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Trypanoplasma Atraria Sp. N. (Kinetoplastida: Bodonidae) In Fishes From The Sevier River Drainage, Utah, J. Stephen Cranney, Richard A. Heckmann Apr 1996

Trypanoplasma Atraria Sp. N. (Kinetoplastida: Bodonidae) In Fishes From The Sevier River Drainage, Utah, J. Stephen Cranney, Richard A. Heckmann

Great Basin Naturalist

A total of 181 fishes belonging to 10 species were captured near Richfield, Utah, and examined for parasites. A new species of hemoflagellate, Trypanoplasma atraria sp. n., was observed in 3 species: Utah chub (Gila atraria [Girard]), redside shiner (Richardsonius balteatus [Richardson]), and speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus [Girard]). Seven other species of fishes examined in the study area were negative for T. atraria sp. n. The salmonid leech, Piscicola salmositica (Meyer), collected in the same area harbored developmental stages of Trypanoplasma, suggesting a possible leech vector for the hemoflagellate. Characteristics of Trypanoplasma atraria sp. n. place …

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Geographical Review Of The Historical And Current Status Of Ospreys (Pandion Haliaetus) In Utah, Clark S. Monson Apr 1996

Geographical Review Of The Historical And Current Status Of Ospreys (Pandion Haliaetus) In Utah, Clark S. Monson

Great Basin Naturalist

Small numbers of Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) are known to have nested historically in Utah. A precise baseline figure is unavailable, but the 19th-century Osprey population in Utah probably consisted of at least 15 breeding pairs scattered in 4 geographic regions. Human persecution is believed to have caused the abandonment of nesting territories along the Wasatch Front and in the western Uinta Mountains by 1900 and 1960, respectively. Osprey populations in the southern plateaus and Green River areas, however, began increasing in the late 1970s. Several recent nesting attempts and numerous summer sightings at nontraditional and abandoned historical sites …

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Density, Biomass, And Diversity Of Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) In A California Native Grassland, Eric E. Porter, Richard A. Redak, H. Elizabeth Braker Apr 1996

Density, Biomass, And Diversity Of Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) In A California Native Grassland, Eric E. Porter, Richard A. Redak, H. Elizabeth Braker

Great Basin Naturalist

A native California perennial grassland was sampled for grasshopper populations. The grassland is managed for the preservation of the native perennial bunchgrass, Nassella pulchra Hitch. Grasshopper density, biomass, diversity, and richness were measured from July 1993 to October 1994. Average density of all grasshoppers was 2.30 hoppers/m2 (0.66 s) for 1994 (June through August). Overall forage consumed for 1994 was 140 kg/ha, suggesting that grasshopper populations exist at economically damaging levels. Grasshoppers do not appear in the grasslands until late spring, after annual grasses have set seed. Biomass of grasshoppers peaks in July when adults are predominant. Both …

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Front Matter, Vol. 56 No. 2 Apr 1996

Front Matter, Vol. 56 No. 2

Great Basin Naturalist

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Comparison Of Two Roadside Survey Procedures For Dwarf Mistletoes On The Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho, Robert L. Mathiasen, James T. Hoffman, John C. Guyon, Linda L. Wadleigh Apr 1996

Comparison Of Two Roadside Survey Procedures For Dwarf Mistletoes On The Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho, Robert L. Mathiasen, James T. Hoffman, John C. Guyon, Linda L. Wadleigh

Great Basin Naturalist

Two roadside surveys were conducted for dwarf mistletoes parasitizing lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir on the Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho. One survey used variable-radius plots located less than 150 m from roads. The 2nd survey used variable-radius plots established at 200-m intervals along 1600-m transects run perpendicular to the same roads. Estimates of the incidence (percentage of trees infected and percentage of plots infested) and severity (average dwarf mistletoe rating) for both lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir dwarf mistletoes were not significantly different for the 2 survey methods. These findings are further evidence that roadside-plot surveys and transect-plot surveys conducted away from …

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Pocket Gophers Damage Saltcedar (Tamarix Ramosissima) Roots, Sara J. Manning, Brian L. Cashore, Joseph M. Szewczak Apr 1996

Pocket Gophers Damage Saltcedar (Tamarix Ramosissima) Roots, Sara J. Manning, Brian L. Cashore, Joseph M. Szewczak

