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Wildlife Damage News, Volume 4, Spring 1993

Wildlife Damage News

CONTENTS:
Lyme Disease & Norway Rat Control in Maine
Number of Deer Killed by Motorists in NY Increases in 1992
Meetings of Interest
11th Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Highlights
Wildlife Society Wildlife Damage Management Working Group Forms
Teaching Materials for Wildlife Damage Management
Coyote Urine Translocated by Flora
Current Literature
Goose Management in Urban Areas
Two New Damage-Management Publications

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre Newsletter, Volume 2-2, May 1993

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: Newsletters and Publications

Work Underway at CCWHC Wildlife Pathologists at CCWHC An Outbreak of Duck Plague in New York State Snowy Owl Outbreak on the PrairiesCluster of bat rabies in red foxes in Prince Edward Island Adenoviral encephalitis in a red fox Carbofuran poisoning in herring gulls in Nova Scotia Protostrongylid infection in a Newfoundland moose Lead Poisoning in two Blue Jays Adrenal lesions in St. Lawrence Estuary beluga whale Cancer in a Red-Tailed Hawk and a Northern Goshawk Winter Mortality in Birds in Ontario Lead Poisoning in Waterfowl Sarcoptic Mange Crop necrosis and impaction in lesser Canada geese Black-tailed prairie dog mortality …

The Probe, Issue 132 - May 1993

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

CONTENTS:
Choosing a Career as a Wildlife Biologist
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
Arizona Legislators Reject Trap Ban
Dogs Decimate Ostriches
River Otters Impact Crawfish Producers
Rats Damage Automotive Wiring
Survey Reveals Animal Activists' Attitudes Toward ADC
USU Needs Help With Wildlife Damage Management Library

Wpa News 40 (1993), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (May 1993), number 40

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Nebline, May 1993

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

On-the-Grow: Horticulture News

Ag Update: Agricultural News & Events

Food, Families, and Finance

The Cloverline: 4-H News & Events

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Home Extension Club News

and other extension news and events

Evidence For Virus-Encoded Glycosylation Specificity, Ing-Nang Wang, Yu Li, Quideng Que, Meenakshi Bhattacharya, Leslie C. Lane, William G. Chaney, James L. Van Etten

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Four spontaneously derived serologically distinct classes of mutants of the Paramecium bursaria chlorella virus (PBCV-1) were isolated using polydonal antiserum prepared against either intact PBCV-1 or PBCV-1-derived serotypes. The oligosaccharide(s) of the viral major capsid protein and two minor glycoproteins determined virus serological specificity. Normally, viral glycoproteins arise from host-specific glycosylation of viral proteins; the glycan portion can be altered only by growing the virus on another host or by mutations in glycosylation sites of the viral protein. Neither mechanism explains the changes in the glycan(s) of the PBCV-1 major capsid protein because all of the viruses were grown in …

The Phylogenetic Component Of Cooperative Breeding In Perching Birds: A Commentary, Deborah A. Mclennan, Daniel R. Brooks

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

The study of behavioral and ecological evolution within a phylogenetic context (historical ecology; Brooks and McLennan 1991) is an important component of comparative studies in evolutionary biology. Although the number of historical ecological studies is growing rapidly, this research field is still in its infancy--an infancy whose maturation is hampered by the absence of rigorous phylogenetic hypotheses for many of the groups that have traditionally fascinated behavioral ecologists. In the absence of such critical information, behavioral ecologists are faced with the options either of forming cooperative groups with phylogenetic systematists or of investigating their ecological data based on "trees" reconstructed …

Minutes Tractor Test And Power Museum April 14th, 1993, Tractor Museum

Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum: Planning and Development Documents

Use of tractor test building for museum.

