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The Probe, Issue 26 - November 1982

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE National Animal Damage Control Association November, 1982
THE STATE OF THE UNION
Deer problem in the Everglades
Survey on mammal problems at airports
ENDRIN IN ORCHARDS
Rupert Beaver Farms (Heyburn, ID) had to declare bankruptcy as it was costing too much
Wildlife Legislative Fund of America (WLFA)
ERADICATE, SUPPRESS, DESTROY by Jim Doherty
A 14-year old boy herding his father's goats in Natal, South Africa was suddenly surrounded by a python.
Using donkeys to protect sheep from dogs and coyotes.
New Mexico Cattle Grower's Association
Preliminary trials of various commercial ultrasonic rodent repellent devices were unsuccessful.
OL' TIMER'S …

Karyotypic Relationships Within The Short-Tailed Shrews, Genus Blarina, Sarah B. George, Hugh H. Genoways, Jerry R. Choate, Robert J. Baker

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Short-tailed shrews of the genus Blarina exhibit considerable geographic variation in both diploid number and fundamental number. Four chromosomal groups are recognized within the genus: Blarina brevicauda, FN = 48; 2N = 50, 49, or 48; B. carolinensis, FN = 45 or 44; 2N = 46, 39, 38, or 37; B. c. peninsulae, FN = 52; 2N = 52, 51, or 50; B. hylophaga, FN = 62, 61, or 60; 2N = 52. B. c. peninsulae also may be a distinct species, but exact determination must await location and analysis of a zone of contact with …

Father Absence And Reproductive Strategy: An Evolutionary Perspective, Patricia Draper, Henry Harpending

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

Explanations offered by social scientists for the effects of father absence on children are reviewed; certain aspects of these interpretations are found wanting. Another explanation using theory from evolutionary biology is suggested: children show evolved, sensitive-period learning in early childhood which is linked to mother's pair-bond status or to mother's attitude toward males. As a result of children's perceptions a developmental track is established, which influences expression of reproductive strategy in adulthood. Male children born into matrifocal households exhibit at adolescence a complex of aggression, competition, low male parental investment, and derogation of females and feminity, while females show early …

Theoretical Study Of The Long-Wavelength Optical Properties Of Nacl, Kcl, Kbr, And Ki, John R. Hardy, A. M. Karo

John R. Hardy Papers

We have made a detailed theoretical study of the long-wavelength absorption of NaCl, KCl, KBr, and KI, associated with two-phonon difference processes caused by third-order anharmonic terms in the lattice potential energy. It was found that a simple nearest neighbor approximation to the anharmonicity, combined with lattice-dynamical eigenfrequencies and eigenvectors generated with the use of a deformation dipole model, can generally account for most of the observed absorption. This agreement was obtained without the use of any disposable parameters, as the form of the first-neighbor potential was predetermined. It was also found that discrepancies between theory and experiment can generally …

Agricultural Experiment Station News September 1982

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK
EXPERIMENT STATION SEMINAR
PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS
PROGRESS AT THE GUDMUNDSEN SANDHILLS RESEARCH CENTER
25TH ANNIVERSARY AND FIELD DAY NORTHEAST STATION
SAHS SEZ
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS - August 1982

Boundary Approximations For Implicit Schemes For .One-Dimensional Inviscid Equations Of Gasdynamics, Helen Yee, R. M. Beam, R. F. Warming

United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Publications

The applicability to practical calculations of recent theoretical developments in the stability analysis of difference approximations is examined for initial boundary-value problems of the hyperbolic type. For the numerical experiments the one-dimensional inviscid gasdynamic equations in conservation law form are selected. A class of implicit schemes based on linear multistep methods for ordinary differential equations is chosen and the use of space or space-time extrapolations as implicit or explicit boundary schemes is emphasized. Some numerical examples with various inflow-outflow conditions highlight the commonly discussed issues: explicit vs implicit boundary schemes, and unconditionally stable schemes.

