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A Checklist Of The Alpine Vascular Flora Of The Teton Range, Wyoming, With Notes On Biology And Habitat Preferences, John R. Spence, Richard J. Shaw Jun 1981

A Checklist Of The Alpine Vascular Flora Of The Teton Range, Wyoming, With Notes On Biology And Habitat Preferences, John R. Spence, Richard J. Shaw

Great Basin Naturalist

A checklist of the vascular flora of the alpine zone (treeless vegetation above 9500 feet or 2900 m) of the Teton Range is presented. For each of the 216 species, six attributes are listed: flower color and shape, pollination mode, life form, habitat preference, and whether each species is found in the Arctic. White and yellow flowered species are most common, and zoophilous species greatly predominate over anemophilous and apomictic species. Perennial/biennial herbs are the most common life form. Common habitats in the alpine zone include dry and wet meadows, bogs, debris accumulations, and cliffs and rock faces. Arctic species …

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Dispersal And Dispersion Of An Introduced Population Of Sylvilagus Floridanus, B. J. Verts, Leslie N. Carraway Jun 1981

Dispersal And Dispersion Of An Introduced Population Of Sylvilagus Floridanus, B. J. Verts, Leslie N. Carraway

Great Basin Naturalist

Eastern cottontail rabbits, Sylvilagus floridanus, introduced into Linn County, Oregon, in 1941, occupied 378.1 km2 in 1953, 637.7 km2 in 1970, and 1.501.9 km2 in 1980. Hiatuses within the range were related to absence of adequate coverts on conifer-dominated ridge tops and in intensively cultivated areas. Flooding of riparian zones seven times during the first 12 years after introduction and three times during the 17-year interval between the first and second surveys (especially the devastating floods of December 1964 and January 1965) was believed to have retarded dispersal or periodically reduced the area occupied. Flood-control dams …

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Some Spatial And Behavioral Features Of The Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel, Tim W. Clark Jun 1981

Some Spatial And Behavioral Features Of The Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel, Tim W. Clark

Great Basin Naturalist

Some relationships between home range, agonistic behavior, and reproductive patterns in thirteen-lined ground squirrels were investigated in Laramie Plains, Wyoming (August 1966–April 1969). Population size and densities fluctuated seasonally and annually. Adult male (N = 7) home ranges averaged 0.24 ha and were smaller than those of the female (N = 9), which averaged 0.35 ha. Agonistic interactions were more frequent during the natal period (late May–June) than during the breeding-gestation period (mid April–May). Most squirrels (86 percent) shared capture sites and had overlapping home ranges. However, a certain degree of spacing existed because of agonistic behavior.

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Avifauna Of The Mt. Dellenbaugh Region, Shivwits Plateau, Arizona, John G. Blake Jun 1981

Avifauna Of The Mt. Dellenbaugh Region, Shivwits Plateau, Arizona, John G. Blake

Great Basin Naturalist

An investigation of the avifauna of Mt. Dellenbaugh, Arizona, and nearby areas on the Shivwits Plateau was conducted during fall 1974 and during spring and summer 1975. A total of 92 species of birds was recorded, of which 56 were considered resident. Species composition is discussed in relation to habitat.

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Sex And Mythology: Some Implications, Vern L. Bullough Apr 1981

Sex And Mythology: Some Implications, Vern L. Bullough

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Alarm Call Of The Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus Idahoensis), Jeffrey S. Green, Jerran T. Flinders Mar 1981

Alarm Call Of The Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus Idahoensis), Jeffrey S. Green, Jerran T. Flinders

Great Basin Naturalist

An alarm vocalization was identified in the pygmy rabbit. The call was composed of from one to seven syllables uttered in rapid succession. The syllables were complex tones with many overlying frequencies; the strongest occurred close to harmonic intervals at 4000 and 6000 Hz. In both laboratory and field conditions, the call seemed to be elicited by a potential predator and its use may be unique among leporids.

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Reptile Population Changes With Manipulation Of Sonoran Desert Shrub, David J. Germano, C. Roger Hungerford Mar 1981

Reptile Population Changes With Manipulation Of Sonoran Desert Shrub, David J. Germano, C. Roger Hungerford

Great Basin Naturalist

The diversity and abundance of reptiles were studied in three vegetation types on the Santa Rita Experimental Range, Arizona. Total reptile sightings were greatest in undisturbed mesquite and mesquite with irregularly shaped clearings. No zebra-tailed lizards (Callisaurus draconoides) or desert spiny lizards (Sceloporus magister) were seen, and significantly fewer western whiptails (Cnemidophorus tigris) were in the mesquite-free area. Only the Sonora spotted whiptail (Cnemidophorus sonorae) was significantly more abundant in the mesquite-free area than in the undisturbed mesquite. In an effort to increase grass production for cattle in mesquite grasslands, it is …

