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Competition Between Harvester Ants And Rodents In The Cold Desert, Dan S. Landeen, Clive D. Jorgensen, H. Duane Smith

Great Basin Naturalist

Local distribution patterns of three rodent species (Perognathus parvus, Peromyscus maniculatus, Reithrodontomys megalotis) were studied in areas of high and low densities of harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex owyheei) in Raft River Valley, Idaho. Numbers of rodents were greatest in areas of high ant-density during May, but partially reduced in August; whereas, the trend was reversed in areas of low ant-density. Seed abundance was probably not the factor limiting changes in rodent populations, because seed densities of annual plants were always greater in areas of high ant-density. Differences in seasonal population distributions of rodents between areas of high …

Vegetative And Edaphic Factors Affecting Abundance And Distribution Of Small Mammals In Southeast Oregon, George A. Feldhamer

Great Basin Naturalist

The relationships between vegetative and edaphic habitat factors and the local distribution and abundance of small mammals on Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Harney County, Oregon, were examined between July 1973 and June 1975. Of 16 species of small mammals captured, deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus), montane voles (Microtus montanus), Great Basin pocket mice (Perognathus parvus), and least chipmunks (Eutamias minimus) comprised 90.1 percent of the individuals. The physiognomy of the vegetation was a factor in the distribution of rodent species other than deer mice. Pocket mice and chipmunks were restricted to the communities …

Climates Of Fescue Grasslands Of Mountains In The Western United States, T. Weaver

Great Basin Naturalist

Climates of fescue grasslands were described by summarizing USDC Weather Bureau records of representative sites. Mean temperatures of the warmest month declined from 18 to 14 C, average annual precipitation increased from 40–50 to 170 cm, and the number of arid months in an arbitrarily defined dry year declined from 3 to 1–2 as one moves from Festuca arizonica (14 stations) to F. scabrella (15) to F. idahoensis (17) to F. thurberi (6) to F. viridula (9). Climates of the grasslands are sufficiently like those of the Pseudotsuga menziesii and Abies lasiocarpa zones of the northern Rocky Mountains to make …

Platting The City Beautiful: A Historical And Archaeological Glimpse Of Nauvoo Streets, Donald L. Enders

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Isaac Galland–Mormon Benefactor, Lyndon W. Cook

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Chemical Composition Of Some Important Plants Of Southeastern Utah Summer Ranges Related To Mule Deer Reproduction, Jordan C. Pederson, K. T. Harper

Great Basin Naturalist

Chemical composition of some major forage plants of mountain summer ranges of southeastern Utah is reported. Grasses are shown to contain significantly less nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and magnesium than either forbs or shrubs. Forbs and shrubs are demonstrated to differ significantly only in potassium content; forbs tested contained more potassium than shrubs. The chemical composition of the forage plants is discussed in relation to mule deer reproductive rates. It is concluded that protein and mineral content of the forage of the two ranges considered (the LaSal and Henry mountains) is less likely to affect reproductive rates than is the …

Review Of Tularemia In Utah And The Great Basin, Harold E. Stark

Great Basin Naturalist

This is a compilation of tularemia research conducted in Utah, particularly at U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground (DPG), Utah, and an evaluation of this information in relation to the current status of tularemia studies. A brief history of tularemia in Utah and a review of field and laboratory studies are included.

Human cases of tularemia occur throughout Utah during all seasons of the year. An analysis of recent human disease reveals a concentration of cases in rural areas, with a greater seasonal occurrence in late summer and early fall.

Annual Energy Budgets For Three Common Rodent Species In The Northern Great Basin, R. Kent Schreiber

Great Basin Naturalist

Annual energy budgets were calculated for three species of small mammals (Peromyscus maniculatus, Onychomys leucogaster, Reithrodontomys megalotis) from the northern Great Basin, Benton County, Washington. Individual ingestion rates were based on species activity, microclimate regime, coefficient of digestibility, caloric diet, and the cost for reproduction. For males and females, the estimated energy expenditures were: P. maniculatus, 6080, 5891; O. leucogaster, 5714, 6587; and R. megalotis, 4057, 3791 kcal/yr. By comparison, each species on an individual basis processes more energy annually than the more abundant species in the community, Perognathus parvus, but their total contribution to community energy flow …

Ecological Distribution Of Rodents In Canyonlands National Park, Utah, David M. Armstrong

Great Basin Naturalist

Studies of microhabitat of 14 species of rodents by cluster analysis suggested that the diverse landscapes of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, include six broad "habitat-types": (1) rimrock; (2) desert shrublands; (3) saxicoline woodland and sagebrush; (4) oakbrush; (5) riparian deciduous woodland; and (6) grasslands. Perognathus parvus and Neotoma cinerea were the species most strongly associated with single "habitat-types," desert shrub and saxicoline woodland, respectively. Peromyscus maniculatus and P. truei were the species associated with the broadest ranges of habitats. The rodents with the most similar habitats were Neotoma mexicana and Peromyscus boylii; Eutamias quadrivittatus, P. truei, and P. crinitus; Ammospermophilus …

Amcap Journal Volume 5 Issue 2 1979, Issues In Religion And Psycotherapy

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

No abstract provided.

The Pike And The Whale Or The Matter Of Values, Gary Carson

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

No abstract provided.

