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Strategies For Preservation Of Rare Plants And Animals, G. Ledyard Stebbins

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

Human preservation of endangered species apparently commenced prior to recorded history with Ginks biloba, in China, a tree now known only under cultivation. A number of species have become extinct because man either failed to recognize their value or did not act quickly enough to preserve them even when their value was appreciated. A philosophy of conservation must be based upon cooperation with others looking to the future. Appropriate strategies that could be adapted from the military to achieve the objectives of species conservation include: (1) Know your enemy, his strengths and weaknesses, and the tactics he is likely …

The Promise Of Social History Via The Gazetteers, Donald S. Sutton

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Publications, Edwin G. Beal, Toshiyuki Aoki, Frank Joseph Shulman, Frank Yorichika, Raymond N. Tang

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

The Emerging Literature Of Bangladesh: The Fiction Of Hasan Azizul Huq, David Kopf

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

The Marti School, 1947=1964, Fritz Marti

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The Marti School was founded in 1947 in lower Salem, Ohio, first under the name of the Marti Farm Home School, and then the Berglihof School, for the benefit of the six Marti children. Dr. and Mrs. Marti felt they could not let the children waste half of their youth in the necessarily slow moving rural school of the neighborhood.

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 …

Ecological And Community Relationships Of Eriogonum Corymbosum (Polygonaceae) In The Uinta Basin, Utah, Jack D. Brotherson, Karen J. Brotherson

Great Basin Naturalist

Ecological and community relationships of 10 different plant communities in the Uinta Basin, Utah, where Eriogonum corymbosum was found to grow were studied and described. Each community was sampled to determine the amount of ground cover, percent composition, frequency, and density of participating species. Physical site factors, viz., soil texture, total soluble salts, pH, cation exchange capacity, and amounts of calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium were determined. The 10 communities were compared to determine the degree of similarity between them. Correlations between individual plant species and measurable characteristics of the community were attempted. Evidence is presented that the distributional patterns …

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.

Vegetation Response To A Moisture Gradient On An Ephemeral Stream In Central Arizona, Deborah Ann Bloss, Jack D. Brotherson

Great Basin Naturalist

Ecological aspects of desert vegetation in relation to a moisture gradient along an ephemeral stream in central Arizona were investigated. The stream channel, flood plain, and north-, west-, south-, east-facing slopes represent a moisture gradient going from mesic to xeric conditions. Vegetation in some areas of the stream channel intergraded into flood plain vegetation, which in turn intergraded into slope vegetation types. In other areas there were sharp delineations between stream channel and flood plain and between flood plain and slope. Trees and legume species preferred midmoisture habitats, but forbs, shrubs, and succulents preferred dryer areas. Family groups like the …

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 …

Publications, Eugene Wu, D. E. Perushek, Toshiyuki Aoki

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Sociolinguistic Variation And The Vowel System Of Northern Utah: A Preliminary Look, Karl J. Krahnke

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, Deseret Language And Linguistics Society

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

Publications, Ernest J. Tsai, Takao Hirota, Weiying Wan, Shizue Matsuda, Key P. Yang, Shojo Honda

Journal of East Asian Libraries

Part of a series of Japanese biographical dictionaries which was initiated with Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature in 1976, this compilation focusses on individuals who figured prominently in Japanese political, economic, and social life. In addition to the biographies, material in this volume includes portraits, appendices of genealogical tables, organizational charts of political institutions, and a glossary of institutions and terms. Maps showing past and present administrative divisions of Japan are also included. A bibliography of Japanese-language sources is given, arranged in an appendix under the names of the biographees. An index, with characters, is also provided. Except in the …

What Of The Lectures On Faith?, Leland H. Gentry

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

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 …

Vertical Distribution Of Adult Fish In Pyramid Lake, Nevada, Steven Vigg

Great Basin Naturalist

Inshore and limnetic vertical distribution of adult fish in Pyramid Lake, Nevada was determined from late spring to early fall 1977. The benthic (23 m) inshore area exhibited a relatively diverse composition of five species, while the inshore surface and offshore limnetic zones were composed of over 98 percent tui chubs (Gila bicolor). Vertical fish distribution was associated with temperature and zooplankton distribution.

Emerging Issues In National Resource Sharing: The Case Of Japanese Collections, Warren M. Tsuneishi

Journal of East Asian Libraries

This paper was presented at a Workshop for Japanese Collection Librarians in American Research Libraries, held in Washington, D. C., August, 28-30, 1978, under the sponsorship and direction of the Association of Research Libraries.

