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Front Matter Nov 1985

Front Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Full Issue Nov 1985

Full Issue

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

No abstract provided.


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 …


Uncompahgre Dinosaur Fauna: A Preliminary Report, James A. Jensen Oct 1985

Uncompahgre Dinosaur Fauna: A Preliminary Report, James A. Jensen

Great Basin Naturalist

A diverse late Jurassic dinosaur fauna, discovered in western Colorado in 1963, contains many undescribed taxa that may represent evolutionary trends at the generic level not previously reported from the Morrison Formation. A preliminary faunal list is given. Bones of the largest known dinosaur, Ultrasaurus, are present as are a variety of small animals, including Pterosaurs, in which one sacrum displays avianlike fused sacral neural spines. A new family, the Torvosauridae, erected, based on the genus Torvosaurus that is redescribed.


Checklist Of Vascular Plants For The Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Robert W. Lichvar, Ellen I. Collins, Dennis H. Knight Oct 1985

Checklist Of Vascular Plants For The Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Robert W. Lichvar, Ellen I. Collins, Dennis H. Knight

Great Basin Naturalist

The checklist of vascular plants of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area is presented based on field collections and herbarium specimens. The checklist treats 656 taxa from 73 families.


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 …


Helminth Parasites Of The White-Tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus Townsendi, From Northwestern Colorado And Southern Wyoming, Larry M. Shults, Lora G. Rickard Oct 1985

Helminth Parasites Of The White-Tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus Townsendi, From Northwestern Colorado And Southern Wyoming, Larry M. Shults, Lora G. Rickard

Great Basin Naturalist

Helminth parasites of white-tailed jackrabbits, Lepus townsendi, were surveyed from southern Wyoming and northwestern Colorado. A total of eight helminth species were identified, including two species of adult cestodes, Mosgovoyia pectinata and M. varabilis; three species of larval cestodes, Multiceps serialis, Taenia pisiformis, and Taenis sp.; and three species of nematodes, Dermatoxys veliger, Passalurus ambiguus, and a filariid, Micipsella brevicauda. In addition, eggs of an unidentified species of Nematodirus were found in pooled fecal samples. The cysticercus larva of Taenia sp. is a species new to science and will be reported elsewhere. …


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.


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.


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

Index [And Table Of Contents] To Volume 45

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.


Revision Of The Phlox Austromontana (Polemoniaceae) Complex In Utah, Stanley L. Welsh Oct 1985

Revision Of The Phlox Austromontana (Polemoniaceae) Complex In Utah, Stanley L. Welsh

Great Basin Naturalist

The taxa centering around Phlox austromontana Coville are revised. Named as a new variety is P. austromontana var. lutescens Welsh from eastern Garfield County, Utah. A new combination is provided as P. austromontana var. jonesii (Wherry) Welsh.


Three New Sauropod Dinosaurs From The Upper Jurassic Of Colorado, James A. Jensen Oct 1985

Three New Sauropod Dinosaurs From The Upper Jurassic Of Colorado, James A. Jensen

Great Basin Naturalist

From 1972 to 1982 three exceptionally large sauropod scapulocoracoids and other equally large sauropod bones were collected from the base of the Brushy Basin Member of the Upper Jurassic, Morrison Formation, in western Colorado. Two of the scapulae are conspecific, but the third represents a second genus and possibly a new family. The two conspecific specimens are described here as: Supersaurus vivianae; the second genus is described as Ultrasaurus mcintoshi, and a large, robust anterior dorsal vertebra of unique form is described as Dystylosaurus edwini. Various miscellaneous elements are referred to the three genera.


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 …


Front Matter, Vol. 45 No. 4 Oct 1985

Front Matter, Vol. 45 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.


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 …


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 …


End Matter, Vol. 45 No. 4 Oct 1985

End Matter, Vol. 45 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.


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 …


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 …


Full Issue, Vol. 45 No. 4 Oct 1985

Full Issue, Vol. 45 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.


New Variety Of Yucca Harrimaniae (Agavaceae) From Utah, Elizabeth Neese, Stanley L. Welsh Oct 1985

New Variety Of Yucca Harrimaniae (Agavaceae) From Utah, Elizabeth Neese, Stanley L. Welsh

Great Basin Naturalist

Yucca harrimaniae var. sterilis Neese & Welsh is named and described from the Uinta Basin of Utah. The plant is strongly rhizomatous, evidently sterile, and has limber, sparingly filiferous leaves that tend to recline on the ground.


Introductory Pages, Byu Studies Oct 1985

Introductory Pages, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Mesquite And Sage: Spencer W. Kimball's Early Years, Ronald W. Walker Oct 1985

Mesquite And Sage: Spencer W. Kimball's Early Years, Ronald W. Walker

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Spencer W. Kimball And The Lamanite Cause, Byu Studies Oct 1985

Spencer W. Kimball And The Lamanite Cause, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Prophet, Cara Bullinger Oct 1985

Prophet, Cara Bullinger

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Spencer W. Kimball, A Line Drawing, Rhon Solomon Oct 1985

Spencer W. Kimball, A Line Drawing, Rhon Solomon

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


A Prophet For All The World Glimpses Into The Life Of President Spencer W. Kimball, Dell Van-Orden, J. Melan Heslop, Lance E. Larsen Oct 1985

A Prophet For All The World Glimpses Into The Life Of President Spencer W. Kimball, Dell Van-Orden, J. Melan Heslop, Lance E. Larsen

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Images Of Spencer W. Kimball: A Photo Essay, Byu Studies Oct 1985

Images Of Spencer W. Kimball: A Photo Essay, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


The Mission Experience Of Spencer W. Kimball, Byu Studies Oct 1985

The Mission Experience Of Spencer W. Kimball, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.


Spencer W. Kimball And Poetry, Byu Studies Oct 1985

Spencer W. Kimball And Poetry, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.