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Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area: History, Flora, Geology, Climate, And Ecology, James R. Ehleringer, Lois A. Arnow, Ted Arnow, Irving B. Mcnulty, Norman C. Negus

Great Basin Naturalist

Red Butte Canyon is a protected, near pristine canyon entering Salt Lake Valley, Utah. It contains a well-developed riparian zone and a perennial stream; hillside vegetation ranges from grasslands on the lower limits to Douglas-fir and aspen stands at the upper elevations. In this paper we describe the history of human impact, natural history aspects of climate, geology, and ecology, and faunal and floral information for key species in the canyon. The role and importance of Research Natural Areas is discussed, particularly with respect to the need to protect Red Butte Canyon—one of the few remaining undisturbed riparian ecosystems in …

End Matter, Vol. 52 No. 2

Great Basin Naturalist

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Soil Loosening Processes Following The Abandonment Of Two Arid Western Nevada Townsites, Paul A. Knapp

Great Basin Naturalist

Soil compaction was measured at four sites within two abandoned mining camps in the western Great Basin Desert, Nevada. Bulk density and macroporosity values were generated from soil samples collected in areas of different land use intensities in camps that had been abandoned for approximately 70 years. Results show that significant differences remain in bulk density values between abandoned roads and undisturbed areas in both towns, and that the areas around foundation peripheries are still significantly more compacted in one town. There were no significant differences between land use groups as measured by macroporosity. Estimated soil recovery, based on a …

Vegetation Associated With Two Alien Plant Species In A Fescue Grassland In Glacier National Park, Montana, Robin W. Tyser

Great Basin Naturalist

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New Genus, Aplanusiella, And Two New Species Of Leafhoppers From Southwestern United States (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), M. W. Nielson, B. A. Haws

Great Basin Naturalist

A new genus, Aplanusiella (type-species, Aplanusiella utahensis, n. sp.) and two new species, A. utahensis and A. californiensis, are described and illustrated. The two species are allopatric and coexist on the same host genus (Atriplex) with members of a closely allied leafhopper genus, Aplanus. Notes on distribution of hosts and leafhoppers as well as leafhopper intergenetic relationships are also given.

Pollinator Preferences For Yellow, Orange, And Red Flowers Of Mimulus Verbenaceus And M. Cardinalis, Paul K. Vickery Jr.

Great Basin Naturalist

Red. orange, and yellow morphs of Mimulus verbenaceus and M. cardinalis were field tested for pollinator preferences. The species are closely similar except that M. verbenaceus flowers have partially reflexed corolla lobes, whereas M. cardinalis flowers have fully reflexed corolla lobes. On the basis of over 6000 bumblebee and hummingbird visits, highly significant (p < .001) patterns emerged. Yellow, which is the mutant color morph in both species and is determined by a single pair of genes, was strongly preferred by bumblebees and strongly eskewed by hummingbirds in both species. Orange and, to a lesser extent, red were strongly preferred by hummingbirds but eskewed by bumblebees in both species. Thus, strong, but partial, reproductive isolation was observed between the yellow mutants and the orange- to red-flowered populations from which they were derived. Color—yellow versus orange and red—appeared more important than shape—partially reflexed versus fully reflexed corolla lobes—in determining the preferences of the guild of pollinators in this particular test environment for Mimulus verbenaceus and M. cardinalis.

Stratification Of Habitats For Identifying Habitat Selection By Merriam's Turkeys, Mark A. Rumble, Stanley H. Anderson

Great Basin Naturalist

Habitat selection patterns of Merriam's Turkeys were compared in hierarchical analyses of three levels of habitat stratification. Habitat descriptions in first-level analyses were based on dominant species of vegetation. Habitat descriptions in second-level analyses were based on dominant species of vegetation and overstory canopy cover. Habitat descriptions in third-level analyses were based on dominant species of vegetation, overstory canopy cover, and structural stages (dbh categories). First-level analyses showed turkeys selected for ponderosa pine and selected against meadow habitats. No conclusions could be drawn regarding forest management on habitat selection of turkeys at this level of habitat stratification. Second-level analyses showed …

Diatom Flora Of Beaver Dam Creek, Washington County, Utah, Usa, Kurtis H. Yearsley, Samuel R. Rushforth, Jeffrey R. Johansen

Great Basin Naturalist

The diatom flora of Beaver Dam Creek, Washington County, Utah, was studied. The study area is in a warm Mojave Desert environment at an elevation between 810 and 850 m. A total of 99 taxa were identified from composite samples taken in the fall, winter, spring, and summer seasons. These taxa are all broadly distributed and no endemic species were encountered. Three new records for the state of Utah were identified: Gomphoneis eriense Skv. & Mayer, Navicula elginensis var. lata. (M. Perag.) Patr., and Nitzschia calida Grun. The most important taxa throughout the study as determined by multiplying percent presence …

Full Issue, Vol. 52 No. 2

Great Basin Naturalist

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When Lehi's Party Arrived In The Land, Did They Find Others There?, John L. Sorenson

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

A number of statements in the Book of Mormon text indicate the presence in Lehi’s promised land of peoples other than those descended from Lehi’s party. Reasons the topic is not addressed more explicitly in the record include a focus on the Nephites (and not on other people), a generic treatment of Lamanites, an a desire not to waste space on something obvious or insignificant. Clear evidence for the presence of others in substantial populations is present in the Book of Mormon. The demographic or cultural history of Lehi’s literal descendants must take into account these other groups.

Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Volume 1 Issue Number 1, Neal A. Maxwell Institute For Religious Scholarship

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting understanding of the history, meaning, and significance of the scriptures and other sacred texts revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith.

