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Near-Surface Remote Sensing Of Spatial And Temporal Variation In Canopy Phenology, Andrew D. Richardson, Rob Braswell, David Y. Hollinger, J P. Jenkins, Scott V. Ollinger

Earth Sciences

There is a need to document how plant phenology is responding to global change factors, particularly warming trends. “Near-surface” remote sensing, using radiometric instruments or imaging sensors, has great potential to improve phenological monitoring because automated observations can be made at high temporal frequency. Here we build on previous work and show how inexpensive, networked digital cameras (“webcams”) can be used to document spatial and temporal variation in the spring and autumn phenology of forest canopies. We use two years of imagery from a deciduous, northern hardwood site, and one year of imagery from a coniferous, boreal transition site. A …

Long-Tailed Jaegers In Western Nebraska, Stephen J. Dinsmore

Nebraska Bird Review

The Long-tailed Jaeger is an accidental migrant in Nebraska with just one accepted record through the mid-1990s. Based on records from adjacent states, especially Colorado (Andrews and Righter 1992) and Wyoming (Faulkner 2010), the species is probably more frequent than these records indicate, and its status is further complicated by possible confusion with Pomarine and Parasitic jaegers. In this article I report details of four records of Long-tailed Jaegers in western Nebraska and comment on the species' identification and status in the state.

Subscription And Organization Information [September 2009]

Nebraska Bird Review

The Nebraska Bird Review is published quarterly by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc., as its official journal, and is sent to members not in arrears of dues. Annual subscription rates (on a calendar-year basis only): $15 in the United States, $18 in Canada, and $30 in all other countries, payable in advance. Single copies are $4 each, postpaid, in the United States, $5 in Canada, and $8 elsewhere. Send orders for back issues to Anita Breckbill, NOU Librarian, c/o Music Library, WMB 30, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0101.

Memberships in the NOU (on a calendar-year basis only): Active, $15; …

Nebraska Bird Review (September 2009) 77(3), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Summer Field Report, June–July 2009 ... 94

Long-tailed Jaegers in Western Nebraska ... 110

The Official List of the Birds of Nebraska: 2009 ... 112

Accidental and Casual Species for Which the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee Seeks Documentation ... 131

Editorial Staff Change ... 133

Subscription and Organization Information ... 135

The Official List Of The Birds Of Nebraska: 2009

Nebraska Bird Review

The “Official List of the Birds of Nebraska: 2009” contains 454 species.

The duties of NOU Records Committee (NOU Records Committee 1986) include:

A. The committee shall publish an official list of the birds of Nebraska.

B. The official list will include all those species whose occurrence has been reported in Nebraska.

C. The committee shall keep the official list current.

D. The committee shall publish a list of species for which details are requested with every sighting reported.

The 2009 NOU Records Committee has completed the above duties and the following is the result of its endeavors. This work …

Summer Field Report, June-July 2009, W. Ross Silcock

Nebraska Bird Review

This was an interesting summer, with range expansions of multiple species continuing in all directions, but predominantly northward. Exceptions to the northward trend were Trumpeter Swan, which bred south of its usual western Sandhills range, and Sedge Wren, which may be occurring in June in northeast Nebraska in greater numbers. Moving eastward are Western Wood-Pewee, which now overlaps with westward-moving Eastern Wood-Pewee in Lincoln Co, Cordilleran Flycatcher in the Pine Ridge, and Lesser Goldfinch in the west. Song Sparrow is also expanding south and west. No fewer than 16 species are moving north and/or northwestward. Several species were seen more …

Editorial Staff Change

Nebraska Bird Review

Steve Dinsmore has generously assisted the Nebraska Bird Review editors for nine years, and now he is bowing out. With this issue, Joe Gubanyi is the new technical editor of the NBR. Joe is a professor of biology in the Natural Science Department at Concordia University in Seward. He has a B.S. Ed. from Concordia, an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He has taught biology, genetics, ecology, vertebrate zoology, and ornithology and has led study tours to Belize and Costa Rica. He is the compiler of the Branched Oak–Seward Christmas …

Accidental And Casual Species For Which The Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee Seeks Documentation

Nebraska Bird Review

A list of 117 species (Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Taiga Bean-Goose, Emperor Goose, Brant, Eurasian Wigeon, etc.) for which the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee seeks documentation.

