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13.4.12. Control Of Phragmites Or Common Reed, Diana H. Cross, Karen L. Fleming

Waterfowl Management Handbook

Phragmites, or common reed, is a perennial grass often associated with wetlands. When phragmites is interspersed with open water or with other vegetation, waterbirds and small mammals find cover among the stems. Its dense root systems strengthen dikes and roads. On many sites, however, this robust emergent forms monotypic, impenetrable stands having little value for waterfowl. Ducks occasionally nest on the edges of large stands, but avoid the dense interior.

Phragmites is native to North America and is found worldwide, primarily in lowland temperate regions. Phragmites can occupy upland sites with seeps, or grow in brackish or fresh water several …

Nebraska Policy Choices (1989): Preface, Miles T. Bryant, Christine M. Reed, Patricia O'Connell

Center for Public Affairs Research (UNO): Publications

The eight chapters in Nebraska Policy Choices: Education represent the work of University of Nebraska faculty from both the Lincoln and Omaha campuses, as well as the University of Nebraska Medical Center. These authors participated in a unique effort jointly sponsored by the University of Nebraska Central Administration, College of Education (University of Nebraska at Omaha), Teachers College (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), and Center for Public Affairs Research (University of Nebraska at Omaha). Unlike earlier volumes of Nebraska Policy Choices, the focus of this volume is on one critically important area: education policy.

Effects Of Noncatastrophic Control Technologies That Alter Life History Parameters On Insect Population Growth: A Simulation Study, James E. Throne

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

I investigated the effects of noncatastrophic control technologies that alter life history parameters (such as the use of resistant plant varieties) on the growth of insect populations. I used a computer model to simulate population dynamics of the flat grain beetle, Cryptolestes pusillus (Schonherr). The effects of increasing duration of larval development (by 5, 10, 15, or 20 d) or decreasing fecundity or larval survival (by 25, 50, or 75%) on population growth were simulated. Growth curves for populations with reductions in fecundity or larval survival were nearly identical. The effects of decreasing fecundity or larval survival were apparent during …

Seasonal Flight Activity Of The Maize Weevil, Sitophllus Zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), And The Rice Weevil, S. Oryzae (L.), In South Carolina, James E. Throne, L. Daniel Cline

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

Flight activity of Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidne) and S. oryzae (L.) was monitored during 1987-88 with sticky traps at three sites in South Carolina. Weevils were caught from late March to early November. The results indicate that temperature is the major factor determining seasonal flight activity of these weevils. More S. zeamais than S. oryzae were trapped at all sites. Sitophilus oryzae were abundant only at the site at which wheat was stored. There was no apparent pattern to flight activity within a storage site. The results indicate that there is little night activity around bins in which recommended …

Inhalt Of Erforschung Biologischer Ressourcen Der Mongolei Volksrepublik, Band 6 (1985/1986), Martin-Luther-Universität

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Table of contents of Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolischen Volsrepublik, Band 6 (1985/1986).

Neue Literatur (Page 102), Martin-Luther-Universität

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Bibliographical references, new literature listed in Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolischen Volsrepublik, Band 6 (1985/1986).

Neue Literatur (Page 62), Martin-Luther-Universität

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Neue literature listed on page 62 of Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolischen Volsrepublik, Band 6 (1985/1986). Als "Ergebnisse der mongolischen Gemeinschaftsreisen von Ornithologen aus der DDR 1979 und 1983" unter Leitung von Dr. G. MAUERSBERGER (Berlin) erschienen in Fortsetzung der Zusammenstellung in Band 5 (5. 58) dieser Publikationsserie folgende Beiträge.

Über Die Konzeptionelle Entwicklung Der Ornithologischen Erforschung .Der Mongolei, G. Mauersberger

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Die bisherigen Ergebnisse der Erforschung der mongolischen Avifauna legen einen analytischen Überblick über ihre Geschichte nahe. Unlängst hat PIECHOCIU (1984) ei.nen Abril'; dieser Geschichte von ihren Anfängen bis heute vorgelegt. Ein Blick auf die konzeptionelle Entwicklung offenbart beträchtliche Unausgewogenheiten zwischen den einzelnen ForschunHsdisziplinen.

