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Employment And Happiness Among Mormon And Non-Mormon Mothers In Utah, Kimberly Grace Andersen Jan 1993

Employment And Happiness Among Mormon And Non-Mormon Mothers In Utah, Kimberly Grace Andersen

Theses and Dissertations

The effects of maternal employment status on the happiness and/or unhappiness of married Utah women with children were studied. The independent variables were employment status, age, and denomination. Covariates were health, husbands income, and number of children. Denominational differences were not found to impact happiness, but age and employment status were related to happiness, with non-employed and younger mothers being happier.

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End Matter, Vol. 52 No. 4 Dec 1992

End Matter, Vol. 52 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

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Full Issue, Vol. 52 No. 4 Dec 1992

Full Issue, Vol. 52 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

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Siphonaptera (Fleas) Collected From Small Mammals In Montane Southern Utah, James R. Kucera, Glenn E. Haas Dec 1992

Siphonaptera (Fleas) Collected From Small Mammals In Montane Southern Utah, James R. Kucera, Glenn E. Haas

Great Basin Naturalist

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Riffle Beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) Of Death Valley National Monument, California, William D. Shepard Dec 1992

Riffle Beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) Of Death Valley National Monument, California, William D. Shepard

Great Basin Naturalist

Three species of Elmidae occur in Death Valley National Monument: Stenelmis calida is in three springs in the Ash Meadows area; Microcylloepus formicvideus is only in Travertine Springs; and Microcylloepus similis is in several springs throughout Death Valley and Ash Meadows. Only permanent springs support elmids. Considerable morphological variation occurs in the disjunct populations of M. similis. The evolution of elmids in Death Valley National Monument is equivalent to that of the local pupfish (Cyprinodon spp.).

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Plant Age/Size Distributions In Black Sagebrush (Artemisia Nova): Effects On Community Structure, James A. Young, Debra E. Palmquist Dec 1992

Plant Age/Size Distributions In Black Sagebrush (Artemisia Nova): Effects On Community Structure, James A. Young, Debra E. Palmquist

Great Basin Naturalist

The demography of black sagebrush (Artemisia nova Nelson) was investigated in the Buckskin Mountains of western Nevada to determine patterns of stand renewal in sagebrush communities currently free from wildfires. Biomass sampling was conducted to develop growth classes that reflected apparent age of the shrubs. The density of black sagebrush plants was twice that of basin big sagebrush (A. tridentata ssp. tridentata Nutt.) in adjacent communities on contrasting soils (2.2 versus 1.1 plants per m2). Black sagebrush accumulated only 75% as much woody biomass as big sagebrush. Regression equations were developed and tested for predicting total …

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Mushroom Consumption (Mycophagy) By North American Cervids, Karen L. Launchbaugh, Philip J. Urness Dec 1992

Mushroom Consumption (Mycophagy) By North American Cervids, Karen L. Launchbaugh, Philip J. Urness

Great Basin Naturalist

Native mushrooms play an important, though often underestimated, role in deer, elk, and caribou diets in North America. Mushrooms are often noted as an unusual or anomalous food in the diets of cervids; yet they often dominate diets in the late summer and fall in forested areas of western North America and throughout the year in the southeastern U.S. Mushrooms are particularly high in protein (16–19%), phosphorus (average 0.75%), and potassium (average 2%). Also, mushroom production is generally greatest in fall. Therefore, they are a highly nutritious food in late season when other native forages may marginally meet basal nutrient …

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Front Matter, Vol. 52 No. 4 Dec 1992

Front Matter, Vol. 52 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

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List Of Oregon Scolytidae (Coleoptera) And Notes On New Records, Malcolm M. Furniss, James B. Johnson, Richard L. Westcott, Torolf R. Torgersen Dec 1992

List Of Oregon Scolytidae (Coleoptera) And Notes On New Records, Malcolm M. Furniss, James B. Johnson, Richard L. Westcott, Torolf R. Torgersen

Great Basin Naturalist

Listed are 121 species of Scolytidae from Oregon. Ten species are reported from Oregon for the first time: Hylastes tenuis Eichhoff, Phloeosinus scopulorum scopulorum Swaine, Phloeosinus hoferi Blackman, Trypodendron betulae Swaine, Xyleborus xylographus (Say), Trypophloeus striatulus (Mannerheim), T. Thatcheri Wood, Procryphalus mucronatus (LeConte), Pityophthorus scalptor Blackman, and Monarthrum dentigerum (LeConte). The second Oregon specimen of an exotic species, Xyleborus californicus Wood, is reported also.

