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01-30-01 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 18, Issue 13)

2000 -- 2001

No abstract provided.

Semi-Artificial Monarch Butterfly Larval Diet, Kingston L. H. Leong

Biological Sciences

A semi-artificial diet of monarch butterfly larva and a process for making such a diet are provided. The diet consists of a substantial amount of dried milkweed powder and small but effective amounts of mold inhibitor and antibiotic.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 90 [91], No. 28 (Jan. 30, 2001), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 90, but it is the 91st volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

The Genetic Mating System And Population Structure Of The Green -Rumped Parrotlet., Rebecca Renae Melland

Theses and Dissertations

The population genetic structure and extra-pair paternity were investigated using microsatellite markers in a Neotropical parrot, the Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus pesserinus). Blood samples were taken from adults at 6 natural populations from the Llanos of Venezuela and 160 families from the Hato Masaguaral population. Adult samples were screened at 10 microsatellite loci. Offspring were screened at 3 loci. Parentage analysis of 827 offspring revealed an extra-pair fertilization (EPF) rate of 7.7% young (n = 64) in 14.4% of nests (n = 23). No offspring resulted from intra-specific parasitism. Identification of genetic paternity was attempted for all extra-pair young. Comparisons of …

Localization Of Endothelial Cells And Their Precursors In The Embryonic Chick Heart During Coronary Vasculogenesis Utilizing An Mrna Specific Probe., Michelle Lynn Slover

Theses and Dissertations

The definitive origin(s) of endothelial cell precursors involved in establishing the endothelial lining of intramural coronary vasculature within the subepicardial space of the embryonic chick heart have not been fully characterized. This vasculogenic process is suggested to derive from reciprocal tissue interactions between the myocardium, dorsal mesocardium, and continuous epicardium. These developmental processes occur in chick embryos, staged 16–25 (2 to 4.5–5 days). In the current study, presumptive endothelial precursor cells have been located amongst the surface epithelial cells of the dorsal mesocardium and villi of the proepicardial organ, both of which contribute to the epicardial epithelium. Endothelial precursor cells …

Ekupdate, January 29, 2001, Eastern Kentucky University, Public Relations

EKU Update

No abstract provided.

Commonwealth Times 2001-01-29

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

January 29, 2001, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

The Murray Ledger And Times, January 29, 2001, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Fortnightly - January 29, 2001

Fortnightly

No abstract provided.

Branchinecta Hiberna, A New Species Of Fairy Shrimp (Crustacea: Anostraca) From Western North America, D. Christopher Rogers, Michael Fugate

Western North American Naturalist

Branchinecta hiberna, a new species of fairy shrimp, is described from temporary pools in the Great Basin region of south central Oregon, northeastern California, and adjacent Nevada. The new species shares several characters with Branchinecta cornigera Lynch, 1958: males bear a similar large patch of small spines on the basal segment of antenna 2, and females bear the similar robust antenna 2 with medial spur, brood pouch shape, and resting egg (cyst) morphology. The new species differs from B. cornigera in the shape of the distal segment of antenna 2 and the number and size of spines on the …

Experimental Manipulations Of Fertile Islands And Nurse Plant Effects In The Mojave Desert, Usa, Lawrence R. Walker, Daniel B. Thompson, Fredrick H. Landau

Western North American Naturalist

In a mixed desert shrub community we removed and added shrub canopies to examine above- and belowground influences of 3 species of shrubs on islands of soil fertility and the survival of transplanted Ambrosia dumosa seedlings. Soils sampled under shrubs in the wet season had higher pH, water content, organic matter, and both total and mineralizable nitrogen than soils in adjacent open areas, confirming a widely established pattern in arid lands. However, we also found species differences in soil parameters. Soils under Coleogyne ramosissima had highest pH, soils under A. dumosa had highest water content and nitrogen mineralization rates, and …

