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Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Spring 2004, Volume 10, No. 2

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

CGS Coordinates New Professional Golf Management Program

Alternatives to Grazing Drought-Stricken Pastures by Ivan Rush, Panhandle Research and Extension Center, UNL

2004 Nebraska Grazing Conference in Kearney August 10-11

Dave and Loretta Hamilton: Grazing and Ranch Management Mentors by Dana Larsen, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA

Loess Hills Conservation Measures Improve Rangeland Conditions and Aid American Burying Beetle in Nebraska by Thomas Walker, Jr., Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Jerry Volesky, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL Wyatt Hoback, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney

XX International Grassland Congress, Ireland, 2005

Allan Savory on Holistic Resource Management at …

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network – Spring/Summer 2004

Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network

Content:

NATS Annual Fall Conference

Geographic Educators of Nebraska Summer Workshops

Groundwater Workshop for Secondary Earth and Environmental Science Teachers

Fatal Pine Disease Continues to Raze Trees in Nebraska By Christine Meyer

Survey Publishes Fact Sheet on Arsenic in Nebraska’s Drinking Water By Steve Ress

Fair Brings Representatives from a Variety of Natural Resource Careers By Charles A. Flowerday

A 15th C. Archaeofauna From Akurvík, An Early Fishing Station In Nw Iceland, Colin Amundsen, Sophia Perdikaris, Matthew Brown, Yekaterina Krivogorskaya, Salena Modugno, Konrad Smiarowski, Shaye Storm, Malgorzata Frik, Monica Koczela, Thomas H. Mcgovern

School of Global Integrative Studies: Faculty Publications

This is a report of analysis of 15th c bone materials from the site of Akurvík in NW Iceland excavated in 1990. A small international project in Árneshreppur district recovered a series of stratified midden deposits associated with small turf structures on an eroding beachfront. Radiocarbon dates identify at least two major phases of occupation and use, one extending into the mid 13th century, and the other dating to the mid 15th century. This report documents the animal bone collection from the later 15th c occupation. Dominated by cod fish, these deposits appear to be the product of seasonal fishery …

Yad Vashem And The Comprehensive History Of The Holocaust, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

Remarks delivered at the Henry and Gretl Wald Lecture, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 8, 2004, introducing Christopher R. Browning’s lecture on “The Origins of the Final Solution: The Fateful Months of September–October 1941.” The remarks outline the history of the publication project and concern the history and mission of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority. Includes recognition of the roles played by Estee Du-Nour, Bella Gutterman, Yehuda Bauer, and Renée Poznanski of Yad Vashem; Daniel J. J. Ross, then director of the University of Nebraska Press; Alan Steinweis, Doris Bergen, Peter Hayes, Susannah Heschel, and Michael Marrus of …

Water Current, Volume 36, No. 2. Spring 2004

Water Current Newsletter

Contents

• June Tour Focuses on Competing Uses for Platte River Water and Basin Development by Steve Ress

• First Water Law, Policy and Science Conference Sets the Bar High by Steve Ress

• From the Director

• Meet the Faculty

• Helping Small Towns Reduce Arsenic in Drinking Water by Steve Ress

• GIS mapping tool helps officials track livestock diseases by Steve Ress

• News from the Water Sciences Laboratory

• Involve Public in Hard Decisions Regarding Science and Policy, Agency head Says by George Green

• Pederson and Graduate Student Stay Busy Chasing Waterfalls

Water News Briefs

Independence Of Nations And The Role Of Libraries: The American Library System As The Stakeholder For Freedom Of Information, Lana Zink

E-JASL: Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship (1999-2009, Volumes 1-10)

Abstract

The nations of the world community are independent of each other. There is no higher authority to bring together like and unlike nations for the betterment of world order. Each nation stands alone. It is realized, even in America, that international affairs dictate there is no one moral code common to all people and to all governments of the world. Political order in the world community depends upon an independence of nations, but an independence that recognizes a moral, reasoned mind. The so-called American library system plays a role in the assurances toward tempered, human behavior at the international …

Mapping Changes In Denominational Membership In The Great Plains, 1952-2000, Holly Barcus, Stanley Brunn

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

The religious heritage of the Great Plains is illustrated in distinct denominational regions. Mapping county-level data on major denominations reveals that Catholics and Lutherans are strongest in the Northern Plain, Methodists in the Central Plains, and Baptists in the Southern Plains. Counties that are increasing in population and closest to metropolitan and interstate areas experience the most diversity. During the last fifty years, Lutherans and Methodists have lost members, while Catholics and Baptists gained. The Central Plains is experiencing the most dynamism.