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Terrestrial Vertebrates In The Environs Of Utah Lake, Clyde L. Pritchett, Herbert H. Frost, Wilmer W. Tanner Feb 1981

Terrestrial Vertebrates In The Environs Of Utah Lake, Clyde L. Pritchett, Herbert H. Frost, Wilmer W. Tanner

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

From an historical aspect, there are or have been 215 species and 62 families of terrestrial vertebrates found in the environs of Utah Lake. The classes Amphibia and Reptilia are represented by 4 species in 3 families and 12 species in 4 families, respectively. The class Aves has the highest numbers of species and families. The birds are represented by 152 species and 39 families. There are 47 species of mammals found within 16 families. Three additional species of reptiles have been reported to one of us by the Division of Wildlife Resources personnel as occurring in the environs of …

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Physical And Cultural Environment Of Utah Lake And Adjacent Areas, Richard H. Jackson, Dale J. Stevens Feb 1981

Physical And Cultural Environment Of Utah Lake And Adjacent Areas, Richard H. Jackson, Dale J. Stevens

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

Utah Lake and its surrounding area have a rich natural and cultural background. The moderate climate, abundant fresh water, and fertile soils of Utah Valley made it an oasis to aboriginal dwellers as well as to the present inhabitants. An overview of the physical setting, geology, climate, human use, and recent history of Utah Lake is presented.

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Front Matter, Vol. 5 Feb 1981

Front Matter, Vol. 5

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

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Preface, Richard A. Heckman, Lavere B. Merritt Feb 1981

Preface, Richard A. Heckman, Lavere B. Merritt

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

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End Matter, Vol. 5, Index Feb 1981

End Matter, Vol. 5, Index

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

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Macroinvertebrate And Zooplankton Communities Of Utah Lake: A Review Of The Literature, James R. Barnes, Thomas W. Toole Feb 1981

Macroinvertebrate And Zooplankton Communities Of Utah Lake: A Review Of The Literature, James R. Barnes, Thomas W. Toole

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

Early studies on the macroinvertebrates and zooplankton of Utah Lake were taxonomic in nature. Since the late 1960s, macroinvertebrates studies have concentrated on the Goshen Bay area of Utah Lake. The rocky shore macroinvertebrate community along the eastern shore of Goshen Bay is the most diverse and productive in Utah Lake (Toole 1973). The dominant organisms are the amphipod Hyatella azteca and the chironomid Dicrotendipes fumidus. Also present along the eastern shore is an extensive zone of the sponge Meyenia fluviatilis (Smith 1972). Two taxa, Chironomidae and Oligochaeta, dominate the silty-ooze community in the southern portion of Utah Lake …

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Geology Of Utah Lake: Implications For Resource Management, Willis H. Brimhall, Lavere B. Merritt Feb 1981

Geology Of Utah Lake: Implications For Resource Management, Willis H. Brimhall, Lavere B. Merritt

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

Utah Lake is a remnant of Lake Bonneville, from which it originated about 8,000 years ago. Analysis of sediment cores reveals significant variations in lake salinity and sedimentation rates. Notable examples are a very dry, high-salinity period between 5000 and 6000 years ago; a major freshening, wet period between 2700 and 3000 years ago; and a very dry, high-salinity period between 1400 and 2600 years ago, smaller variations are interspersed through the lake's history.
Long-term sedimentation rates are estimated at about 1 mm (0.039 in) per year in most of the lake, but post-colonization rates appear to be about 2 …

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End Matter, Vol. 5 Feb 1981

End Matter, Vol. 5

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

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Full Issue, Vol. 5 Feb 1981

Full Issue, Vol. 5

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

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Fishes Of Utah Lake, Richard A. Heckmann, Charles W. Thompson, David A. White Feb 1981

Fishes Of Utah Lake, Richard A. Heckmann, Charles W. Thompson, David A. White

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

There has been a drastic change in fish populations inhabiting Utah Lake during the last 100 years. When the pioneers first entered Utah Valley they found a well-established cutthroat trout population in Utah Lake and in the tributaries flowing into the lake. After intensive agricultural and industrial development this salmonid disappeared, and carp, white bass, and black bullhead are the common species today. The known history of the Utah Lake fisheries is summarized. Through proper management it is possible to establish a sport fishery of the common fish species currently in the Lake, including walleye, channel catfish, and largemouth bass. …

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Full Issue Jan 1981

Full Issue

Inscape

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Front Matter Jan 1981

Front Matter

Inscape

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A Reexamination Of The Development Of Protestantism During The Early English Reformation, John K. Yost Jan 1981

A Reexamination Of The Development Of Protestantism During The Early English Reformation, John K. Yost

Quidditas

G.R. Elton's recent investigations of the relation between humanist reform and reformist government during the 1530's leave us with no uncertainty about Cromwell's beliefs regarding Protestantism. Elton concludes from an anonymous letter fo 1538, which he ascribes to the eminent civil and canon lawyer John Oliver, that "as early as 1531 or 1532, therefore, Thomas Cromwell was thinking along reformed lines and lines of evangelical theology...." Moreover, he reports how Cromwell "told the prior of Kingswood: by him 'the Word of God, the gospel of Christ, is not only favoured but also perfected, set forth, maintained, increased and defended'."

