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Some Aspects Of The Presettlement Vegetation Of The Piceance Basin, Colorado, William L. Baker Oct 1983

Some Aspects Of The Presettlement Vegetation Of The Piceance Basin, Colorado, William L. Baker

Great Basin Naturalist

Eight plant associations, not previously described in Colorado, and representative of part of the pre-settlement vegetation spectrum in the oil shale region of northwestern Colorado, are described and illustrated, based on an inventory of relatively undisturbed vegetation remnants.

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Vegetative Types And Endemic Plants Of The Bryce Canyon Breaks, Robert A. Graybosch, Hayle Buchanan Oct 1983

Vegetative Types And Endemic Plants Of The Bryce Canyon Breaks, Robert A. Graybosch, Hayle Buchanan

Great Basin Naturalist

The scenic Bryce Canyon "breaks" constitute harsh and inhospitable habitats for plant life. The eroded pink cliffs and talus slopes are sites of some of the most rapid natural erosion on earth. This paper divides the plant life on the breaks of the main Bryce Canyon amphitheater into four vegetative types. A checklist of all plant species found in the main amphitheater is included. Many of the rare and endangered endemic species of the park are found in the Pinus longaeva vegetative type. Recommendations for managing the breaks to protect endemics are presented.

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Seasonal Growth Of The Tui Chub, Gila Bicolor, In Pyramid Lake, Nevada, Joseph L. Kennedy Oct 1983

Seasonal Growth Of The Tui Chub, Gila Bicolor, In Pyramid Lake, Nevada, Joseph L. Kennedy

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Tui chubs collected from November 1975 through November 1977 from Pyramid Lake, Nevada, were analyzed for seasonal growth patterns. Major growth in length occurred during the fall and early winter, and major reproductive development occurred during the late spring and early summer.

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Bird Distributional And Breeding Records For Southeastern Idaho, Utah, And Adjacent Regions, Clayton M. White, Herbert H. Frost, Dennis L. Shirley, G. Merrill Webb, Richard D. Porter Oct 1983

Bird Distributional And Breeding Records For Southeastern Idaho, Utah, And Adjacent Regions, Clayton M. White, Herbert H. Frost, Dennis L. Shirley, G. Merrill Webb, Richard D. Porter

Great Basin Naturalist

New distributional records or the status for 33 species of birds that have occurred within Utah, adjacent southeastern portions of Idaho, or along the border of states surrounding Utah are reviewed. Four species, the Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis), Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus), and Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), represent new Utah breeding records established within the past decade, and they are commented upon. One other, the Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Polioptila melanura), may be breeding in Utah. The Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) may likewise be breeding in southeastern …

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Birds Of Southwestern Idaho, Daniel A. Stephens, Timothy D. Reynolds Oct 1983

Birds Of Southwestern Idaho, Daniel A. Stephens, Timothy D. Reynolds

Great Basin Naturalist

Based on personal birding experience, interviews with local birders, written comments and responses to a preliminary check-list, and a review of state and federal agency records and the ornithological literature, a list of 333 species of birds known to occur in southwestern Idaho is presented. The preferred habitat, season of use, breeding status, and relative abundance of each species are given.

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Range Extensions For Two Dwarf Mistletoes (Arceuthobium Spp.) In The Southwest, Robert L. Mathiasen, Kenneth H. Jones Oct 1983

Range Extensions For Two Dwarf Mistletoes (Arceuthobium Spp.) In The Southwest, Robert L. Mathiasen, Kenneth H. Jones

Great Basin Naturalist

A second small population of white fir dwarf mistletoe, Arceuthobium abietinum f. sp. concoloris, is reported from the Santa Catalina Mountains in southern Arizona. The discovery of a second population of this mistletoe in southern Arizona supports the contention that it once had a more southern distribution but has survived past climatic changes in only a few locations in the southwestern United States. The distribution of the Western spruce dwarf mistletoe, Arceuthobium microcarpum, is extended to the Sacramento Mountains of south central New Mexico, a range extension of approximately 170 miles. The mistletoe is restricted to an area …

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New Synonymy And New Species Of American Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Part Ix, Stephen L. Wood Oct 1983

