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Breeding Birds At The Idaho National Engineering And Environmental Laboratory, 1985 - 1991, James R. Belthoff, Leon R. Powers, Timothy D. Reynolds

Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

During the summers of 1985-1991, bird censuses were conducted along 13 permanent routes located at the 2315-km² Idaho National Engineering and Environmental laboratory (INEEL, formerly INEL) in southeastern Idaho. The objectives of the surveys were to (1) compare avifauna in and near facility complex sites with remote, relatively undisturbed habitats, (2) identify trends in populations of sagebrush-obligate species and other common shrug-steppe species, and (3) determine the presence, abundance, and population status of species of special concern. Five routes were official U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division 40.0-km Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) routes (formerly administered by the U.S. Fish …

The Conduit, Volume 7, No. 1-2, Spring/Fall 1998, T. Joseph Dogwiler

The KWI Conduit

Contents: Editor's Comments -- President's Comments -- Karst Waters Institute's Second Annual Top Ten List of Endangered Karst Ecosystems -- Recent Karst Publications -- Karst Notes -- Conference Notes -- Upcoming Events of Interest for the Karst Community

Must Insurers Treat All Illnesses Equally? — Mental Vs. Physical Illness: Congressional And Administrative Failure To End Limitations To And Exclusions From Coverage For Mental Illness In Employer-Provided Health Benefits Under The Mental Health Parity Act And The Americans With Disabilities Act, Maggie D. Gold

Connecticut Insurance Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Nsu Going Back May Be The Best Way Of Getting Ahead Courses, Seminars, Workshops, Conferences Spring 1998, Nova Southeastern University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.

Think Globally, (En)Act Locally: Promoting Effective National Environmental Regulatory Infrastructures In Developing Nations, Edward D. Mccutcheon

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Regulatory Violations In The Mining Industry: Mountaintop Removal Mine Valley Fills Violate The Federal Clean Water Act, Jeffery W. Lilly

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Habitat Requirements And Habitat Suitability Index For The Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus Marmoratus) As A Management Target Species In The Ursus Valley, British Columbia., Volker Bahn

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Voice, Spring 1998: Volume 43, Issue 3, Dordt College

The Voice Archive

Watching Your Computer: HDTV is Coming, Says De Boer; Psych Student Gets Career Experience; From the President; Shooks Earns ACE Certification as Personal Trainer; New Federal Tax Credits Should Benefit Dordt Students; Students Fine Tune Directing Skills; KDCR is Now Available Worldwide; ACTF Commends Dordt Designers; AMOR Spends Two Weeks in Nicaragua; Spring Retention Rate is Among Dordt's Highest; Poli Sci Syllabi Move to Web; New Residence Hall Will Ease Housing Crunch; Science Department Trades "Bicycle for Automobile"; Acceptance Rates Above Average; Theater Production Becomes Interdisciplinary Learning Experience; Business Professor Joins Colleagues in Developing Curriculum Modules Linking Development and Civil …

Search Magazine 1998, Spring, The Rockefeller University

Search Magazine

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The Penile Code: The Gendered Nature Of The Language Of Law, Matthew A. Ritter

City University of New York Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Social Diffusion Of Safe Sex Behaviors In College Women, Sherry Pagoto

Masters Theses

With the ever rising numbers of people becoming infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as reported by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC, 1997) the need for preventing the spread of infection is clear. One promising intervention, based on a theory called social diffusion, involves training popular opinion leaders to act as behavior change endorsers within their community (Kelly, 1991). This study found 25-30% reductions in high-risk behaviors and 16-18% increases in safe sex behaviors in a male homosexual population as a result of this type of intervention. The current study examines the effectiveness of this intervention within a …

State Of Tampa Bay 1997, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council (Tbrpc), Agency On Bay Management

Reports

This, the eleventh "State of Tampa Bay" report, documents many of the programs and projects of 1997 relating to Tampa Bay. Prepared in accordance with the rules of the Agency on Bay Management and funded by the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, it includes a summary of the issues addressed by the Agency this year.

