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Wildlife Damage News, Volume 1, Spring 2001

Wildlife Damage News

CONTENTS:

The Northeast Wildlife Damage Management Research and Outreach Cooperative by Paul Curtis, Cornell University and Gary San Julian, Penn State University, Co-Directors

Bats in the Attic

Review of Current Literature
Excerpted by Kristi Sullivan, Wildlife Communication Specialist Castelli, P.M. and S.E. Sleggs.

Wildlife Damage Management Fact Sheet Series (2001) by Paul Curtis and Kristi Sullivan

Managing Nuisance Beavers Along Roadsides (2000) by Paul Jensen, Paul Curtis and D. Hamelin

Managing White-tailed Deer in Suburban Environments: a Technical Guide (2000) by Anthony DeNicola, Kurt VerCauteren, Paul Curtis, and Scott Hygnstrom

Managing Canada Geese in Urban Environments (1999): a Technical Guide …

Regulation Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection, Β-Chemokine Production, And Ccr5 Expression In Cd40l-Stimulated Macrophages: Immune Control Of Viral Entry, Robin L. Cutter, Jialin Zheng, Myhanh Che, Douglas Niemann, Ying Liu, Johnny He, Elaine Thomas, Howard Gendelman

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Mononuclear phagocytes (MP) and T lymphocytes play a pivotal role in the host immune response to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. Regulation of such immune responses can be mediated, in part, through the interaction of the T-lymphocyte-expressed molecule CD40 ligand (CD40L) with its receptor on MP, CD40. Upregulation of CD40L on CD4⁺ peripheral blood mononuclear cells during advanced HIV-1 disease has previously been reported. Based on this observation, we studied the influence of CD40L-CD40 interactions on MP effector function and viral regulation in vitro. We monitored productive viral infection, cytokine and β -chemokine production, and β-chemokine receptor …

Wpa News 65 (2001), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (May 2001), number 65

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Nebline, May 2001

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Crop Genetic Engineering – 101
StarLink Corn—What is All the Fuss About?
Think About Apple Maggot Control Now
Three All-America Rose Selections Winners for 2001
Mulches
Perennials with Unique Flowers
Horticulture information center
It’s Springtime: Watch for Signs of Termites
We Love the Birds, But Sometimes They Drive Us Crazy!
Insects, Spiders, Mice and More
Reminder!! Household Hazardous Waste Collection for Lancaster County Residents
Controlling Volunteer StarLink™ corn
BSE (Mad Cow) and Foot & Mouth Disease, Ending the Confusion!!!
Strategic Mowing Helps Lawns Grow Healthfully
Trellis Construction
Healthy Tomatoes Result of Planning, Care
Suiting the Garden to the Gardener
Healthy …

2001 Waterfowl Breeding Population Survey For South Dakota And North Dakota

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

The 2001 Waterfowl Breeding Ground and Habitat Survey for South and North Dakota was conducted 7 - 28 May with standard aerial coverage accomplished. Personnel changes occurred this year in both the air and ground crew. Habitat conditions were good to excellent through out most of the crew area. Compared to 2000 levels, wetland counts increased 58% in South Dakota and were similar (2%) in North Dakota. Waterfowl breeding populations were second and third highest of record for South Dakota (4.301 million) and North Dakota (5.767 million), respectively. The outlook for waterfowl production in 2001 is above average.

Human Papillomavirus Virus-Like Particles Are Efficient Oral Immunogens When Coadministered With Escherichia Coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxin Mutant R192g Or Cpg Dna, S. Gerber, C. Lane, Deborah M. Brown, E. Lord, M. Dilorenzo, J. D. Clements, E. Rybicki, A.-L. Williamson, R. C. Rose

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Certain human papillomaviruses (HPVs) cause most cervical cancer, which remains a significant source of morbidity and mortality among women worldwide. HPV recombinant virus-like particles (VLPs) are promising vaccine candidates for controlling anogenital HPV disease and are now being evaluated as a parenteral vaccine modality in human subjects. Vaccines formulated for injection generally are more costly, more difficult to administer, and less acceptable to recipients than are mucosally administered vaccines. Since oral delivery represents an attractive alternative to parenteral injection for large-scale human vaccination, the oral immunogenicity of HPV type 11 (HPV-11) VLPs in mice was previously investigated; it was found …

Use Of Remote-Sensing Imagery To Estimate Corn Grain Yield, J.F. Shanahan, James S. Schepers, Dennis D. Francis, Gary E. Varvel, Wallace Wilhelm, James M. Tringe, Michael R. Schlemmer, David J. Major

