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Science And Civilizational Study: A Sand-Clearing Procedure, David Wilkinson

Comparative Civilizations Review

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The Evolution Of U.S. Gene Patent Law: Finding The Balance Between Blatantly Obvious And Overly-Broad Gene Patents, Jad Allen Mills

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

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“He Healed Them All”: Understanding Mental Illness In The Classroom, Barbara Morgan, Alvin W. Morgan Jr.

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

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We Who Owe Everything To A Name, Lynda Mackey Wilson

BYU Studies

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The J. Golden Kimball Stories. By Eric A. Eliason, Elliott Oring

BYU Studies

Eric A. Eliason. The J. Golden Kimball Stories. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2007.

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“No Mexicans Served”: Redefining Race As A Social Construct In Hernandez V. Texas, Scott Jensen

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

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Edward O. Wilson, Consilience: The Unity Of Knowledge, Lee Daniel Snyder

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Meditation, Christian Values And Psychotherapy, Kristin L. Hansen, Dianne Nielsen, Mitchell Harris

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

In recent decades meditation has been studied in the psychotherapy literature and incorporated into psychotherapy treatments (see Walsh & Shapiro, 2006, for review). As therapists who find meditation compatible with our Christian-based treatment approach, we have struggled to describe the integration of meditation and psychotherapy. In this article we first describe what meditation is, then consider its mechanisms of change, use in therapy or as a complement to therapy, and utility for therapists. The authors believe, consistent with Richards and Bergin’s (1997) view, that meditation is a spiritual intervention that can be used in theistically framed therapy. Ongoing research continues …

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Mind, Causation And Chinese Mentality, J. Randall Groves

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Explaining Religion To Death: Reductionism, Evolution, And The Psychology Of Religion, Edwin E. Gantt, Richard N. Williams

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Recent thinking suggests that the time is right for a reconsideration of the interface between psychology and religion. We argue that most accounts of religion in contemporary psychology (especially as typified by evolutionary theory) have been toxic to the phenomena of religious experience. This toxicity results from the adoption of a naturalistic explanatory framework that renders religious phenomena as merely results of mechanical forces and material conditions. This approach fails to take religious phenomena seriously and, thereby, dismisses their meaningfulness before any serious investigation has begun. We argue that only by taking religious experience seriously"that is by treating religious phenomena …

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Gender Differences In The Response To Competition, Joseph Price

Faculty Publications

To investigate whether men and women respond differently to competition and whether this response depends on the gender mix of the group, the author examines outcomes of the Mellon Foundation's Graduate Education Initiative, a competitive fellowship program instituted in 1991 that was aimed at increasing graduation rates and decreasing time to degree. Men's performance, as measured by time to candidacy, increased 10% in response to the program, with the largest gains for men in departments with the highest proportions offemale students. Women did not increase performance, on average, but the response of women did differ greatly depending on the gender …

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Late-Seasonal Activity And Diet Of The Evening Bat (Nycticeius Humeralis) In Nebraska, Keith Geluso, Jason P. Damm, Ernest W. Valdez

Western North American Naturalist

In North America, Nebraska represents part of the northwestern edge of the distribution for the evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis). To date, little information on this bat's natural history has been published from the state or from other parts of the Great Plains. Here we report on aspects of its natural history in Nebraska from 2 localities. In late summer and early autumn of 2006, we documented individuals farther west in Nebraska (Harlan County) than previously reported and determined that individuals fed mainly on Coleoptera and Hymenoptera. In 2006, evening bats appeared to migrate from Nebraska during late September–early …

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Characterization Of A Contact Zone Between Two Subspecies Of The Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus Fuscus) In Nebraska, Justin D. Hoffman, Hugh H. Genoways

Western North American Naturalist

Two subspecies of the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) are reported to occur in Nebraska. The eastern race, E. f. fuscus, is reportedly bigger and darker than its western counterpart E. f. pallidus. Where these 2 subspecies come in contact is the subject of debate. We used external, cranial, and colorimetric data to investigate geographic variation among populations of E. fuscus in Nebraska to determine the location of the zone of contact between E. f. fuscus and E. f. pallidus. We discovered significant variation in external, cranial, and colorimetric data, suggesting that E. fuscus is …