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Lakeward And Downstream Movements Of Age-0 Arctic Grayling (Thymallus Arcticus) Originating Between A Lake And A Waterfall, Mark A. Deleray, Calvin M. Kaya Dec 1992

Lakeward And Downstream Movements Of Age-0 Arctic Grayling (Thymallus Arcticus) Originating Between A Lake And A Waterfall, Mark A. Deleray, Calvin M. Kaya

Great Basin Naturalist

Arctic grayling in Deer Lake, Montana spawn only in the 350-m segment of outlet stream between the lake and a waterfall. The purpose of this study was to examine consequences of and possible adaptations by this population to spawning above the falls, by determining the extent of loss over the falls of age-0 young, the daily and seasonal patterns of such losses, and the seasonal pattern of movement upstream into the lake by the remaining young. We measured fish movements during 1989 and 1990 with traps placed at the outlet and at the falls, from fry swimup in July until …

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Front Matter, Vol. 52 No. 3 Dec 1992

Front Matter, Vol. 52 No. 3

Great Basin Naturalist

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Roost Sites Used By Sandhill Crane Staging Along The Platte River, Nebraska, Bradley S. Norling, Stanley H. Anderson, Wayne A. Hubert Dec 1992

Roost Sites Used By Sandhill Crane Staging Along The Platte River, Nebraska, Bradley S. Norling, Stanley H. Anderson, Wayne A. Hubert

Great Basin Naturalist

We assessed the influence of water depth, extent of unobstructed view, and human disturbance features on use of roost sites by Sandhill Cranes along the Platte River, Nebraska, during spring migratory stopover. Aerial photos taken near dawn were used to determine areas of flock use and habitat availability in four sample reaches, and measurements were made on the ground at flock roost areas. In general, depths of 1–13 cm were used by sandhill cranes in greater proportion than those available. Exposed sandbars and depths >20 cm were avoided, while depths of 14–19 cm were used in proportion to their availability. …

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Wildfire And Soil Organic Carbon In Sagebrush-Bunchgrass Vegetation, Steven A. Acker Dec 1992

Wildfire And Soil Organic Carbon In Sagebrush-Bunchgrass Vegetation, Steven A. Acker

Great Basin Naturalist

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Structure Of A White-Tailed Prairie Dog Burrow, Lynn A. Cooke, Steven R. Swiecki Dec 1992

Structure Of A White-Tailed Prairie Dog Burrow, Lynn A. Cooke, Steven R. Swiecki

Great Basin Naturalist

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Life History, Abundance, And Distribution Of Moapa Dace (Moapa Coriacea), C. Gary Scoppettone, Howard L. Burge, Peter L. Tuttle Dec 1992

Life History, Abundance, And Distribution Of Moapa Dace (Moapa Coriacea), C. Gary Scoppettone, Howard L. Burge, Peter L. Tuttle

Great Basin Naturalist

Moapa dace (Moapa coriacea) is a federally listed endangered fish endemic to the spring-fed headwaters of the Muddy River, Clark County, Nevada. Species life history, abundance, and distribution were studied from March 1984 to January 1989. Reproduction, which was observed year-round, peaked in spring and was lowest in fall. It occurred in headwater tributaries of the Muddy River within 150 m of warm water spring discharge in water temperatures ranging from 30 to 32 C. Females matured between 41 and 45 mm in fork length (FL). Egg abundance increased with female size (r2 = .93); counts …

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Leaf Area Ratios For Selected Rangeland Plant Species, Mark A. Weltz, Wilbert H. Blackburn, J. Roger Simanton Dec 1992

Leaf Area Ratios For Selected Rangeland Plant Species, Mark A. Weltz, Wilbert H. Blackburn, J. Roger Simanton

Great Basin Naturalist

Leaf area estimates are required by hydrologic erosion, and growth/yield simulation models and are important to the understanding of transpiration interception, CO2 fixation, and the energy balance for native plant communities. Leaf biomass (g) to leaf area (mm2) linear regression relationships were evaluated for 15 perennial grasses, 12 shrubs, and 1 tree. The slope coefficient (β0) of the linear regression equation is a ratio of leaf area to leaf biomass and is defined as the leaf area ratio [LAR = one-sided leaf area (mm2)/oven-dry leaf weight (g)]. LAR represents β0 in each …

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Ecology And Management Of Medusahead (Taeniatherum Caput-Medusae Ssp. Asperum Melderis), James A. Young Dec 1992

Ecology And Management Of Medusahead (Taeniatherum Caput-Medusae Ssp. Asperum Melderis), James A. Young

Great Basin Naturalist

Medusahead is another in the extensive list of annual herbaceous species to invade the temperate desert rangelands of the Great Basin. Medusahead is not preferred by large herbivores and apparently is not preferred by granivores. Herbage of this annual grass enhances ignition and spread of wildfires. Medusahead is highly competitive with the seedlings of native species and is probably the greatest threat to the biodiversity of the natural vegetation that has yet been accidentally introduced into the Great Basin. Despite the obvious biological disruptions that are associated with medusahead invasion, the species offers a wealth of opportunities for students to …

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Post-Pleistocene Dispersal In The Mexican Vole (Microtus Mexicanus): An Example Of An Apparent Trend In The Distribution Of Southwestern Mammals, Russell Davis, J. R. Callahan Dec 1992

Post-Pleistocene Dispersal In The Mexican Vole (Microtus Mexicanus): An Example Of An Apparent Trend In The Distribution Of Southwestern Mammals, Russell Davis, J. R. Callahan

Great Basin Naturalist

The present distribution of the Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus) is not entirely the product of post-Pleistocene forest fragmentation and extinction; recent dispersal also is indicated. Literature records further suggest that this phenomenon may reflect a general pattern of northward range expansion in many southwestern mammal species.

