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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 …

New Sclerocactus (Cactaceae) From Nevada, Stanley L. Welsh, Kaye Hugie Thorne

Great Basin Naturalist

Described is Sclerocactus blainei Welsh & Thorne, sp. nov. from Nye County, Nevada.

End Matter, Vol. 45 No. 3

Great Basin Naturalist

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Types Of Nevada Buckwheats (Eriogonum: Polygonaceae), James L. Reveal

Great Basin Naturalist

The types and type specimens of Nevada species and varieties of Eriogonum (Polygonaceae) are alphabetically listed. Appropriate lectotypes are selected as necessary.

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.

New Species Of Talinum (Portulaceae) From Utah, N. Duane Atwood, Stanley L. Welsh

Great Basin Naturalist

Named and described is Talinum thompsonii Atwood & Welsh. The species is evidently most closely allied to T. validulum Greene from northern Arizona. The new species is known from the Cedar Mountain region of Emery County, Utah.

Grass Spider Microhabitat Use In Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, Mark Robert Deutschman

Great Basin Naturalist

The grass spider (Agelena naevia), commonly found in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, uses rodent burrows located under a shrub canopy more frequently for web construction than burrows located in the open. The average number of prey available in canopy microhabitat was greater than in open microhabitat, and unequal prey abundance may explain spider microhabitat use.

Use Of Radio Transmitter Implants In Wild Canids, Jeffrey S. Green, Richard T. Golightly Jr., Susan Lyndaker Lindsey, Brad R. Leamaster

Great Basin Naturalist

Twelve adult and five juvenile coyotes and 20 adult kit foxes were implanted with radio transmitters using relatively simple surgical procedures. Four foxes were successfully implanted in the field. None of the animals implanted exhibited noticeable behavioral effects, and no deaths were confirmed to result from implantation. Implants were attached to the peritoneum in adult coyotes and kit foxes and were left free-floating within the abdominal cavity of the coyote pups. Both procedures produced satisfactory results. Radio signals transmitted from implants had less range than those from traditional neck collar transmitters. Implants offered benefits unavailable with traditional collar transmitters: no …

Full Issue, Vol. 45 No. 3

Great Basin Naturalist

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Comparisons Of Prescribed Burning And Cutting Of Utah Marsh Plants, Loren M. Smith, John A. Kadlec

Great Basin Naturalist

The efficacy of cutting (haying) versus burning was compared for control of marsh vegetation in Utah. Cutting reduced production of hardstem bulrush (Scirpus lacustris), alkali bulrush (S. maritimus), and cattail (Typha spp.) compared to levels found on burned plots, but differences were significant (P < 0.05) only within the alkali bulrush vegetation type. Clipping saltgrass (Distichlis spicata) plots greatly reduced production upon reflooding, which produced results similar to prescribed burning and reflooding. Heat penetration into the sediments during the fire was not sufficient to cause substantial belowground mortality. Without belowground mortality, prescribed burning alone did not change aboveground production or species composition. Flooding after …

New Species Of Primula (Primulaceae) From Utah, Ronald J. Kass, Stanley L. Welsh

Great Basin Naturalist

Named as a new species from the House Range of Millard County, Utah, as Primula domensis Kass & Welsh.

Poa L. In New Mexico, With A Key To Middle And Southern Rocky Mountain Species (Poaceae), Robert J. Soreng

Great Basin Naturalist

The 23 species and subspecies of Poa that occur in New Mexico are described in detail. Collection locations of these species in New Mexico are given in dot distribution maps. A descriptive key to the species of Poa that occur in Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico, including general distribution for species not in New Mexico, is provided. Three new nomenclatural combinations are proposed: Poa arctica subsp. aperta; P. fendleriana subsp. longiligula; P. f. subsp. albescens. Subgeneric affinities of species of the southern Rocky Mountain region are indicated. Of the 25 species that occur within the …

New Species And Records Of North American Pityophthorus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Part Iv: The Scriptor Group, D. E. Bright

Great Basin Naturalist

Six new species of Pityophthorus from Mexico are described. The new species, all in the Scriptor group, are: atkinsoni, diminutivus, equihuai, thamnus, trunculus and zexmenivora. An additional locality record for P. coronarius Blackman is included. A new key to the 22 species included in the Scriptor group is presented.