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Remote sensing—the process of acquiring information about objects from remote platforms such as ground-based booms, aircraft, or satellites—is a potentially important source of data for site-specific crop management, providing both spatial and temporal information. Our objective was to use remotely sensed imagery to compare different vegetation indices as a means of assessing canopy variation and its resultant impact on corn (Zea mays L.) grain yield. Treatments consisted of five N rates and four hybrids, which were grown under irrigation near Shelton, NE on a Hord silt loam in 1997 and 1998. Imagery data with 0.5-m spatial resolution were collected …

Characteristics Of Nest Sites Of Northern Bobwhites In Western Oklahoma, Darrell E. Townsend Ii, Ronald E. Masters, Robert L. Lochmiller, David M. Leslie Jr., Stephen J. Demaso, Alan D. Peoples

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Previous authors have described nesting habitat of the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) throughout its range, but few have compared structural or compositional differences of vegetation between nest sites and random non-use sites, and successful and non-successful nests. From 1996-1998, we compared cover and structure of 85 plant species from 80 nest sites of northern bobwhite in western Oklahoma. Nest sites were consistently associated with greater structural complexity than what was available at random. Bobwhites selected nest sites with a greater coverage of grass (ca. 50%) and woody (ca. 20-30%) vegetation with a relatively low percentage of bare ground, …

Energy Gaps In “Metallic” Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Min Ouyang, Jin-Lin Huang, Chin Li Cheung, Charles Lieber

Barry Chin Li Cheung Publications

Metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes have been proposed to be good one-dimensional conductors. However, the finite curvature of the graphene sheet that forms the nanotubes and the broken symmetry due to the local environment may modify their electronic properties. We used low-temperature atomically resolved scanning tunneling microscopy to investigate zigzag and armchair nanotubes, both thought to be metallic. “Metallic” zigzag nanotubes were found to have energy gaps with magnitudes that depend inversely on the square of the tube radius, whereas isolated armchair tubes do not have energy gaps. Additionally, armchair nanotubes packed in bundles have pseudogaps, which exhibit an inverse dependence …

Introduced Wildlife Of Oregon And Washington , Gary W. Witmer, Jeffrey C. Lewis

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Each species of wildlife occurs as part of an ecosystem, interacting in many ways with other plant and animal species in that system as well as with the abiotic components such as soil, air, water, and other substrates. The array of wildlife species around the globe has been shaped by geological and climatological events as well as by eons of evolution and natural selection. Species have come and gone and those remaining have, in most cases, co-evolved or co-adapted with many other species so that relatively stable, and often complex, relationships exist. Usually, a great many niches have been carved …

Persistent Fontanelles In Rodent Skulls, Scott Lyell Gardner, Sydney Anderson

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Persistent fenestrae occur between frontal or parietal bones in skulls of various rodents, especially species of Andinomys and Ctenomys. The frequency of occurrence and the shape and position of the fenestrae may vary with age or among individuals, populations, and species. Different families and species from both high and low elevations exhibit fenestrae. They have arisen in several different evolutionary lineages. Genetic factors contribute, but no clear functional significance of the fenestrae has been established.

Rationality In Medical Decision Making: A Review Of The Literature On Doctors’ Decision-Making Biases, Brian H. Bornstein, A. Christine Emler

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

The objectives of this study were to describe ways in which doctors make suboptimal diagnostic and treatment decisions, and to discuss possible means of alleviating those biases, using a review of past studies from the psychological and medical decision-making literatures. A number of biases can affect the ways in which doctors gather and use evidence in making diagnoses. Biases also exist in how doctors make treatment decisions once a defi nitive diagnosis has been made. These biases are not peculiar to the medical domain but, rather, are manifestations of suboptimal reasoning to which people are susceptible in general. None the …

Evidence For Two Mechanisms Of Amino Acid Osmolyte Release From Hippocampal Slices, R. Franco, M. E. Torres-Marquez, H. Pasantes-Morales

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

A 30% decrease in osmolarity stimulated ³H-taurine, ³H-GABA and glutamate (followed as ³H-D-aspartate) efflux from rat hippocampal slices. ³H-taurine efflux was activated rapidly but inactivated slowly. It was decreased markedly by 100 μM 5-nitro-(3-phenylpropylamino) benzoic acid (NPPB) and 600 μM niflumic acid and inhibited strongly by tyrphostins AG18, AG879 and AG112 (25–100 μM), suggesting a tyrosine kinase-mediated mechanism. Hyposmolarity activated the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) extracellular-signal-related kinase-1/2 (ERK1/ERK2) and p38, but blockade of this reaction did not affect ³H-taurine efflux. Hyposmosis also activated phosphatidyl-inositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and its prevention by wortmannin (100 nM) essentially abolished …

Nano-Devices Using Blockcopolymers, Ravi F. Saraf

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Patents

A structure including a substrate. A first electrode and a second electrode are arranged spaced apart from each other on the substrate. A polymer string is positioned on the substrate between the two electrodes; the polymer line has a width of less than about 50 nm.