New Synonymy And New Species Of American Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Part Ix, Stephen L. Wood

Great Basin Naturalist

The following new synonymy in Scolytidae is proposed. Acorthylus Brèthes (= Phacrylus Schedl), Amasa Lea (= Anaxyleborus Wood), Cryptocurus Schedl (= Hyloperus Browne), Hylesinopsis Eggers (= Trypographus Schedl, Chilodendron Schedl), Hypothenemus Westwood (= Stylotentus Schedl), Metahylesinus Eggers ( = Glochicopterus Schedl), Phloeotribus Latreille (= Neophloeotribus Eggers), Pityophthorus Eichhoff (= Hypopityopthorus Bright), Scolytoplatypus Schaufuss (= Spongocerus Blandford, Taeniocerus Blandford, Strophionocerus Sampson), Scolytus Geoffroy (= Confusoscolytus Tsai & Hwang), Styracoptinus Wood (= Afrotrypetus Bright), Sueus Murayama (= Neohyorrhynchus Schedl), Taphrorychus Eichhoff (= Pseudopoecilips Murayama), Webbia Hopkins ( = Pseudowebbia Browne), Webbia dipterocarpi Hopkins (= Webbia 18-spinatus Sampson), Xyleborus Eichhoff ( = Anaeretus …

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Eye Fluke (Diplostomum Spathaceum) Of Fishes From The Upper Salmon River Near Obsidian, Idaho, Richard Heckmann Oct 1983

Eye Fluke (Diplostomum Spathaceum) Of Fishes From The Upper Salmon River Near Obsidian, Idaho, Richard Heckmann

Great Basin Naturalist

Following a preliminary survey (1981) of diplostomatosis in fish from the Salmon River near Obsidian, Idaho, an extensive survey was conducted during the summer of 1982. From the initial sampling site on the Salmon River, 98 percent of 384 sculpin, Cottus bairdi, 8 percent of 317 salmonids, and 13 percent of 16 Dace and suckers were infected with Diplostomum spathaceum. Upriver from the initial sampling site and from three drainages entering the Salmon River 28 percent of 185 sculpin and 1 percent of 70 salmonids were infected with D. spathaceum. The number of worms per eye was …

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New Records For The Vascular Flora Of Wyoming And Montana, Robert W. Lichvar, Robert D. Dorn, Erwin F. Evert Oct 1983

New Records For The Vascular Flora Of Wyoming And Montana, Robert W. Lichvar, Robert D. Dorn, Erwin F. Evert

Great Basin Naturalist

Apparent first state records of 11 taxa for Wyoming and one taxon for Montana are listed. A range extension is noted for the genus Shoshonea.

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End Matter, Vol. 43 No. 4 Oct 1983

End Matter, Vol. 43 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.

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Bats Of The Colorado Oil Shale Region, Robert B. Finley Jr., William Caire, Dallas E. Wilhelm Oct 1983

Bats Of The Colorado Oil Shale Region, Robert B. Finley Jr., William Caire, Dallas E. Wilhelm

Great Basin Naturalist

New records for Myotis californicus, M. evotis, M. leibii, M. lucifugus, M. thysanodes, M. volans, M. yumanensis, Lasionycteris noctivagans, Pipistrellus hesperus, Eptesicus fuscus, Lasiurus cinereus, Plecotus townsendii, and Antrozous pallidus and their habitat occurrence in northwestern Colorado are reported. Mortality of 27 bats of six species trapped in an oil sludge pit is described.

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Daily And Yearly Movement Of The Devil's Hole Pupfish Cyprinodon Diabolis Wales In Devil's Hole, Nevada, Thomas M. Baugh, James E. Deacon Oct 1983

Daily And Yearly Movement Of The Devil's Hole Pupfish Cyprinodon Diabolis Wales In Devil's Hole, Nevada, Thomas M. Baugh, James E. Deacon

Great Basin Naturalist

Past observations and ongoing population surveys indicate daily and yearly vertical movement of the Devil's Hole pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis Wales, within the upper 27 m of the water column in Devil's Hole, Nevada. This movement involves occupying and leaving a 5 by 3.5 m rock shelf during daily and yearly periods of maximum light intensity.