Great Basin Naturalist

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Full Issue, Vol. 56 No. 2 Apr 1996

Full Issue, Vol. 56 No. 2

Great Basin Naturalist

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Selecting Wilderness Areas To Conserve Utah's Biological Diversity, Diane W. Davidson, William D. Newmark, Jack W. Sites Jr., Dennis K. Shiozawa, Eric A. Rickart, Kimball T. Harper, Robert B. Keiter Apr 1996

Selecting Wilderness Areas To Conserve Utah's Biological Diversity, Diane W. Davidson, William D. Newmark, Jack W. Sites Jr., Dennis K. Shiozawa, Eric A. Rickart, Kimball T. Harper, Robert B. Keiter

Great Basin Naturalist

Congress is currently evaluating the wilderness status of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands in Utah. Wilderness areas play many important roles, and one critical role is the conservation of biological diversity. We propose that objectives for conserving biodiversity on BLM lands in Utah be to (1) ensure the long-term population viability of native animal and plant species, (2) maintain the critical ecological and evolutionary processes upon which these species depend, and (3) preserve the full range of communities, successional stages, and environmental gradients. To achieve these objectives, wilderness areas should be selected so as to protect large, contiguous …

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Pogonomyrmex Owyheei Nest Site Density And Size On A Minimally Impacted Site In Central Oregon, Peter T. Soulé, Paul A. Knapp Apr 1996

Pogonomyrmex Owyheei Nest Site Density And Size On A Minimally Impacted Site In Central Oregon, Peter T. Soulé, Paul A. Knapp

Great Basin Naturalist

Little is known about the basic characteristics of the western harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex owyheei) in the absence of anthropogenic disturbances. We examined the role of P. owyheei as an agent of disturbance in an area of semiarid vegetation in central Oregon known as the Horse Ridge Research Natural Area (HRRNA) that has been largely free of livestock grazing and other significant anthropogenic influences for over 23 yr. We determined density and size characteristics of nest sites and estimate total area cleared by P. owyheei activities on HRRNA. From random sampling of twenty-five 0.04-ha plots we found a mean …

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Spiritual Perspectives And Interventions In Psychotherapy: A Qualitative Study Of Experienced Amcap Therapists, Ronald B. Chamberlain, P. Scott Richards, Janet S. Scharman Apr 1996

Spiritual Perspectives And Interventions In Psychotherapy: A Qualitative Study Of Experienced Amcap Therapists, Ronald B. Chamberlain, P. Scott Richards, Janet S. Scharman

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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Stephen K. Sanderson. Social Evolutionsim, A Critical History, Laurence G. Wolf Apr 1996

Stephen K. Sanderson. Social Evolutionsim, A Critical History, Laurence G. Wolf

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Eugene D. Genovese And Leonard Hochberg, Eds. Geographical Perspectives In History., Laurence G. Wolf Apr 1996

Eugene D. Genovese And Leonard Hochberg, Eds. Geographical Perspectives In History., Laurence G. Wolf

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Lee Udall Bennion: A Quiet Interview, Doris R. Dant Apr 1996

Lee Udall Bennion: A Quiet Interview, Doris R. Dant

BYU Studies

Typical of the way artist Lee Bennion interweaves her family life and her work are the setting and events of the morning of this interview. When I arrived at her Spring City, Utah, home on September 23, 1996, Lee was canning tomatoes from her garden. She seated me at her dining room table for the interview, but her husband, Joe, came in to eat, and Adah, her youngest daughter, asked to have her hair braided. Unflustered by the interruptions, Lee simply offered me a slice of homemade bread and met her family's needs before returning to the business of the …

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“But Then Face To Face”: Women's Issues, Mormon Culture, And Doctrine In Eight Pregnancy Narratives, Angela Ashurst-Mcgee Apr 1996

“But Then Face To Face”: Women's Issues, Mormon Culture, And Doctrine In Eight Pregnancy Narratives, Angela Ashurst-Mcgee

BYU Studies

For a Mormon woman, pregnancy can augment her agency, build charity, and transcend stereotypes. Sharing her narrative can help her organize and own her experience.