Correlations For Genetic Expression For Growth Of Calves Of Hereford And Angus Dams Using A Multivariate Animal Model, R. Nunez-Dominguez, L. Dale Van Vleck, K. G. Boldman, Larry V. Cundiff

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to estimate the correlation between the expression of genes from sires in purebred and crossbred progeny (r_PC) and in Hereford and Angus F₁ calves (r_HA). Performance traits were weights at birth, 200 d, and 365 d. Progeny from Hereford, Polled Hereford, and Angus bulls mated to Hereford or Angus cows were used to estimate rpc. Progeny from Charolais, Shorthorn, Simmental, Limousin, Maine-Anjou, Chianina, Gelbvieh, Tarentaise, and Salers bulls mated to Hereford or Angus cows were used to estimate rm. Performances in purebreds (P) and crosses (C) or in Hereford …

Relations Between Social Skills And High-Risk Sexual Interactions Among Adolescents, Douglas W. Nangle, David J. Hansen

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Researchers have begun to employ social-skills training in efforts to change the sexual behavior of adolescents. However, despite the promise of social-skills training, little is known about how social skills are related to the sexual practices of adolescents. The present article reviews the current literature and proposes a conceptual framework for understanding the relations between social skills and sexual behavior of adolescents by (a)examining the relationship between sexual activity and social skills, (b) examining the development of sexual-interaction skills and deficits, (c) summarizing what is currently known about the relations between social skills and sexual behavior, (d) discussing current issues …

Ard News April 1993

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:

REMAIN POSITIVE
GRANT AND CONTRACT INCOME OBTAINED BY UNITS DURING THE LAST THREE CALENDAR YEARS
RESEARCH PROJECT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
NEBRASKA BANKERS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
REGIONAL RESEARCH COMMITTEES
NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE ALLOCATIONS TO SAESs IN THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION DURING FY1992
DOD CONTAMINANT CLEANUP CONTINUES AT THE ARDC
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FOR FEDERAL GRANTS
GRANTS & CONTRACTS RECEIVED FEBRUARY & MARCH, 1993

The Probe, Issue 131 - April 1993

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

CONTENTS:
A Role for Fertility Control Wildlife Management in Australia?
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
No Predator Control on New Mexico State Lands
Coyotes Continue to Plague Petowners
Lab Animals Get Stiffer Protection
New Hampshire Jogger Suffers Black Bear Attack
Fertility Control Wildlife Management in Australia
Tree Squirrel Video Available (FREE)
Faunally-Related Damage in a Production System
NADCA Annual Meeting
Hats, Hats, Hats...
Cormorant Scientific Symposium
PROBE Questionnaire Results

The Sower, Spring 1993

The Sower (CASNR Alumni Newsletter)

Contents:

From the Dean’s Desk: Start to Finish Describes it All
The Prez Sez
Budget reductions have impact on academics
Alumni Notes
What have you been up to since graduation?
College Of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Alumni Association (CASNRAA) Awards Program
News notes
Campus notes

Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography, April 1993, Sue Ann Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The April 1993 issue of Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography.

Differential Mating Success Of Male Wing Morphs Of The Cricket, Gryllus Rubens, Cami L. Holtmeier, Anthony J. Zera

Anthony Zera Publications

Genetically marked individuals were used to study differential mating success between male wing morphs of the cricket, Gryllus rubens. Previous studies of Gryllus rubens and other wing-dimorphic insects have documented that flightless short-winged or wingless females typically attain reproductive maturity earlier and oviposit more eggs relative to their long-winged counterparts. This study was done to determine if flightless males also exhibit enhanced reproductive characteristics. Segregation analyses documented the genetic basis of allozymes used to infer paternity in subsequent experiments. Control experiments documented the absence of effects on mating success independent of wing morph due to (1) the genetic stock …

Pregnancy Rate Is Greater When The Corpus Luteum Is Present During The Period Of Progestin Treatment To Synchronize Time Of Estrus In Cows And Heifers, T. Sanchez, M. E. Wehrman, E. G. M. Bergfeld, K. E. Peters, F. N. Kojima, Andrea S. Cupp, V. Mariscal, Roger J. Kittok, Richard J. Rasby, J. E. Kinder

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Our hypothesis was that conception in bovine females would be enhanced if the corpus luteum was present during the period of progestin treatment to synchronize estrus. In this study, 67 heifers (one replicate) and 124 cows (two replicates) were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups. Seven days after estrus (Day 0), all animals were implanted with norgestomet and the implant remained in place for 10 days. All implants were removed on Day 17. Cows and heifers in one group received prostaglandin F_2α (PGF_2α) on Day 7 of the estrous cycle (PG 7; norgestomet without corpus …

Relative Effectiveness Of Mixed Radiation Fields, Robert Katz

Robert Katz Publications

For all one-hit detectors the relative effectiveness of a mixed radiation field may be found as the dose-weighted average of the relative effectiveness of its components, segregated according to the atomic number Z and the energy T. We emphasize that this procedure is incorrect for mammalian cells, whatever the nature of the segregation.