Review Of Changing Precipitation Regimes And Terrestrial Ecosystems: A North American Perspective Edited By Jake F. Weltzin And Guy R. Mcpherson, Luke Marzen

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

This volume, the result of a 1998 symposium organized by the Ecological Society of America, bring together a number of leading experts to answer important questions about global change, precipitation regimes, and terrestrial ecosystems in several biomes of temperate North America. It is becoming increasingly apparent that anthropogenic activities combined with many other factors are substantially affecting terrestrial ecosystems and vegetation response patterns at a variety of temporal and spatial scales. Concern over global changes is leading to an increasing number of investigations into the impacts human activity may be having on climate patterns and what the potential consequences may …

Review Of Trails And Trials: Markets And Land Use In The Alberta Beef Cattle Industry, 1881-1948 By Max Foran, Ian Maclachlan

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Max Foran's Trails and Trials does a superb job of filling a conspicuous gap in Alberta's agricultural history. By covering the period 1881-1948, the book extends the standard accounts of Alberta's ranching history well into the twentieth century. And it expands on traditional ranch history themes with its clear and consistent focus on the importance of cattle exports in relation to Canada's small domestic market and on the importance of markets in understanding land use change. Foran periodizes and organizes his story clearly. Each chapter follows a similar structure with sections and subsections describing major market and policy developments and …

Title And Contents- Spring 2004

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

GREAT PLAINS QUARTERLY

Volume 24/ Number 2 / Spring 2004

CONTENTS

RANGERS, MOUNTIES, AND THE SUBJUGATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, 1870-1885 Andrew R. Graybill

"THIS STRANGE WHITE WORLD": RACE AND PLACE IN ERA BELL THOMPSON'S AMERICAN DAUGHTER Michael K. Johnson

CANADA'S CAMPAIGN FOR IMMIGRANTS AND THE IMAGES IN CANADA WEST MAGAZINE Laura A. Detre

BOOK REVIEWS

Susan J. Rosowski, ed. Cather Studies 5: Willa Cather's Ecological Imagination By STEVEN TROUT

Simona Bertacco Out of Place: The Writings of Robert Kroetsch By CAROL L. BERAN

William Kloefkorn Restoring the Burnt Child: A Primer By DAVID PICHASKE

Richard A. Grounds, George E. Tinker, …

Review Of Restoring The Burnt Child: A Primer By William Kloefkom, David Pichaske

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

William Kloefkom's second book of memoirs is a blueprint for restoring lives scorched by the fires of fundamentalist Christianity, WCTU crusaders, cigarettes and whiskey, kitchen matches, sore throats, and thermonuclear explosions. The twelve chapters cover Kloefkom's life from age nine, when he torched the family kitchen, to age thirteen, when he delivered news of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to subscribers of the Wichita Beacon. The book fleshes out stories and personalities already familiar to readers of his poetry: parents and grandparents; life in Attica, Kansas; the slaughter of swallows and rabbits on grandfather's farm; landmarks like Turtle Rock and town marks …

New Perspectives On The Changing Religious Diversity In The Great Plains, Stanley Brunn, Holly Barcus

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

The religious landscape of the Plains is dominated by four major denominations: Lutherans, Catholics, Methodists, and Baptists. But beneath these prevailing majorities are others that are declining (Presbyterians) and increasing (Pentecostals and Mormons) in membership and places of worship. Jews, Muslims, Charismatics, and Baha'i are also increasing in metropolitan areas, where the greatest diversity exists. "Religious geology," a concept that depicts religious diversity, exhibits sharp regional variations.

Nefdc Exchange, Volume 15, Number 1, Spring 2004, New England Faculty Development Consortium

New England Faculty Development Consortium Exchange

Contents

Message from the President: Things We Value - Tom Edwards, Thomas College

Metaphors for Teaching - Polly Parker and Bill Searle

Significant Learning Experiences: Integrated Course Design Designing the Learning We Want into the Learning Experiences - L. Dee Fink

NEFDC Fall Conference Keynote Speaker: L. Dee Fink

NEFDC Spring Roundup, June 4, 2004; theme: Building Community and Collaboration Through Technology

UNH To Offer Online Certificate in College Teaching - Michael Lee, University of New Hampshire

Assessment in New England: Announcing Discipline-Based Workshops

Conference: Faculty-Student Partnerships in Teaching and Learning

Board of Directors

“Emerging” Parasitic Infections In Arctic Ungulates, Susan J. Kutz, Eric P. Hoberg, John Nagy, Lydden Polley, Brett Elkin

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Important drivers for emergence of infectious disease in wildlife include changes in the environment, shrinking habitats or concentration of wildlife, and movement of people, animals, pathogens, or vectors. In this paper we present three case-studies of emerging parasitic infections and diseases in ungulates in the Canadian north. First we discuss climate warming as an important driver for the emergence of disease associated with Umingmakstrongylus pallikuukensis, a nematode lungworm of muskoxen. Then we examine how Protostrongylus stilesi, the sheep lungworm, emerged (or re-emerged) in muskoxen after re-introduction of this host into its historical range made it sympatric with Dall’s …

