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Effects Of A Nuclear Detonation On Arthropods At The Nevada Test Site, Dorald M. Allred

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

Fifty-three arthropod species were studied in an area affected by an underground nuclear detonation. These were represented by 10 species of ants, 17 beetles, 5 orthopterans, 4 scorpions, 6 solpugids, and 11 spiders (Table 16). Relative populations were determined prior to the detonation and at three periods after the detonation–(1) one and two months after (August and September 1962), (2) 11 months after (June 1963), and (3) 13 months after (August 1963). One and two months after the detonation, the number of species was reduced from the expected by 48 percent, by 52 percent after 11 months, and by 66 …

End Matter, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

J. Reuben Clark, Jr., On American Sovereignty And International Organization, James B. Allen

BYU Studies

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J. Reuben Clark, Jr.: Diplomat And Statesman, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Law And International Order, Edwin Brown Firmage, Christopher L. Blakesley

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Appendix: The Clark Memorandum On The Monroe Doctrine, J. Reuben Clark Jr.

BYU Studies

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J. Reuben Clark, Jr.: The Constitution And The Great Fundamentals, Martin B. Hickman

BYU Studies

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Three New Species Of Palmoxylon From The Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming, William D. Tidwell, David A. Medlyn, Gregory F. Thayn

Great Basin Naturalist

Silicified, upright axes of Palmoxylon are abundant in the Green River Formation in Eden Valley, Wyoming. Three new species of Palmoxylon, as well as the previously described Palmoxylon macginitiei Tidwell et al., were collected. These new species are P. edenense, P. contortum, and P. colei. They are compared to P. macginitiei and other anatomically similar Palmoxylon species. Palmoxylon edenense appears to be the most abundant species at this locality.

Notes On Aquatic And Semiaquatic Hemiptera From The Southwestern United States (Insecta: Hemiptera), John T. Polhemus

Great Basin Naturalist

Notes are given concerning distribution and habitat for Ochterus barberi Schell, Hydrometra aemula Drake, Metrobates artus Anderson, Metrobates denticornis Champion, Rhagovelia becki Drake and Harris, Velia beameri Hungerford, Velia summersi Drake, Abedus (Abedus) breviceps Stal, Abedus (Deinostoma) herberti Hidalgo, Ambrysus buenoi Usinger, and Ambrysus thermarum La Rivers. The following synonymies are noted: Hydrometra aemula Drake 1956 = Hydrometra ciliate Mychajliw 1961, new synonymy; Gerris paludum Fabricius 1794 = Gerris uhleri Drake and Hottes 1925, new synonymy. The macropterous form of Velia beameri is described.

A New Subfruticose Eriogonum (Polygonaceae) From Western Colorado, James L. Reveal

Great Basin Naturalist

A new subfruticose Eriogonum (Polygonaceae) is described as E. pelinophilum, from specimens obtained near Hotchkiss, Delta Co., Colorado. A member of the subgenus Eucycla, the new species is most closely related to E. contortum Small ex Rydb., but differs in having cream-colored flowers instead of bright yellow flowers. The two species also differ in that E. pelinophilum has narrowly turbinate involucres which are longer than those of E. contortum and larger flowers and achenes. The new species is apparently restricted to gumbo clay hills west of Hotchkiss.

Density, Growth, And Home Range Of The Lizard Uta Stansburiana Stejnegeri In Southern Dona Ana County, New Mexico, Richard D. Worthington, Edward R. Arvizo

Great Basin Naturalist

Side-blotched lizards. Uta stansburiana, were marked and recaptured on a study plot near Anapra. Dona Ana County, New Mexico, during the summer of 1971. The density in July was estimated to be 20.3 individuals per acre (50.2 per hectare). The home range size for males averaged 0.254 acres and for females, 0.097 acres. Males 48–53 mm s–v increased 0.034 mm/day in s–v length and 0.067 mm/day in tail length from middle July to early September. Females 41.5–46 mm s–v increased 0.028 mm/day in s–v length and 0.058 mm/day in tail length during the same period.

