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Breeding System And Interaccessional Hybridization Of Purshia Tridentata Plants Grown In A Common Garden, Rosemary L. Pendleton, E. Durant Mcarthur, Stewart C. Sanderson Aug 2012

Breeding System And Interaccessional Hybridization Of Purshia Tridentata Plants Grown In A Common Garden, Rosemary L. Pendleton, E. Durant Mcarthur, Stewart C. Sanderson

Western North American Naturalist

Purshia spp. (Rosaceae) comprise a widespread western North American species complex that is important as landscape dominants, wildlife habitat, browse for wild and domestic ungulates, and seed reserves for small mammals. This study examined aspects of the phenology, compatibility, pollination biology, and progeny fruit characteristics of multiple accessions of bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata), as well as a putative hybrid between bitterbrush and Purshia stansburiana. Except for open- and wind-pollination treatments, mass pollination was accomplished at anthesis within white paper sacks, which were used to isolate treatment branches. Bitterbrush appears to be largely self-incompatible and requires some agent, either wind …

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Notes On Behaviors Of Free-Ranging Black-Footed Ferrets: Conata Basin, South Dakota, 2007–2009, David A. Eads Aug 2012

Notes On Behaviors Of Free-Ranging Black-Footed Ferrets: Conata Basin, South Dakota, 2007–2009, David A. Eads

Western North American Naturalist

During 2007–2009 in the Conata Basin, South Dakota, field studies provided opportunities to accumulate incidental observations of wild-born black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) and their interactions with other species. Here, I describe maternal behaviors by female ferrets; interactions between a female ferret and a rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis viridis); and attacks by ferrets on a horned lark (Eremophila alpestris), a deer mouse (Peromyscus sp.), and a cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus sp.). Additionally, I present hypotheses for future testing and discuss conservation implications.


Durante 2007 a 2009 en la Cuenca Conata, Dakota del Sur, estudios de …

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Reviewers For 2009 Aug 2012

Reviewers For 2009

Western North American Naturalist

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Evidence For An Historical Occurrence Of The Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus Hudsonius Luteus) In The Verde River Watershed, Arizona, Jennifer K. Frey Aug 2012

Evidence For An Historical Occurrence Of The Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus Hudsonius Luteus) In The Verde River Watershed, Arizona, Jennifer K. Frey

Western North American Naturalist

The meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) is a riparian obligate with a fragmented distribution in the American Southwest. Because of recent rapid declines in populations, it is a candidate for federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. In Arizona, its known distribution has been restricted to the White Mountains region in the east central part of the state. I present evidence for an historical occurrence of jumping mice in the Verde River watershed, Yavapai County, in west central Arizona. Evidence includes record of a specimen collected by Edgar Mearns in the 1880s, a 1944 report of parasites …

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Notes On The Distribution Of Bailey's Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma Floridana Baileyi) In Nebraska, Zebadiah R. Graham, Keith Geluso, Russell A. Benedict Aug 2012

Notes On The Distribution Of Bailey's Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma Floridana Baileyi) In Nebraska, Zebadiah R. Graham, Keith Geluso, Russell A. Benedict

Western North American Naturalist

The eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana) occurs in eastern and central parts of the United States, with 3 subspecies inhabiting Nebraska. Herein, we report on distributional records of N. f. baileyi—an isolated, disjunct subspecies in north-central Nebraska. We searched for diagnostic sign of woodrats in 4 counties in Nebraska and 1 county in South Dakota. We obtained distributional records for N. f. baileyi east, west, and north of known distribution limits in Nebraska, but none in South Dakota. Most distributional records represent range extensions because of lack of prior mammalian surveys in those areas. Observations of woodrats in …

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Resource Selection Models Are Useful In Predicting Fine-Scale Distributions Of Black-Footed Ferrets In Prairie Dog Colonies, David A. Eads, David S. Jachowski, Dean E. Biggins, Travis M. Livieri, Marc R. Matchett, Joshua J. Millspaugh Aug 2012

Resource Selection Models Are Useful In Predicting Fine-Scale Distributions Of Black-Footed Ferrets In Prairie Dog Colonies, David A. Eads, David S. Jachowski, Dean E. Biggins, Travis M. Livieri, Marc R. Matchett, Joshua J. Millspaugh