This year's "State of Tampa Bay" report includes summaries of many important projects. It is clear from the diversity of reports that Tampa Bay is receiving the attention it deserves from all quarters. Public and private sectors alike are working as never before to ensure …

Contending With Culture: An Analysis Of The Female Genital Mutilation Act Of 1996, Erika Sussman

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Keeping The Wto From Becoming The World Trans-Science Organization: Scientific Uncertainty, Science Policy, And Factfinding In The Growth Hormones Dispute, Vern R. Walker

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

"Prenatal Adoption": The Vatican's Proposal To The In Vitro Fertilization Disposition Dilemma, Janette M. Puskar

NYLS Journal of Human Rights

No abstract provided.

An Overview Of The Legal Challenges Faced By Gay And Lesbian Parents: How Courts Treat The Growing Number Of Gay Families, Karen Markey

NYLS Journal of Human Rights

No abstract provided.

Feature: Rites Of Writing, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

The rites of writing. The practice of law demands an e.,acting, fact-rich kind of writing, but some graduates also tum their muse to writing novels, poetry and plays

Focus On Fairness, Efficiency, And The Law: Response. An Integration Of Equity And Efficiency, Richard O. Zerbe Jr.

Washington Law Review

Swygert and Yanes, in an article in this issue of the Washington Law Review, suggest a means to achieve this integration. In this Article, I first discuss the shortcomings of the approach suggested by Swygert and Yanes. Next, I suggest a more practical approach for integrating efficiency and equity that relies on benefit cost analysis. Finally, I consider some of the cases to which Swygert and Yanes apply their analysis. The fundamental shortcoming of the Swygert and Yanes approach is that it offers little for deciding practical cases. The authors combine two abstract and heuristic proposals and quite naturally …

Que Ondee Sola- April-May 1998, Ruben Gerena

Que Ondee Sola

Student publication founded in 1972, articles include: Images of Invasion 1898-1998, Three Visions of a Centennial, Puerto Rico 1998: One Hundred Years and Three Artists

Distribution And Environmental Fate Of Pesticides In Prairie Wetlands, L. Gordon Goldsborough, William G. Crumpton

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

There is abundant, albeit fragmentary, evidence that prairie wetlands are being contaminated extensively by agricultural pesticides (primarily herbicides and insecticides) and other anthropogenic contaminants. Such inputs can affect fundamental ecosystem properties such as primary production which, in turn, affects habitat and resource supply for wetland fauna. We review data on the use of pesticides, off-site transport of residues from treated land, and the frequency with which these residues are subsequently detected in receiving streams and wetlands on the prairies. As the environmental distribution of a pesticide is affected by its chemical and physical properties, and the abiotic and biotic characteristics …

Great Plains Research, Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 1998 - Contents

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

Table of contents

Decision-Making For Prairie Wetland Restorations, Susan M. Galatowitsch, Arnold G. Van Der Valk, Rachel Budelsky

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

Assessments of wetland restorations in the prairie region are not done routinely and no accepted assessment framework exists. Wetland assessment protocols in the U.s. have varied over time from those emphasizing social significance to those attempting to quantify functions of wetlands from hydrogeomorphic considerations. A conceptual framework for restoration decision-making is presented that is based on optimizing wetland restoration success at both the landscape and site scales. This framework uses societal concerns, knowledge of factors that limit ecosystem recovery, and data on losses of different types of wetlands locally and regionally to establish restoration goals and guide site selection. These …

Review Of Mountains And Plains: The Ecology Of Wyoming Landscapes By Dennis H. Knight, David M. Armstrong

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

Wyoming is a remarkable place, a showcase for ecological pattern and process; and this is an excellent book with an exceptional range of information, a book appropriate in vision to its magnificent subject. Dennis Knight has produced a wide-ranging general ecology, sure to be effective as a college-level textbook not only in Wyoming, but across the Great Plains, the Rockies, and even the Great Basin. Despite its title, it is not stubbornly or even preponderantly about landscape ecology. Read "landscape" in a panoramic, common sense way rather than as a technical term. The book treats ecology on many scales: bioregions, …