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Exceptional Fish Yield In A Mid-Elevation Utah Trout Reservoir: Effects Of Angling Regulations, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, David Barnard, Thomas Pettengill Jan 1996

Exceptional Fish Yield In A Mid-Elevation Utah Trout Reservoir: Effects Of Angling Regulations, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, David Barnard, Thomas Pettengill

Great Basin Naturalist

We used creel surveys to evaluate how a change from a 6-mon to a year-round fishing season affected the sport fish harvest in East Canyon Reservoir (Utah), a 277-ha mesoeutrophic system. Under the year-round season, fishing effort was 840 angler-h·ha−1·yr−1, and 360 trout ha−1 were captured. Catch rates were proportional to estimated trout densities in the reservoir, ranging from 1.06 during the winter ice fishery, to 0.18 fish angler−1·h−1 in July. Ninety-nine percent of fish harvested were rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus myskiss). Thirty-two percent of the 300,000 75-mm fingerling trout stocked …

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Front Matter, Vol. 56 No. 1 Jan 1996

Front Matter, Vol. 56 No. 1

Great Basin Naturalist

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Limber Pine And Bears, Henry E. Mccutchen Jan 1996

Limber Pine And Bears, Henry E. Mccutchen

Great Basin Naturalist

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The Literary Structure And Doctrinal Significance Of Alma 13:1-9, James T. Duke Jan 1996

The Literary Structure And Doctrinal Significance Of Alma 13:1-9, James T. Duke

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Alma’s sermon at Ammonihah includes a remarkable passage (Alma 13:1–9) that contains a main chiasm as well as four shorter chiasms and four alternates. It also uses synonymia, cycloides, repetition, and an important Nephite idiom (rest). In addition, this passage explains the doctrine of the priesthood and the eternal nature of Christ in conjunction with the priesthood, and introduces the doctrines of a preparatory redemption and the rest of God.

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Consumption Of Diffuse Knapweed By Two Species Of Polyphagous Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) In Southern Idaho, Dennis J. Fielding, M. A. Brusven, L. P. Kish Jan 1996

Consumption Of Diffuse Knapweed By Two Species Of Polyphagous Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) In Southern Idaho, Dennis J. Fielding, M. A. Brusven, L. P. Kish

Great Basin Naturalist

Consumption of diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa Lam.) by 2 polyphagous grasshopper species, Melanoplus sanguinipes (F.) and Oedaleonotus enigma (Scudder), was studied using microhistological analysis of grasshopper crop contents. Grasshoppers were confined to cages containing C. diffusa and Sisymbrium altissimum L., a member of the mustard family known to be readily eaten by these 2 grasshopper species. Preference indices for knapweed were lower than for S. altissimum in 4 of 5 trials. An uncaged population of M. sanguinipes on a knapweed-infested site consumed only small amounts of knapweed until late summer when most other plants were senescent. Results suggested that …

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End Matter, Vol. 56 No. 1 Jan 1996

End Matter, Vol. 56 No. 1

Great Basin Naturalist

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Full Issue, Vol. 56 No. 1 Jan 1996

Full Issue, Vol. 56 No. 1

Great Basin Naturalist

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Trachytes Kaliszewskii, N. Sp. (Acari: Uropodina), From The Great Basin (Utah, Usa), With Remarks On The Habitats And Distribution Of The Members Of The Genus Trachytes, Jerzy Błoszyk, Paweł Szymkowiak Jan 1996

Trachytes Kaliszewskii, N. Sp. (Acari: Uropodina), From The Great Basin (Utah, Usa), With Remarks On The Habitats And Distribution Of The Members Of The Genus Trachytes, Jerzy Błoszyk, Paweł Szymkowiak

Great Basin Naturalist

Trachytes kaliszewskii, n. sp., is described from the Great Basin, Utah, USA. SEM photography illustrates morphological detail. An annotated list is included of currently recognized species of the genus Trachytes, with comments on their distribution and habitat characteristics.