The Chimerical Desert, John Bennion

BYU Studies

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In Memoriam—A. Perry Plummer (1911–1991): Teacher, Naturalist, Range Scientist, E. Durant Mcarthur

Great Basin Naturalist

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Secondary Production Estimates Of Benthic Insects In Three Cold Desert Streams, W. L. Gaines, C. E. Cushing, S. D. Smith

Great Basin Naturalist

We studied aquatic insect production in three cold desert streams in southeastern Washington. The size-Frequency (SF) and P/B methods were used to assess production, which is expressed by taxon, functional group, and trophic level.

Dipterans (midges and black flies) were the most productive taxa, accounting for 40–70% of the total insect production. Production by collectors and detritivores was the greatest of all functional groups and trophic levels, respectively, in all study streams.

Insects with rapid development times and multiple cohorts are very important in cold desert streams; they were major contributors to the total insect production. Total insect production rates …

Relating Soil Chemistry And Plant Relationship In Wooded Draws Of The Northern Great Plains, Marguerite E. Voorhees, Daniel W. Uresk

Great Basin Naturalist

Soils of the green ash/chokecherry habitat type in northwestern South Dakota were evaluated for 22 properties to determine whether any could be correlated with density of chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) and snowberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis). Surface soils were moderately fertile, with high levels of all elements except phosphorus and nitrogen. Soils were fine textured with moderately high cation exchange capacity and saturation percentages. However, soils were nonsaline-nonalkaline with low amounts of exchangeable sodium. None of the soil properties showed good correlation with chokecherry and snowberry densities. Greatest correlations were found between each of the shrub species and grass.

Front Matter, Vol. 52 No. 1

Great Basin Naturalist

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Full Issue, Vol. 52 No. 1

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.

End Matter, Vol. 52 No. 1

Great Basin Naturalist

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Late Quaternary Arthropods From The Colorado Plateau, Arizona And Utah, Scott A. Elias, Jim I. Mead, Larry D. Agenbroad

Great Basin Naturalist

Late Quaternary-age arthropods were recovered from dry cave deposits and packrat middens located in the Grand Canyon, Canyonlands, and Glen Canyon region of the Colorado Plateau. This Quaternary data resource has not been analyzed before from the Colorado Plateau national parks. Radiocarbon dates on the various deposits containing arthropods range from 1510 to 30,660 yr B.P. The fossil assemblages yielded 57 identified taxa of insects, arachnids, and millipedes, including 15 taxa taken to the species level. The information from the fossil insect record of the Colorado Plateau is not yet sufficiently detailed to permit precise paleoenvironmental reconstructions. However, preliminary conclusions …

The Genus Aristida (Gramineae) In California, Kelly W. Allred

Great Basin Naturalist

The taxonomy of Aristida (Gramineae) in California is revised. The genus is represented in the state by six species and 11 taxa. Identification keys, descriptions, selected synonymy, distribution records, and illustrations are provided.

Dna Extraction From Preserved Trout Tissues, D. K. Shiozawa, J. Kudo, R. P. Evans, S. R. Woodward, R. N. Williams

Great Basin Naturalist

We have adapted techniques developed for the extraction of DNA from formalin-fixed, paraffin-imbedded human tissues for use on preserved fish tissues. DNA was successfully extracted and the d-loop region of mitochondrial DNA was amplified with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The sequences of the amplified DNA from preserved and modern samples were identical. These techniques were also applied to fin tissue treated with a variety of preservatives. Extraction of DNA from ethyl alcohol and air-dried fin tissues gave yields equivalent to those from frozen tissues. Extraction of DNA from preserved museum specimens of rare or extinct taxa could significantly increase …

Plant Biology Of The Basin And Range By C. B. Osmond, L. F. Pitelka, And G. M. Hidy, Bruce N. Smith

Great Basin Naturalist

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Microhabitat Selection By The Johnny Darter, Etheostoma Nigrum Rafinesque, In A Wyoming Stream, Robert A. Leidy

Great Basin Naturalist

Microhabitat selection by the johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum) was examined in the North Laramie River, Platte County, Wyoming, where it does not occur with other darter species in the same stream reach. Electivity indices based on microhabitat observations indicate that E. nigrum avoids riffles and selects certain microhabitats characterized by intermediate water depths in pools and slow-moving runs with a substrate composed primarily of silt and sand. Niche breadth and electivity values for total depth, bottom water velocity, and substrate measurements from this study indicate that E. nigrum is a habitat generalist, except at the extreme ends of …

Mary Lee: Charity Never Faileth, Betty Jean (Bj) Kamaileokaala Lee Fuller

Mormon Pacific Historical Society

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Hiding, Health, And Love: Some Interrelationships, Burton C. Kelly

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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Foreward, Wayne M. Bledsoe

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Proposed Agenda For A Spiritual Strategy In Personality And Psychotherapy, Allen E. Bergin, I. Reed Payne

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

This essay argues that spiritual approaches in personality and psychotherapy are currently not coherent and that a rational strategy is not being pursued to develop an authentic spiritual orientation that can take its place alongside the other major orientations to personality and psychotherapy. It is suggested that a systematic spiritual approach needs to be developed that contributes uniquely to (a) a conception of human nature, (b) a moral frame of reference, and (c) specific techniques of change. In addition, a spiritual approach, if it is to be a viable option in the mental health field needs to be (d) empirical, …

Roger Williams Wescott. Getting It Together: Linking The Humanities To One Another And To The Sciences, William Eckhardt

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Blaine Yorgason And Brenton Yorgason, To Mothers & Fathers From The Book Of Mormon, Lynn Nations Johnson

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of To Mothers & Fathers from the Book of Mormon (1991), by Blaine Yorgason and Brenton Yorgason.

List Of Museum Type Repositories, Stephen L. Wood, Donald E. Bright Jr.

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

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