Romans, Greeks, And Jews: The World Of Jesus And The Disciples, Sidnie White Crawford

Department of Classics and Religious Studies: Faculty Publications

From a special issue on Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ:

All contemporary moviegoers are aware of the difficulties of adapting a book, the written word, to film, a medium that relies on visual and aural sensations to convey its meaning. How often do we hear the following comments about a film: “the book was different,” or “the book was better,” or, most damning of all, “they changed the book!” When the book is an ancient book, such as a gospel from the New Testament, the problem is compounded by the fact that the book is for us …

A Review Of The Colonization Dynamics Of The Northern Curly-Tailed Lizard (Leiocephalus Carinatus Arimouri) In Florida, Henry T. Smith, Richard M. Engeman

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The northern curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus armouri) is endemic to the islands of the Little Bahama Bank, with other subspecies found in the Great Bahama Bank, Cayman Islands, and Cubs (Schwartz and Thomas 1975, Schwartz and Henderson 1991).

Interfaces, Volume 7, Issue 1 - Winter 2004

INTERFACES: Newsletter of the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience

Facility Focus (I): Multipurpose X-Ray System Zeng Named Guggenheim Fellow Sigma Xi Honors to CMRA Faculty, Staff and Students Best Paper Awards Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa Recent Patents Facility Focus(II): Equipment Upgrade in Electron Microscopy CMRA Welcomes Fereydoon Namavar Research Spotlight: Stephen Ducharme Spinning Continuous Fibers for Nanotechnology

Phenotypic And Genotypic Characterization Of Uromyces Appendiculatus From Phaseolus Vulgaris In The Americas, C. M. Araya, A. T. Alleyne, J. R. Steadman, Kent M. Eskridge, D. P. Coyne

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Populations of 90 Uromyces appendiculatus isolates were collected from throughout the Americas and evaluated for virulence on 19 standard bean rust differentials, and also on 12 landraces of Phaseolus vulgaris from South and Central America. The landrace differentials represented geographical centers of bean domestication. Three groups were observed. Two groups were isolates from centers of bean domestication and a third heterogeneous group comprised isolates from countries in South and Central America. Molecular analysis using random amplified polymorphic DNA–polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) was also conducted on these isolates. Cluster analysis of the molecular profiles showed three groups that corresponded to those …

Late Albian Dinosaur Tracks From The Cratonic (Eastern) Margin Of The Western Interior Seaway, Nebraska, Usa, R. M. Joeckel, J. M. Cunningham, R. G. Corner, P. L. Phillips, G. A. Ludvigson

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Satellite Monitoring Of Vegetation Dynamics: Sensitivity Enhancement By The Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index, Andrés Viña, Geoffrey Henebry, Anatoly A. Gitelson

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Synoptic monitoring of vegetation dynamics relies on satellite observations of the distinctive spectral contrast between red and near infrared reflectance that photosynthetically active green vegetation exhibits. It has long been recognized that the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) suffers a rapid decrease of sensitivity at moderate-to-high densities of photosynthetic green biomass. This decrease can conceal detection of vegetation change in croplands, woodlands, and productive grasslands.We applied a recent, straightforward modification of the NDVI, the Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index (WDRVI), to a standard AVHRR dataset to assess its sensitivity to variability within ecoregions and across years, relative to NDVI. In …

Application Of Snowfall And Wind Statistics To Snow Transport Modeling For Snowdrift Control In Minnesota, Martha Shulski, Mark W. Seeley

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Models were utilized to determine the snow accumulation season (SAS) and to quantify windblown snow for the purpose of snowdrift control for locations in Minnesota. The models require mean monthly temperature, snowfall, density of snow, and wind frequency distribution statistics. Temperature and precipitation data were obtained from local cooperative observing sites, and wind data came from Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)/Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) sites in the region. The temperature-based algorithm used to define the SAS reveals a geographic variability in the starting and ending dates of the season, which is determined by latitude and elevation. Mean seasonal snowfall …

A Preservation Paradox: Political Prestidigitation And An Enduring Resource Of Wildness, Sandi Zellmer

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

The nation's preeminent preservation statute, the Wilderness Act of 1964, is now 40 years old. By authorizing a network of congressionally designated wilderness areas on public lands, the Act has proved invaluable for protecting special areas from the most intensive forms of intrusion by humankind But the Act is facing a midlife crisis, and legitimate questions have been raised about its continuing viability as a conservation tool. This Article concludes that the preservation of wild lands remains an essential component of federal public lands management, but that the Wilderness Act, standing alone, has not fulfilled its promise of securing an …

Sedimentology And Geochemistry Of An Urban Coastal Lake System: Coombabah Lake Nature Reserve, Gold Coast, Queensland, Tracy D. Frank, Christopher R. Fielding