1. Der Bestand der Vogelfauna ist in den Grundzügen erfa~t, doch blieben weite Lückenoffen, narnentlich in den östlichen und südöstlichen Landesteilen.

2. Die phänologische Forschung wird künftig (nicht nur während des Herbstzuges) zu verstärken, aber auch auf ein weiteres, vor allem ökoloSJisch determiniertes Spektrum auszudehnen sein.

3. Die zooueographischen BeziehunHen erscheinen verhältnismäßig klar, müssen aber neu bewertet …

Title Page And Verso Of Erforschung Biologischer Ressourcen Der Mongolischen Volksrepublik, Band 6 (1985/1986), Martin-Luther-Universität

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Title page and verso of Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolischen Volksrepublik band 6 (1985/1986)

Internationale Konferenz "Naturbedingungen Und Biologische Ressourcen Der Mongolischen Volksrepublik" Im Oktober 1986 In Moskau, Michael Stubbe, Werner Hilbig

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Vom 14. bis 17. Oktober 1986 organisierte die Akademie der Wissenschaften der UdSSR anläJßlich der 15jährigen erfolgreichen Arbeit der Gemeinsamen Sowjetisch-Mongolischen Komplexen Biologischen Expedition der AdW der UdSSR und MVR eine internationale wissenschaftliche Vortragstagung über die" Naturbedingungen und biologischen Ressourcen der MVR". Auf der Konferenz wurden etwa 200 Teilnehmer registriert: u. a, 28 aus der MVR, 1 aus der VR Ungarn, 13 aus der DDR, 7 aus der VR Polen und 6 aus der ČSSR.

Hohes Lebensalter Von Salpingotus Crassicauda Und Erfolgreiche Fortpflanzung Von Cardioeranius Paradoxus (Mammalia: Dipodidae) In Der Gefangenschaft, Michael Stubbe, Annegret Stubbe, Ravčigijn Samjaa

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Noch immer gelten zahlreiche Arten der zentralasiatischen Säugetierfauna als kaum bis wenig erforscht. Fundierte ökologische Untersuchungen an den mongolischen Springmausarten liegen bisher nicht vor. Sowohl Salpingotus crassicauda als auch Cardiocranius paradoxus sind durch ihre begrenzten Vorkommen in Kasachstan bzw. Tuva sogar im Rotbuch der Sowjetunion (1985, Literatur S. dort) verankert.

Characteristic Of Balneologically Active Components And Microflora Under Extreme Conditions Of Mineral Waters Of The Mongolian People's Republic, G. M. Špejzer, L. A. Mineeva, N. M. Žigunova, T. N. Putjatina

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

The distribution of amino acids is irregular in mineral waters. Their content is minimum in cold carbonate waters of hydrocarbonate composition, the highest amino acid concentration does not exceed 0.640 mg N/l.

Hydrothermal solutions are enriched with amino-acids to the greatest extent, the amino contents coming up to 0.780 mg N/l in hydrotherms of sulfate-sodic composition. In thermal waters enriched with hydrosulfides. amino acids are present in quantities up to 1.710 mg N/l.

Mineralwässer wichtige Bestandteile der Biogeosphäre. Die darin enthaltenen spezifischen Komponenten bedingen ihre Wirksamkeit in biologischen Prozessen. die die Entstehung und Lebenstätigkeit von der Mikroflora bis zu den …

Controlled Pasture Burning In The Folklife Of The Kansas Flint Hills, James Hoy

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The Flint Hills of Kansas, forming a band approximately fifty miles wide, start north of Manhattan near the Nebraska border and run south nearly two hundred miles, at which point they merge into the Osage Hills of Oklahoma. This area, together with the row of counties bordering the Flint Hills to the east, is sometimes labeled the Bluestem Grazing Region; its four million acres of native grass represent the remaining one percent of a tallgrass prairie that once stretched north to Canada and east to Indiana and Ohio. ¹ Cattle raising in the Flint Hills portion of this region differs …

Review Of Oklahoma Botanical Literature, M. R. Bolick

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Johnson and Milby have produced a valuable bibliographic aid for the serious student of the flora of the southern Great Plains. The listing, in one place, of 862 references from such diverse sources is a major contribution by itself. The addition of indexes for authors and subject-incontext greatly increases the utility of this reference book, making it easy to search among all 800-plus citations for ones of particular interest. This book should find a home in biology libraries across the region.