The Role Of Dietary Fiber In Dung Size Of Bushy-Tailed Woodrats, Neotoma Cinerea: Its Potential Application To Paleoclimatic Interpretation, Jennifer C. Hallett, Peter E. Wigand

Western North American Naturalist

A laboratory study was conducted to examine causes underlying variation in woodrat dung size. Eight bushy-tailed woodrats, Neotoma cinerea, were captured and sequentially fed 2 diets of 46% and 63% neutral detergent fiber (NDF). Dung pellets were collected for 2 days following 7 days of acclimation to each diet. Length and width of oven-dried pellets ranged, respectively, from 8.3 to 10.2 mm and 3.2 to 4.9 mm for diet 1, and 8.9 to 12.4 mm and 3.6 to 4.7 mm for diet 2. Body weight ranged from 232.0 to 504.5 g and did not significantly affect dung size. A …

Taphonomy And Significance Of Jefferson's Ground Sloth (Xenarthra: Megalonychidae) From Utah, H. Gregory Mcdonald, Wade E. Miller, Thomas H. Morris

Western North American Naturalist

While a variety of mammalian megafauna have been recovered from sediments associated with Lake Bonneville, Utah, sloths have been notably rare. Three species of ground sloth, Megalonyx jeffersonii, Paramylodon harlani, and Nothrotheriops shastensis, are known from the western United States during the Pleistocene. Yet all 3 are rare in the Great Basin, and the few existing records are from localities on the basin margin. The recent discovery of a partial skeleton of Megalonyx jeffersonii at Point-of-the-Mountain, Salt Lake County, Utah, fits this pattern and adds to our understanding of the distribution and ecology of this extinct species. Its occurrence …

Nitrogen Acquisition From Different Spatial Distributions By Six Great Basin Plant Species, Sara E. Duke, Martyn M. Caldwell

Western North American Naturalist

Plants of different growth form may utilize soil nutrients in various spatial distributions through different scales of foraging. In this study we evaluated the ability of 6 species commonly found in the Great Basin to utilize nitrogen (N) distributed in different patterns. Three growth forms were represented by these 6 species.

We applied ¹⁵N-labeled nitrogen in concentrated patches and over broader uniform areas (at approximately 1% the concentration of the patches) in large, outdoor sand-culture plots. Six weeks after N was applied, 2 plants adjacent to the patch (Patch Treatment) and 2 plants within the uniform application (Uniform Treatment) …

The Bg News January 29, 2001, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. January 29, 2001. Volume 86-Issue 84.

01-29-02 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 19, Issue 13)

2001 -- 2002

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, Vol. 61 No. 1

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Natural History And Invasion Of Russian Olive Along Eastern Montana Rivers, Peter Lesica, Scott Miles

Western North American Naturalist

Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) is an exotic tree considered invasive in the western U.S. There is concern it will replace native riparian forests, resulting in a loss of biological diversity. We studied the dynamics of Russian olive invasion on the Marias River in north central Montana and the lower Yellowstone River in southeastern Montana to determine where and in what habitats it occurs, how it is interacting with plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides) and green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), the dominant native riparian trees, and how these interactions will alter future riparian forests. We measured size, …

Mourning Dove Numbers On Different Seral Communities In The Chihuahuan Desert, Lewis Saiwana, Jerry L. Holechek, Raul Valdez, Manuel Cardenas

Western North American Naturalist

Mourning Doves are the most commonly hunted game bird in New Mexico based on hunter harvest data collected by New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. Research is limited on the influence of rangeland ecological condition on Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) populations in the Chihuahuan Desert of New Mexico. Mourning Dove numbers were evaluated periodically (1988–1989) on ranges in late- and mid-seral conditions in south central New Mexico based on the Dyksterhuis quantitative climax procedure. Strip transect procedures were used to estimate Mourning Dove populations. Concurrently, vegetation canopy cover was determined by line intercept. On the basis of …

Survival And Development Of Phoradendron Californicum And Acacia Greggii During A Drought, Simon A. Lei