The Etymology Of Quichean Kumaȼ Snake And The Linguistic Affiliaction Of The Omlec, James A. Fox

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

The Semantic Value Of The -A' And The -I' Noun Plurals In Cakchiquel, Larry L. Richman

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

Activity, Action, Act, James Gallant

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

Communication Games In The Language Class, John Harvey

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

On The Sound Shape Of Language, Linda R. Waugh

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

The Jonathan Browning Site: An Example Of Archaeology For Restoration In Nauvoo, Illinois, Dale L. Berge

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

The Elucidarium Of Honorius Augustodunensis: Translation And Selected Annotations, Clifford Teunis Gerritt Sorensen

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a translation of and annotations on the Elucidarium of Honorius Augustodunensis. The Elucidarium i s an outline, in dialogue form, of Catholic doctrine. Written early in the 12th century, it was very popular during the Middle Ages and, with adaptations, remained in use until modern times. The translation makes the work available to those who do not read Latin and the annotations provide background, references and source material useful for understanding the text.

Archival And Library Resources On East Asia In The Washington, D. C. Area, Gary K. Mccone

Journal of East Asian Libraries

The above is the collective title given to three separate papers which were read at a special panel of the 7th Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Association for Asian Studies, held at the George Washington University, Washington, D. C, October 28-29, 1978.

Structure And Energy: Toward A Civilization-Analytic Perspective, Vytautus Kavolls

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Nature's "Rude Garden": English And Indians As Producers And Consumers Of Food In Early New England, Karen Ordahl Kupperman

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

A Multi-Valued Attitudinal Study Of Obscenity And Freedom Of Expression, Allen W. Palmer

Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to examine whether religiosity is a determining factor in public reaction to obscenity issues.

A sample population of 452 residents of the community of Idaho Falls, Idaho was selected using a technique based on a list of random numbers in October, 1979. Path analysis, Chi-square analysis and Spearman's correlation were used to measure the results.

The study found there is a significant relationship between religiosity and behavior intention toward obscenity issues. The affective component of the attitude organization functions somewhat as a mediating variable. There were also findings that members of the Church of Jesus Christ …

Latter-Day Saint Prayer Circles, D. Michael Quinn

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Carl Hansen, Prairie Iconoclast, Donald K. Watkins

The Bridge

In 1906 Ivar Kirkegaard, editor of the magazine Norden in Racine , Wisconsin, asked the writer Carl Hansen for personal information that might be included in a biographical sketch in the journal. Carl Hansen of Tyler, Minnesota, was forty-six at the time, and by his own count the author of some seventy sketches and short stories. In reply to Kirkegaard, Hansen revealed that in his student days in Copenhagen he has been caught up in the intellectual ferment of "the Modern Breakthrough," the assertive embrace by Scandinavian intellectuals of socially critical realism. "Det moderne gennembrud" had no single philosophical doctrine …

Johannes V. Jensen's Discovery Of America, Inga Wiehl

The Bridge

Johannes V. Jensen, the most influential Danish writer of the century and Nobel prize winner, chose to live his life in Denmark; yet it is entirely conceivable that given two, he would have spent one in this country. He is rightly acclaimed among his contemporaries as the first Danish writer to have pointed the way westward. His writings show the influence of America and her people as well as of American writers, notably Walt Whitman.

The Feilberg Letters: A Danish Family's Reflections On Canadian Prairie Life, Jorgen Dahlie

The Bridge

So wrote Aksel Sandemose, noted Danish-Norwegian writer and himself an immigrant to Canada in 1927. When he spoke of iron determination and perseverance, he might well have been describing the Ditlev and Julie Feilberg family, a small part of whose experiences in Canada are recounted in the excerpts which follow. Without making too extravagant a claim for the uniqueness of any one immigrant encounter with a new land, one is nonetheless forced to acknowledge that each individual or family brought with them their own special cultural and intellectual resources. A reading of the Feilberg letters reveals that this family had …

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The Bridge

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The Bridge

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Mountain Ants Of Nevada, George C. Wheeler, Jeanette Wheeler

Great Basin Naturalist

Introductory topics include "The High Altitude Environment," "Ants Recorded from High Altitudes," "Adaptations of Ants," "Mountain Ants of North America," and "The Mountains of Nevada." A Nevada mountain ant species is defined as one that inhabits the Coniferous Forest Biome or Alpine Biome or the ecotone between them. A table gives a taxonomic list of the mountain ants and shows the biomes in which they occur; it also indicates whether they occur in lower biomes. This list comprises 50 species, which is 28 percent of the ant fauna we have found in Nevada. Only 30 species (17 percent of the …

Effect Of Irrigation On Survival Of Third-Stage Haemonchus Contortus Larvae (Nematoda: Trichostrongylidae), Graham R. Bullick, Ferron L. Andersen

Great Basin Naturalist

During May through October 1976, samples of sheep pellets containing laboratory-reared, thirdstage Haemonchus contortus larvae were placed on irrigated and nonirrigated pasture plots at Provo, Utah. Periodically thereafter, grass clippings, soil scrapings, and remaining pellets were collected and baermannized to determine their comparative survival from the two environments. Water was added to the irrigated plots in accordance with a weekly sprinkling regime designed to furnish sufficient moisture to maintain pasture grass in this semiarid region. Meteorologic measurements were collected daily from both irrigated and nonirrigated sections. During the year the nonirrigated section received a total of 131 mm of precipitation, …