Angular Distributions For Near-Threshold (E,2E) Processes For Li And Mg, Cheng Pan, Anthony F. Starace

Anthony F. Starace Publications

Distorted-wave calculations of the triply differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization of Li and Mg are presented for the coplanar, θ₁₂=π geometry in which the final-state electrons share 2 eV of excess energy equally. Our theoretical approach, described in detail elsewhere [C. Pan and A. F. Starace, Phys. Rev. A 45, 4588 (1992)], employs a partial-wave expansion of initial- and final-state wave functions, treats direct and exchange interactions of initial and final electrons with the target core, and treats the final-state interaction between the two continuum electrons by a screening potential. Li and Mg targets are found to …

The Probe, Issue 130 - March 1993

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

CONTENTS:
PRED-X®Ear-Tags Prove Disappointing to Producers
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
Grackles Draw Ire and Often Fire of Texas Mayor
Dominican Parrots Prove to be Problems—Ideas Needed
Deer Collision Insurance? Good Idea Falls Flat
Selective Raccoon Set Avoids Cats
Message from the President
Publications Available
Teaching Materials for Wildlife Damage Management
In My Opinion
NADCA Annual Meeting

Proceedings Of The 20th Annual Meeting, Southern Soybean Disease Workers (March 28-30, 1993, Fort Walton Beach, Florida), Patrick D. Colyer, Glenn R. Bowers Jr., John C. Rupe, Brian M. Anderson, Glenn G. Hammes

Southern Soybean Disease Workers: Conference Proceedings

Contents

Sustainable agriculture symposium

Sustainable Agriculture and the Soybean Industry: Building a Winning Strategy. D Hubbard and MS Fitzner

Impact of Pest Interactions on Management Programs. J Funderburke

Introducing Procedures of Sustainable Agriculture, a Team Approach. J Bradley

Sustainable Agriculture Practices and Their Impact on Plant Diseases. C Rothrock

Graduate student competition

Effect of Increasing Initial Inoculum Levels of Rotylenchus reiformis on Soybean. JJ Cornelius and GW Lawrence

Effect of Frogeye Leaf Spot on Yield of Soybean Lines Near-Isogeneic for Resistance. PF Pace, DB Weaver, LD Flopper, and PA Backman

Heritability and Genotype X Environment Interaction of Partial Resistance to …

Nebraska Bird Review (March 1993) 61(1), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

1992 Treasurer’s Report……………..2

Samuel Aughey's List of Nebraska Birds (1878): A critical Evaluation by Roger S. Sharpe …………….. 3

Bird Count, NOU winter Meeting, Grand Island, NE, 1993 ……………..11

1992 Nebraska Christmas Bird Count …………….. 11

1993 Midwinter Survey of Bald and Golden Eagles in Nebraska ……………..22

Samuel Aughey’S List Of Nebraska Birds (1878): A Critical Evaluation, Roger S. Sharpe

Nebraska Bird Review

The University of Nebraska was founded in Lincoln in 1869, but finances did not allow the addition of a scientist until 1875, when Samuel Aughey was added to the staff to fill the first chair of natural history (Pound and Clements 1900). Although a theologian by training, Aughey wrote prolifically on a number of natural history subjects pertaining to Nebraska, including its flora, fauna, and geology. A summary of his impressions of the natural history of the state, including its biota, was published in a book, "Sketches of the Physical Geography and Geology of Nebraska" (Aughey 1880), which was printed …

New Species Of Cerobasis And Psyllipsocus From Mexico, And A List Of Mexican Trogiomorpha (Psocoptera), Alfonso Neri Garcia Aldrete

Insecta Mundi

Three new species of Cerobasis (Trogiidae) and three new species of Psyllipsocus (Psyllipsocidae) from Mexico are here described, which rises to seven the number of Mexican Cerobasis, and rises to nine the number of Mexican Psyllipsocus. Identification keys for the Mexican species of both genera are provided. The Mexican species of Trogiomorpha are thus known to consist of 46 species, of which 25 (54%) are endemic to this country. Lists of Cerobasis and Psyllipsocus species are presented, as well as a list of the known Mexican Trogiomorpha, including the distribution in this country of each species.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 25. No. 1. March 1993

