transferring hydrogen need be included in the MCSCF active space. Reasonable transfer barriers are obtained …

Land Resources Study Of The Carnarvon Land Conservation District And Part Of Boolathana Station, Western Australia, M R. Wells, C D M Keating, J A. Bessell-Browne

Land resources series

A survey of the land resources of 36,343 ha covering the Carnarvon Land Conservation District and an adjoining portion of Boolathana station was conducted to assist future land use planning and management. This report describes the soil, landform and vegetation conditions of land units shown on an accompanying 1:50,000 scale map. These land units are components of land systems previously mapped at 1:250,000 scale for the Carnarvon Basin by Payne et al. (1987). As part of the study, further, more detailed land resource mapping and land capability assessments were conducted at specific locations. Land use planning and management considerations arising …

Paleoenvironmental Analysis Of Three Subfossil Coleopteran Faunas From The Toklat River Drainage, Central Alaska, Lisa L. Churchill

Senior Scholar Papers

Three sediment samples were collected from exposures along the Tok lat River. Central Alaska and analyzed for subfossil Coleopteran remains. Two samples arc Holocene in age (650 ± b.p .. and submodem) and the other is believed to be laic Pleistocene in age, based on stratigraphic interpretations. The Pleistocene fauna was representative of a tundra environment adjacent to a fluvial system. The older Holocene sample was indicative of a point bar deposit wi rh sl ightly moister conditions. although rhe occurrence of several tundra species was also noted. These tundra species were evidently able to make the transition from their …

Final Environmental Impact Statement Stanley Basin C & H Allotment Management Plan Sawtooth National Recreation Area, United States Forest Service

Final Environmental Impact Statements (ID)

This Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) documents the analysis conducted for the Stanley Basin Cattle and Horse Allotment Management Plan. The allotment management plan involves National Forest System lands within the Sawtooth and Challis National Forests. The analysis of the current condition of the Stanley Basin Allotment has found that the existing grazing system does not comply with the direction, standards and guidelines of the Sawtooth and Challis Forest Land and Resource Management Plans (FLRMP). The proposed action of this Final Environmental Impact Statement is to bring management of the allotment into compliance with the FLRMPs. The FEIS describes five …

Oil And Gas Leasing On The Thunder Basin National Grassland Final Environmental Impact Statement, United States Forest Service

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

This Final Environmental Impact Statement was conducted to analyze what lands on the Medicine Bow National Forest, Thunder Basin National Grassland in northeast Wyoming could be available for leasing and what conditions could be attached to future leases. Seven alternatives are described, and potential effects are disclosed and evaluated. These alternatives represent possible ways to manage oil and gas leasing on 520,000 acres that are available for leasing. The alternatives are: ALTERNATIVE 1, Leasing consistent with the Forest Plan (No Action); ALTERNATIVE 2, Leasing with standard and special stipulations, consistent with the Forest Plan; ALTERNATIVE 3, Leasing with standard and …

Ua3/8/1 L.Y. Lancaster Professorship Report, Wku Ogden College Of Science & Technology

WKU Administration Documents

Report by Dr. Blaine Ferrell, L.Y. Lancaster Professor about activities for 1991-1992 funded by the Ogden Foundation.

Fractal Character Of Two-Dimensional Fluid Mixing At Both Continuum And Atomic Levels, H. Z. Cao, John R. Hardy, R. W. Douglass, P. T. Dawkins, Steven Dunbar

John R. Hardy Papers

Studies in two dimensions have been made of the evolution of an initially linear interface between two liquid areas by both continuum hydrodynamics and molecular dynamics. It was found that at both levels the interface evolves into a fractal curve. While the limiting fractal dimensionalities (D) of the continuum and molecular interfaces differ, this difference is no greater than that that can be induced in the hydrodynamic results by marked changes in the initial conditions and/or fluid parameters. There is, however, a marked qualitative difference in the initial values of D. This is discussed and shown to …

Wright State University College Of Engineering And Computer Science Bits And Pcs Newsletter, Volume 8, Number 1, January 1992, College Of Engineering And Computer Science, Wright State University

BITs and PCs Newsletter

A ten page newsletter created by the Wright State University College of Engineering and Computer Science that addresses the current affairs of the college.

The Iowa Science Teachers Fall Conference, 1992, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Speakers ... 4
Housing Information ... 6
Pre-conference Workshops ... 7
General Session ... 10
Concurrent Sessions I ... 10
Concurrent Sessions 2 ... 15
Workshop Registration Form ... Centerfold
Conference Registration Form ... Centerfold
Application for Membership ... Centerfold
ISTS Sweatshirt Order Form ... Centerfold
Luncheon Information ... 21
Concurrent Sessions 3 ... 21
Concurrent Sessions 4 ... 26
Maps ... 33,35
ISTS Officers and Regional Directors ... Inside Back Cover

Iowa Academy Of Science Directory, 1992-93, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Board of Directors ... 5
Program Directors ... 6
Editors ... 6
Committees ... 8
Sections ... 22
Awards of Merit ... 28
Excellence in Science Teaching Awards ... 30
Past Presidents ... 33
Membership Roster ... 34