Taxonomy Of Corynebacterium Plant Pathogens, Including A New Pathogen Of Wheat, Based On Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis Of Cellular Proteins, Randall R. Carlson, Anne K. Vidaver

Biological Process Development Facility: Staff Publications

The known extant plant pathogenic Corynebacterium species were analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of their cellular proteins. The patterns of the protein bands of 13 species and a new corynebacterial wheat pathogen showed seven distinct groups. Five of these groups consisted of only one species each, one group contained four species, and the last group contained the new wheat pathogen and the remaining four species. The pathogens that could not be distinguished by the polyacrylamide gel analysis differed in phenotypic characteristics, including pathogenic specificity. Thus, for these bacteria we propose recognition of the following taxa: C. fascians (Tilford) Dowson, …

The Probe, Issue 23 - July 1982

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE National Animal Damage Control Association July, 1982
increase in the price of duck stamp
list of chemicals Ray Matheny had reported at the California Vertebrate Pest Conference as being registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use in ADC
[U.S.Dept. of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, Annual Surnnany 1980
ANGEL ISLAND AGAIN
ANIMAL RIGHTS
Bird Dispersal Recordings – Sources of Supply. 1980 national Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife Associated Recreation
AMERICA THE POISONED
Ol’ TIMER'S CORNER
WILDLIFE LEGISLATIVE FUND OF AMERICA
Make Sure That The New ESA Includes The Essential Common Sense …

Farm, Ranch And Home Quarterly Institute Of Agriculture And Natural Resources, University Of Nebraska- Lincoln

Farm, Ranch and Home Quarterly

In this issue:

An Investment Returned ....................... 2

The Northeast Station- 25 years of Research, Extension and Service......... 3

Opportunities and Obstacles- Women Choose Agricultural Careers.............. 11

The Animal Welfare Movement- Where did it come from and where is it going?.............. 14

Center Pivot Irrigation- Runoff Analyzed on Sloping, Clayey Soil .................. 16

Nitrogen Management- Soils Change in Nutrient Content......................... 18

New Directions in Research ................................ 20

Water Current, Volume 14, No. 4, July/August 1982

Water Current Newsletter

Platte River Forum Develops Model
Update on Fed Funds
Pollution Manual Ready
Dee Creek Study Over
Farewells
Paper Wins ASAE Award
NU Manual Wins Award
Recharge Studied at Lake
ET Program Available
NWRC at Conference
Research Review: Improvement of Irrigation Scheduling Techniques for Corn With Variable Crop Maturity Range, Plant Population and Water Supply Availability.

Regional Differences In Plains Indian Painting, Mary Jane Schneider

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

It may seem but a short leap from the earliest red, white, and black markings on rock walls to the sophisticated abstract expressionism of contemporary Native American art, and only a small· step from geometric designs painted on hides to hard-edge geometric forms on canvas, but the development of Plains Indian painting from prehistoric times to the twentieth century is a journey from the Stone Age to the Nuclear Age, from tribal to urban society. Plains Indian painting reflects the historical and geographical diversity of the region as well as the pluralistic culture of modern Native Americans. It is an …

Civilian Space Policy And Applications, U.S. Office Of Technology Assessment

Space Law Documents

The United States orbited its first satellite in 1958, nearly a quarter century ago. In the intervening years, the United States has made great strides in developing peaceful and practical uses of space technology. However, in spite of the dramatic successes of the space program, among which are the recent flights of the Columbia shuttle orbiter, many informed observers express considerable unease about the future of our civilian efforts in space, particularly in light of increased foreign competition and stringent fiscal restraints.

Because of these uncertainties and also because of emerging new prospects for using the space environment, this assessment …

Morphometric And Geographic Relationships Of Short-Tailed Shrews (Genus Blarina) In Kansas, Iowa, And Missouri, Nancy D. Moncrief, Jerry R. Choate, Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Shrews of the genus Blarina from Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri were studied morphometrically and karyologically. The ranges of two species, B. brevicauda and B. hylophaga, overlap in a broad zone across southern Iowa and northern Missouri. Morphometric analyses revealed an unexpectedly large amount of cranial variation in B. brevicauda, and confirmed the presence of that species in the Kansas River Valley of northeastern Kansas. Considerable mensural overlap was found in geographic areas in which B. hylophaga and B. brevicauda are sympatric, evincing the need for further karyotypic and morphometric studies in those areas. No formal taxonomic changes are …

Water Current, Volume 14, No. 3, May/June 1982

Water Current Newsletter

Federal Funding for Water Research
Phase Three of Plan Done
Task Force Listens
Ecofallow and Irrigation Wed
Feds May Help PRF, Bereuter Sponsors Bills
Research Review: Evaluation of Legal and Institutional Arrangements Associated with Ground Water Allocation in the Missouri River Basin States
Aquifer Symposium Slated
Gilley Serves on Board
Seminar Proceedings Available

