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Book Reviews Jan 1986

Book Reviews

The Bridge

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Agriculture, Agribusiness, And Renewable And Natural Resource Program Review, B. Delworth Gardner Jan 1986

Agriculture, Agribusiness, And Renewable And Natural Resource Program Review, B. Delworth Gardner

Faculty Publications

The State University System of Florida has es tab 1 i shed A "Quest for Excellence11 in its Master Plan. It is a bold plan of action that will "unleash the University System from those time-bound constraints which would allow only gradual change. 11 It is also clear that the State University System of Florida plans to compete successfully with the very best academic universities. In its mission statement the University of Florida, as a land-grant institution, administers the In"s·t itute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), a special unit providing statewide food and .agricultural teaching, res.earch, and extension services. …

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Interconnected Reproductive And Vegetative Remains Of Populus (Salicaceae) From The Middle Eocene Green River Formation, Northeastern Utah, William D. Tidwell, Steven R. Manchester, David L. Dilcher Jan 1986

Interconnected Reproductive And Vegetative Remains Of Populus (Salicaceae) From The Middle Eocene Green River Formation, Northeastern Utah, William D. Tidwell, Steven R. Manchester, David L. Dilcher

Faculty Publications

A new specimen from the Middle Eocene Evacuation Creek Member of the Green River Formation in northeastern Utah shows a twig with several leaves of Populus wilmattae Crockrell and a fruiting raceme attache. This specimen establishes for the first time the type of fruits borne by P. wilmattae and provides additional characters with which to assess its taxonomic and evolutionary status. An associated seed shows attached placental hairs like those of extant species of Populus. The Green River fossil differs from extant Populus species in having basically palmate leaf venation and in bearing its fruiting axis on a young twig. …

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A Burkean Logological Analysis Of Doctrine And Covenants Section 88, Joann Farias Jan 1986

A Burkean Logological Analysis Of Doctrine And Covenants Section 88, Joann Farias

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis applies Kenneth Burke's method of logology as exemplified in The Rhetoric of Religion to analyze the Mormon text Doctrine and Covenants Section 88. This method of logology is based on the assumption that what is said about God in theology reveals a religion's use of language to influence human motives. The logological method uses six analogies to discover the motives implicit in religious terminologies. These six analogies are as follows: words-Word, Matter-Spirit, the Negative, the Titular, Time-Eternity, and the Formal.

This study revealed that the terminology contained in Doctrine and Covenants uses motives far diferent from the motives …

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Combating Child Sexual Abuse: A Cautionary Essay, Dennis E. Nelson Nov 1985

Combating Child Sexual Abuse: A Cautionary Essay, Dennis E. Nelson

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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Reported Child Sexual Abuse: Subjective Realities, Trish Taylor, Dennis E. Nelson Nov 1985

Reported Child Sexual Abuse: Subjective Realities, Trish Taylor, Dennis E. Nelson

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Presented at the AMCAP Convention 4 April 1985.

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A Road Map To Hope, Elder John K. Carmack Nov 1985

A Road Map To Hope, Elder John K. Carmack

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Presented at the AMCAP Convention. 3 October 1985.

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Electrophoretic Study Of Cutthroat Trout Populations In Utah, Mark A. Martin, Dennis K. Shiozawa, Eric J. Loudenslager, J. Neil Jensen Oct 1985

Electrophoretic Study Of Cutthroat Trout Populations In Utah, Mark A. Martin, Dennis K. Shiozawa, Eric J. Loudenslager, J. Neil Jensen

Great Basin Naturalist

Thirty-nine Utah streams were sampled for cutthroat trout. Of these, 31 contain cutthroat or cutthroat/rainbow hybrid populations. By using starch gel electrophoresis, these populations were segregated into three groups. One group consisted predominately of fish from the Sevier River (of the Bonneville Basin) and Colorado drainages. A second was primarily populations from the Bear River Drainage (Bonneville Basin) as well as some scattered populations along the Wasatch Front (Bonneville Basin). The third consisted of Wasatch Front populations and populations that have hybridized with rainbow trout. Since different subspecies of cutthroat trout are native to the Colorado and Bonneville drainages, one …

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Food Habits And Dietary Overlap Of Nongame Insectivorous Fishes In Flint Creek, Oklahoma, A Western Ozark Foothills Stream, C. Stan Todd, Kenneth W. Stewart Oct 1985

Food Habits And Dietary Overlap Of Nongame Insectivorous Fishes In Flint Creek, Oklahoma, A Western Ozark Foothills Stream, C. Stan Todd, Kenneth W. Stewart