Women Writing About Farm Women, Becky Faber

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

I spent the first sixteen years of my life on Iowa farms. We lived in rural Adair County, Iowa, in an area that was remote, quietly tucked about halfway between Des Moines and Omaha. All I knew was rural life. My parents were farmers, my grandparents were farmers, and most of my uncles and aunts were farmers. The farm determined many elements of my life. We raised much of our own food, butchered our own beef and pork, raised chickens for eggs and meat, milked cows and sold the cream, wore clothes that defined our tasks such as overalls and …

Functions And Values Of Prairie Wetlands: Economic Realities, Jay A. Leitch, Patrick Fridgen

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

Land and water resources of the Prairie Pothole Region support important economic and ecologic activities. Scarce resources, such as wetlands, should be allocated among these activities such that society's well being is enhanced. Such allocation requires knowledge of the relative values of resources, something that has been largely missing in the wetland literature. This paper describes the practical realities of wetland economics, using the Prairie Pothole Region as an example. Ongoing human and economic activities in the PPR are presented as an introduction to the economy of the area. The purpose for economic valuation of wetlands-achieving the "greatest good"-is briefly …

Hydrologic Functions Of Prairie Wetlands, James W. Labaugh, Thomas C. Winter, Donald O. Rosenberry

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

Wetlands in the prairie known as potholes or sloughs represent an ever-changing mosaic of surface waters interacting with the atmosphere, groundwater, and each other in a variety of ways. Studies of groups of adjacent wetlands in different parts of the glaciated North American prairie have enabled some connections to be made between hydrologic processes, biological communities, and use of these wetlands by wetland-dependent wildlife. Understanding controls on variability in water levels, water volume, and salinity in these wetlands sets the stage for understanding controls on biological communities utilizing these wetlands. The role that natural variability in water and salinity plays …

Freshwater Functions And Values Of Prairie Wetlands, Henry R. Murkin

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

To date, wetland conservation programs and policies have focused on wetlands primarily as wildlife habitat. In spite of the extensive efforts of wildlife interest groups, wetlands continue to be lost. Successful wetland conservation in North America will require that society, as a whole, perceives broader and more significant values of freshwater wetlands than simply their role as wildlife habitat. Identifying and quantifying the functions of wetlands to the maintenance and renewal of critical freshwater resources are important steps toward expanding the base of support for wetland conservation/restoration programs throughout the continent. This paper introduces the functions and values of prairie …

Sedimentation Of Prairie Wetlands, Robert A. Gleason, Ned H. Euliss, Jr.

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

Many wetlands in the prairie pothole region are embedded within an agricultural landscape where they are subject to varying degrees of siltation. Cultivation of wetland catchment areas has exacerbated soil erosion; wetlands in agricultural fields receive more sediment from upland areas than wetlands in grassland landscapes and hence are subject to premature filling (i.e., they have shorter topographic lives). Associated impacts from increased turbidity, sediment deposition, and increased surface water input likely have impaired natural wetland functions. Although trapping of sediments by wetlands is often cited as a water quality benefit, sediment input from agricultural fields has potential to completely …

Review Of Ruddy Ducks & Other Stifftails: Their Behavior And Biology By Paul A. Johnsgard And Montserrat Carbonell, John Faaborg

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

Paul Johnsgard seems to produce books the way other academicians turn out journal articles. In contrast to his recent work, which has surveyed large groups of birds, this one focuses on only eight species. It also varies because there is a co-author, Montserrat Carbonell, who did her doctoral research on this group of birds.

The book is divided into two sections. The first is a general summary of stifftail biology, while the second contains accounts of the eight species included in this taxonomic group by the authors. The volume begins with a survey of the history of stifftail taxonomy, emphasizing …

Wetland Policy In Canada: A Research Agenda For Policy Reform, Jonathan Scarth

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

Land use decisions that affect wetlands and wetland functions are influenced by a variety of factors, some of which arise from policies that directly or indirectly provide incentives for wetland drainage or conservation. Direct efforts to provide incentives for wetland conservation must be augmented by complementary policy reforms. This paper reviews the policy instruments that have the potential to influence land use on the Canadian Prairies, and suggests some research questions that should be addressed to promote reforms that would conserve wetlands.