Intra-Annual Variation In White-Winged Dove Density In The Texas Hill Country, Michael F. Small, John T. Baccus, Jay A. Roberson

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

White-winged Dove populations in Texas have extended their range over the past 50 years. Concurrent with this range expansion has been the establishment of new, urban populations which usually include some proportion of non-migratory residents. We conducted distance sampling point counts for White-winged Doves on 17 occasions between February 2006 and February 2007. We obtained White-winged Dove density estimates for all 17 distance sampling occasions. In addition, we trapped and banded White-winged Doves from January through August 2006 and recorded ages (hatching year or after hatching year). Winter population size was about 30% smaller than summer peak population size. The …

Evaluating Avian Communities Of The Blanco River Valley Using Occupancy Modeling And Landowner Conducted Surveys, Jennifer M. Korn, Thomas R. Simpson, John T. Baccus, Stephen L. Jester

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

Abundance and distribution of species tend to be linked, such that as outside forces cause changes in population size, there is often a change in the number of sites occupied. Presence-nonpresence surveys are a simple method for monitoring these changes and obtaining valuable information on avian assemblages and are arguably more accurate than point counts. We conducted presence-nonpresence surveys during spring, summer, and winter at 30 stations along the Blanco River in central Texas. We recorded 98 avian species on 267 presence-nonpresence surveys. Thirty species were analyzed in PRESENCE to obtain occupancy and detectability values. We compared survey results to …

Behavioral Ecology Of A Blue-Crowned Parakeet In A Subtropical Urban Landscape Far From Its Natural Range, Daniel M. Brooks

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

I tracked an escaped captive Blue-crowned Parakeet (Aratinga acuticaudata) for several months in suburban Houston, Texas, to study aspects of its behavioral ecology. The parakeet was in flight 6% of detections and perched 94%, primarily in a tree, and less frequently on a power line or roof top. Tree species most frequently perched in were pecan (Carya illinoinensis), and less frequently in hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) or water oak (Quercus niger). The parakeet was associated with Rock Doves (Columba livia) 11 times (mean flock size ≈ 22.8, range 3–40). Total MCP home range size of perched locations was 200 m², with …

The Effects Of Body Size And Roost Site On Winter Die-Off Of Cave Swallows, Zachary P. Holderby, M. Clay Green, Thomas R. Simpson

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

An unusually cold and wet weather event occurred in San Marcos, Texas, USA during January 2007, resulting in large numbers of dead Cave Swallows (Petrochelidon fulva). Surveys of all known roosting areas within the city limits revealed a complete die-off of Cave Swallows; we collected 123 dead swallows from eight roost sites. Measurements of dead swallows indicated the birds that died along Interstate underpasses during the cold spell had smaller bodies yet were heavier than those in a parking garage. Thermometers placed at the two roosting site types revealed that the underpasses were 5°C colder than the parking garage site …

Bobber1 Is A Noncanonical Arabidopsis Small Heat Shock Protein Required For Both Development And Thermotolerance, Dahlia Erin Perez , '08, J. S. Hoyer, Ayanna Iman Johnson , '09, Zachary Ray Moody , '07, J. Lopez, Nicholas J. Kaplinsky

Biology Faculty Works

Plants have evolved a range of cellular responses to maintain developmental homeostasis and to survive over a range of temperatures. Here, we describe the in vivo and in vitro functions of BOBBER1 (BOB1), a NudC domain containing Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) small heat shock protein. BOB1 is an essential gene required for the normal partitioning and patterning of the apical domain of the Arabidopsis embryo. Because BOB1 loss-of-function mutants are embryo lethal, we used a partial loss-of-function allele (bob1-3) to demonstrate that BOB1 is required for organismal thermotolerance and postembryonic development. Recombinant BOB1 protein functions as a molecular chaperone and prevents …

Law Library Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 3 - September/October 2009, Kresge Law Library

Law Library Newsletter

The beginning of the fall 2009 semester marks another benchmark in the physical transformation of the Notre Dame Law School facility. This will be the only complete academic year without dedicated library study and research space and with just one-quarter of our print collection onsite. For first year students, this will mark some changes in the way that we teach legal research. We continue to strive to balance our teaching of various methods of online access to legal information with locating and using traditional print materials. We survey our students annually to monitor what law firms expect in research methods …