New Species Of Astragalus (Leguminosae) From Southeastern Utah, Rupert C. Barneby, Stanley L. Welsh

Great Basin Naturalist

Named and described is Astragalus piscator Barneby & Welsh, a species of sect. Argophylli subsect. Missourienses. The species occurs in Grand and San Juan counties, Utah.

New Species And New Records Of North American Pityophthorus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Part V: The Juglandis Group, D. E. Bright

Great Basin Naturalist

Five new species of Mexican Pityophthorus in the Juglandis group are described: P. ablusus (Hidalgo), P. costifera (Guerrero), P. cracentis (Morelos), P. desultorius (Puebla), and P. insuetus (Morelos). New locality or host records are given for P. costabilis Wood, P. costatulus Wood, and P. diligens Wood. Previously published keys are modified to accommodate these species.

Quaternary Paleontology And Paleocology Of Crystal Ball Cave, Millard County, Utah: With Emphasis On Mammals And Description Of A New Species Of Fossil Skunk, Timothy H. Heaton

Great Basin Naturalist

Crystal Ball Cave is located in a small outlier of the Snake Range in Snake Valley 1.7 km (1 mile) west of Lake Bonneville at its highest level. Original vertebrate skeletal material (mostly mammalian) has been found in shallow dry dust 61 m (200 feet) inside the cave. Radiocarbon dates show that fossils have been accumulating since at least 23,000 Y.B.P. It appears that wood rats and possibly small carnivores transported the fossils into the cave because only the smallest elements of large mammals are represented.

The fossil assemblage represents a much more boreal community than the present local fauna. …

Succession In Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands Following Wildfire In The Great Basin, Susan Koniak

Great Basin Naturalist

Twenty-one areas in pinyon (Pinus monophylla)-juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) woodlands burned by wildfire from approximately 1 to 60 years prior to sampling and adjacent unburned mature woodland stands were studied in Nevada and California to determine successional patterns and individual species responses to burning and to changing plant communities through time. One year after burning, all late successional woodland species were present in postburn plant communities except tree species. Increases in both cover and occurrence of annual and perennial forbs resulted in their dominance on early successional sites. Shrubs and annual grasses dominated midsuccessional sites, subsequently giving …

“Play It Again, Sam”: The Remarkable “Prophecy” Of Samuel Lutz, Alias Christophilus Gratianus, Reconsidered, Paul B. Pixton

BYU Studies

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Joseph Smith Iii And The Kirtland Temple Suit, Roger D. Launius

BYU Studies

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The Price Karl-Heinz Schnibbe, With Alan F. Keele And Douglas F. Tobler, Richard H. Cracroft

BYU Studies

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Zane Grey's Arizona Kandace C. Kant, Charles S. Peterson

BYU Studies

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Introductory Pages, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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End Matter, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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The Personal Writings Of Joseph Smith Dean C. Jessee Comp. And Ed., Marvin S. Hill

BYU Studies

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“Den Göttern Gleich Ich Nicht”: The Nature Of Faust's Salvation, Garold N. Davis

BYU Studies

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Poetry And The Private Lives: Newspaper Verse On The Mormon Frontier, Maureen Ursenbach Beecher

BYU Studies

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Joseph Smith And The Gospel Of Matthew, Robert L. Millet

BYU Studies

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Wintering, Loretta M. Sharp

BYU Studies

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“Saved Or Damned”: Tracing A Persistent Protestantism In Early Mormon Thought, Grant Underwood

BYU Studies

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My Childhood Home, Lois Gardner Dahl

BYU Studies

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