Faculty Development Can Change The Culture Of A College, Ann S. Ferren

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Initiating a Faculty Development Program

Planning for Intellectual Community

Designing a Colloquium

Planning Successive Colloquia

Governing Norms for the Colloquium

Lessons Learned

Changing the Culture of the College

Appendx l

Appendix ll

Appendix III

Summer Research Appointments At Federal Research Laboratories, Robert A. Lucas

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Summer Research for New and Established Faculty

Research Opportunity Award Program

Benefits of the Research Opportunity Award Program

DOE Cooperative Laboratory Research Program

Summer Appointments Can Revive Research Careers

Three DOD Programs

Common Characteristics of Summer Research Programs

Options for Agencies without Formal Programs

Role of the Faculty Developer

Conclusion

References

Appendix

African Marriage Systems: Perspectives From Evolutionary Ecology, Patricia Draper

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

There are many characteristics of contemporary African societies that puzzle demographers and others concerned with economic and social modernization. One of the most prominent is that the birth rate remains in both urban and rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa in spite of the presence of several factors that supposedly promote lowering of fertility (McNicoll 1980). Some of these factors are increased survivorship of children into adulthood, increased availability of education and levels of educational attainment (for both sexes), increased urbanization, and increased monetarization of the economy via migratory wage labor and cash cropping. Each of these is normally thought to …

G89-908 Controlling Snake Problems Around Homes, Ron J. Johnson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Controlling snake problems around residences is covered here. Occasionally people encounter snakes around their homes or in other places, and wonder what to do about the snakes or whether they are dangerous. In nearly all cases, these are harmless types such as garter snakes or bullsnakes. However, Nebraska does have four kinds of poisonous snakes: the prairie rattlesnake, timber rattlesnake, small rattlesnake, copperhead.

The Probe, Issue 92 - April/May 1989

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Highlights of 9th session of the Great Plains WDC Workshop, Ft. Collins, CO.

Treasurer's Report (Wes Jones)

APHIS Activity Reports

Book Reviews

Letters to editor from: MAJOR BODDICKER, MONTE DODSON, ED HARTIN, RON ALLEN, Bill Clay, Eugene LeBoeuf, Greg Rost, Paul Edstrom

Al Jackson Memorial; B. V. "Bunny" Fennessey retirement.

William Fitzwater on Animal Rights

13.4.11. Control Of Purple Loosestrife, Daniel Q. Thompson

Waterfowl Management Handbook

Purple loosestrife is an herbaceous perennial weed that is native to Eurasia and probably arrived in eastern North America with early maritime traffic. The spread of this alien by 1900 (Fig. 1) was closely associated with canal and waterway traffic. By 1985 (Fig. 2), this aggressive weed had spread into all of the contiguous States north of the 35th parallel except Montana; similarly, all of the southern provinces of Canada had been invaded. In the last 20 years, loosestrife has become well established in reclamation projects and riparian wetlands in the West and Northwest. It has also invaded estuarine marshes …

Ec89-1553 Insect Management Guide For Garden Vegetables, Frederick P. Baxendale, David L. Keith, James A. Kalisch

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 89-1553 is about insect management guide for garden vegetables.

Ec89-1552 Insecticide Recommendations For Garden Vegetables, Frederick P. Baxendale, James A. Kalisch

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension circular 89-1552 is about insecticide recommendations for garden vegetables.

Residual Toxicity Of Some Fluoroaliphatic Sulfones To The Red Imported Fire Ant, C. S. Lofgren, W. A. Banks, R. K. Vander Meer, D. F. Williams

Entomology Papers from Other Sources

Thirty-six fluoroaliphatic sulfones were tested to determine their residual toxicity to Solenopsis invicta Buren in soil. Six of the compounds gave >90% kill of the ants after they were exposed for 4 days at 10 ppm. When tested at 1.0 ppm, only one compound, AI3-10841, gave appreciable mortality. This compound was tested at 10 ppm in soil held outdoors under ambient summer conditions. Mortality 8 days following initial exposure to samples of this soil was 100% for 12 weeks and 91 to 100% from 20 to 36 weeks.

