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Germination Of Pinus Aristata Engelm., William H. Reid

Great Basin Naturalist

Seeds of Pinus aristata Engelm., bristlecone pine, from the type locality at the headwaters of Clear Creek in Colorado have a germination of 80 percent. Germination occurs within 10 days with or without vernalization. Scarified seeds are invaded by fungus and less than 10 percent germinate. Seedlings 10 and 180 days old do not survive exposure to −10C (14F) even when exposed to gradually decreasing temperatures to −4C (25F) for five weeks before treatment. Rapid germination, scarification mortality, and lack of cold hardness in seedlings work against the reproduction of bristlecone pine.

Comments On Two Names In An Early Utah Flora, James L. Reveal

Great Basin Naturalist

Two new varieties described by Durand in 1859 from the Great Salt Lake area of northern Utah are discussed. One, Erysimum asperum var. purshii, is the oldest available name for the western United States variant of the species, while the second name, Acerates decumbens var. erecta, is a synonym of Asclepias asperula. Neither name has been included in botanical reference works nor in monographic studies. One new combination, Erysimum asperum var. amoenum, is proposed for the orange-flowered phase of the species found in southern Colorado and Utah.

Aquatic Phycomycetes Of Lily Lake, Utah, Hugh M. Rooney, Kent H. Mcknight

Great Basin Naturalist

During the ice-free period from May to November on two successive summers water molds were collected on 14 different substrata placed in Lily Lake, a subalpine bog lake in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. Twenty-five collections yielded thirty-four species in 20 genera, 11 families, and 6 orders of aquatic Phycomycetes. Correlation of frequency presence of the species reported with physical and chemical characteristics of the lake showed that the number of species collected increased with an increase in water temperature and a decrease in oxygen content during June to August, reaching a peak in late July. Rhipidium americanum Thaxter (100 …

End Matter, Vol. 32 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

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Flights Of The Western Thatching Ant, Formica Obscuripes Forel, In Nevada (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), William H. Clark, Peter L. Comanor

Great Basin Naturalist

Observations indicate that Formica obscuripes flies earlier in Nevada than in other parts of the country where the flights have been recorded. The alate males are the first to emerge from the nest. These are eventually succeeded by alate females, and finally only females are seen. F. obscuripes flew during periods when air temperatures were 20.5–26.5 C, when relative humidities were about 18%, and when solar input was about 1.35 langleys. Slight winds approaching 3 mph did not keep the ants from flying but may have influenced their direction of flight.

The nests of F. obscuripes observed near Reno differ …

Full Issue, Vol. 32 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

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New Synonymy In American Bark Beetles (Scolytidae: Coleoptera), Part Ii, Stephen L. Wood

Great Basin Naturalist

New synonymy involving American Scolytidae includes: Acanthotomicus Blandford (= Mimips Eggers), Dendroterus Blandford (= Xylochilus Schedl), Chramesus dentatus Schaeffer (= Ch. Barbatus Eggers), Cnemonyx atratus (Blandford) (= C. nitens Wood), C. errans (Blandford) (= Ceratolepsis brasiliensis Schedl), C. exiguus (Blandford) (= Loganius pumilus Eggers), C. minusculus (Blandford) (= Loganius vismiae Eggers), Cnesinus porcatus Blandford (= Cn. bicostatus Schedl), Cryptocarenus seriatus Eggers (= Cr. adustus Eggers), Dendroterus luteolus (Schedl) (= D. mundus Wood), D. mexicanus Blandford (= D. confinis Wood), D. sallaei Blandford (= Xylochilus insularis Schedl), D. striatus (LeConte) (= Plesiophthorus californicus Schedl), Hylastes gracilis LeConte (= H. longus LeConte), …

Front Matter, Vol. 32 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

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A Record Of An Indigo Bunting And A Wintering Say's Phoebe For Northern Utah, Gary L. Worthen

Great Basin Naturalist

A male indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) and a female Say's pheobe (Sayornis saya) were taken at Salt Lake City, Utah, on 20 May 1966 and 2 February 1966, respectively. Both birds are the northernmost records for Utah in the season in which they were taken.

Notice Of A New Report Entitled "Systematics Collections: A National Plan . . .", J. C. Dickinson

Great Basin Naturalist

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Nearctic Desert Sand Dune Orthoptera, Part Xiv. A New Eremopedes (Decticidae), Ernest R. Tinkham

Great Basin Naturalist

A new species, Eremopedes kelsoensis, is described from the Kelso Sand Dunes, San Bernardino Co., California, with notes on its biology, song, host plants, desert distribution, orthopteran associates, and a key to species in the genus.