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Demography Of The Yarrow's Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus Jarrovii, From The Central Chihuahuan Desert, Héctor Gadsden, José L. Estrada-Rodríguez

Western North American Naturalist

The demography of a population of Yarrow's spiny lizard, Sceloporus jarrovii, was examined from 2004 to 2006 in the canyon Las Piedras Encimadas, located in Gomez Palacio, Durango, México. Lizards were studied using a mark-recapture technique. Reproduction in females occurred between November and May, coinciding with dry conditions. Reproductive activity was highest (percent of females with vitellogenic follicles or embryos) in the middle of the dry season (November and December). Thirteen percent of females reached sexual maturity at an average age of 8.5 months. The population structure was similar in spring and fall, but not in summer. A notable …

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Dynamics Of Rodent Populations In Semiarid Habitats In Lassen County, California, Sara C. Gillespie, Dirk H. Van Vuren, Douglas A. Kelt, John M. Eadie, Daniel W. Anderson

Western North American Naturalist

From 1996 to 2004, we studied population dynamics of a rodent assemblage in semiarid habitats in Lassen County, California. Abundances of rodents appeared affected by fluctuations in precipitation from a high in 1996 to average and slightly below-average levels in subsequent years; perhaps reflecting this, assemblage composition also changed dramatically during the study period. California kangaroo rats (Dipodomys californicus) declined from abundant to extremely rare, abundances of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) fluctuated greatly during the study period, and, perhaps most notably, populations of dusky-footed woodrats (Neotoma fuscipes) appeared to decline to local extinction, possibly …

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The Case For Humboldtensis: A Subspecies Name For The Indigenous Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus Clarkii) Of The Humboldt River, Upper Quinn River, And Coyote Basin Drainages, Nevada And Oregon, Patrick C. Trotter, Robert J. Behnke

Western North American Naturalist

In the early years of his research on the native trouts of western North America, Behnke (1960, 1966, 1979) observed consistent differences in certain meristic characters between the cutthroat trout of the Humboldt River drainage and those from the Truckee, Carson, and Walker river drainages of the Lahontan Basin, and proposed that the Humboldt trout be recognized as a distinct subspecies. He coined the subspecies name humboldtensis, but a formal description was never published. Here we again present the early evidence for subspecific distinction of the Humboldt drainage cutthroat trout, and add more recent findings from the fields of …

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Geographic Patterns Of Ground-Dwelling Arthropods Across An Ecoregional Transition In The North American Southwest, David C. Lightfoot, Sandra L. Brantley, Craig D. Allen

Western North American Naturalist

We examined the biogeographic patterns of ground-dwelling arthropod communities across a heterogeneous semiarid region of the Southern Rio Grande Rift Valley of New Mexico. Our 3 sites included portions of 5 ecoregions, with the middle site a transition area where all ecoregions converged. We addressed the following 3 questions: (1) Do the species assemblage patterns for ground arthropods across habitats and sites conform to recognized ecoregions? (2) Are arthropod assemblages in distinct vegetation-defined habitats within an ecoregion more similar to each other or to assemblages in similar vegetation-defined habitats in other ecoregions? (3) Is there a detectable edge effect with …

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Avian Use Of Desert Wildlife Water Developments As Determined By Remote Videography, Janet C. Lynn, Steven S. Rosenstock, Carol L. Chambers

Western North American Naturalist

In the desert Southwest, migrating birds have been documented using upland habitat and xeroriparian washes as well as riparian areas. Yet aside from the river corridors, natural water sources (e.g., natural rock tanks [tinajas], springs, and ephemeral washes) in upland areas are scarce. Because of this scarcity, state and federal resource managers augmented water sources throughout the Southwest by constructing permanent wildlife water developments with the intention of enhancing game populations. However, despite these increases in free-standing water, there is a paucity of information on the use of water by birds during migration. Our objectives were to document use of …