Publications, Ernest J. Tsai, Eugene Wu, Robert Dunn, Tom Yee, Hana Notomi, Shizue Matsuda, William Wong, Dorothy F. Jones, Key P. Yang

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Utah Flora: Fabaceae (Leguminosae), Stanley L. Welsh

Great Basin Naturalist

A revision of the legume family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae), is presented for the state of Utah. Included are 244 species and 60 varieties of indigenous and introduced plants. A key to genera and species is provided, along with detailed descriptions, distributional data, and pertinent comments. Proposed new taxa are Astragalus lentiginosus Dougl. ex Hook, var. wahweapensis Welsh; Astragalus subcinereus A. Gray var. basalticus Welsh; Hedysarum occidentale Greene var. canone Welsh; Oxytropis oreophila A. Gray var. juniperina Welsh; and Trifolium andersonii A. Gray var. friscanum Welsh. New combinations include Astragalus bisulcatus (Hook.) A. Gray var. major (M. E. Jones) Welsh; Astragalus consobrinus …

Brigham Young And Mormon Indian Policies: The Formative Period, 1836-1851, Lawrence G. Coates

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Primary Productivity In Meromictic Big Soda Lake, Nevada, R. P. Axler, R. M. Gersberg, L. J. Paulson

Great Basin Naturalist

In situ radiocarbon uptake measurements conducted at Big Soda Lake, Nevada, indicate that (i) bacterial photosynthesis comprises an important fraction (30 percent) of the lake's total primary production and (ii) bacterial chemosynthesis contributes significantly to organic particle production. The results of nutrient enrichment bioassay experiments support Hutchinson's prediction that availability of inorganic nitrogen, rather than phosphorus, limits primary production in the mixolimnion. Nutrient additions of NO₃–N with Fe⁺³ most stimulated ¹⁴C uptake.

Pinus Longaeva In The Stansbury Mountains, Utah, P. A. Kay, C. G. Oviatt

Great Basin Naturalist

A new record of Pinus longaeva D. K. Bailey in the Stansbury Mountains, north of the known range of the species, is reported.

(A)Wake(N): A Study In Lexical And Grammatical Variation, Richard M. Trask

Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Symposium

No abstract provided.

The Theory Of Insular Biogeography And The Distribution Of Boreal Birds And Mammals, James H. Brown

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

The present paper compares the distribution of boreal birds and mammals among the isolated mountain ranges of the Great Basin and relates those patterns to the developing theory of insular biogeography. The results indicate that the distribution of permanent resident bird species represents an approximate equilibrium between contemporary rates of colonization and extinction. A shallow slope of the species-area curve (Z = 0.165), no significant reduction in numbers of species as a function of insular isolation (distance to nearest continent), and a strong dependence of species diversity on habitat diversity all suggest that immigration rates of boreal birds are sufficiently …

Avian Biogeography Of The Great Basin And Intermountain Region, William H. Behle

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

There are no endemic species of birds in the Great Basin. Nevertheless, a distinctive Great Basin avifauna exists which contains components of the Mojave Desert, Rocky Mountain, and Great Plains avifaunas as well as species obligate to sagebrush and the pinyon-juniper forest. Seemingly there has been little spread of California and Sierra Nevada species eastward, but a westward extension from the Rocky Mountains of several species is indicated. While several Rocky Mountain species reach their western limits on the eastern edge of the Great Basin, others have extended into the eastern portion. Two Great Plains representatives are late arrivals, namely …

The Flora Of Great Basin Mountain Ranges: Diversity, Sources, And Dispersal Ecology, K. T. Harper, D. Carl Freeman, W. Kent Ostler, Lionel G. Klikoff

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

The high elevation floras of 9 mountainous "mainlands" (3 in the Sierra-Cascade system and 6 in the High Plateau-Wasatch-Teton system) and 15 isolated mountain "islands" in the Intermountain Region have been analyzed. Mainland floras support more species per unit area and show a smaller increase in diversity as area is increased than islands (never exceeding 5 percent of any flora), however; and the island floras are overwhelmingly dominated by species with no apparent modifications for long-range dispersal. Furthermore, the eastern mainland has exerted a far greater influence on the flora and the vegetation of the islands than has the western …

Applying Biogeographic Principles To Resource Management: A Case Study Evaluating Holdridge's Life Zone Model, James A. Macmahon, Thomas F. Wieboldt

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

Conservation schemes require some portioning of the world into a discrete number of subunits which might benefit from similar management practices. The Holdridge Life Zone scheme, proposed for such purposes previously, is applied to Utah as an initial test of its usefulness. A hypothetical life zone map was developed entirely on the basis of weather station data and data derived from these values. This predictive map compared favorably to data on patterns of vegetation, mammal, reptile, and amphibian distribution in Utah.

Biogeography And Management Of Native Western Shrubs: A Case Study, Section Tridentatae Of Artemisia, E. Durant Mcarthur, A. Perry Plummer

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

Biogeographical considerations are important in the management of western shrublands. Seedings on rangelands have a higher probability of success when tried and tested principles are followed. It is usually best to seed mixtures that include adapted shrubs and herbs. Shrubs generally are well adapted to the environmental extremes of western ranges. Throughout the year, they provide nutrients for herbivores that are only seasonably available in herbs.

Section Tridentatae of Artemisia is endemic to western North America and distinct from the analogous Eurasian section (or subgenus) Seriphidium. The groups have separate, distinguishable centers of diversity; the two groups seem to be …