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Evaluation Of Road Track Surveys For Cougars (Felis Concolor), Walter D. Van Sickle, Frederick G. Lindzey Dec 1992

Evaluation Of Road Track Surveys For Cougars (Felis Concolor), Walter D. Van Sickle, Frederick G. Lindzey

Great Basin Naturalist

Road track surveys were a poor index of cougar density in southern Utah. The weak relationship we found between track finding frequency and cougar density undoubtedly resulted in part from the fact that available roads do not sample properly from the nonuniformly distributed cougar population. However, the significantly positive relationship (r2 = .73) we found between track-finding frequency and number of cougar home ranges crossing the survey road suggested the technique may be of use in monitoring cougar populations where road abundance and location allow the population to be sampled properly. The amount of variance in track-finding frequency …

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Ecology And Management Of Medusahead (Taeniatherum Caput-Medusae Ssp. Asperum Melderis), James A. Young Dec 1992

Ecology And Management Of Medusahead (Taeniatherum Caput-Medusae Ssp. Asperum Melderis), James A. Young

Great Basin Naturalist

Medusahead is another in the extensive list of annual herbaceous species to invade the temperate desert rangelands of the Great Basin. Medusahead is not preferred by large herbivores and apparently is not preferred by granivores. Herbage of this annual grass enhances ignition and spread of wildfires. Medusahead is highly competitive with the seedlings of native species and is probably the greatest threat to the biodiversity of the natural vegetation that has yet been accidentally introduced into the Great Basin. Despite the obvious biological disruptions that are associated with medusahead invasion, the species offers a wealth of opportunities for students to …

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Post-Pleistocene Dispersal In The Mexican Vole (Microtus Mexicanus): An Example Of An Apparent Trend In The Distribution Of Southwestern Mammals, Russell Davis, J. R. Callahan Dec 1992

Post-Pleistocene Dispersal In The Mexican Vole (Microtus Mexicanus): An Example Of An Apparent Trend In The Distribution Of Southwestern Mammals, Russell Davis, J. R. Callahan

Great Basin Naturalist

The present distribution of the Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus) is not entirely the product of post-Pleistocene forest fragmentation and extinction; recent dispersal also is indicated. Literature records further suggest that this phenomenon may reflect a general pattern of northward range expansion in many southwestern mammal species.

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Conventionalism And Contractarianism, Noel B. Reynolds Nov 1992

Conventionalism And Contractarianism, Noel B. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

In this paper Noel B. Reynolds’s theory of law as convention is compared to the public choice contractarian theory of James M. Buchanan. While there are numerous similarities, major differences emerge. Only conventionalism can produce legal and political authority and norms to guide the use of that authority in maintaining the rule of law. The concept of constructive unanimity is introduced to overcome the ultimate failure of contractarianism to legitimate the authority of law.

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Lehi's Vision Of The Tree Of Life: A Cross-Cultural Perspective In Contemporary Latter-Day Saint Art, Richard G. Oman Oct 1992

Lehi's Vision Of The Tree Of Life: A Cross-Cultural Perspective In Contemporary Latter-Day Saint Art, Richard G. Oman

BYU Studies

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Weber, Spengler, And The Origins, Spirit, And Development Of Capitalism, John Farrenkopf Oct 1992

Weber, Spengler, And The Origins, Spirit, And Development Of Capitalism, John Farrenkopf

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Native Women On The Utah Frontier, Ronald W. Walker Oct 1992

Native Women On The Utah Frontier, Ronald W. Walker

BYU Studies

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Toward A Cross-Cultural Language Of Power: Sun Tzu's The Art Of War And Machiavelli's The Prince As Exemplary Texts, Ronald Glasberg Oct 1992

Toward A Cross-Cultural Language Of Power: Sun Tzu's The Art Of War And Machiavelli's The Prince As Exemplary Texts, Ronald Glasberg