Ec89-219 1989 Nebraska Swine Report, M.A. Giesemann, E.R. Peo, A. J. Lewis, Duane Reese, J.D. Hancock, Murray Danielson, Marvin Rhodes, Merwin L. Frey, Alan R. Doster, Homer E. Connell, Donald G. Levis, Cindy Marolf, Edgar T. Clemens, Michael C. Brumm, Donald L. Ferguson, William Ahlschwede, Dwane R. Zimmerman, J.D. Kopf, Rodger K. Johnson, Thomas Socha, John Keele, Larry Young, Chris R. Calkins

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This 1989 Nebraska Swine Report was prepared by the staff in Animal Science and cooperating departments for use in the Extension and Teaching programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Authors from the following areas contributed to this publication: Swine Nutrition, swine diseases, pathology, economics, engineering, swine breeding, meats, agronomy, and diagnostic laboratory. It covers the following areas: breeding, disease control, feeding, nutrition, economics, housing and meats.

The Cost Of Misapplication Of Herbicides, Robert Grisso, Elbert C. Dickey, Larry D. Schulze

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

A field survey of 103 private herbicide applicators was conducted during the spring of 1986 in 12 central and eastern Nebraska counties. The results showed that only 30% of the cooperators were applying herbicides within 5% of their intended application rate. Twenty-six percent of the cooperators over-applied herbicides during a single application, with an average cost due to misapplication of $3.11/ha ($1.26/a). If these values were extended over Nebraska, $4.26 million are expended for extra herbicides which were not necessary. The average cost of over application was in excess of $570 per application. Forty-four percent of the cooperators under-applied herbicides …

Trichome Development In Arabidopsis Thaliana. Ii. Lsolation And Complementation Of The Glabrous1 Gene, Patricia L. Herman, M. David Marks

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

We are using the formation of trichomes in Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system to study gene expression during cellular differentiation. To initiate the molecular characterization of this system, we tagged and isolated a gene that is specifically required for the development of the specialized trichome cell. We confirmed the identity of this gene, GLABROUS1 (GL1), by complementation. These results demonstrate that a crucial gene in a plant developmental pathway can be successfully identified by complementation.

Geochemical Evidence For Suppression Of Pelagic Marine Productivity At The Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary, James C. Zachos, Michael A. Arthur, Walter E. Dean

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

The normal, biologically productive ocean is characterized by a gradient of the ¹³C /¹²C ratio from surface to deep waters. Here we present stable isotope data from planktonic and benthic microfossils across the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in the North pacific, which reveal a rapid and complete breakdown in this biologically mediated gradient. The fluxes of barium (a proxy for organic carbon) and CaCO, also decrease significantly at the time of the major marine plankton extinctions. The implied substantial reduction in oceanic primary productivity persisted for ~0.5 Myr before the carbon isotope gradient was gradually re-established. In addition, the …

Dispersion Of Displaying Male Sage Grouse Ii. The Role Of Female Dispersion, J. W. Bradbury, Robert M. Gibson, C. E. Mccarthy, S. L. Vehrencamp

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

The degree to which male sage grouse select lek sites and females select nesting sites to maximize proximity to the other sex was examined by contrasting male dispersions with the dispersions and movements of females in the months preceeding incubation. Wintering females exhibit highly overlapping ranges due to shared use of central refuging areas. In late winter and early spring, females move an average 9 km from wintering areas to select nest sites and males begin occupying leks. Pooled evidence suggests that females select nest sites independently of male dispersion whereas males adjust lek occupation so as to maximize proximity …

Progeny Production And Duration Of Development Of Rusty Grain Beetles, Cryptolestes Ferrugineus (Stephens) (Coleoptera: Cucujidae), On Cracked And Whole Corn, James E. Throne, Mark P. Culik

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

Progeny production and duration of development of rusty grain beetles, Crytptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens), maintained at 43 and 75% RH were determined on whole and cracked corn. Number of progeny produced per female per day of oviposition ranged from 0 on whole corn maintained at 43% RH to 2.2 on coarsely cracked corn maintained at 75% RH. Duration of development ranged from 6.1 weeks on coarsely cracked corn maintained at 75% RH to 12.0 weeks on whole corn maintained at 43% RH. Progeny production was generally greatest and duration of development was generally shortest at 75% RH. Progeny production increased and …

Nebraska Summary: S078 Ford Versatile 276, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …