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End Matter, Vol. 46 No. 4 Oct 1986

End Matter, Vol. 46 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

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Parasites Of The Woundfin Minnow, Plagopterus Argentissimus, And Other Endemic Fishes From The Virgin River, Utah, Richard A. Heckmann, James E. Deacon, Paul D. Greger Oct 1986

Parasites Of The Woundfin Minnow, Plagopterus Argentissimus, And Other Endemic Fishes From The Virgin River, Utah, Richard A. Heckmann, James E. Deacon, Paul D. Greger

Great Basin Naturalist

Two hundred woundfin minnows, Plagopterus argentissimus, from four sites along the Virgin River, Utah, were examined on two dates during summer 1985. The foreguts of 211 woundfin and variable numbers of other fishes from the Virgin River near Beaver Dam Wash, Arizona, and Mesquite, Nevada, were examined for cestodes on four dates throughout 1979. Seven parasites were found in P. argentissimus: Posthodiplostomum minimum (metacercariae), Diplostomum spathaceum (metacercariae), Bothriocephalus acheilognathi, Gyrodactylus sp., Lernaea cyprinacea, Trichodina sp., and Ichthyophythirius multifiliis. Fungal infections were noted on two fish during the study. Seventeen Virgin River roundtail chub, Gila robusta seminuda, were examined …

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History Of Fish Hatchery Development In The Great Basin States Of Utah And Nevada, J. W. Sigler, W. F. Sigler Oct 1986

History Of Fish Hatchery Development In The Great Basin States Of Utah And Nevada, J. W. Sigler, W. F. Sigler

Great Basin Naturalist

Fish hatchery systems in both Utah and Nevada are now an integral part of the fishery management scheme. Historic development of hatcheries, including the early stocking of exotics, is presented. Disease control and dry pelleted feed are discussed in historical perspective and present status.

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Comparison Of Insects From Burned And Unburned Areas After A Range Fire, James D. Hansen Oct 1986

Comparison Of Insects From Burned And Unburned Areas After A Range Fire, James D. Hansen

Great Basin Naturalist

Insect communities at recently burned and unburned sites in the Great Basin of northwestern Utah were studied by weekly sampling with pitfall and Malaise traps. More specimens were consistently collected at the burned site, although the numbers of species between the sites were about equal a month after the fire. Flying insects showing no preference for the sites were sciarids, phorids, and leafminer flies (all Diptera). Insects preferring the unburned site were mostly entomophagous flies such as pipunculids, chamaemyiids, and tachinids. Insects more common at the burned site were mosquitoes and phytophagous species of lygaeid bugs, leafhoppers, and moths. Seasonal …

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Species Diversity And Habitat Complexity: Does Vegetation Organize Vertebrate Communites In The Great Basin?, David J. Germano, David N. Lawhead Oct 1986

Species Diversity And Habitat Complexity: Does Vegetation Organize Vertebrate Communites In The Great Basin?, David J. Germano, David N. Lawhead

Great Basin Naturalist

In this study, we have examined the effect of vegetation structure on the three major vertebrate taxa in Great Basin habitats of southwestern Utah. The effect of increasing vegetation heterogeneity, both horizontally and vertically, on the diversities of lizards, rodents, and postbreeding birds was investigated. We found no statistically significant relationship between diversity of all animal taxa and horizontal vegetation heterogeneity, although lizard diversity tended to decrease with increasing heterogeneity and rodent diversity tended to increase. Bird species diversity was positively correlated with vertical habitat heterogeneity. Abundances were highest for rodents in pinyon/juniper habitat and highest for lizards and birds …

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Through A Glass Darkly: Trying To Understand The Scriptures, Royal Skousen Oct 1986

Through A Glass Darkly: Trying To Understand The Scriptures, Royal Skousen

BYU Studies

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A Summer Excursion To The Lds Twilight Zone, Dennis E. Nelson Oct 1986

A Summer Excursion To The Lds Twilight Zone, Dennis E. Nelson

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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The Throne-Theophany And Prophetic Commission In 1 Nephi: A Form-Critical Analysis, Blake Thomas Ostler Oct 1986

The Throne-Theophany And Prophetic Commission In 1 Nephi: A Form-Critical Analysis, Blake Thomas Ostler

BYU Studies

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Truth And Integrity: A Candid Interface, Robert F. Bohn Oct 1986

Truth And Integrity: A Candid Interface, Robert F. Bohn

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Presented at the AMCAP Convention, 5 April 1985.