Application Of Low Cost Ionic Liquids For The Separation Of Glycerine From Palm Oil-Based Biodiesel, M.A. Hashim, F.S. Mjalli, M. Hayyan, I.M. Al-Nashef

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

One of the most serious obstacles in using biodiesel as an alternative fuel is the intricate and costly purification processes involved in its production. The difficulties in the separation of glycerine and other reaction mixtures necessitate the development of new competent low cost separation processes. In the present work, a low cost quaternary ammonium salt-glycerinebased ionic liquid is used as a solvent for extracting glycerine from the transesterification biodiesel product. The separation technique was tested on palm oil-based biodiesel. The laboratory-scale purification experiments established the viability of the technique as the purified biodiesel fulfilled the EN 14214 and ASTM D6751 …

Denitrification Of Surface And Ground Water Applying Autohydrogenotrophic Bacteria In A Novel Upflow Bio-Electrochemical Reactor(Uber), S. Ghafari, M. Hasan, M.K. Aroua

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Nitrates in different surface and groundwater resources became a worldwide problem which raised concerns due to severe impacts on human and animal health. Although diverse abiotic methods were reported to remove nitrate from water, they fail to entirely treat nitrate. Biological denitrification is the only treatment method capable to reduce inorganic nitrate compounds to harmless nitrogen gas. Autohydrogenotrophic denitrifiers were applied in this study to prevent any problematic outcomes of heterotrophs’ metabolisms raised from organic carbon source. A novel upflow bio–electrochemical reactor (UBER) was designed and employed to generate in-situ hydrogen and fulfill denitrifying process at cathode zone. Granular activated …

Law School Record, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Fall 2009), Law School Record Editors

Law School Record

• Your Law School, Only Better: The Deanship of Saul Levmore
• Why Iago Dissuaded Othello from Using Poison: A Legal Theory
• Building a Future on a Strong Foundation
• The Transformation of the Legal Profession: Convocation Address June 12, 2009
• Bill Landes, Professor Emeritus
• New Ethics Class Gives Law Students More Realistic Dilemmas

Developing Malay Children's Literary Resources, F.P. Chew, M. Arshad, Z. Ishak, S.C. Loh, Y.W. Teh

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

The materials and resources for Malay literature for early childhood in Malaysia are still in the infant stage and have not expanded to include main references or developed into big book form. The children literature in our market is not published based on education philosophy and research, but it is produced based on profit. The process of evaluating the quality of children's literature need to take into account the interest of the children, their visual ability, messages of the story, and the effect of the story towards the children. Hence a survey was carried out among 941 respondents including university …

Malaysia As An International Halal Food Hub: Analysis Of Its Competitiveness And Potential For Meat-Based Industries, P. Othman, I. Sungkar

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

As outlined in the Third National Agricultural Policy (NAP3), 1998-2010, there is a need to enhance the competitiveness and to increase value-added to the whole supply chain as well as to position Malaysia as an International Halal Food Hub. Its effectiveness as the Halal Food Hub is based on the expectation and beliefs that: (i) Malaysia is recognized as a truly Islamic country; (ii) Malaysia has the raw materials and supporting infrastructure as well as the processing technologies to produce and market the Halal food products; (iii) Halal certification issued by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM) is recognized …

The Malaysian Agricultural Industry In The New Millennium: Issues And Challenges, B.B. Bakar

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Malaysian agriculture is characterized by dualism, viz. smallholder’s sector with an average farm size of 1 - 2 ha, and the plantation-based estate sector with farm sizes in excess of 500 ha. This dichotomy in agricultural industry placed great economic emphasis on cash crops, namely oil palm, rubber, and cocoa although sizeable acreages of the arable lands are planted with food crops like rice, pepper, fruit orchards, vegetables, and herbs. The industry has evolved from a stereotypic Third World peasantry economic entity to the vibrant third engine of economic growth contributing no less than US$5.63, 6.34, 7.75, and 8.48 billion …

The Modernized And Higher Technology Agriculture Of Malaysia: Development Of Livestock Industry, N. Ismail, M.K. Mohamed Yusuff