Use Of Acetaminophen For Large-Scale Control Of Brown Treesnakes, Peter J. Savarie, John A. Shivik, Gary C. White, Jerome C. Hurley, Larry Clark

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Because the brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis) has virtually extirpated the avifauna on Guam and is a threat to other Pacific islands, the development of alternative and efficient control methods is required. Therefore, we performed a large-scale field experiment to determine whether the acetaminophen baits we developed could be used to reduce population levels of brown treesnakes on Guam. Toxic baits were made by inserting 80 mg of acetaminophen into dead neonatal mice, and these mouse baits were used to treat plots. Reference plots were baited with unadulterated baits. We used mark-recapture methods to estimate snake abundance on plots …

Gamma Sigma Delta Reception, John Owens

John Owens: Speeches and Appearances

What a pleasure it is to be here today as we recognize outstanding scholarship. Like everyone here, I want to congratulate each of your students being recognized today for your scholastic accomplishments. I want you to know we are happy you’ve chosen to study with us in the College of Human Resources and Family Sciences, the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, and the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.

Extension Of Life-Span By Loss Of Chico, A Drosophila Insulin Receptor Substrate Protein, David Clancy, David Gems, Lawrence G. Harshman, Sean Oldham, Hugo Stocker, Ernest Hafen, Sally Leevers, Linda Partridge

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

The Drosophila melanogaster gene chico encodes an insulin receptor substrate that functions in an insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling pathway. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, insulin/IGF signaling regulates adult longevity. We found that mutation of chico extends fruit fl y median life-span by up to 48% in homozygotes and 36% in heterozygotes. Extension of life-span was not a result of impaired oogenesis in chico females, nor was it consistently correlated with increased stress resistance. The dwarf phenotype of chico homozygotes was also unnecessary for extension of life-span. The role of insulin/IGF signaling in regulating animal aging is therefore evolutionarily …

Erythropoietin Mrna Expression In Pig Embryos, H. G. Klemcke, J. L. Vallet, R. K. Christenson, P. L. Pearson

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

To address whether altered erythropoietin (EPO) synthesis might be involved in prenatal pig mortality, studies were conducted to measure porcine embryonic EPO mRNA expression during early gestation (days 24–40). Three pig models differing in embryonic survival from days 24–40 were investigated: intact white crossbred gilts (INT), white crossbred gilts that were unilaterally hysterectomized-ovariectomized before puberty and whose pregnant uterus constituted a crowded environment (UHO), and prolific, intact Meishan gilts (ME). A partial cDNA for porcine EPO, developed via reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction procedures was used to generate a 32P-labeled probe for use in Northern analyses. In an initial …

Journal Of The National Collegiate Honors Council -- Volume 2, No. 1 -- Complete Issue

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

CONTENTS

Call for Papers
Submission Guidelines :
Dedication
Editor's Introduction, Ada Long

EDUCATIONAL TRANSITIONS
Full Circle: The Reappearance of Privilege and Responsibility in American Higher Education, George Mariz
Telling Tales Out of School: Academic Novels and Memoirs by Women, Betty Krasne
Helping Honors Students Improve Critical Thinking, Julie Fisher Robertson and Donna Rane-Szostak
Science Literacy and the Undergraduate Science Curriculum: Is It Time To Try Something Different?, Dail Mullins

FORUM ON HONORS AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Cultivating: Some Thoughts on the NCHC's Future, Samuel Schuman
Further Thoughts on the Future of the NCHC, Joan Digby
A Small Step, Len Zane
Cultivating …

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Spring 2001, Volume 7, No. 2

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Contents:

Windrow Grazing and Baled-Hay Feeding Strategies for Wintering Calves by Jerry Volesky, Don Adams, and Richard Clark, WCREC, UNL

Dull Mower Affects Turf in More Ways than Appearance by Don Steinegger and Bob Shearman, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

Nebraska Grazing Conference August 13-14

“Backyard Farmer” Available on Internet

“Arbor Links” -- Dream Becomes Reality

Sampson Fellowship Award

UNL Hosts First Day of Issue Ceremony for Great Plains Prairie Stamp

Ard News April 2001

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:

Comments from the Dean
Proposed University of Nebraska Policy an Ownership of Intellectual Property
Foundation Seed Division Current and Future Changes
Proposed Statement on Licensing of Agronomic Crops Supported by Commodity Check-Oil Funds
Grants and Contracts Received February and March, 2001
FY 2001 Federal Research and Development Funds
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants
New or Revised Projects

Determining Differences In The Spatial Distribution Of Forest Structure On The Kaibab Plateau: Implications For Forest Management And The Northern Goshawk, Ryan S. Miller