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Flora Of The Stansbury Mountains, Utah, Alan C. Taye Oct 1983

Flora Of The Stansbury Mountains, Utah, Alan C. Taye

Great Basin Naturalist

The Stansbury Mountains of north central Utah rise over 2000 m above surrounding desert valleys to a maximum elevation of 3362 m on Deseret Peak. Because of the great variety of environmental conditions that can be found in the Stansburys, a wide range of plant species and vegetation types (from shadscale desert to alpine meadow) exist there. This paper presents an annotated list of 594 vascular plant species in 315 genera and 78 families. The largest families are Asteraceae (98 species), Poaceae (71), Brassicaceae (33), Fabaceae (27), and Rosaceae (26). Elymus flavescens was previously unreported from Utah. Statistical comparison of …

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First Nest Records For The Plain Titmouse And Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher In Wyoming, Scott L. Findholt Oct 1983

First Nest Records For The Plain Titmouse And Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher In Wyoming, Scott L. Findholt

Great Basin Naturalist

Nests of Plain Titmice and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are reported from Wyoming for the first time. Both species probably breed fairly commonly in southwestern and south central portions of the state.

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Utah Flora: Salicaceae, Sherel Goodrich Oct 1983

Utah Flora: Salicaceae, Sherel Goodrich

Great Basin Naturalist

A revision of the willow family, Salicaceae, is presented for the state of Utah. Included are 31 species and 5 subspecific taxa of indigenous and introduced plants. Keys to genera and species are provided, along with detailed descriptions, distributional data, and comments. No new taxa or combinations are proposed.

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Winter Stoneflies (Plecoptera) Of New Mexico, Gerald Z. Jacobi, Richard W. Baumann Oct 1983

Winter Stoneflies (Plecoptera) Of New Mexico, Gerald Z. Jacobi, Richard W. Baumann

Great Basin Naturalist

Twenty-two species of winter emerging Plecoptera were collected in New Mexico from 1979 to 1982. Distributional records are given for 13 that are new state records, including 2 new species, and 9 previously reported species.

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A Revision Of The Genus Microrhopala (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) In America North Of Mexico, Shawn M. Clark Oct 1983

A Revision Of The Genus Microrhopala (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) In America North Of Mexico, Shawn M. Clark

Great Basin Naturalist

The eight known North American species of Microrhopala infest Solidago, Aster, and other compositaceous plants. Descriptions and keys to species and subspecies are given. Microrhopala rileyi is named as a new species from Missouri, M. hecate (Newman) is removed from synonymy with M. cyanea (Say), and M. cyanea is reduced to a subspecies of M. excavata (Olivier). Lectotypes are designated for taxa described originally in the genus Hispa, i.e., Hispa vittata, H. xerene, and H. erebus, and neotypes are designated for H. excavata and H. cyanea. Phylogenetic relationships are discussed.

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Front Matter, Vol. 43 No. 4 Oct 1983

Front Matter, Vol. 43 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.

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Index [And Table Of Contents] To Volume 43 Oct 1983

Index [And Table Of Contents] To Volume 43

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.

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New Variety Of Opuntia Basilaris (Cactaceae) From Utah, Stanley L. Welsh, Elizabeth Neese Oct 1983

New Variety Of Opuntia Basilaris (Cactaceae) From Utah, Stanley L. Welsh, Elizabeth Neese

Great Basin Naturalist

Described as a new variety is Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & Bigel. var. heilii Welsh & Neese.

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New Leafhopper Species Of Coelidia With A Revised Key And Notes On Homonymy And Distribution (Homoptera: Cicadellidae, Coelidiinae), Mervin W. Nielson Oct 1983

New Leafhopper Species Of Coelidia With A Revised Key And Notes On Homonymy And Distribution (Homoptera: Cicadellidae, Coelidiinae), Mervin W. Nielson

Great Basin Naturalist

Five new species of Coelidia are described and illustrated. These include panamensis and simplex from Panama and retrorsa, cochloea, and tortula from Brazil. A revised key is also presented for 13 of the 14 species for which males are known. Coelidia gladia is proposed as a new name for Coelidia spangbergi Nielson, 1982 nec Coelidia spangbergi Linnavuori, 1956 and Coelidia spangbergi Metcalf, 1964.