Great Basin Naturalist

Insectivorous fishes were sampled from March, 1983 to February 1984, in Flint Creek, Delaware Co., Oklahoma. There was insignificant habitat segregation between Etheostoma spectabile and E. punctulatum and seasonal habitat partitioning between Cottus carolinae and both darters. Mature E. spectabile ate primarily chironomids and mayflies, whereas juveniles fed primarily on microcrustaceans. Mature E. punctulatum consumed fewer Ephemerella and Leptophlebia than E. spectabile, feeding on Stenonema and other crustaceans. Juvenile E. punctulatum fed mainly on amphipods and mayflies, and juvenile E. spectabile ate primarily microcrustaceans. Cottus carolinae elected primarily mayflies in spring-summer and chironomids in January-February. Coefficients of dietary overlap …

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Sexual Selection And Mating System Variation In Anuran Amphibians Of The Arizona–Sonoran Desert, Brian K. Sullivan Oct 1985

Sexual Selection And Mating System Variation In Anuran Amphibians Of The Arizona–Sonoran Desert, Brian K. Sullivan

Great Basin Naturalist

Mating system variation in anuran amphibians of the Arizona-Sonoran Desert was reviewed. Male density and breeding period duration were negatively correlated in seven bufonids and pelobatids. Variation in male mating behavior and ability of females to freely select their mates unhindered by active-searching males also was related directly to male density. These observations support hypotheses relating ecological factors to mating system organization. It is suggested that male calling behavior, and anuran lek mating systems in general, may be significantly influenced by predation on vocalizing males.

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Winter Preference, Nutritive Value, And Other Range Use Characteristics Of Kochia Prostrata (L.) Schrad, James N. Davis, Bruce L. Welch Oct 1985

Winter Preference, Nutritive Value, And Other Range Use Characteristics Of Kochia Prostrata (L.) Schrad, James N. Davis, Bruce L. Welch

Great Basin Naturalist

A cafeteria-style study was conducted during the winter for two years with tame mule deer to determine if there were preferential differences between accessions of forage kochia (Kochia prostrata). Deer consumed significantly more of P.I. numbers 314929, 330708, and 356826 than any of the other accessions. Other plant adaptive characteristics and nutritive qualities are also reported.

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Index [And Table Of Contents] To Volume 45 Oct 1985

Index [And Table Of Contents] To Volume 45

Great Basin Naturalist

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Presettlement Vegetation Of Part Of Northwestern Moffat County, Colorado, Described From Remnants, William L. Baker, Susan C. Kennedy Oct 1985

Presettlement Vegetation Of Part Of Northwestern Moffat County, Colorado, Described From Remnants, William L. Baker, Susan C. Kennedy

Great Basin Naturalist

A general botanical inventory of a part of northwestern Moffat County, Colorado, resulted in the location of "remnants" of the presettlement vegetation spectrum that are largely unaltered by grazing, logging, or other recent human-related land uses. The 69 samples taken from these remnants were classified into 22 plant associations. Composition, structure, environmental location, geographical range, and response to disturbance are discussed for each association, and a photograph of each is presented. Seven of the 22 associations are apparently restricted to the study area. Restricted associations occur in the more extreme environments of the study area, such as on calcareous substrata …

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Front Matter, Vol. 45 No. 4 Oct 1985

Front Matter, Vol. 45 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

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Thermal Ecology And Activity Patterns Of The Short-Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma Douglassi) And The Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus Graciosus) In Southeastern Idaho, Craig Guyer, Allan D. Linder Oct 1985

Thermal Ecology And Activity Patterns Of The Short-Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma Douglassi) And The Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus Graciosus) In Southeastern Idaho, Craig Guyer, Allan D. Linder

Great Basin Naturalist

A mark-recapture study of the short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglassi) and the sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus graciosus) was performed from 1976 to 1977 in southeastern Idaho. Both species had mean cloacal temperatures of approximately 33 C. However, P. douglassi had more variable cloacal temperatures, particularly during morning and evening periods. This was caused by differences in sleeping sites chosen by the two species. Adults of both species were active from mid-April through late August, with peak activity in June. Juvenile P. douglassi displayed a seasonal activity pattern similar to that of adults. Juvenile S. graciosus were most active …

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Age, Growth, And Food Habits Of Tui Chub, Gila Bicolor, In Walker Lake, Nevada, James J. Cooper Oct 1985

Age, Growth, And Food Habits Of Tui Chub, Gila Bicolor, In Walker Lake, Nevada, James J. Cooper