Agricultural Experiment Station News May 1982

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
From the Director’s Desk
Search Advisory Committee for Dean and Director, AES
The Field Laboratory is Now Ours
Department of Agricultural Communications Review
SAHS SEZ
Sorghum/Millet Collaborative Research-Year Four
Open House-Gudmundsen Sandhills Research Center, Friday, June 4th
ANNA H. ELLIOTT FUND
Calendar of Events
Grants and Contracts
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS - April 1982
Calendar of Events – Summer, 1982

The Probe, Issue 21 - May 1982

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE National Animal Damage Control Association May, 1982
HERE'S ONE GROUP WE COULD JOIN - THE RAT TOLIFE SOCIETY.
"spectre of environmentalism and the threat of environmental groups"
new ADC books
Executive Order 11643 (Nixon's ban on 1080 on public lands)
Endangered Species ACT
FUND FOR ANIMALS.
PREDATOR CONTROL IS NOT NEEDED IN GAME MANAGEMENT?
THE BALANCE OF NATURE
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - WILDLIFE LEGISLATIVE FUND OF AMERICA (WLFA)
NADCA Directory
SHOULD ADC BE SHIFTED FROM INTERIOR TO AGRICULTURE?
OL' TIMERS' CORNER
NADCA supporters

Women's Studies University Of Nebraska-Lincoln Newsletter, Phyllis Schroeder

Women's and Gender Studies Program: Information and Materials

In the last ten years 350 Women's Studies programs were established across the country. Their common aims tend to cover the following

1. To include the achievements and expenses of women traditionally neglected in the teaching of the widest possible range of subjects from English and Philosophy to Mathematics and Biology.
2. To integrate women's studies into the curriculum throughout the university system, what is being popularly referred to as "humanizing the current curriculum."
3. To increase Women's Studies faculty in areas not currently represented, such as the sciences architecture, and music.
4. To strengthen the Women's Studies program in such a way that …

Review Of Sinclair Ross By Lorraine Mcmullen, Geraldine Anthony

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Devotees of Canadian and American prairie fiction will welcome this book, the first to treat the entire body of Sinclair Ross's work. Lorraine McMullen has done a creditable job of analysis and criticism. She begins with a biographical introduction and follows with a study of all of Ross's short stories and novels published from 1934 to the present.

The first critic to provide any details about Ross's life, McMullen illuminates the personality of this enigmatic prairie writer and, incidentally, corrects a few errors in Robert Chalmer's little book, Ernest Buckler and Sinclair Ross. Ross himself has maintained that creative …

Review Of Ethnicity On The Great Plains Edited By Frederick C. Luebke, Howard Palmer

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Ethnicity on the Great Plains is a collection of essays based on a conference sponsored by the Center for Great Plains Studies. The editor has selected some of the best papers from that conference; attempting to maintain a balance among different academic disciplines, ethnic groups discussed, and various subregions of the Great Plains. The focus of the symposia was on the question of the relationship between the physical environment of the Great Plains and the persistence or accommodation of ethnic culture.

The resulting book is a satisfying and pathbreaking multidisciplinary achievement on a neglected topic. The study of rural ethnic …

The Landscape Of Ukrainian Settlement In The Canadian West, John C. Lehr

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

To journey through parts of the western interior of Canada at the turn of the century was to experience the cultural landscapes of the peasant heartland of Europe. Nowhere was this more true than on the northerly fringes of the parkland belt and across the. southern reaches of the boreal forest pioneered by Ukrainian immigrants from the Austrian provinces of Galicia and Bukovyna.

Between 1892, when the fIrst small group of seven Ukrainian families settled in Alberta, and 1914, when the outbreak of war in Europe terminated immigration from Austria-Hungary, more than 120,000 Ukrainians settled in Canada.1 Almost all of …

Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) Of North America, Donald J. Klemm

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

The previous manual, "Freshwater Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) of North America," Identification Manual No. 8, Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems, published in 1972, was prepared under contract with the Oceanography and Limnology Program, Smithsonian Institution, with funds provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

In the ten years that have elapsed since publication of the above manual, additional work has been done in North America on the ecology and systematics of the leeches. This publication serves to correct several errors found in the above manual, to make several desirable taxonomic changes, to add new sections and various relevant information to the …

Seasat-Satellite Investigation Of The Structure Of Western Nebraska And Its Application To The Evaluation Of Geothermal Resources, John Stix

United States Department of Energy: Publications

Seasat synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery was used to interpret the structural framework and, indirectly, the geothermal potential of an area in western Nebraska. Lineaments were mapped from the imagery and then compared to known structure. It was found that Seasat does record surface manifestations of subtle basement structures, particularly faults and joints. Furthermore, two areas with hot dry rock geothermal potential were delineated using Seasat and other data. It is stressed that more subsurface geology and geophysical data are needed before a final evaluation of the geothermal potential can be made. Seasat imagery is a useful reconnaissance exploration …