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Padmanabh S. Jaini. Gender And Salvation-Jaima Debates On The Spiritual Liberation Of Women, Korsi Dogbe Oct 1992

Padmanabh S. Jaini. Gender And Salvation-Jaima Debates On The Spiritual Liberation Of Women, Korsi Dogbe

Comparative Civilizations Review

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The Historians' Corner, Ronald W. Walker, Dean C. Jessee Oct 1992

The Historians' Corner, Ronald W. Walker, Dean C. Jessee

BYU Studies

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Influences Of Sex And Weather On Migration Of Mule Deer In California, Thomas E. Kucera Sep 1992

Influences Of Sex And Weather On Migration Of Mule Deer In California, Thomas E. Kucera

Great Basin Naturalist

I examined differences by sex and influences of weather on timing and patterns of migration of Rocky Mountain mule deer (Odocoileus h. hemionus) in the eastern Sierra Nevada, California, during 1984–87. Deer initiated spring migration from the winter range at about the same time in all years and made extensive use of holding areas at intermediate elevations. Radio-telemetered deer showed strong fidelity to summer ranges over as many as four years. Fall weather produced different patterns of fall migration. Storms during October produced a pulsed migration, in which most animals migrated to the winter range during or soon …

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Biochemical Differentiation In The Idaho Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus Brunneus (Rodenta: Scuridae), Ayesha E. Gill, Eric Yensen Sep 1992

Biochemical Differentiation In The Idaho Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus Brunneus (Rodenta: Scuridae), Ayesha E. Gill, Eric Yensen

Great Basin Naturalist

Spermophilus brunneus is restricted to a 90 × 125-km area of west central Idaho, with two distinct (northern and southern) groups of populations within this limited range. Morphological differences in pelage length and coloration, external and cranial measurements, and bacula suggest that these groups are either very distinct subspecies or species. We used starch-gel electrophoresis to estimate the amount of genetic differentiation accompanying these morphological differences by assaying genetic variation at 31 loci in the two geographic groups. Fifteen loci were polymorphic (13 in the northern group, 12 in the southern), and mean heterozygosity (H¯) was high (12.3% northern and …

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Summer Habitat Use By Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse In Western Idaho, Victoria Ann Saab, Jeffrey Shaw Marks Sep 1992

Summer Habitat Use By Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse In Western Idaho, Victoria Ann Saab, Jeffrey Shaw Marks

Great Basin Naturalist

We studied summer habitat use by Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) in western Idaho during 1983–85. Vegetative and topographic measurements were recorded at 716 locations of 15 radio-tagged grouse and at 180 random sites within the major vegetation/cover types in the study area. The mean size of summer home ranges was 1.87 ± 1.14 km2. Of eight cover types identified in the study area, individual grouse used the big sagebrush Artemisia tridentata) cover type more than or in proportion to availability, the low sagebrush (A. arbuscula) in proportion to availability, and avoided …

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Use Of Lakes And Reservoirs By Migrating Shorebirds In Idaho, Daniel M. Taylor, Charles H. Trost Sep 1992

Use Of Lakes And Reservoirs By Migrating Shorebirds In Idaho, Daniel M. Taylor, Charles H. Trost

Great Basin Naturalist

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Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area: History, Flora, Geology, Climate, And Ecology, James R. Ehleringer, Lois A. Arnow, Ted Arnow, Irving B. Mcnulty, Norman C. Negus Sep 1992

Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area: History, Flora, Geology, Climate, And Ecology, James R. Ehleringer, Lois A. Arnow, Ted Arnow, Irving B. Mcnulty, Norman C. Negus

Great Basin Naturalist

Red Butte Canyon is a protected, near pristine canyon entering Salt Lake Valley, Utah. It contains a well-developed riparian zone and a perennial stream; hillside vegetation ranges from grasslands on the lower limits to Douglas-fir and aspen stands at the upper elevations. In this paper we describe the history of human impact, natural history aspects of climate, geology, and ecology, and faunal and floral information for key species in the canyon. The role and importance of Research Natural Areas is discussed, particularly with respect to the need to protect Red Butte Canyon—one of the few remaining undisturbed riparian ecosystems in …

