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Extrapair Fertilization And Genetic Similarity Of Social Mates In The Mexican Jay, John Eimes, Patricia Parker, Jerram Brown, Esther Brown

Biology Department Faculty Works

Inbreeding depression should favor the ability of females to avoid inbreeding or minimize its effects. We tested for a relationship between genetic similarity of social pairs and the occurrence of extrapair fertilization (EPF) in the Mexican jay (Aphelocoma ultramarina). Multilocus minisatellite and microsatellite DNA fingerprinting was used to detect extrapair young and measure genetic similarity between social parents. We found that 12 of 31 (39%) nests had at least one EPF and 15 of 93 (16%) young were the result of EPF. The mean DNA fingerprinting band sharing score between social mates who had at least one EPF was significantly …

Peaks Island Star : March 2005, Vol. 25, Issue 3, Service Agencies Of The Island

Peaks Island Star, 2005

The Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island's service agencies and other community news.

A Sustainable Future For Recreational Fishing In The Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Proposal For Discussion., Department Of Fisheries.

Fisheries Management Papers

Fishing activity on the Cocos is essentially unmanaged at present and there has been some condern by the local community that a number of species, such as coral trout, have declined in numbers over the last decade. This draft strategy was developed by the Western Australian Department of Fisheries who now has responsibility for managing recreational fishing on behalf of the Commonwealth Department of Transport and Regional Services.

Fisheries Research Report No. 148 - Historical Distribution And Abundance Of The Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca Cinerea) On The West Coast Of Western Australia, Richard Campbell

Fisheries Research Reports

Analysis of historical patterns of abundance of the Australian sea lion on the west coast of Western Australia suggests that the population size was greater prior to the impacts of colonization and commercial sealing/whaling between the 18th and 20th centuries. In addition, it is evident that there has been a reduction in the number of breeding sites along the west coast, particularly around the greater Perth metropolitan area. There is limited evidence of the impact of indigenous hunting on the abundance and distribution of this species. The major impacts on Australian sea lion populations were a combination of subsistence and …

Environmental Justice, Eileen Gauna, Catherine A. O'Neill, Clifford Rechtschaffen

Faculty Scholarship

This white paper describes briefly the remarkable journey of community-based environmental justice advocates over the last 15 years and their impact on environmental regulation. It will also describe some of the empirical evidence of disparities and the regulatory dynamics that make these inequities an intractable problem, despite the collective efforts of grassroots leaders, environmental justice organizations, public interest law firms, and governmental officials. The paper then focuses on one important set of issues that must be tackled in order to achieve environmental justice: those involving injustice in risk regulation. We strive in this white paper, as allies in this collective …

March 2005

NASIG Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Mutual Funds, Pension Funds, Hedge Funds And Stock Market Volatility - What Regulation By The Securities And Exchange Commission Is Appropriate, Roberta S. Karmel

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Issue No. 64: March 2005, Historical Society Of New Mexico

La Crónica de Nuevo México

1 Shaggy Bison Traverse the Santa Fe Trail: "Remembering the Buffalo Drive of 1955"
4 Origins and Early Development of New Mexico's Wine Industry
8 Books, Saints of the Pueblos
8 Books, The Texas Post Office Murals: Art for the People

Ntid Focus Spring 2005, Ntid Marketing And Communications

National Technical Institute for the Deaf Papers

Alan's Update: Benefactors Strengthen NTID||CSD Student Development Center is a Dream Come True||Women in Science and Engineering: A New Breed||Profiles in College||Faculty/Staff Profiles: Todd Pagano Adrienne Morgan||Campus Community Creates Circles of Friends||Alumni Profiles: Arthur Babin Michael L. Cross Jr.||New Gift from the Dyers Takes Arts Center to Another Level||The Nippon Foundation Provides Continued Support for PEN-International

Can Robitussin® Dm Be Used To Treat Cough During Pregnancy?, Kristina E. Ward

Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Research Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Assignment Methods: Matching Biological Questions With Appropriate Techniques, Stephanie Manel, Oscar Gaggiotti, Robin Waples

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

Assignment methods, which use genetic information to ascertain population membership of individuals or groups of individuals, have been used in recent years to study a wide range of evolutionary and ecological processes. In applied studies, the first step of articulating the biological question(s) to be addressed should be followed by selection of the method(s) best suited for the analysis. However, this first step often receives less attention than it should, and the recent proliferation of assignment methods has made the selection step challenging. Here, we review assignment methods and discuss how to match the appropriate methods with the underlying biological …