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Observations On Body Mass Of Prairie Dogs In Urban Habitat, Seth B. Magle

Western North American Naturalist

The black-tailed prairie dog is an important component of prairie and steppe ecosystems. Currently many prairie dog colonies are fragmented by, or adjacent to, urban development, but little is known about what effects urbanization may have on these animals. I compare body weights and sex ratios of prairie dogs in isolated urban habitat in Denver, Colorado, to published data for black-tailed prairie dogs at the same time of year. Prairie dogs in this study had summer weights similar to those reported in the literature, although males apparently gained weight earlier in the year, and observed sex ratios were not significantly …

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Front Matter, Vol. 68 No. 1

Western North American Naturalist

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End Matter, Vol. 68 No. 1

Western North American Naturalist

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Status Of The Northern Rock Deermouse, Peromyscus Nasutus (Rodentia: Cricetidae), In Utah, George V. Oliver

Western North American Naturalist

Peromyscus nasutus has been considered to occur in Utah since it was first reported in the state in 1935. Authors since then have considered the distribution of P. nasutus to include southeastern Utah. However, the original Utah specimen was later reidentified as Peromyscus boylii. A query of museums revealed only 1 other specimen considered to be P. nasutus from Utah. This specimen was examined and found to be P. boylii. Thus, there is no evidence of the occurrence of P. nasutus in Utah, and the northwesternmost accepted records of this species are in the Chuska Mountains of northeastern …

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Strong Genetic Differentiation Among Neighboring Populations Of A Locally Endemic Primrose, Lee Bjerregaard, Paul G. Wolf

Western North American Naturalist

Maguire primrose is a locally endemic plant of northern Utah, USA, with a total known range of less than 20 km². A previous study found evidence for strong differentiation among local populations at 4 allozyme loci. Here we reexamined populations using 165 AFLP loci and found further evidence of unusually strong genetic structure. We also found an apparently fixed nucleotide difference between populations for a noncoding region of chloroplast DNA, mirroring the patterns seen for AFLP loci. Furthermore, we tested the hypothesis that the current population structure is the result of breeding barriers between plants from different populations. …

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American Pikas (Ochotona Princeps) In Northwestern Nevada: A Newly Discovered Population At A Low-Elevation Site, Erik A. Beever, Jenifer L. Wilkening, Donald E. Mcivor, Shana S. Weber, Peter F. Brussard

Western North American Naturalist

The central tenet of island biogeography theory—that species assemblages on islands are functions of island area, isolation from mainlands, and vicariance—has been altered by the demonstrable effects that rapid climate change is imposing on insular faunas, at least in isolated mountaintops. Although populations of American pikas (Ochotona princeps) continue to suffer extirpations, and although the lower bounds of the pika's elevational distribution are shifting upslope across the Great Basin, we report here on the new discovery of a low-elevation population of pikas in a mountain range from which they had not been reported previously. This discovery, particularly in …

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Spotted Bats (Euderma Maculatum) From Mt. Taylor, New Mexico, Keith Geluso

Western North American Naturalist

The spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) is an elusive and rarely captured species in western North America. In the United States, it is known from 12 western states. In New Mexico, few individuals have been reported in recent years, and multiple individuals are known from 9 of 12 capture sites. This study reports on additional captures of E. maculatum from Mt. Taylor (Cibola County) for 2 consecutive summers and includes evidence of a reproducing population in the area. On 30 June/1 July 2006, I captured 4 individuals of E. maculatum, including a lactating female, and on 5 June …

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Effects Of Water Temperature On Growth Of Razorback Sucker Larvae, Kevin Bestgen

Western North American Naturalist

I conducted laboratory experiments and fit a response surface regression model to evaluate growth of endangered razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) up to 37 days post-hatch. Fish growth at ad libitum ration was positively related to water temperature, and larvae reared at 25.5°C grew about twice as fast in length and 4 times as fast in weight as those at 16.5°C. Growth was intermediate at 19.5°C and 22.5°C. Time required for razorback sucker larvae to exceed 25 mm total length (TL), a potentially important threshold for reduced predation, was 30 days (post-hatch) at 25.5°C, 33 days at 22.5°C, 36 …