The Prairie Naturalist

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

CONTENTS

FACTORS AFFECTING BIRD COLONIZATION OF RESTORED WETLANDS ▪ L. M. Hemesath and J. J. Dinsmore

RESPONSE OF DABBLING DUCKS TO EARLY-SPRING PARTIAL DRAWDOWN ON LAKE ERIE MARSHES ▪ T. Z. Riley and T. A. Bookhout

OVER-WATER NESTING BY DUCKS IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ . K. L. Solberg and K. F. Higgins

ADDITIONAL MOUNTAIN PLOVER SIGHTINGS IN MONTANA ▪ D. M. Prellwitz

SMALL MAMMALS OF WOODED HABITATS OF THE KONZA PRAIRIE RESEARCH NATURAL AREA, KANSAS ▪ D. W. Kaufman, G. A. Kaufman, and E. …

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, March/April 1993

Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Newsletter (1993–2000)

Contents:

New Look for the Newsletter

Policy Options for 1995 Farm Bill

New CSAS Paper Series

Proceedings of "Farm Bill" Seminar Series

Sustainable Agriculture Initiative National Status Report (USDA)

Leopold Center Progress Report

NSAS and OCIA Annual Meetings

Nutrient Management for Water Quality, The Iowa Experience

New Book Series: Our Sustainable Future

List of Funding Sources Available

Cosponsorship of Seminar Speakers

CSAS Advisory Committee Meeting

Gell-Mann Presents Visions of Sustainable World

Next Generation of U.S. Ag. Conservation Policy

Extending Continuous Versus Discontinuous Conditioned Stimuli Before Versus After Unconditioned Stimuli, Melody Albert, Sean Ricker, Rick A. Bevins, John J.B. Ayres

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Conditioned suppression was used with rats to study the effects of extending conditioned stimuli (CSs) before versus after the delivery of unconditioned stimuli. These extensions are termed B and A extensions, respectively. Within-group designs were used to compare the effects of extending CSs when 2-min parts of those CSs were separated by temporal gaps of 6 min versus a separation of no gap. The results were as follows: (a) B extensions weakened conditioning more than did A extensions, with or without gaps; (b) under some conditions, this asymmetrical effect persisted with extended training; (c) gaps between 2-min parts of a …

Simulated Thermal Performance Of A Solar Heated Floor, Michael F. Kocher, James A. Deshazer, Gerald R. Bodman

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

A low cost, simple solar heating system consisting of an active collector with an In-Floor Heat Distribution and Storage (IFHDS) system was developed in response to the energy crisis of the 1970s. A two-dimensional finite difference model was developed and used to simulate the performance of IFHDS system cross-sections. Simulation runs were conducted with a steady-periodic model for the temperature of the solar-heated air in the IFHDS system cross-section. The steady periodic simulation results indicated IFHDS system energy efficiency increases with decreasing air temperature in the room above the IFHDS system, peak temperature of the solar-heated air in the IFHDS …

Order Matters, And Thus So Does Timing: Graphical Clocks And Process Synchronicity, F. Gregory Hayden

College of Business: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this paper is, first, to review definitions of time; second, to discuss particular dimensions of time; and third, to relate those dimensions to graphical clocks. The value of such clocks for network analysis will be discussed.' The clocks for the integration of system networks will be computerized matrices and concomitant digraphs (graphical clocks). Such networks can be used to provide a standardized system clock to determine timeliness. This places events into a common system, which is timed by sequenced events. The coordination of broadly recurring sets of meaningful events characterizes synchronicity. Thus, timeliness is defined by system …

Management Of University Biological Collections: A Framework For Policy And Practice, Patrick E. Mcguire, Lynn S. Kimsey, Scott Lyell Gardner

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

A broad-based task force, chaired by Lynn Kimsey of the Department of Entomology and director of the Bohart Entomological Museum, was convened to review and assess the status of living and preserved biological collections held on the Davis campus of the University of California. The task force addressed three basic issues, forming subcommittees to 1) review the data gathered in a survey by the Genetic Resources Conservation Program of living and preserved collections and report its findings, 2) make recommendations for policy guidelines on a campus basis and an individual-collection basis, and s) propose a campus-wide administrative structure to address …

Formal Recognition Of Museum Committee 1993, Tractor Museum

Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum: Planning and Development Documents

Recognition of Museum