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Characteristics Of Mule Deer Beds, H. Duane Smith, Mark C. Oveson, Clyde L. Pritchett Jul 1986

Characteristics Of Mule Deer Beds, H. Duane Smith, Mark C. Oveson, Clyde L. Pritchett

Great Basin Naturalist

Rocky Mountain mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) beds were studied in selected plant communities with the purpose of characterizing bedding sites. Six trends exist among the data: (1) deer appeared to prefer bedding under or near conifers, (2) most beds were found on or near game trails, (3) beds in xeric communities were located at higher altitudes and had less overhead cover than in mesic communities, (4) the percentage of uphill cover in xeric areas was greater than in mesic areas, (5) visibility was lower on the north and west sides of deer beds in both community types …

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Vertebrate Fauna Of The Idaho National Environmental Research Park, Timothy D. Reynolds, John W. Connelly, Douglas K. Halford, W. John Arthur Jul 1986

Vertebrate Fauna Of The Idaho National Environmental Research Park, Timothy D. Reynolds, John W. Connelly, Douglas K. Halford, W. John Arthur

Great Basin Naturalist

The relative abundance, habitat use, and seasonal occurrence are reported for the 6 fish, 1 amphibian, 9 reptile, 164 bird, and 39 mammal species recorded on the Idaho National Environmental Research Park in southeastern Idaho.

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Movements By Small Mammals On A Radioactive Waste Disposal Area In Southeastern Idaho, Craig R. Groves, Barry L. Keller Jul 1986

Movements By Small Mammals On A Radioactive Waste Disposal Area In Southeastern Idaho, Craig R. Groves, Barry L. Keller

Great Basin Naturalist

Average linear movement by populations of Dipodomys ordii, Microtus montanus, Perognathus parvus, and Peromyscus maniculatus was investigated over a 15-month period by live trapping on a low-level, radioactive waste disposal area in Idaho. No significant differences in movement among habitats were observed seasonally, excepting M. montanus in spring. Average linear movements within habitats ranged from 20 to 70 m for all species, but some patterns varied seasonally and among age classes for individual species. Although predation on contaminated small mammals from the disposal area is a vector of radionuclide transport, local movements by these rodents do not appear to be …

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Diseases Associated With Juniperus Osteosperma And A Model For Predicting Their Occurrence With Environmental Site Factors, E. D. Bunderson, D. J. Weber, D. L. Nelson Jul 1986

Diseases Associated With Juniperus Osteosperma And A Model For Predicting Their Occurrence With Environmental Site Factors, E. D. Bunderson, D. J. Weber, D. L. Nelson

Great Basin Naturalist

On 17 Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma [Torrey] L.) sites studied in Utah, Gymnosporangium inconspicuum was the most common rust fungus, followed in frequency and severity by G. nelsoni, G. kernianum, and G. speciosum. The incidence of G. kernianum was correlated with moderate temperatures and greater than average precipitation. True mistletoe, Phoradendron juniperinum Engelm., was present on seven sites. Incidence of foliage diseases of the mold-mildew type was low on sites with low spring and summer temperatures and high on sites with high summer and fall precipitation. Wood rot was common, and incidence seemed to be correlated with low …

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End Matter, Vol. 46 No. 3 Jul 1986

End Matter, Vol. 46 No. 3

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.

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Role Of Three Rodents In Forest Nitrogen Fixation In Western Oregon: Another Aspect Of Mammal-Mycorrhizal Fungus-Tree Mutualism, C. Y. Li, Chris Maser, Zane Maser, Bruce A. Caldwell Jul 1986

Role Of Three Rodents In Forest Nitrogen Fixation In Western Oregon: Another Aspect Of Mammal-Mycorrhizal Fungus-Tree Mutualism, C. Y. Li, Chris Maser, Zane Maser, Bruce A. Caldwell