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Winter And Early Spring Bird Communities In Grasslands, Shrubsteppe, And Juniper Woodlands In Central Oregon, Daniel P. Reinkensmeyer, Richard F. Miller, Robert G. Anthony, Vern E. Marr, Corinne M. Duncan

Western North American Naturalist

We compared winter (December, January, and February) and early spring (March and April) bird communities among 4 successional stages that included grassland, shrubsteppe, juniper-shrubsteppe, and old-growth juniper woodland in central Oregon. Birds were surveyed monthly from December through April in 1998/1999 and 1999/2000 using the point count method to estimate relative abundance of birds (individuals · transect⁻¹year⁻¹). We used distance sampling to correct for potential bias in estimating abundance and density among successional stages. A total of 4513 birds (32 species) were detected. Relative abundance of total birds (all species combined) was similar in the juniper-shrubsteppe …

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Comparison Of Desert Valvata Snail Growth At Three Densities Of The Invasive New Zealand Mudsnail, Steven Lysne, Peter Koetsier

Western North American Naturalist

Invasive species are of concern to natural resource managers and conservation biologists. The New Zealand mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) has invaded many freshwaters of the western United States with unknown consequences on the native benthic invertebrate fauna. We conducted a laboratory investigation to determine if mudsnails affected the growth of the desert valvata snail (Valvata utahensis), a species native to the Snake River in southern Idaho. Results indicated that increasing densities of mudsnails limited the growth rate and absolute growth of the desert valvata. We suggest that absolute growth is a better metric than growth rate for …

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The Role Of Perceptions Of Female Administrators Regarding The Gender Regimes In Urban Co-Educational Secondary Schools In Uganda, Frances Naluwemba

Theses and Dissertations

Leaders and policy makers in Uganda developed a national strategy of placing female administrators in traditionally male-dominated coeducational secondary schools in the belief that their vision would promote equitable education by changing gender regimes that play in schools. Gender regimes are patterns of gender arrangements that could disadvantage the education of boys or girls (Connell, 2002). The purpose of this study was to discover if female administrators perceived and had developed strategies to change gender regimes in their schools. Participants were 13 female administrators of government-supported coeducational mixed/day secondary schools in Kampala and Wakiso urban districts. Participants ranged in age …

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Hidden Village (42sa2112): A Basket Maker Iii Community In Montezuma Canyon, Utah, Donald G. Montoya

Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT This thesis focuses on the Basketmaker III period of the Ancestral Puebloan culture commonly known as the Anasazi, which means ‘ancient stranger’ or ‘ancient enemy’ in the Navajo language, or as preferred by the Hopi; "Hisatsinom" for "The Ones Who Came Before." I use the terms Anasazi and Ancestral Puebloan interchangeably in this study. My particular focus concentrates on a Basketmaker III settlement (42Sa2112 – Hidden Village) in Montezuma Canyon in southeastern Utah. My thesis presents data and an interpretive hypothesis that village formation and complex social organization emerged earlier than most standard texts (Plog 1997) assume. Analysis of …

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Science And Civilizational Study: A Sand-Clearing Procedure, David Wilkinson

Comparative Civilizations Review

The Evolution Of U.S. Gene Patent Law: Finding The Balance Between Blatantly Obvious And Overly-Broad Gene Patents, Jad Allen Mills

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

“He Healed Them All”: Understanding Mental Illness In The Classroom, Barbara Morgan, Alvin W. Morgan Jr.