Western North American Naturalist

Survival and development of parasitic and autoparasitic Phoradendron californicum (desert mistletoe) and their Acacia greggii (catclaw) hosts were quantitatively investigated during the 1997 drought in southern Nevada. Phoradendron californicum was parasitic on other individuals of the same species (autoparasitic), and these in turn were parasitic on A. greggii hosts. An extensive drought from February 1995 to mid-July 1997 was characterized by extremely low seasonal rainfall and high summer air temperatures. Extensively mistletoe-infested hosts had significantly less canopy volume and produced significantly fewer leaves, flowers, and fruits than uninfested (control) or lightly infested hosts. Mistletoe plants on A. greggii hosts with …

Scatter-Hoarding Behavior Of Deer Mice (Peromyscus Maniculatus), Stephen B. Vander Wall, Theodore C. Thayer, Jennifer S. Hodge, Maurie J. Beck, Julie K. Roth

Western North American Naturalist

Deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) are known to larder hoard food, but their scatter-hoarding behavior is poorly documented. Eleven deer mice were each presented with 150 Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi) seeds in 10 × 10-m enclosures in Jeffrey pine forests on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada. Subjects made a mean ±1 s of 31.2 ± 30.0 caches per trial. Caches were shallow (most 2–12 mm deep) and usually contained only 1 or 2 seeds. Most caches were made at the edge of antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) shrubs in mineral soil or in thin …

Microhabitat Partitioning By Two Chipmunk Species (Tamias) In Western Colorado, J. Jeffrey Root, Charles H. Calisher, Barry J. Beaty

Western North American Naturalist

We examined microhabitat use of sympatrically occurring Tamias minimus (least chipmunk) and T. rufus (Hopi chipmunk) in a piñon-juniper/sagebrush vegetative community near Molina, western Colorado, from October 1994 to June 1999. This community is dominated by 2 major microhabitat types: shrub (sage; Artemisia spp.) and tree (pine and juniper; Pinus edulis and Juniperus scopulorum). Small mammals were live-trapped, marked, and released throughout this study. When it was the most abundant Tamias species on the study plots (1994–1997), Tamias minimus captures were associated with trees. Tamias rufus also exhibited this association but was captured at very low abundances during this …

Relationships Between Centaurea Maculosa And Indigenous Plant Assemblages, Susan A. Kedzie-Webb, Roger L. Sheley, John J. Borkowski, James S. Jacobs

Western North American Naturalist

Ecological impacts of invasive plants include displacement of indigenous species and declines in species richness and diversity. The objective of this study was to characterize the functional relationship between plant community composition and Centaurea maculosa Lam. (spotted knapweed) within a Festuca idahoensis / Pseudoroegneria spicatum habitat type in Montana. Density, cover, and biomass of all species were collected along a gradient of spotted knapweed cover ranging from 0% to about 100%. Step-down regression was used to determine the relationship among C. maculosa, indigenous species, species richness, and Shannon-Weavers diversity index. Regressions showed that indigenous perennial grass cover, species richness, …

Accidental Mass Mortality Of Migrating Mule Deer, Vernon C. Bleich, Becky M. Pierce

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest Gold: Vol. 5, No. 26 January 28, 2001, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2001

No abstract provided.

01/28/2001 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 01/28/2001. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

01/28/2001 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 01/28/2001. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

The Courier, Volume 34, Issue 11, January 26, 2001, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

‘Black Ice’ Trips Up Two

Timeline For Semester Switch Targeted For March

Bookstore Grand Opening

Former Student Body President Appointed As Student Senator

State Senate Veteran Seeks Board Post

New Lab Series Aids Females In Physics

Art A Family Affair At COD

Killing Time

Trainer Wants To Rename The Pool, Softball Field

People:

Kevin O'Kelly

Beverly Fawell

Jessica Beans

Karen Thielman

Chris Thielman

Al Zamsky

Sevan Sarkisian

John Conroy

Tom Pukstys

Brigid Barrett

January 26th 2001, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.