Great Basin Naturalist

At Walker Lake, Nevada, tui chub were collected 1975–1977 for analysis of age, growth rate, and food habits. The fork length (FL)–scale radius (SR) relationship was linear and described by the equation FL = 4.44 + 3.17 (SR). Age I, II, III, and IV chub were 116, 176, 218, and 242 mm fork length, respectively. Maximum longevity was six years. The length weight relationship was defined by the log transformed linear equation log weight = -4.65 + 2.93 (log FL). Chub collected from pelagic regions ate mostly zooplankton, whereas chub collected from littoral areas had a diet of zooplankton and …

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End Matter, Vol. 45 No. 4 Oct 1985

End Matter, Vol. 45 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

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Snakes Of Western Chihuahua, Wilmer W. Tanner Oct 1985

Snakes Of Western Chihuahua, Wilmer W. Tanner

Great Basin Naturalist

This is a report on the snakes of western Chihuahua that were taken at intervals from 1956 to 1972. At no time did we attempt to collect east of Highway 45, rather expending our time in the foothills, valleys, and desert ranges east of the mountains and in the highlands of the Sierra Madre Occidental. Reference is made to reports on the geological and ecological aspects of the area as a whole, but without a major attempt to duplicate previous studies. A brief gazetteer and a map are included as guides. To provide orientation to the area traversed by the …

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Life History Of The Cui-Ui, Chasmistes Cujus Cope, In Pyramid Lake, Nevada: A Review, William F. Sigler, Steven Vigg, Mimi Bres Oct 1985

Life History Of The Cui-Ui, Chasmistes Cujus Cope, In Pyramid Lake, Nevada: A Review, William F. Sigler, Steven Vigg, Mimi Bres

Great Basin Naturalist

The cui-ui, Chasmistes cujus Cope, a member of the sucker family and endemic to Pyramid Lake, Nevada, is listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Cui-ui was once a major source of sustenance for native Americans, who have inhabited the Lahontan region for at least 11,000 years. The Northern Paiutes developed sophisticated fishing technology to harvest this resource. The original distribution of cui-ui was the ancient Lake Lahontan complex, but as a result of climatic changes it was restricted to the Pyramid–Winnemucca–Truckee system by the turn of the 20th century. Transbasin water diversions (1905 to present) have …

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Lengthening Our Stride: The Remarkable Administration Of Spencer W. Kimball, Dennis L. Lythgoe Oct 1985

Lengthening Our Stride: The Remarkable Administration Of Spencer W. Kimball, Dennis L. Lythgoe

BYU Studies

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Index, Byu Studies Oct 1985

Index, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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Soil Algae Of Cryptogamic Crusts From The Uintah Basin, Utah, U.S.A., John Ashley, Samuel R. Rushforth, Jeffrey R. Johansen Jul 1985

Soil Algae Of Cryptogamic Crusts From The Uintah Basin, Utah, U.S.A., John Ashley, Samuel R. Rushforth, Jeffrey R. Johansen

Great Basin Naturalist

The algal flora of selected soils in the Uintah Basin, Uintah County, Utah, was studied. A total of 45 species was identified from the top soils of three different vascular plant habitats. The soil algal flora was dominated in biomass by filamentous Cyanophyta, including Microcoleus vaginatus, Phormidium minnesotense, and three species of Nostoc. These algae formed the algal matrix of the soil within which other Cyanophyta as well as Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta, and Euglenophyta occurred.

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In Memoriam: William Wallace Newby (1902–1977), William H. Behle Jul 1985

In Memoriam: William Wallace Newby (1902–1977), William H. Behle

Great Basin Naturalist

W. W. Newby, professor of biology at the University of Utah from 1927 to 1971, was renowned as a great teacher and a clear and forceful writer and for his meticulous research in invertebrate embryology. Ancillary skills were counseling (especially of premedical students), illustrating, wood crafting, and paper preserving. Some of his writings pertained to the history of research in the biological sciences at the University of Utah. His specialty areas in teaching were embryology and genetics, and he served as chairman of the Department of Genetics and Cytology from the year of its creation in 1948 until 1962. The …

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Second Nesting Record And Northward Advance Of The Great-Tailed Grackle (Quiscalus Mexicanus) In Nevada, Jennifer A. Holmes, David S. Dobkin, Bruce A. Wilcox Jul 1985

Second Nesting Record And Northward Advance Of The Great-Tailed Grackle (Quiscalus Mexicanus) In Nevada, Jennifer A. Holmes, David S. Dobkin, Bruce A. Wilcox

Great Basin Naturalist

The second nesting record for the Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) in Nevada is reported from the central part of the state approximately 240 km north of the previous record. Since 1912 this species has undergone a dramatic northward extension of its previous range in the United States, presumably as a result of increased agricultural irrigation in areas that were previously desert or short-grass prairie.