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Soil Loosening Processes Following The Abandonment Of Two Arid Western Nevada Townsites, Paul A. Knapp Sep 1992

Soil Loosening Processes Following The Abandonment Of Two Arid Western Nevada Townsites, Paul A. Knapp

Great Basin Naturalist

Soil compaction was measured at four sites within two abandoned mining camps in the western Great Basin Desert, Nevada. Bulk density and macroporosity values were generated from soil samples collected in areas of different land use intensities in camps that had been abandoned for approximately 70 years. Results show that significant differences remain in bulk density values between abandoned roads and undisturbed areas in both towns, and that the areas around foundation peripheries are still significantly more compacted in one town. There were no significant differences between land use groups as measured by macroporosity. Estimated soil recovery, based on a …

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Dispersal Of Squarrose Knapweed (Centaurea Virgata Ssp. Squarrosa) Capitula By Sheep On Rangeland In Juab County, Utah, Cindy Talbott Roché, Ben F. Roché Jr., G. Allen Rasmussen Sep 1992

Dispersal Of Squarrose Knapweed (Centaurea Virgata Ssp. Squarrosa) Capitula By Sheep On Rangeland In Juab County, Utah, Cindy Talbott Roché, Ben F. Roché Jr., G. Allen Rasmussen

Great Basin Naturalist

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Stratification Of Habitats For Identifying Habitat Selection By Merriam's Turkeys, Mark A. Rumble, Stanley H. Anderson Sep 1992

Stratification Of Habitats For Identifying Habitat Selection By Merriam's Turkeys, Mark A. Rumble, Stanley H. Anderson

Great Basin Naturalist

Habitat selection patterns of Merriam's Turkeys were compared in hierarchical analyses of three levels of habitat stratification. Habitat descriptions in first-level analyses were based on dominant species of vegetation. Habitat descriptions in second-level analyses were based on dominant species of vegetation and overstory canopy cover. Habitat descriptions in third-level analyses were based on dominant species of vegetation, overstory canopy cover, and structural stages (dbh categories). First-level analyses showed turkeys selected for ponderosa pine and selected against meadow habitats. No conclusions could be drawn regarding forest management on habitat selection of turkeys at this level of habitat stratification. Second-level analyses showed …

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Full Issue, Vol. 52 No. 2 Sep 1992

Full Issue, Vol. 52 No. 2

Great Basin Naturalist

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Species Of The Cretaceous Tree Fern Tempskya From Utah, William D. Tidwell, Naomi Hebbert Sep 1992

Species Of The Cretaceous Tree Fern Tempskya From Utah, William D. Tidwell, Naomi Hebbert

Faculty Publications

Nine species of the permineralized stems of Tempskya were investigated from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain and Burro Canyon Formations, and the lower Upper Cretaceous Dakota Formation in central and southeastern Utah. Tempskya jonesii, T. stichkae, and T. readii are new and are differentiated on the basis of the radial orientation of their dorsiventral stems, their internodal lengths, the lack of sclerenchyma in the inner cortex of T. jonesii, the three nearly continuous zones of sclerenchyma in the inner cortex off T. stichkae, and the completely sclerotic inner cortex of T. readii. Specimens of T. jonesii and T. minor were …

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When Lehi's Party Arrived In The Land, Did They Find Others There?, John L. Sorenson Jul 1992

When Lehi's Party Arrived In The Land, Did They Find Others There?, John L. Sorenson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

A number of statements in the Book of Mormon text indicate the presence in Lehi’s promised land of peoples other than those descended from Lehi’s party. Reasons the topic is not addressed more explicitly in the record include a focus on the Nephites (and not on other people), a generic treatment of Lamanites, an a desire not to waste space on something obvious or insignificant. Clear evidence for the presence of others in substantial populations is present in the Book of Mormon. The demographic or cultural history of Lehi’s literal descendants must take into account these other groups.

