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First Record Of Leucism In The Genus Peromyscus (Mammalia: Rodentia), Issac Camargo, Evelyn Rios, Cristian Cornejo-Latorre, Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda

Western North American Naturalist

Leucism is a partial hypopigmentary congenital disorder previously recorded in several species of mammals. This abnormal coloration is unusual in the wild. In August 2013, in the Baja California State, México, we collected two Peromyscus fraterculus (one female and one male) exhibiting leucism. Leucism has not been reported before ingenus Peromyscus, therefore, we documented the first known record. Leucism is a reflex of low levels of genetic diversity in natural populations. It may increase selective pressure on individuals.

Influence Of Nonnative And Native Ungulate Biomass And Seasonal Precipitation On The Vegetation Production In A Great Basin Ecosystem, Linda C. Zeigenfuss, Kathryn A. Schoenecker, Jason I. Ransom, Drew A. Ignizio, Tracy Mask

Western North American Naturalist

The negative effects of equid grazers in semi-arid ecosystems of the American West has been considered to be disproportionate to the influence of native ungulates in these systems because of their large body size, hoof shape, and short history on the landscape relative to native grazers. Tools which can model the degree of influence of various grazers in an ecosystem and separate these effects from those caused by other variables (climate, anthropomorphic disturbances) can be useful to managers in determining location of non-native grazer impacts and assessing the effect of management actions targeted at different grazer populations. We used remotely …

New Flea (Siphonaptera) Record For Heermann's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys Heermanni), San Luis Obispo County, California, Howard O. Clark Jr., Helen K. Pigage

Western North American Naturalist

Three Heermann’s kangaroo rats (Dipodomys heermanni), from San Luis Obispo County, California, were examined for ectoparasites. Two species of flea were found,Meringis californicus and Hoplopsyllus anomalus. Occurrence of these two species onDipodomys heermanni has not been reported before and represents new host records.

Viability Costs Of Reproduction And Behavioral Compensation In Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia Affinis), Clinton T. Laidlaw, Jacob M. Condon, Mark C. Belk

Faculty Publications

The cost of reproduction hypothesis suggests that current reproduction has inherent tradeoffs with future reproduction. These tradeoffs can be both in the form of energy allocated to current offspring as opposed to somatic maintenance and future reproduction (allocation costs), or as an increase in mortality as a result of morphological or physiological changes related to reproduction (viability costs). Individuals may be able to decrease viability costs by altering behavior. Female western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis experience a reduction in swimming ability as a consequence of pregnancy. We test for a viability cost of reproduction, and for behavioral compensation in pregnant female …

Why Russian Inflection Is And Isn't Complex: From A(Ckerman And Malouf) To Z(Aliznjak), Jeffery R. Parker

Faculty Publications

Why do we care about morphological complexity?

• Typologically languages vary in how many morphosyntactic properties they express; morphological systems can have a large number of inflection classes, morphological distinguishers (e.g. exponents) to express these properties

• Paradigm Cell Filling Problem

Civilization And Self-Determination: Interpreting R.G. Collingwood For The Twenty-First Century - Part I, Gautam Ghosh

Comparative Civilizations Review

This article – the first of two – elaborates and endorses the understanding of civilization as advanced by R. G. Collingwood. Particular attention is given to two of his most neglected works, The New Leviathan and "What 'Civilization' Means." The New Leviathan in particular was written in the context of the rise of fascism and the prosecution of World War II. To support the war effort, Collingwood reconceptualized notions of civilization and linked it to a rationality of self-determination. Central to his argument are the distinctions he draws between civilization and barbarism, on the one hand, and between social, economic …

Residency Time As An Indicator Of Reproductive Restraint In Male Burying Beetles, Ashlee N. Smith, Mark C. Belk, J. Curtis Creighton

Faculty Publications

The cost of reproduction theory posits that there are trade-offs between current and future reproduction because resources that are allocated to current offspring cannot be used for future reproductive opportunities. Two adaptive reproductive strategies have been hypothesized to offset the costs of reproduction and maximize lifetime fitness. The terminal investment hypothesis predicts that as individuals age they will allocate more resources to current reproduction as a response to decreasing residual reproductive value. The reproductive restraint hypotheses predicts that as individuals age they will allocate fewer resources to current reproduction to increase the chance of surviving for an additional reproductive opportunity. …

“Much Dispute And Wonderful Contentions”: Modern First Amendment Values In The Book Of Mormon, Edward L. Carter

Faculty Publications

The First Amendment’s free speech clause, like the religious exercise clause, is profoundly counter-majoritarian. So the fact that a religious point of view is unpopular or out of step with a majority of society is not justification to suppress its expression. Rather, the unpopularity of religious views is the very reason why religious expression should be protected from government or private censorship. Free speech, including religious expression, strengthens and stabilizes society, enables the search for truth, provides a check on government power, facilitates self-governance and fosters autonomy. The Book of Mormon teaches Mormons to respect the contributions of free expression …