Small Bones Of The Hypsilophodontid Dinosaur Dryosaurus Altus From The Upper Jurassic Of Colorado, Peter M. Galton, James A. Jensen

Great Basin Naturalist

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End Matter, Vol. 33 No. 2

Great Basin Naturalist

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The Male Brachycistidine Wasps Of The Nevada Test Site (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae), Marius S. Wasbauer

Great Basin Naturalist

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Studies On Utah Stone Flies (Plecoptera), Richard W. Baumann

Great Basin Naturalist

Questionable Utah distribution records are reviewed and new state records are given. The female of Capnia cygna Jewett is described and figured and an allotype ♀ designated. Detailed synonomies and nomenclatural notes are provided for Capnia vernalis (Newport), Utacapnia poda (Nebeker and Gaufin) and Oemopteryx fosketti (Ricker). Descriptions are given of the female, nymph, and egg of Isogenoides zionensis Hanson and an allotype ♀ designated. The male, nymph, and egg of Pictetiella expansa (Banks) are described and an allotype ♂ designated. Sweltsa gaufini, sp. nov., is described for the male, female, and egg stages and a holotype ♂ designated. Descriptions …

On The Taxonomic Status Of Platypodidae And Scolytidae (Coleoptera), Stephen L. Wood

Great Basin Naturalist

The reduction of Platypodidae and Scolytidae to subfamilies of Curculionidae by certain recent authors is questioned. Several fundamentally important anatomical characters that could not possibly have been derived from Curculionidae are cited. Platypodidae (including Coptonotidae) is recognized provisionally as a derivative of Scolytidae; Scolytidae, with subfamilies Hylesininae and Scolytinae (including Ipinae), is also recognized as a family. Protoplatypus, new genus, for P. vetulus, n. sp., a primitive platypodid from New Guinea, and Protohylastes, new genus, for Pr. annosus, n. sp., a primitive scolytid from Queensland, are described.

Records Of Coreidae (Hemiptera) From The Nevada Test Site, Dorald M. Allred

Great Basin Naturalist

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Front Matter, Vol. 33 No. 2

Great Basin Naturalist

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Full Issue, Vol. 33 No. 2

Great Basin Naturalist

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An Ecological Survey Of The Algae Of Huntington Canyon, Utah, Lorin E. Squires, Samuel R. Rushforth, Carol J. Endsley

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

A quantitative and ecological study of the algae of Huntington Canyon, Emery County, Utah, was conducted from March 1971 to April 1972. Net plankton, nannoplankton, periphyton, and visible attached algae were studied. Certain physical and chemical parameters in the waters of Huntington Creek and a small pond along its course were also measured.

Huntington Creek contains a wide diversity of genera and species of algae. Diatoms are the main constituent of the flora of this stream throughout the year. Hydrurus foetidus is prevalent in Huntington Creek from late winter to early summer, and filamentous blue green algae abound in the …

End Matter, Vol. 18 No. 1

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

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End Matter, Vol. 18 No. 2

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

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Front Matter, Vol. 18 No. 2

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

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The Peregrine Falcon In Utah, Emphasizing Ecology And Competition With The Prairie Falcon, Richard D. Porter, Clayton M. White

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

This study was undertaken to record the known history of the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) in Utah as we have been able to construct it from both the literature and from our original research that extends over about a 30-year period in the state. The present total population of the peregrine in Utah is possibly only 10 percent of what it has been in historic times. In an effort to find explanations for the decline, we have explored hypotheses of climatic changes, impact of pesticides, disease, and human disturbances. We conclude that pesticide contamination and climatic changes may …

Front Matter, Vol. 18 No. 3

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

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Breeding Ecology Of Raptors In The Eastern Great Basin Of Utah, Dwight G. Smith, Joseph R. Murphy

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

A comparative study of the breeding ecology of 12 raptor species was conducted in the eastern Great Basin from 1967-1970. The project was designed to determine the composition and densities, habitat selection, territoriality and predatory habits of raptorial birds in a semiarid environment. All topics were analyzed comparatively, relating the requirements and activities of the 12 raptor species.

Average yearly population densities of all species approximated 0.5 pairs per square mile, but much of the available habitat was not utilized. Predominant raptors were the Ferruginous Hawk and Great Horned Owl. Other important raptors included the Golden Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk and …

Front Matter, Vol. 18 No. 1

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

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No. 040 Newsletter - Association For Asian Studies. Committee On East Asian Libraries, Shih-Kang Tung

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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End Matter, Vol. 18 No. 3

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

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An Intensity-Dependent Filter, James M. Thorne, Thomas R. Loree, George Mccall

Faculty Publications

It is useful in optically driven Kerr-cell shutters and other laser applications to have intense pulses with extremely low light levels between pulses. We describe here a device that accomplishes this objective external to the laser cavity.