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Concepts In American Local History: Community In Winder, Idaho, Lorine S. Goodwin Jan 1981

Concepts In American Local History: Community In Winder, Idaho, Lorine S. Goodwin

Theses and Dissertations

Recently the need for a more clearly defined structural basis for American local history has become acute. Concepts used in national history often fall short of the needs of local history. As a result, both professionals and amateurs are producing a rash of community histories without the benefit of adequate guidelines.

This thesis draws together a number of concepts useful in the development of American local history as a viable academic field of study. It tests these concepts in presenting the history of community in Winder, a small, rural population set in southeastern Idaho.

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Population Movement And Growth In Utah County, Utah 1940 To 1980, Brian W. Maxfield Jan 1981

Population Movement And Growth In Utah County, Utah 1940 To 1980, Brian W. Maxfield

Theses and Dissertations

Utah County, Utah, and more particularly the Utah Valley area, has undergone an enormous change during the last forty years. Rapid growth and urbanization brings with it the problems of urban sprawl. Controlling this sprawl is determined often times by an effective growth policy. Mapping and analyzing growth patterns and trends is a useful method in determining the effectiveness of the "growth towards the cities" policy of Utah County. Research was conducted by using maps, air photos, and field work in locating the growth history of the county.
Growth has been influenced by several factors among which are the physical, …

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The Catholic Liturgy And The Mormon Temple, Marcus Von-Wellnitz Jan 1981

The Catholic Liturgy And The Mormon Temple, Marcus Von-Wellnitz

BYU Studies

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Sodium Flux Ratio In Voltage-Clamped Squid Giant Axons, David D. Busath, Ted Begenisich Jan 1981

Sodium Flux Ratio In Voltage-Clamped Squid Giant Axons, David D. Busath, Ted Begenisich

Faculty Publications

The sodium flux ratio across the axolemma of internally perfused, voltage-clamped giant axons of Loligo pealei has been measured at various membrane potentials. The flux ratio exponent obtained from these measurements was about unity and independent of membrane voltage over the 50 mV range from about -20 to +30 mV. These results, combined with previous measurements of ion permeation through sodium channels, show that the sodium channel behaves like a multi-ion pore with two ion binding sites that are rarely simultaneously occupied by sodium.

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Matrimony And Change In Webster's The Duchess Of Malfi, Margaret L. Mikesell Jan 1981

Matrimony And Change In Webster's The Duchess Of Malfi, Margaret L. Mikesell

Quidditas

Profound changes occurred in the institution of marriage during the Renaissance. Love was gradually replacing fiscal and dynastic considerations as the foundation considered crucial for a binding union. The love marriage was largely a middle-class phenomenon, born of the changing relationship between the family and the state, articulated and refined by Protestant divines, and diffused through aristocratic society. Drama of the period is much concerned with this shift. The bourgeois conjunction of love and marriage triumphs in the aristocratic societies of many a romantic comedy. The weddings at play's end promise a new social order. The disintegration of the old …

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In Memoriam Michael Hoffman (+1908), Christian B. Hoffman Jan 1981

In Memoriam Michael Hoffman (+1908), Christian B. Hoffman

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Michael Hoffman was born at Altendorf, Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland, on December 15, 1837. He died at his home near New Basel, Dickinson County, Kansas. It is a far reach from the mountains of the little republic to the great central plains, the very heart of the great republic. The life, the struggles and hardships, the hopes and ambitions and the accomplishments of this man are typical of the development of our country.

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Auguste Lambelet (1838-1919): A Soldier Of Fortune, Jane H. Dein Jan 1981

Auguste Lambelet (1838-1919): A Soldier Of Fortune, Jane H. Dein

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Readers of Mari Sandoz' Old Jules will remember that this enthusiastic pioneer not only helped newcomers to the frontier file claims but also sent off to family, friends and journals a blizzard of letters extolling the rich soil of Nebraska and the free land available to anyone willing to work it. Among the Swiss attracted to Nebraska by this fervent praise was Auguste Lambelet, who gained American citizenship and title to his homestead in Knox County in 1889. While even after forty years of residence in Nebraska, he never learned English, his descendants, many of whom still live in the …

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Full Issue Jan 1981

Full Issue

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Full Issue Jan 1981

Full Issue

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Barn Building, Pauline Mortensen Jan 1981

Barn Building, Pauline Mortensen

Inscape

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