Great Basin Naturalist

To determine the role of the California red-backed vole (Clethrionomys califonicus), the northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus), and the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) in the nitrogen cycle of forest stands in western Oregon, bacterial colonies were isolated and purified from feces, and their nitrogen-fixing ability measured by acetylene-reduction assay. The ability of the bacterial species Azospirillum sp. to withstand freezing was also tested. Fecal extracts were used to test whether fecal pellets can provide the nutrients necessary for growth of the bacteria. All the feces tested contained viable nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and both species can …

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Ku Kanaka—Stand Tall: A Search For Hawaiian Values By George Hu'eu Sanford Kanahele, Paul Alfred Pratte Jul 1986

Ku Kanaka—Stand Tall: A Search For Hawaiian Values By George Hu'eu Sanford Kanahele, Paul Alfred Pratte

BYU Studies

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What's Burning At Byu: The Role Of Combustion And Our Work To Understand It, L. Douglas Smoot Jul 1986

What's Burning At Byu: The Role Of Combustion And Our Work To Understand It, L. Douglas Smoot

BYU Studies

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End Matter, Vol. 8 May 1986

End Matter, Vol. 8

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

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Technical Introduction, Tim W. Clark May 1986

Technical Introduction, Tim W. Clark

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

The contents of this volume and their relationship to ferret conservation and recovery are discussed.

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Habitat Suitability Index Model For The Black-Footed Ferret: A Method To Locate Transplant Sites, B. R. Houston, Tim W. Clark, S. C. Minta May 1986

Habitat Suitability Index Model For The Black-Footed Ferret: A Method To Locate Transplant Sites, B. R. Houston, Tim W. Clark, S. C. Minta

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

A habitat suitability Index Model (HSI), following the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service HSI Model Series, is described for the black-footed ferret. The literature on which the model is based is reviewed, and model assumptions and structure are discussed. A realistic model is specified with variables and their functions that embody the critical spatial and resource heterogeneity characteristic of the broad geographic environment ferrets occupy. It assumes that ferrets can meet year-round habitat requirements within prairie dog colonies providing: (1) prairie dog colonies are large enough, (2) burrows are numerous enough, and (3) adequate numbers of prairie dogs and alternate …

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Some Guidelines For Management Of The Black-Footed Ferret, Tim W. Clark May 1986

Some Guidelines For Management Of The Black-Footed Ferret, Tim W. Clark

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

Management guidelines are specified for monitoring and protecting the Meeteetse black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) population and habitat and for dealing with a series of special management considerations. The Meeteetse ferret population and habitat status are summarized as background. An annual management schedule is outlined including methods and sources of existing baseline data with which to compare future results. The public support and organizational arrangements needed for successful overall management and recovery of the species are briefly discussed.

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Estimating Genetic Variation In The Black-Footed Ferret—A First Attempt, C. William Kilpatrick, Steven C. Forrest, Tim W. Clark May 1986

Estimating Genetic Variation In The Black-Footed Ferret—A First Attempt, C. William Kilpatrick, Steven C. Forrest, Tim W. Clark

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

No genetic variation was observed for three proteins examined from samples of saliva from 22 black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes). The comparable data concerning levels of genetic variation in other taxa at these loci are too inconclusive to provide a meaningful interpretation of the observed absence of genetic variation. The absence of genetic variation observed in the black-footed ferret population is compatible with the reported levels of genetic variation in terrestrial carnivores and populations that have undergone bottlenecks. Suggestions for additonal studies using different approaches both to increase the number of loci that are used to determine the level …

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Introduction, Archie Carr Iii May 1986

Introduction, Archie Carr Iii

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

Context for Meeteetse, Wyoming, black-footed ferret studies and recovery efforts, reported in this volume, is presented.

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Descriptive Ethology And Activity Patterns Of Black-Footed Ferrets, Tim W. Clark, Louise Richardson, Steven C. Forrest, Denise E. Casey, Thomas M. Campbell Iii May 1986

Descriptive Ethology And Activity Patterns Of Black-Footed Ferrets, Tim W. Clark, Louise Richardson, Steven C. Forrest, Denise E. Casey, Thomas M. Campbell Iii

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

Aspects of the aboveground ethology and activity patterns of the black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigipes) are described for a population in northwestern Wyoming as a first step in building a descriptive ethogram and quantification of activity patterns. We observed at least 237 individual ferrets for 208 hr on 441 occasions from 2 December 1981 through 25 September 1984. Mainenance behaviors (locomotion, alert, grooming, and sunning, defecation and urination, digging, and predation) and social behavior (reproduction, ontogeny, maternal, play, agonistic) are described as well as some ferret-human interactions. Ferret vocalizations are subjectively described. We located ferrets during most months including …

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Full Issue, Vol. 8 May 1986

Full Issue, Vol. 8

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

No abstract provided.