Index [And Table Of Contents] To Volume 32

Great Basin Naturalist

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Fleas (Siphonaptera) Associated With Small Mammals Of Morocco Their Distribution And Host-Specificity, Michael W. Hastriter

Theses and Dissertations

A total of 9,936 fleas, representing 27 species, have been processed for study and identified. They were associated with 2,011 small mammals, representing 38 species, collected throughout Morocco from October 12, 1969 to July 20, 1970 by personnel of the Smithsonian Institution. Two species, Synosternus cleopatrae pyramidis (Rothschild and Xenopsylla ramesis (Rothschild), comprised 68 percent of the fleas collected. Two subspecies are described: Ctenophthalmus andorrensis opistolatus, ssp. n. and Ctenophthalmus russulae tangerensis, ssp. n.. There are three ecological subdivisions of Morocco: the coast and coastal plains, the Atlas Mountains, and the pre-saharan desert. Even though there is some overlap, the …

The Effect Of Insect Damage On Indian Ricegrass (Oryzopsis Hymenoides) In Western Utah, Luis S. Guerra

Theses and Dissertations

Indian ricegrass at the Desert Range Experiment Station forty-seven miles west of Milford, Utah, is damaged by the larvae of Coenchroa illibella, Diatrae sp. and Typoceris ceraticornis, the latter being the most destructive. The biology of the insects and the extent of damage inflicted are discussed. Uninfested plants produced more new stems than infested plants. Plants having a basal diameter of 4 to 6.9 cm and 7 to 9.9 cm were the most frequently infested and, consequently, the most severely damaged.

On Improved Wkb (Uniform Asymptotic) Quantum Conditions, Dunham Corrections, The Langer Modification, And Rkr Potentials, Russell T. Pack

Faculty Publications

An improvement to the WKB quantum condition for the rotation-vibration levels of diatomic molecules, known empirically to give RKR potentials of increased accuracy and to account for the Dunham correction Y00, is derived using uniform asymptotic methods. The role of the Langer transformation in this problem is also discussed.

Major Sources Of Genealogical Information, Paul Anthon Nielson A. G.

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Genealogical research in Switzerland is unique in many aspects because of several national characteristics. The physical terrain and political neutrality of Switzerland have virtually withstood the plagues of war which have ravaged the continent. Four offical languages - German, French, Italian, and Romansch - are spoken in many dialects by the Germanic and Latin peoples who are united through the Swiss Confederation. Caatholicism and the protestant Swiss Reformed Church are two predominant religions. Finally, and perhaps most important of all, Swiss rights of citzenship (Heimatberechtigung) are based on the medieval form jus sanguinis, the lineage of an individual.

Book Review: Descendants Of Nine Rohrbach Immigrants To Colonial America 1709-1754 And More Than One Hundred Rohrbach Immigrants To America 1820-1900 Including The Families Of Rohrbach, Paul Anthon Nielson

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Over two-thirds of this volume is devoted to the genealogies of the nine Rohrbach immigrants who have been identified as having come to America between 1709 and 1754, i.e., Christian Rohrbach, 1709; Johannes Rohrbach, 1709; Hans Georg Rorbach, 1732 Christian Rohrbach , 1739; Christian Rohrbach , 1743; Johann Reinhart Rohrbach, 1749; Johannes Rohrbach, 1750; Christian Rohrbach , 1753; and Peter Rohrbach, 1754.

Book Review: Memoirs Of A Swiss Officer In The American Civil War, Michael Perman

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Three Years in the Army of the Potomac is the title of Rudolf Aschmann's 1865 memoir of his lengthy service in the First U.S. Sharpshooter Regiment and it has been translated from the German for the first time in Heinz Meier's edition. Its appearance in English after so long a period of obscurity (Bruce Catton does not even list it in his bibliography for the Potomac trilogy) will not provoke any interpretative reassessment of the military history of the American Civil War; it does not even contribute data previously unknown. But that does not matter; the account is nonetheless very …

Front Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Full Issue

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Notes In Brief, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The Visit of the Amis de Versailles

The Society for German American Studies.

A Swiss Festival in Southern Indiana

Recent Articles.

Book Review: The United State And Europe. Rivals And Partners, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Max Silberschmidt, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Zurich, is a member of the 'Board of Advisors of the Swiss American Historical Society. His life long occupation with the Anglo-Swiss world in general and the United States in particular and his achievements in this field have been recognized by the general editor of the Library of European Civilization series who honored Professor Silberschrnidt by asking him to write the present volume for that series. Its forrnat determined among other things the length of Professor Silberschmidt's book, as well as, to a degree, its character. His work is in …

The Forthcoming Annual Meeting

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

This year's annual meeting of the SAHS will take place on Saturday, December 30, in New Orleans, in connection with the national convention of the American Historical Association. On the program we have the regular business meeting to begin at 10 a.m. in the Rare Books Conference Room of the Tulane University Library, a luncheon at the T. Pittari Restaurant, an afternoon session with papers at the First Presbyterian Church, and cocktails and dinner in one of the plush New Orleans restaurants. We hope that many of our members will be able to make the trip to New Orleans. (Programs …

The Failure Of The Kirtland Safety Society, Scott H. Partridge

BYU Studies

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A Bibliography Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints In New York, Ohio, And Missouri, Peter Crawley

BYU Studies

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Joseph Fielding Smith: In Memoriam 1876-1972, Byu Studies, Earl E. Olson

BYU Studies

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Oliver Cowdery's Kirtland, Ohio, “Sketch Book”, Leonard J. Arrington

BYU Studies

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Index To Volume 12, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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End Matter, Byu Studies

BYU Studies

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Guest Editor's Prologue, Truman G. Madsen

BYU Studies

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