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

The Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for the modernization of the food subsector and most of the programs focused on training, marketing, credit, skills development and dissemination of knowledge on modern agriculture to farmers, as well as programs to develop entrepreneur farmers in the agro-based industries. Agriculture can be schematically identified into the modernized and traditional agriculture whereby the former is characterized by agricultural techniques of production pervaded by industrial or modernized elements and values. Types of farms, both modernized and traditional, are extremely diversified and they are characterized from several local styles of farming. Technology for agricultural development is …

Inhibition Of Chemically Induced Carcinogenesis By Drugs Used In Homeopathic Medicine, K Hari Kumar, E Sunila, Girija Kuttan, K Preethi, C Venugopal, Ramadasan Kuttan

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy

Homeopathy is considered as one modality for cancer therapy. However, there are only very few clinical reports on the activity of the drugs, as well as in experimental animals. Presently we have evaluated the inhibitory effects of potentized homeopathic preparations against N′- nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) induced hepatocellular carcinoma in rats as well as 3- methylcholanthrene-induced sarcomas in mice. We have used Ruta, Hydrastis, Lycopodium and Thuja, which are commonly employed in homeopathy for treating cancer. Administration of NDEA in rats resulted in tumor induction in the liver and elevated marker enzymes such as gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, glutamate pyruvate transaminase, glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase …

Flyer News, Vol. 57, No. 1 (Sept. 1, 2009), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

Frank B. Armstrong’S Trade In Live Birds, Stanley D. Casto

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

No abstract provided.

Frank B. Armstrong’S Trade In Live Birds, Stanley D. Casto

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

Frank B. Armstrong and his agents collected live birds, mammals and reptiles in southern Texas and adjacent Mexico from 1900 through 1907. Organizations purchasing birds from Armstrong included the National Zoological Park, New York Zoological Park, New England Forestry, Fish and Game Association of Boston and the Philadelphia Zoo. A large collection of birds for exhibit in the Smithsonian flight cage at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, represents Armstrong’s most ambitious undertaking.

Long-Distance Dispersal Records For The Black-Capped Vireo, David A. Cimprich, Charles W. Sexton, P. Kelly Mcdowell, Greg Lasley

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

Information on dispersal of the endangered Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapilla) is limited due to the inherent difficulty of relocating marked individuals in subsequent breeding seasons. We report on three relatively long-distance dispersals for this species. All three birds (two males and one female) were banded as nestlings on Fort Hood Military Reservation in Coryell County, Texas, and recaptured on Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge in Williamson and Burnet Counties where they appeared to be attempting to breed. Upon recapture, these birds were 75.2, 78.1, and 49.6 km, respectively, from their natal sites. To our knowledge, these are the longest known …

Khirbet Beit Lei And The Book Of Mormon: An Archaeologist's Evaluation, Jeffrey R. Chadwick

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

For Heaven's Sake: A Review Of N. T. Wright's Surprised By Hope, Robert L. Millet

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Sex And Microhabitat Influence The Allocation Of Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids To Tissues In The Purple Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus Purpuratus, Sarah A. Gravem

Master's Theses

Field surveys of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus demonstrated that concentrations of natural sunscreens, mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), were higher in females than males for both gonadal and epidermal tissues, increased in ovaries as spawning season approached, and were influenced by the sea urchins’ microhabitat. Sea urchins occupying burrows, or “pits”, had lower concentrations of MAAs than those outside pits, suggesting a trade-off between physical and UV protection. Overall, UV irradiance did not influence MAA accumulation in gonadal tissues. However, males increased their allocation of MAAs to epidermal tissues in the microhabitat with the highest irradiance. Relative concentrations of individual MAAs were similar …

Impact Of Weed Management Practices On Grapevine Growth, Yield Components, Plant And Arthropod Abundance, And Carabid Seed Predation In Paso Robles Vineyard, Paolo Sanguankeo

Master's Theses

In the Central Coast of California, USA, wine grape growers are making efforts to identify weed control practices that promote biodiversity in their vineyards while maintaining yields. A field study was conducted in Paso Robles, CA in 2006 and 2007 evaluating the effect on Zinfandel grape-vine growth and production, groundcover plant, and ground dwelling arthropod communities of five weed control practices: 1) flumioxazin, 2) simazine, 3) cultivation, 4) cover crop, and 5) untreated control.

The herbicide treatments had the lowest weed biomass followed by the cultivation, being approximately 10 and 2 times lower than the weed biomass of either the …