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

A study was initiated to address environmental concerns associated with changes in land use in the catchment area of Coombabah Lake, a brackish coastal lake system located in southeast Queensland. Sedimentological and geochemical data derived from a series of cores that penetrate the ca. 0–6000 year-old lacustrine sequence indicate that throughout much of its history, Coombabah Lake has remained a quiet, shallow, water body fed by fine-grained sediment dropped from suspension. Discrete and laterally continuous, shelly horizons form the basis for the stratigraphy developed for the lake sequence. A lithological transition in the upper 50 cm of the sediment column, …

Patterns In Time And Space: Technologies Of Transfer And The Cultural Transmission Of Mathematical Knowledge Across The Indian Ocean, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

This article explores the potential role of textiles in the transfer of mathematical knowledge from the Indian subcontinent to the central Islamic lands and west- ward to an emerging modern Europe through an inquiry into prospective tech- nologies of textile manufacture and pattern-making. Ikat textiles of the ninth and tenth centuries, found in Egypt but presumed to be from Yemen, serve as a means to explore possibilities of numeration and treatment of the spatial dimension. An initial attempt is made to separate patterning from the technology of textile pro- duction in an effort to treat the mathematical possibilities that patterning …

Research At Nebraska, 2003-2004 Report, University Of Nebraska-Lincoln

Office of Research and Economic Development: Publications

This publication is a snapshot of the fiscal year’s activities. To read more stories about research and creativity at Nebraska, visit the online edition at http://research.unl.edu/news/04-ORG-005_AR_Final.pdf. Additional multimedia are available for many stories.

Empirical Measurement Of Parasite Transmission Between Groups In A Colonial Bird, Charles R. Brown, Mary Bomberger Brown

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

While epidemiological models have suggested that the spread of parasites
and infectious diseases often depends critically on the extent of movement by infected
individuals between populations, there is little empirical information for any organism on
the frequency of between-group parasite transmission or how it varies spatially. The transmission
of parasites between discrete social groups or populations may also help determine
a host’s total parasite or pathogen exposure. We measured the introduction of parasitic bugs
(Oeciacus vicarius) into colonies of Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) by transient
birds from outside each group. The transmission of bugs increased strongly …

Characteristics Of Chinese Human Smugglers, U.S. Department Of Justice

Human Trafficking: Data and Documents

This study explored the inner workings of Chinese human smuggling organizations by going right to the source— smugglers themselves. Through field observations and face-to-face interviews in both the United States and China, researchers found that most human smugglers in this study were otherwise ordinary citizens. Their social networks provide the necessary connections and resources to conduct a profitable trade in arranging transportation for people who want to leave China illegally.

An Analysis Of Simulated Long-Term Soil Moisture Data For Three Land Uses Under Contrasting Hydroclimatic Conditions In The Northern Great Plains, Rezaul Mamood, Kenneth G. Hubbard

High Plains Regional Climate Center: Staff Publications

Soil moisture (SM) plays an important role in land surface and atmosphere interactions. It modifies energy balance near the surface and the rate of water cycling between land and atmosphere. The lack of observed SM data prohibits understanding of SM variations at climate scales under varying land uses. However, with simulation models it is possible to develop a long-term SM dataset and study these issues. In this paper a water balance model is used to provide a quantitative assessment of SM climatologies for three land uses, namely, irrigated corn, rain-fed corn, and grass, grown under three hydroclimatic regimes in Nebraska. …

Animal Bones From Sondum (27012) Sandoy, Faroe Islands 200 Season Collection, Thomas H. Mcgovern, Seth Brewington, Sophia Perdikaris, Colin Amundsen

School of Global Integrative Studies: Faculty Publications

Introduction

This paper reports on analysis of animal bones collect in 2000 by the Faroese Museum from a stratified but eroding beach front cliff in on the island of Sandoy. The site designation is Sondum, 27012 and the bone materials have been kindly sent to the CUNY laboratories for analysis by the excavator Simun Arge. While conditions of bone preservation are not as good as at the Undir Junkarinsfløtti locality to the SW across the embayment, and sample size is much smaller, a substantial amount of bone was recovered from datable which adds to our understanding of early economic patterns …

Blue-Collar Work, Career, And Success: Occupational Narratives Of Sisu, Kristen Lucas, Patrice M. Buzzanel

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

This study examined underground iron ore miners’ occupational narratives to uncover how their stories socialize miners into blue-collar careers and reinforce their work identities. Through the root theme of sisu (Finnish for inner determination), underground miners create a status hierarchy that is used to construct a sense of pride around their work and to establish milestones of success for themselves and others in their workgroup. Furthermore, they communicatively construct exemplars that guide their performance and decisions during the unfolding of their work experiences. Their discourses provide alternatives to white-collar conceptualizations and practices of careers and success.