Review Of Brown Treesnake Problems And Control Programs, Bruce A. Colvin, Michael W. Fall, Lee A. Fitzgerald, Lloyd L. Loope

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Preventing spread of the brown treesnake (BTS) from Guam and mitigating its impacts on Guam are national responsibilities for the United States. BTS very likely arrived at Guam’s major harbor shortly after World War II with salvaged war materials returned from strategically crucial military operations in 1942-1945 on islands near New Guinea, where BTS is native. Though this scenario is not 100% confirmed, it is rare to find a biological invasion for which there is such strong evidence of the source, pathway, and timing. BTS invaded the whole of Guam over several decades. In conjunction with research into the rapid …

Nebline, March 2005

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Rising Energy Prices Cause Some Irrigators to Consider Changing Energy Source
Water Conservation Strategies
2005 All-America Selections Winners
Caring for Easter Lilies
How Do Honey Bees Survive the Winter?
Beginning Beekeeping Workshop
Ultrasonic Pest Repellents Are Not Effective
Everything Homeowners Need to Know About TERMITE CONTROL
Nominations are Being Sought for the 2005 Lincoln-Lancaster County Environmental Awards
ewf needs volunteers
Private Pesticide Applicator Certification, March 3 and 16
Glyphosate, Rose by any Other Name ...
Pesticide Disposal Collection, March 16
“Native Grasses and Wildflowers” Rural Living Clinic, March 10
“Fertilizing Cropland With Biosolids” Workshop, March 3
Pruning Shrubs in the …

Wglt Program Guide, March-April, 2005, Illinois State University

WGLT Program Guides

This guide details programming for WGLT, a public radio station owned by Illinois State University.

Refuge Update – March/April 2005, Volume 2, Number 2

RefugeUpdate (USFWS-NWRS)

Table of Contents:
Planting a Seed, page 4-5
Master Naturalist Initiative Joins the Refuge System, page 8
Focus on . . . Habitat Management, pages 10-21
Leatherback Turtles Are Helped to a Future, page 24-25

In Search Of Anonymity In Supply Chains, Vincent Amanor-Boadu, S. Andrew Starbird

Information Systems and Analytics

Enforcing compliance standards in supply chains using inspection and other traditional mechanisms may exacerbate the non-compliance effort by those who see these mechanisms as evidence of power imbalance in the relationship. The easier it is for anonymity to exist in supply chain relationships, the greater the incentive for non-compliance, thus creating value for anonymity. We argue that total chain performance can be enhanced by designing and operating supply chains in ways that provided enduring positive signals from the environment to minimize adverse perceptions of powerlessness, coercion and unfairness and increase members’ perception of their identity with the organisation. We also …

Creche Herald Vol. 9, No. 1, Rita B. Bocher

Creche Herald

The Spring 2005 publication features nativity sets and personal reflections from members in the organization; information about nativities and nativity exhibits; and information about the Friends of the Creche annual meeting.

Middle Pacific Coast, Steven A. Glover, Luke W. Cole, Scott B. Terrill, Michael M. Rogers

North American Birds

No abstract provided.

Mara2005, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From March 2005 Robert Kelly Archive.

Indicators Of Climate Change In The Northeast 2005, Adam Markham, Cameron P. Wake

The Sustainability Institute Publications

Climate changes. It always has and always will. What is unique in modern times is that human activities are now a significant factor causing climate to change. This is evident in the recent rise in key greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), in the atmosphere, and in the recent increase in global temperatures in the lower atmosphere and in the surface ocean.

The evidence presented in this report clearly illustrates that climate in New England is also changing. Over the past 100 years, and especially the last 30 years, all of the climate change indicators for the region reveal …

Farm Dams In Western Australia, David Stanton

Bulletins 4000 -

This bulletin provides practical information on the location and construction of dams on farms in Western Australia. Various types of dam, with diagrams and explanations, are included. Also discussed are the planning considerations, failures and problems, design, construction, maintenance, legal aspects, impacts and risks of dams.