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

We Who Owe Everything To A Name, Lynda Mackey Wilson

BYU Studies

The J. Golden Kimball Stories. By Eric A. Eliason, Elliott Oring

BYU Studies

“No Mexicans Served”: Redefining Race As A Social Construct In Hernandez V. Texas, Scott Jensen

Brigham Young University Prelaw Review

Edward O. Wilson, Consilience: The Unity Of Knowledge, Lee Daniel Snyder

Comparative Civilizations Review

Meditation, Christian Values And Psychotherapy, Kristin L. Hansen, Dianne Nielsen, Mitchell Harris

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Mind, Causation And Chinese Mentality, J. Randall Groves

Comparative Civilizations Review

Explaining Religion To Death: Reductionism, Evolution, And The Psychology Of Religion, Edwin E. Gantt, Richard N. Williams

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Gender Differences In The Response To Competition, Joseph Price

Faculty Publications

Late-Seasonal Activity And Diet Of The Evening Bat (Nycticeius Humeralis) In Nebraska, Keith Geluso, Jason P. Damm, Ernest W. Valdez

Western North American Naturalist

Characterization Of A Contact Zone Between Two Subspecies Of The Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus Fuscus) In Nebraska, Justin D. Hoffman, Hugh H. Genoways

Western North American Naturalist

Demography Of The Yarrow's Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus Jarrovii, From The Central Chihuahuan Desert, Héctor Gadsden, José L. Estrada-Rodríguez

Western North American Naturalist

Dynamics Of Rodent Populations In Semiarid Habitats In Lassen County, California, Sara C. Gillespie, Dirk H. Van Vuren, Douglas A. Kelt, John M. Eadie, Daniel W. Anderson

Western North American Naturalist

The Case For Humboldtensis: A Subspecies Name For The Indigenous Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus Clarkii) Of The Humboldt River, Upper Quinn River, And Coyote Basin Drainages, Nevada And Oregon, Patrick C. Trotter, Robert J. Behnke

Western North American Naturalist

Geographic Patterns Of Ground-Dwelling Arthropods Across An Ecoregional Transition In The North American Southwest, David C. Lightfoot, Sandra L. Brantley, Craig D. Allen

Western North American Naturalist

Avian Use Of Desert Wildlife Water Developments As Determined By Remote Videography, Janet C. Lynn, Steven S. Rosenstock, Carol L. Chambers

Western North American Naturalist

Observations On Body Mass Of Prairie Dogs In Urban Habitat, Seth B. Magle

Western North American Naturalist

Front Matter, Vol. 68 No. 1

Western North American Naturalist

End Matter, Vol. 68 No. 1

Western North American Naturalist

Status Of The Northern Rock Deermouse, Peromyscus Nasutus (Rodentia: Cricetidae), In Utah, George V. Oliver

Western North American Naturalist

Strong Genetic Differentiation Among Neighboring Populations Of A Locally Endemic Primrose, Lee Bjerregaard, Paul G. Wolf

Western North American Naturalist

American Pikas (Ochotona Princeps) In Northwestern Nevada: A Newly Discovered Population At A Low-Elevation Site, Erik A. Beever, Jenifer L. Wilkening, Donald E. Mcivor, Shana S. Weber, Peter F. Brussard

Western North American Naturalist

Spotted Bats (Euderma Maculatum) From Mt. Taylor, New Mexico, Keith Geluso

Western North American Naturalist

Effects Of Water Temperature On Growth Of Razorback Sucker Larvae, Kevin Bestgen

Western North American Naturalist

Winter And Early Spring Bird Communities In Grasslands, Shrubsteppe, And Juniper Woodlands In Central Oregon, Daniel P. Reinkensmeyer, Richard F. Miller, Robert G. Anthony, Vern E. Marr, Corinne M. Duncan

Western North American Naturalist

Comparison Of Desert Valvata Snail Growth At Three Densities Of The Invasive New Zealand Mudsnail, Steven Lysne, Peter Koetsier

Western North American Naturalist

The Role Of Perceptions Of Female Administrators Regarding The Gender Regimes In Urban Co-Educational Secondary Schools In Uganda, Frances Naluwemba

Theses and Dissertations

Hidden Village (42sa2112): A Basket Maker Iii Community In Montezuma Canyon, Utah, Donald G. Montoya

Theses and Dissertations