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Applicability Of The Universal Soil Loss Equation For Southeastern Idaho Wildlands, Mark E. Jensen Oct 1983

Applicability Of The Universal Soil Loss Equation For Southeastern Idaho Wildlands, Mark E. Jensen

Great Basin Naturalist

In 1981, 20 sediment-collecting tanks and troughs were installed on range and timbered sites of the Caribou National Forest. Measured erosion losses from the first year of study were contrasted to Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) estimates utilizing three different vegetative factors. State of Idaho C factors, National Rangeland C factors, and the Vegetative Management (VM) factors were studied. The erosion estimates of all three USLE tests were significantly different than measured soil losses. All equations overestimated the measured mean soil loss, 0.52 megagrams/ha/yr (0.23 tons/ac/yr), by 33, 3,000, and 2,000 percent, respectively. The soil erodibility factor (K), Rangeland C, …

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A New Species Of Thelesperma (Asteraceae) From Wyoming, Robert D. Dorn Oct 1983

A New Species Of Thelesperma (Asteraceae) From Wyoming, Robert D. Dorn

Great Basin Naturalist

Thelesperma pubescens Dorn is described as new to science from Uinta County, Wyoming.

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Full Issue, Vol. 43 No. 4 Oct 1983

Full Issue, Vol. 43 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.

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New Generic Concepts In The Triticeae Of The Intermountain Region: Key And Comments, Mary E. Barkworth, Douglas R. Dewey, Riley J. Atkins Oct 1983

New Generic Concepts In The Triticeae Of The Intermountain Region: Key And Comments, Mary E. Barkworth, Douglas R. Dewey, Riley J. Atkins

Great Basin Naturalist

Revision of the perennial genera of North American Triticeae requires recognition of seven new genera in the Intermountain Region: Elytrigia, Leymus, Psathyrostachys, Pseudoroegneria, Thinopyrum, and the hybrid genera × Elyleymus and × Pseudelymus. One previously recognized genus, Sitanion, is included in Elymus. Several new combinations are presented to accommodate the taxonomic changes. Elymus trachycaulus is treated as a widespread, polymorphic species with three subspecies in the region: subsp. trachycaulus, subsecundus, and latiglumis. Agropyron dasystachyum and A. albicans are treated as conspecific subspecies of Elymus lanceolatus. A key to the genera of the Triticeae occurring in the Intermountain Region is …

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Plant Community Variability On A Small Area In Southeastern Montana, James G. Maccracken, Daniel W. Uresk, Richard M. Hansen Oct 1983

Plant Community Variability On A Small Area In Southeastern Montana, James G. Maccracken, Daniel W. Uresk, Richard M. Hansen

Great Basin Naturalist

Plant communities are inherently variable due to a number of environmental and biological forces. Canopy cover and aboveground biomass were determined for understory vegetation in plant communities of a prairie grassland–forest ecotone in southeastern Montana. Vegetation units were described using polar ordination and stepwise discriminant analysis. Nine of a total of 88 plant species encountered and cover of litter were the most useful variables in distinguishing among vegetation units on the study area and accounted for nearly 100 percent of the variation in the data. Seven vegetation units were different (P < 0.05) after all 10 variables had been entered into the analysis. Some plant communities were represented by two or three different vegetation units, indicating that some plant communities were variable and nonuniform in botanical composition over a relatively small area. This variability will influence management practices for these areas. Multiple-use management will benefit by recognition of inherent plant community variation.

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Front Matter, Committee On East Asian Libraries Oct 1983

Front Matter, Committee On East Asian Libraries

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

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From The Chairperson, Richard C. Howard Oct 1983

From The Chairperson, Richard C. Howard

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

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Unwanted Duplicates: A Case Analysis, Masaei Saito Oct 1983

Unwanted Duplicates: A Case Analysis, Masaei Saito

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

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Advertisements, Committee On East Asian Libraries Oct 1983

Advertisements, Committee On East Asian Libraries

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

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