Joe's Shoe Repair 330 N 100 W Provo, Ut 84601 (801) 857-8027 (Ask For Joe), Zach T. Power

Inscape

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Interview With Elena Passarello

Inscape

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Sing C. Chew. World Ecological Degradation: Accumulation, Urbanization, And Deforestation 3000 B.C. - A.D. 2000, Tereza Coni Aguiar

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Paul S. Kinderstedt. Cheese And Culture: A History Of Cheese And Its Place In Western Civilization, Laina Farhat-Holzman

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Islamic Capitalism: The Muslim Approach To Economic Activities In Indonesia, Hisanori Kato

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise And Fall Of An Ancient Civilization, Mariana Tepfenhart

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Essay: The Great Literary Utopias Have A Nightmarish History, Laina Farhat-Holzman

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Co-Firing Biomass With Biogas In Cookstoves With A Fan, Manil Poudyal

Theses and Dissertations

Co-firing is a combustion process in which more than one type of fuel is used. In many cases, co-firing reduces fuel costs and/or reduces the environmental impact. The objective of this research was to test the hypothesis that adding biogas to be co-fired with biomass in a traditional cookstove reduces indoor air pollution and increases the combustion efficiency. The impact of co-firing on indoor air pollution is assessed by comparing the concentrations of carbon monoxide and particulate matter in the exhaust stream of a co-fired cookstove to a cookstove fueled with biomass alone. The concentrations of each of these pollutants …

Within The Quakies, Courtney Bulsiewicz

Inscape

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A Great Question Is Just The Beginning, Scott H. Knecht

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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Stoop, Jim Davis

Inscape

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Contributors

Inscape

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Full Issue Fall 2014

Inscape

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Landscapes Of Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park, California, R. Randall Schumann, Scott A. Minor, Daniel R. Muhs, Jeffrey S. Pigati

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

Santa Rosa Island (SRI) is the second-largest of the California Channel Islands. It is one of 4 east–west aligned islands forming the northern Channel Islands chain, and one of the 5 islands in Channel Islands National Park. The landforms, and collections of landforms called landscapes, of Santa Rosa Island have been created by tectonic uplift and faulting, rising and falling sea level, landslides, erosion and deposition, floods, and droughts. Landscape features, and areas delineating groups of related features on Santa Rosa Island, are mapped, classified, and described in this paper. Notable landscapes on the island include beaches, coastal plains formed …

The Contributions Of Donald Lee Johnson To Understanding The Quaternary Geologic And Biogeographic History Of The California Channel Islands, Daniel R. Muhs

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

Over a span of 50 years, native Californian Donald Lee Johnson made a number of memorable contributions to our understanding of the California Channel Islands. Among these are (1) recognizing that carbonate dunes, often cemented into eolianite and derived from offshore shelf sediments during lowered sea level, are markers of glacial periods on the Channel Islands; (2) identifying beach rock on the Channel Islands as the northernmost occurrence of this feature on the Pacific Coast of North America; (3) recognizing of the role of human activities in historic landscape modification; (4) identifying both the biogenic and pedogenic origins of caliche …

David Hale's Store Ledger: New Details About Joseph And Emma Smith, The Hale Family, And The Book Of Mormon, Mark L. Staker, Robin S. Jensen

BYU Studies

In December 1827, Joseph and Emma Smith arrived in Harmony, Pennsylvania, to live while Joseph translated the gold plates. Harmony was the home of Emma's family, and Emma's brother David Hale had a small store that was used for trading goods and work among the neighbors. David kept a ledger that records Joseph's purchases of leatherwork, a shovel, a pocketbook, a pocketknife, and a comb. Joseph sold some pork and traded his own labor, and also hired others to help him with heavy chores. The ledger is now in the collections of Brigham Young University. This document provides a unique …

The Book Of Jonah: Foreshadowings Of Jesus As The Christ, David R. Scott

BYU Studies

The book of Jonah is a remarkable story perhaps best known for the stubbornness of a prophet, the great fish that swallows and then regurgitates Jonah, the conversion of the whole city of Nineveh, and the rapid growth and death of a gourd. But this small book has a much deeper, more powerful message that has been obscured through the ages: that the Messiah would live and die to make salvation available to all humankind.

In images from Jonah's storm-tossed sea experiences to those in his prophetic prayer of affliction while in the Lord's great fish (belly of hell), the …

Foregoing Intellectual Powers: Exploring Social Instincts In "The Old Gentleman", Brittany Strobelt

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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The Motifs Of Water And Death In Rudyard Kipling's And Joseph Conrad's Short Stories, Shane Peterson

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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The Profane And Reverent In The Things They Carried, Tamara Pace Thomson

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Criterion: A Journal For Literary Criticism (2014), Criterion: A Journal For Literary Criticism

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Redirecting Disney Rants: The Real Angst Fueling The Negative Obsession With Disney Tales, Laura Randle

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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