Agricultural Experiment Station News March 1982

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK
IN THE INTERIM
SAHS SEZ
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
GRANTS
NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION PUBLICATIONS - February 1982
BULLETINS PRINTED

The Probe, Issue 20 - March 1982

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE National Animal Damage Control Association March, 1982
The Endangered Species Act(ESA)is in the process of being amended.
Executive Committee meeting
NADCA meeting
CDC reports two recent cases of humans contracting tularemia from their cats.
TULAREMIA,WHERE ARE YA WHEN WE NEED YA?
DOG OWNERS - REMEMBER IT'S TRAPPING SEASON
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MAMMALOGISTS
ANIMALS HAS GOT AS MUCH RIGHTS AS HUMANS
NATIONAL WOOLGROWERS ANNUAL MEETING
EPA 1080 HEARINGS
The Research & Special Programs'Administration (U.S. Dept. of Transportation) has ruled that pyrotechnical devices like Shellcrackers come under the Class A explosives category which makes them practically impossible to transport.
RICH …

Efficient Infrared Upconversion In Gap, M. A. Gundersen, T. A. Yocom, P. G. Snyder, P. F. Williams

P. F. (Paul Frazer) Williams Publications

Mechanisms for linear conversion of infrared to visible were investigated in extrinsic Gap. Efficient (1 %) conversion of 10 micron to visible was observed in GaP:Zn,O. Several device applications are discussed and a quantum counter scheme involving 111-V photocathodes is presented.

Snares For Predator Control, Major L. Boddicker

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 10th (1982)

The use of snares predates recorded history. The snare was first used when ancient man realized that an association between a tightening loop of vine and an ensnared animal was something which he could construct and repeat. The current increased interest in snares has been a result of restricted chemical tools in animal damage control resulting in a new look at old mechanical methods. The increased value of pelts of predators has brought efforts by private trappers to improve snaring as a tool. As a result, the ancient art of snaring has been greatly improved over the last decade. New …

Predator Problems When Using Sheep And Goats In Managing Brush On Rangelands, James E. Bowns

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 10th (1982)

Rangelands occupy a large portion of the western United States and the world. Grazing by ruminant animals provides the only means of obtaining usable products from these lands. Sheep and goats are more efficient producers, better adapted to many ranges, and are useful in controlling or manipulating shrubs and other undesirable vegetation which results in improved range conditions and increased water yields. There has been a general decline in sheep and goat numbers and a shift toward cattle. Predation has been a major factor in the abandonment of many sheep and goat operations and the shift to other livestock. A …

Rodent Problems Relative To Mechanical Harvesting, A. Charles Crabb, Ronald L. Riddle

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 10th (1982)

As the number of crops that are mechanically harvested increases, the reports of rodent problems associated with those crops increase also. This report examines the rodent problems in mechanically harvested tomatoes and reports on work done in studying the effects of various border crops on rodent populations. It also looks at possible rodent management options available to growers of mechanically harvested crops.

Pulsed Baiting —A New Technique For High Potency, Slow Acting Rodenticides, Adrian C. Dubock

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 10th (1982)

The disadvantages of the acute, fast-acting, rodenticides are well understood by the specialist. However, despite poison-shyness and consequent short-lived, low efficacy rodent control, many users prefer "acutes" such as zinc phosphide to "first-generation" anticoagulants of the warfarin type. The techniques necessary for efficient use of the first-generation anticoagulants are often inappropriate, particularly in agriculture. High labour and bait inputs required are unacceptable and are, together with the need for area coordinated control programs, significantly responsible for lack of widespread use of anticoagulants, even in those countries with a long history both of disastrous rodent damage to crops and rodent damage …

The Cliff Swallow—Biology And Control, W. Paul Gorenzel, Terrell P. Salmon

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 10th (1982)

Cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) nesting in colonies on man-made structures can cause aesthetic problems and health hazards. Cliff swallows are migratory, wintering in South America and breeding throughout most of North America. Cliff swallows have a homing tendency to old colonies and are attracted to the gourd-shaped mud nests. Egg laying begins before nest construction is finished; clutch size averages 3 or 4 eggs. Re-nesting is common if a nest fails and some pairs may raise 2 broods in 1 nesting season. Cliff swallows may be present at a colony for up to 132 days. Cliff swallows are protected by …