Program Advisory System / Choong Beng Wei, Beng Wei Choong

Student Works (2000-2009)

The Academic Advisory System is an advisory system that uses the case based-reasoning technique in advising school leavers to courses that they should pursue in universities. The main objective of the system is to provide the advisory service of a career counsellor by recommending school leavers who want to further their tertiary education courses that are more suitable for them, based on their academic results and their personality. The system will only be able to be deployed in Malaysia as the education systems are different in each country thus making this system n t suitable to be used in other …

The Peculiarities Of Men Aging: A Collection Of Anecdotes, Robert Blundo, Tamara Estes

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Men are reticent to share with others the slow realization that with age they begin to confront a world that they had not expected. They had not expected to grow old. Now that this is happening, men have few relationships that permit them to share their thoughts and moments of recognition. The anecdotes that men share are revealing in that they demonstrate basic human uncertainties about the later part of life's cycle.

Viagra: Medical Technology Constructing Aging Masculinity, Gregory Gross, Robert Blundo

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Medicalization and commodification of the body through technology in the form of Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs is reinforcing the cultural expectations that ageing men are required to age well to maintain youthful masculinity. Ageing well is explored as it relates the construction of masculinity, sexuality and ageing men's bodies.

Forage News [2005-03], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

• Spring Grazing School
• Alfalfa Award Winners
• Hay Contest Winners
• New Grass Seed DVD Available
• Tom Keene Joins UK Forage Team
• Roundup Ready Alfalfa
• Novel or Friendly (Nontoxic) Endophytes
• Evaluation of a Tasco Supplement on Reproductive Rate in Suckled Postpartum Beef Cows
• Keys to a Profitable Forage Program
• Upcoming Events

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 54, Number 2, March 2005

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 54, Number 2, March 2005 Using Shaped Beam Surgery to Sculpt Therapy for Hard-to-Reach Brain Tumors; Page 8 Converting Adult Human Stem Cells to Longer-Lasting Dopamine Neurons; Page 9 New Evidence to Explain Statins’ Effects in Alzheimer’s Disease; Page 9 Liver Transplant: Less Rejection, Better Survival with New Drug Regimen; Page 10 Translational Research: Gene Therapy Rescues Failing Hearts in Lab Animals; Page 10 A Potential Trigger of Diabetic Kidney Disease; Page 11 Zinc May Help Prevent Esophageal, Oral Cancers; Page 11 Clinical Skills Center Named for Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Rector ’48; Page …

2004-05 Christmas Bird Counts In Nebraska

Nebraska Bird Review

The addition of a new count encompassing Ponca State Park brings our total reported Nebraska counts to twelve this year. A total of 199 field counters and 20 feeder watchers participated. Temperatures were average, DeSoto being the cold spot, and precipitation was minimal.

This was the first year Cackling Geese were reported, following the recent split of Canada and Cackling Geese; a total of 70 were counted in 6 circles. American Wigeon numbers have been rising steadily on Nebraska CBCs, and the trend continued this year with 819 counted, a 25-year high. Three White-winged Scoters were found at Lake Mcconaughy, …

The 2003-2004 Nebraska Nest Report, Wayne J. Mollhoff

Nebraska Bird Review

Due to the fact that I was recalled to active duty by the US Army, I have been out of the state for the past two years. Hence, the number of observations made will be much abbreviated, and the usual comments on climatic conditions will be more limited.

A brief visit to the western Panhandle in June 2003 revealed that at least the southwestern Panhandle received enough rain to grow a crop of wheat, and there was more grass on the hills than in the previous several years. Despite this, some other parts of the state, especially the western Republican …

Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union Treasurer’S Report 2004

Nebraska Bird Review

One-page spreadsheet constituting the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union treasurer's report at year end (December 31) of 2004. The grand total is $51,716.19.

New Westward Breeding Records For Eastern Towhees In Central Nebraska, William C. Scharf

Nebraska Bird Review

The current breeding range of Eastern Towhees (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) in Nebraska is described as westward to a line from Cedar Co through Platte, Hall, and Harlan Cos (NBR 64: 124, Sharpe et al. 2001). Frequent recent sightings of Eastern Towhees during the breeding season have been made from more westward locations. A few reports are from Lincoln Co., 5 June 2004 by TJ Walker (NBR 72: 91), and Dawson Co., 13 May 2004 by Laurel Badura (NBR 72: 55). In contrast to the capture data presented here, none of the sightings is corroborated with breeding …