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Economic Insights From The Book Of Mormon, Lindon J. Robison Jul 1992

Economic Insights From The Book Of Mormon, Lindon J. Robison

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Economic systems are distinguished by their emphasis on equity and efficiency. Market controls are justified because of the need for equity. Free markets are justified because of the need for private incentives and efficiency. Most countries of the world today have adopted a combination of controls and free-market incentives. The Book of Mormon teaches that only through caring can equity and efficiency be simultaneously achieved.

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Boats, Beginnings, And Repetitions, Alan Goff Jul 1992

Boats, Beginnings, And Repetitions, Alan Goff

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Ancient texts are too often approached using modern assumptions. Among those assumptions obstructing an understanding of ancient texts is the modern emphasis on originality and on writing as intellectual property. Ancient writers relished repetition—stories that were repeated in succeeding generations—over originality. The Bible is full of repeated or allusive stories, and the Book of Mormon often reinscribes this biblical emphasis on repetition. One such biblical reverberation in the Book of Mormon is Nephi’s ocean voyage, which evokes biblical stories of origination: creation, deluge, and exodus. These three stories of beginnings are carefully alluded to in Nephi’s own foundational story, exactly …

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A Correlation Of The Sidon River And The Lands Of Manti And Zarahemla With The Southern End Of The Rio Grijalva (San Miguel), Janet F. Hilton, John L. Hilton Jul 1992

A Correlation Of The Sidon River And The Lands Of Manti And Zarahemla With The Southern End Of The Rio Grijalva (San Miguel), Janet F. Hilton, John L. Hilton

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

We construct a detailed geographical model of the Nephite homeland areas of Manti, Zarahemla, and the river Sidon using the Book of Mormon text of around 80 BC. This model assumes that these areas are located in Mesoamerica, that the names of their surrounding seas do not necessarily correspond to local compass directions, and that the directions stated in the text are to be understood in the nontechnical normal English sense. We then describe the southern end of the Grijalva river basin, located across the southern part of the Mexico–Guatemala border. We nominate this area as a possible candidate for …

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Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Volume 1 Issue Number 1, Neal A. Maxwell Institute For Religious Scholarship Jul 1992

Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Volume 1 Issue Number 1, Neal A. Maxwell Institute For Religious Scholarship

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting understanding of the history, meaning, and significance of the scriptures and other sacred texts revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith.

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The Dream Is Ours To Fulfill, Bruce C. Hafen Jul 1992

The Dream Is Ours To Fulfill, Bruce C. Hafen

BYU Studies

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The Chimerical Desert, John Bennion Jul 1992

The Chimerical Desert, John Bennion

BYU Studies

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The Ancient State: The Rulers And The Ruled Hugh Nibley, David B. Honey Jul 1992

The Ancient State: The Rulers And The Ruled Hugh Nibley, David B. Honey

BYU Studies

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The Historians' Corner, Ronald W. Walker, David J. Whittaker Jul 1992

The Historians' Corner, Ronald W. Walker, David J. Whittaker

BYU Studies

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Anabaptist Emigration From The Old Republic Of Bern, Delbert Gratz Jun 1992

Anabaptist Emigration From The Old Republic Of Bern, Delbert Gratz

Swiss American Historical Society Review

From my living room window· I see several of the farms that were the cradle of our Bernese Mennonite Settlement made in Putnam County, Ohio, in the mid-183O's. My mind often wonders as I gaze at these old buildings, the fields and forests. I try to imagine: What these first Bernese saw when they arrived here; How they reacted to the wilderness and its animals and also to its few remaining aboriginal inhabitants; What they talked about - their memories, their concerns for themselves and their progeny; What their social, cultural, economic and religious life was like in the land …

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