The Distribution Of Amphipods In Southeastern Minnesota And Their Relation To Water Quality And Land Use, James A. Muck, Raymond M. Newman

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

The distribution of the amphipods Gammarus pseudolimnaeus and Hyalella azteca was determined from 97 designated trout streams in Minnesota, along with temperature, conductivity, and nitrate levels. Streams were classified into 4 land use/geology groups. G. pseudolimnaeus was found in 11 counties and at 123 of 168 sites in 83 of the 97 streams sampled. Hyalella azteca was found in 7 counties at 26 sites m 21 streams. Spearman rank correlations showed a high degree of correlation between nitrate (range: 0-11 mg N/L), conductivity (range: 325-870 μS/cm), and geology. The relative abundance of G. pseudolimnaeus was negatively correlated with nitrate, geology …

13.2.15. Human Disturbances Of Waterfowl: Causes, Effects, And Management, Carl E. Korschgen, Robert B. Dahlgren

Waterfowl Management Handbook

Human disturbances of waterfowl can be intentional or unintentional. They may result from overt or directed activities or may be ancillary to activities not initially thought to be of concern to birds. Some of these disturbances are manifested by alertness, fright (obvious or unapparent), flight, swimming, disablement, or death. Therefore, persons responsible for waterfowl management areas should be aware of the problems from human disturbance and should design management and facilities that increase public appreciation of waterfowl.

In the last 20 years, the intensity of water-based recreation increased drastically, especially on inland waters. Waterfowl are wary, seeking refuge from all …

Wildlife Health Centre Newsletter, Volume 1-1, Winter 1992

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: Newsletters and Publications

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre is underway!
How the CCWHC will work
How to contact the Centre
The people involved
The logo
Disease update

Overview Of The Symposium On Walleye Stocks And Stocking, Daryl G. Ellison, William G. Franzin

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Staff Research Publications

Rising angler interest in walleye Stizostedion vitreum, a general decline in natural recruitment in some waters, and increasing demands for stocking have produced a need to evaluate stocking strategies. Such evaluations were the subject of the Walleye Stocks and Stocking Symposium summarized herein. Among walleye stocking evaluations reported in the symposium, 32% of fry stockings, 32% of small-fingerling stockings, and 50% of advanced-fingerling stockings were considered successful. Further improvement in stocking success requires research into the factors that affect survival. Matching stocking times and places to appropriate food resources appears to be a key element in successful introductions of …

Nebraska's Vanishing Species, Greg Wingfield

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Staff Research Publications

Nebraskans are blessed with a rich heritage - friendly, hard-working people, unique landforms and diverse natural resources, including native species of plants and animals. Unfortunately, an irreplaceable part of this heritage, our threatened and endangered species, is vanishing.
Simply stated, a threatened species is one likely to become endangered. An endangered species is one so rare that it is in danger of becoming extinct. Extinction is the loss of a species from this world.

Summer 1992, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

Fall 1992, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

Spring 1992, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

Podocerus Chelonophilus, A Testudinous Amphipod Newly Recorded From The Western Atlantic Ocean, James Darwin Thomas, J. L. Barnard

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Podocerus chelonophilus (=P. cheloniae), an amphipod inhabiting the carapace of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, is reported for the first time from the western Atlantic Ocean.

Wildlife Damage News, Volume 3, Winter 1992

Wildlife Damage News

CONTENTS:
Coons in the Chimney
Excluding Bats from Structures
International Resolution Supports Regulated Trapping
Species Profile - Woodchuck
Wildlife Veterinarians Adopt Position Statement on Oral Rabies Vaccine
NYS Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators Become Organized
A Wildlife Professional Talks About Animal Rights and Animal Welfare
Current Literature
Meetings of Interest
The Northeast Association of Wildlife Damage Biologists

Sea Turtle Conservation Program, Broward County, Fl 1992 Report, Curtis M. Burney, Catherine A. Mattison

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports

Since 1978, the Broward County Environmental Protection Department (BCEPD) has provided for the conservation of endangered and threatened sea turtle species within its area of responsibility. Broward County is within the normal nesting areas of three species of sea turtles: the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) and the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). The loggerhead is listed as a threatened species, while the green and leatherback are listed as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, 1973, and Chapter 370, F.S.

Since these statutes strictly forbid any disturbance …

Stubble : Friend And Foe, Department Of Agriculture And Food, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Several articles in this issue of the Journal of Agriculture discuss some of the important issues of stubble management. The articles are condensed from some of the papers presented at a stubble workshop at Geraldton in 1991.

New Yellow Serradella Varieties For Low Rainfall Pastures, Clinton Revell

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Large areas of acidic, sandy soils in Western Australia's low and medium rainfall, wheatsheep areas are suited to the pasture legume, yellow serradella.

In the past, a lack of varieties with suitable maturity has limited the use of this species.

New varieties developed in Western Australia and significantly earlier in maturity than traditional types can now extend the use of yellow serradella into these regions.