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End Matter, Vol. 52 No. 3 Dec 1992

End Matter, Vol. 52 No. 3

Great Basin Naturalist

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Full Issue, Vol. 52 No. 3 Dec 1992

Full Issue, Vol. 52 No. 3

Great Basin Naturalist

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Conventionalism And Contractarianism, Noel B. Reynolds Nov 1992

Conventionalism And Contractarianism, Noel B. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

In this paper Noel B. Reynolds’s theory of law as convention is compared to the public choice contractarian theory of James M. Buchanan. While there are numerous similarities, major differences emerge. Only conventionalism can produce legal and political authority and norms to guide the use of that authority in maintaining the rule of law. The concept of constructive unanimity is introduced to overcome the ultimate failure of contractarianism to legitimate the authority of law.

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Weber, Spengler, And The Origins, Spirit, And Development Of Capitalism, John Farrenkopf Oct 1992

Weber, Spengler, And The Origins, Spirit, And Development Of Capitalism, John Farrenkopf

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Native Women On The Utah Frontier, Ronald W. Walker Oct 1992

Native Women On The Utah Frontier, Ronald W. Walker

BYU Studies

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David Ziskind. Labor Laws In The Middle East, Tradition In Transit, Corinne Lathrop Gilb Oct 1992

David Ziskind. Labor Laws In The Middle East, Tradition In Transit, Corinne Lathrop Gilb

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Padmanabh S. Jaini. Gender And Salvation-Jaima Debates On The Spiritual Liberation Of Women, Korsi Dogbe Oct 1992

Padmanabh S. Jaini. Gender And Salvation-Jaima Debates On The Spiritual Liberation Of Women, Korsi Dogbe

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Biochemical Differentiation In The Idaho Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus Brunneus (Rodenta: Scuridae), Ayesha E. Gill, Eric Yensen Sep 1992

Biochemical Differentiation In The Idaho Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus Brunneus (Rodenta: Scuridae), Ayesha E. Gill, Eric Yensen

Great Basin Naturalist

Spermophilus brunneus is restricted to a 90 × 125-km area of west central Idaho, with two distinct (northern and southern) groups of populations within this limited range. Morphological differences in pelage length and coloration, external and cranial measurements, and bacula suggest that these groups are either very distinct subspecies or species. We used starch-gel electrophoresis to estimate the amount of genetic differentiation accompanying these morphological differences by assaying genetic variation at 31 loci in the two geographic groups. Fifteen loci were polymorphic (13 in the northern group, 12 in the southern), and mean heterozygosity (H¯) was high (12.3% northern and …

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Summer Habitat Use By Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse In Western Idaho, Victoria Ann Saab, Jeffrey Shaw Marks Sep 1992

Summer Habitat Use By Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse In Western Idaho, Victoria Ann Saab, Jeffrey Shaw Marks

Great Basin Naturalist

We studied summer habitat use by Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) in western Idaho during 1983–85. Vegetative and topographic measurements were recorded at 716 locations of 15 radio-tagged grouse and at 180 random sites within the major vegetation/cover types in the study area. The mean size of summer home ranges was 1.87 ± 1.14 km2. Of eight cover types identified in the study area, individual grouse used the big sagebrush Artemisia tridentata) cover type more than or in proportion to availability, the low sagebrush (A. arbuscula) in proportion to availability, and avoided …

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Characteristics Of Sites Occupied By Subspecies Of Artemisia Tridentata In The Piceance Basin, Colorado, Thomas R. Cottrell, Charles D. Bonham Sep 1992

Characteristics Of Sites Occupied By Subspecies Of Artemisia Tridentata In The Piceance Basin, Colorado, Thomas R. Cottrell, Charles D. Bonham

Great Basin Naturalist

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Use Of Lakes And Reservoirs By Migrating Shorebirds In Idaho, Daniel M. Taylor, Charles H. Trost Sep 1992

Use Of Lakes And Reservoirs By Migrating Shorebirds In Idaho, Daniel M. Taylor, Charles H. Trost

Great Basin Naturalist

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Front Matter, Vol. 52 No. 2 Sep 1992

Front Matter, Vol. 52 No. 2

Great Basin Naturalist

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