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

The Kaibab Plateau, in North Central Arizona, has undergone extensive change in the last 100 years due to land management practices such as logging, road building, and fire suppression. The northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) has been a center of controversy, due to the potential effects of silvicultural practices on goshawk breeding habitat (Reynolds-1983, Bloom et al 1986, Kennedy 1989, Crocker-Bedford 1990). Current and past research efforts on the Kaibab Plateau have mapped Goshawk nesting territories and temporal change in nesting behavior and success. However, these research efforts have not determined how long-term spatial changes in land-use activities that have influenced …

Nebraska Blueprint - Spring 2001

Nebraska Blueprint (Student Publication)

Table of Contents:

From the Editor
Students uncover the secrets of the Magic Kingdom
Student Life on the Sixth Floor
Celebrating National Engineers Week at PKI
NSBE lights its torch at UNL
Undergraduates benefit from conducting research
Postcard from Paris
Out of the starting blocks

Teaching Information Literacy In 50 Minutes A Week: The Crush Experience, Judith Faust

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

The development of information literacy is central to the academic success of undergraduates, yet few universities require formal, credit-bearing courses taught by librarians to ensure that students develop these lifelong learning skills and abilities. Where such courses do exist, they are often isolated in the curriculum and rarely linked to the General Education experience. This article describes a General Education program begun in 1998-1999 at California State University, Hayward (CSUH), in which a cohort of students and faculty spend the year exploring a common theme in a series of linked courses, which include an information literacy class. Librarians teach a …

Managing Bison To Restore Biodiversity, Joe C. Truett, Michael Phillips, Kyran Kunkel, Russell Miller

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

Prior to their demise in the late 1800s, bison coexisted with and helped sustain a diverse and spectacular assemblage of animals and plant communities on the Great Plains. Bison, in concert with fire, exerted strong control on the structure of the vegetation by grazing, trampling, and wallowing. The changes in the vegetation induced changes in many animal populations. These impacts, coupled with the bison's role as the major converter of grass to meat, so greatly affected other species that some have called bison a "keystone" species in the Great Plains ecosystem. The black-tailed prairie dog, dependent on bison grazing over …

Nutrient Composition Of Grass- And Grain-Finished Bison, Martin Marchello

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

The North American buffalo (Bison bison) has survived near extinction to become a commodity (meat, hides, and hair) in a consumer-driven market. Since this is a growth industry, primarily young bulls are slaughtered for meat, while most females are used to build the herd. Bison meat is highly palatable, and previous research showed that grain-finished bison meat is low in fat and high in protein. However, bison may be grain- or grass-finished. In this study we found few differences in nutrient content of the meat between grain- or grass-finished bison. Grass-finished animals had a little more moisture (75.9 …

Carbon And Nitrogen Isotopes In Archeological Bison Remains As Indicators Of Paleoenvironmental Change In Southern Alberta, Jeremy J. Leyden, Gerald Oetelaar

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

Between 1995 and 1997, archeological excavations in northwest Calgary, Alberta, uncovered cultural materials from several occupations dating back 8,500 years. Samples of bison bone recovered at the sites were chemically prepared and analyzed for isotopic ratios. Using the resultant carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios, we reconstructed the diet of bison from four different cultural occupations spanning the last 8,500 years. Based on current and established models of bison subsistence behavior, this dietary information was used to infer large-scale environmental changes during this time interval in our study area. The inferred changes in vegetation and climate were compared with paleoenvironmental reconstructions …

Review Of Great Texas Birds , Paul A. Johnsgard

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

John O'Neill is unique: the only active professional bird artist who is also a world-class ornithologist. He is thus a kind of reincarnation of George M. Sutton, O'Neill's mentor and the idol of thousands of lovers of birds and fine bird art. Since graduating from the University of Oklahoma, O'Neill has repeatedly visited the Peruvian tropics, discovering more than a dozen species (more than any other living biologist) and illustrating hundreds more for field guides and other ornithological books. His subjects are generally more detailed, and his palette brighter, than Sutton's, but he is able to use white space and …

Review Of Passage Of Discovery: The American Rivers Guide To The Missouri River Of Lewis And Clark By Daniel B. Botkin, Bruce A. Barton

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

In Passage of Discovery, well-known ecologist and noted author Daniel Botkin takes the reader on a historic and ecological journey up the Missouri River from its confluence near St. Charles, Missouri, to its source at Three Forks, Montana, following the route of Lewis and Clark in 1804-05. Apparent throughout is Botkin's justifiably high regard for the observational, intuitive, and leadership skills demonstrated by both Meriwether Lewis and William Clark during their monumental expedition. The fact that only one member of the party died, and that due to circumstances beyond their control, is a tribute to those skills.

Editorial Matter For Volume 2, Number 1, Ada Long, Dail Mullins, Rusty Rushton

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Editorial Policy
Contents
Call for Papers
Submission Guidelines
Dedication
Editor’s Introduction, Dail Mullins
About the Authors