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Front Matter, Vol. 45 No. 3 Jul 1985

Front Matter, Vol. 45 No. 3

Great Basin Naturalist

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High Rates Of Photosynthesis In The Desert Shrub Chrysothamnus Nauseosus Ssp. Albicaulis, Tim D. Davis, N. Sankhla, W. R. Andersen, D. J. Weber, B. N. Smith Jul 1985

High Rates Of Photosynthesis In The Desert Shrub Chrysothamnus Nauseosus Ssp. Albicaulis, Tim D. Davis, N. Sankhla, W. R. Andersen, D. J. Weber, B. N. Smith

Great Basin Naturalist

Basic aspects of photosynthesis were investigated in white rubber rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Pallas) Britt. ssp. albicaulis), a common C3 deciduous shrub native to arid regions of the western U.S. Under favorable field conditions, net photosynthesis (Pn) ranged from 36 to 73 mg CO2 · dm −2 · hr−1, which is relatively high for a woody species. The leaves from the actively growing flowering shoots exhibited higher Pn than those on the vegetative shoots. Pn also varied according to the age of the leaves and the location of the plants. P …

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Dwarf Mistletoe–Pandora Moth Interaction And Its Contribution To Ponderosa Pine Mortality In Arizona, Michael R. Wagner, Robert L. Mathiasen Jul 1985

Dwarf Mistletoe–Pandora Moth Interaction And Its Contribution To Ponderosa Pine Mortality In Arizona, Michael R. Wagner, Robert L. Mathiasen

Great Basin Naturalist

The interaction between Southwestern dwarf mistletoe, Arceuthobium vaginatum subspecies cryptopodum, infestation and defoliation by the pandora moth, Coloradia pandora pandora, on the Kaibab Plateau in Arizona was evaluated. Heavy defoliation of ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa, in 1979 and 1981 resulted in mortality of individual trees in areas of heavy dwarf mistletoe infestation. Postmortem evaluation of ponderosa pines indicated that dead trees had a significantly higher dwarf mistletoe rating than did nearby paired live trees. Of 25 tree pairs evaluated, only two live trees had higher dwarf mistletoe ratings than the paired dead tree. Mean dwarf mistletoe ratings …

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Food Habits Of The Western Whiptail Lizard (Cnemidophorus Tigris) In Southeastern New Mexico, Troy L. Best, A. L. Gennaro Jul 1985

Food Habits Of The Western Whiptail Lizard (Cnemidophorus Tigris) In Southeastern New Mexico, Troy L. Best, A. L. Gennaro

Great Basin Naturalist

This study presents the first food habit assessment for the western whiptail lizard (Cnemidophorus tigris) in the shinnery oak–mesquite habitat (Quercus havardii–Prosopis glandulosa) of southeastern New Mexico. Short-horned grasshoppers, termites, antlions, beetles, and spiders formed the major portion of the diet during the four-year study. Discriminant analyses were used to evaluate annual, seasonal (monthly), and sexual variation. Incidental food categories were responsible for most of the annual and seasonal variation. Dominant foods varied little between months and years. Sexual variation was more evident; it may act to reduce intraspecific competition for food resources and may be …

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End Matter, Vol. 45 No. 3 Jul 1985

End Matter, Vol. 45 No. 3

Great Basin Naturalist

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First Record Of Climacia Californica (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) And Its Host Sponge, Ephydatia Mulleri (Porifera: Spongillidae), From Idaho With Water Quality Relationships, William H. Clark Jul 1985

First Record Of Climacia Californica (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) And Its Host Sponge, Ephydatia Mulleri (Porifera: Spongillidae), From Idaho With Water Quality Relationships, William H. Clark

Great Basin Naturalist

The spongillafly, Climacia californica Chandler, and its sponge host, Ephydatia mulleri (Lieberkuhn), are reported from the state of Idaho for the first time. Climacia californica has not previously been reported from E. mulleri. Collections were made in the Burley–Twin Falls area, and detailed water quality data are provided for the first time for spongillafly larvae. The water quality data also expand the known tolerance limits of E. mulleri for water temperature, conductivity, pH, hardness, silica, and residue.

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