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Description And History Of The Meeteetse Black-Footed Ferret Environment, Tim W. Clark, Steven C. Forrest, Louise Richardson, Denise E. Casey, Thomas M. Campbell Iii May 1986

Description And History Of The Meeteetse Black-Footed Ferret Environment, Tim W. Clark, Steven C. Forrest, Louise Richardson, Denise E. Casey, Thomas M. Campbell Iii

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) occupied area lies in the western Big Horn Basin, Park County, Wyoming. Cody, a nearby town, shows a record high temperature of 40.5 C and a low of -43.3 C, with 173 days each year below 0 C. Area geology is dominated by Absaroka volcanics. Soils are shallow (0.5 m) and underlain by unconsolidated gravels; well-drained, medium-textured clay-loams (ca 1 m in depth); or clays derived from shale parent materials. Vegetation is characterized by a wheatgrass-needlegrass shrubsteppe type (Agropyron/Stipa/Artemisia). Prior to white settlement, the area hosted a diverse large mammal community. …

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Annotated Bibliography Of The Black-Footed Ferret, Denise E. Casey, John Duwaldt, Tim W. Clark May 1986

Annotated Bibliography Of The Black-Footed Ferret, Denise E. Casey, John Duwaldt, Tim W. Clark

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

An annotated bibliography of 351 references on the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) shows 19 articles, mostly species descriptions, published from 1851 through 1899; 69 papers, mostly describing the range of the species, from 1900 through 1964; 156 papers dealing largely with the Mellette County, South Dakota, ferret research published from 1965 through 1980; and 107 publications since 1981 dealing primarily with the Meeteetse, Wyoming, ferrets.

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Black-Footed Ferret Recovery: A Discussion Of Some Options And Considerations., Louise Richardson, Tim W. Clark, Steven C. Forrest, Thomas M. Campbell Iii May 1986

Black-Footed Ferret Recovery: A Discussion Of Some Options And Considerations., Louise Richardson, Tim W. Clark, Steven C. Forrest, Thomas M. Campbell Iii

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

A framework for recovery planning for the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) is presented. Current species numbers are probably not sufficient to maintain longterm viability. Three options are presented for increasing ferret numbers: (1) increase available habitat for ferrets where they currently exist, (2) find more wild ferrets elsewhere, and (3) directly manipulate the ferret population through translocation and/ or captive rearing. The first two options are either unlikely or currently unfeasable, making it necessary to initiate the third option to ensure ferret recovery. Even if additional ferret populations are located, option three should still be implemented. Three options …

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Paleobiology, Biogeography, And Systematics Of The Black-Footed Ferret, Mustela Nigripes (Audubon And Bachman), 1851, Elaine Anderson, Steven C. Forrest, Tim W. Clark, Louise Richardson May 1986

Paleobiology, Biogeography, And Systematics Of The Black-Footed Ferret, Mustela Nigripes (Audubon And Bachman), 1851, Elaine Anderson, Steven C. Forrest, Tim W. Clark, Louise Richardson

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

Extensive literature review and 48 mammal collections containing recent speciments of the endangered black-footed ferret (Musela nigripes) are used to characterize historic distribution of species. Specimens (n = 120) were measured from eight collections to characterize black-footed ferret morphology and variation. Twenty-one pleistocene and Holocene faunas in North America show ferrets dating back to 100,000 yr B.P. Recent specimens (n = 412) indicate close association with the prairie dog (Cynomys spp.) and suggest ferrets may have been less rare than previously thought. At least 103 (25%) of all specimens were taken by federal predator and rodent control …

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Front Matter, Vol. 8 May 1986

Front Matter, Vol. 8

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

No abstract provided.

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