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Nuptial, Pre-, And Postnuptial Activity Of The Thatching Ant, Formica Obscuripes Forel, In Colorado, John R. Conway Jan 1996

Nuptial, Pre-, And Postnuptial Activity Of The Thatching Ant, Formica Obscuripes Forel, In Colorado, John R. Conway

Great Basin Naturalist

Observations and excavations of thatching ant nests from 1990 to 1994 at 2560 m in Colorado provided information on the numbers and behavior of males and winged and wingless queens. Nuptial activity was compared to that reported by other investigators at lower altitudes. Reproductives were observed from 24 June to 15 August. Activity was greatest in 1993 when reproductives were on 10 of 98 mounds in the area. Mating and swarming occurred on rabbitbrush 4 m from 1 nest 2–6 July. The number of wingless queens in 4 excavated nests varied from 0 to 198.

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Productivity, Food Habits, And Associated Variables Of Barn Owls Utilizing Nest Boxes In North Central Utah, Sandra J. Looman, Dennis L. Shirley, Clayton M. White Jan 1996

Productivity, Food Habits, And Associated Variables Of Barn Owls Utilizing Nest Boxes In North Central Utah, Sandra J. Looman, Dennis L. Shirley, Clayton M. White

Great Basin Naturalist

Productivity and food habits of the Barn Owl (Tyto alba) utilizing nest boxes in Juab, Utah, and Salt Lake counties, Utah, During 1979–1984 were examined. Average clutch size was 5.8 eggs for the 6-yr period; mean number fledged was 3.9 young per successful nest. While severe weather during the 1981–82 winter did not result in significant decrease in productivity during the 1982 breeding season, it may have resulted in a significant overproduction of female young. Barn Owls in north central Utah fed almost exclusively on mammalian species, particularly Microtus spp. Difference in clutch size between areas and years …

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Temporal And Spatial Distribution Of Highway Mortality Of Mule Deer On Newly Constructed Roads At Jordanelle Reservoir, Utah, Laura A. Romin, John A. Bissonette Jan 1996

Temporal And Spatial Distribution Of Highway Mortality Of Mule Deer On Newly Constructed Roads At Jordanelle Reservoir, Utah, Laura A. Romin, John A. Bissonette

Great Basin Naturalist

In this paper we evaluated traffic characteristics and vegetation and topographic features associated with mule deer kills on 3 highways (US 40, SR 32, SR 248) in northeastern Utah. We also compared number, and sex and age composition of roadkills to that of the living population observed during spotlight counts. From 15 October 1991 to 14 October 1993 we documented 397 deer roadkills: 51.6% were does, 18.9% bucks, 21.7% fawns, and 7.8% could not be classified. Sixty-seven percent of adult kills were ≤2.5 yr of age. Kill composition compared closely to spotlight counts. Of 1515 spotlight deer, 65.2% were does, …

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Lytle Preserve (1985–1995), And Short History Of Beaver Dam Wash, Stanley L. Welsh Jan 1996

Lytle Preserve (1985–1995), And Short History Of Beaver Dam Wash, Stanley L. Welsh

Books by Faculty of the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum

Presented is a short history of the occupation of lands currently within and adjacent to the Lytle Nature Preserve, a property owned and operated by Brigham Young University. The property, which is to be maintained in perpetuity for its natural history qualities, is situated in Beaver Dam Wash in southwestern Washington County, Utah some seven miles north of Arizona and one and a half miles east of Nevada. Its natural and man-made features are discussed in detail, as are its management options and changes during its first decade of operation. The Preserve is dedicated to teaching and research. Main management …

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Skyscrapers, Matthew H. Kennington Jan 1996

Skyscrapers, Matthew H. Kennington

Inscape

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Editor's Introduction: Doubting The Doubters, Daniel C. Peterson Jan 1996

Editor's Introduction: Doubting The Doubters, Daniel C. Peterson

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Introduction to the current issue, as well as editor's picks. Peterson discusses the theory of evolution, the historicity of Christ's resurrection, and the techniques used by Jerald and Sandra Tanner in their research.

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Vol. 8 Num. 2 Farms Review Of Books, Farms Review Jan 1996

Vol. 8 Num. 2 Farms Review Of Books, Farms Review

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

No abstract provided.

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A Listing Of Points And Counterpoints, John Wm. Maddox Jan 1996

A Listing Of Points And Counterpoints, John Wm. Maddox

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology (1993), edited by Brent Lee Metcalfe. The claimes of Metcalfe's New Approaches to the Book of Mormon appear to have been adequately responded to in the Review.

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