Western North American Naturalist

Wildlife-habitat relationships are often conceptualized as resource selection functions (RSFs)—models increasingly used to estimate species distributions and prioritize habitat conservation. We evaluated the predictive capabilities of 2 black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) RSFs developed on a 452-ha colony of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) in the Conata Basin, South Dakota. We used the RSFs to project the relative probability of occurrence of ferrets throughout an adjacent 227-ha colony. We evaluated performance of the RSFs using ferret space use data collected via postbreeding spotlight surveys June–October 2005–2006. In home ranges and core areas, ferrets selected the predicted “very …

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Fine-Scale Habitat Use Of Reintroduced Black-Footed Ferrets On Prairie Dog Colonies In New Mexico, Jennifer G. Chipault, Dean E. Biggins, James K. Detling, Dustin H. Long, Robin M. Reich Aug 2012

Fine-Scale Habitat Use Of Reintroduced Black-Footed Ferrets On Prairie Dog Colonies In New Mexico, Jennifer G. Chipault, Dean E. Biggins, James K. Detling, Dustin H. Long, Robin M. Reich

Western North American Naturalist

Black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) are among the most endangered animals in North America. Reintroductions of captive-born ferrets onto prairie dog (Cynomys spp.) colonies are crucial to the conservation of the species. In September 2007, captive-born ferrets were released on a black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colony at the Vermejo Park Ranch, New Mexico. Ferret kits experimentally released in areas of comparatively low and high prairie dog burrow densities were located via spotlight surveys. Some maturing ferret kits were subsequently translocated to areas of low and high burrow densities on nearby prairie dog colonies. For 2 …

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Essential Spawning Habitat For Atlantic Sturgeon In The James River, Virginia., Geoffrey Austin Aug 2012

Essential Spawning Habitat For Atlantic Sturgeon In The James River, Virginia., Geoffrey Austin

Theses and Dissertations

Substrate composition plays a critical role in determining the spawning success of Atlantic sturgeon. A benthic analysis of the tidal freshwater portion of the James River, Virginia, was performed to locate and protect remaining sturgeon spawning habitat within the James River system. I modeled structural habitat, substrate distribution, and river bathymetry from Richmond, Virginia to the Appomattox River confluence. A classification model was developed to describe the dominant substrate type (mud/silt, sand, gravel, bedrock) using side scan sonar data collected from August 2011-Febuary 2012. River depth, bottom imagery, substrate density (hardness), and ground truth substrate samples were interpolated into a …

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Designing A Russian Language Learning Course For Brigham Young University Independent Study, Jacob R. Burdis Aug 2012

Designing A Russian Language Learning Course For Brigham Young University Independent Study, Jacob R. Burdis

Theses and Dissertations

In 2010, Brigham Young University Independent Study (BYU IS) sponsored a development project for the creation of a second-year high school Russian language learning course. The objectives of the course were to implement the five standards for foreign language learning as constituted by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages: communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities. The design project is an attempt to implement these principles in an independent distance learning course, with particular emphasis on encouraging meaningful communicative learning in authentic, real-world tasks and contexts. The product of the design is a course deliverable completely online through …

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Acceleration Of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic Plasma Simulations Via Gpu Computing, Christopher John Wordingham Aug 2012

Acceleration Of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic Plasma Simulations Via Gpu Computing, Christopher John Wordingham

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

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Information On Black-Footed Ferret Biology Collected Within The Framework Of Ferret Conservation, Dean E. Biggins Aug 2012

Information On Black-Footed Ferret Biology Collected Within The Framework Of Ferret Conservation, Dean E. Biggins

Western North American Naturalist

Once feared to be extinct, black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) were rediscovered near Meeteetse, Wyoming, in 1981, resulting in renewed conservation and research efforts for this highly endangered species. A need for information directly useful to recovery has motivated much monitoring of ferrets since that time, but field activities have enabled collection of data relevant to broader biological themes. This special feature is placed in a context of similar books and proceedings devoted to ferret biology and conservation. Articles include general observations on ferrets, modeling of potential impacts of ferrets on prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.), discussions on relationships …

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Black-Footed Ferret Home Ranges In Conata Basin, South Dakota, Travis M. Livieri, Eric M. Anderson Aug 2012

Black-Footed Ferret Home Ranges In Conata Basin, South Dakota, Travis M. Livieri, Eric M. Anderson

Western North American Naturalist

We estimated annual home ranges and core areas of black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) in Conata Basin, South Dakota, by collecting 834 locations of 28 ferrets (20 females, 8 males) through spotlighting from October 1997 to September 2000. Area-per-observation curves showed that a minimum of 23 locations were needed to estimate fixed-kernel home-range size. Mean 95% and 50% fixed-kernel annual home-range sizes of females (95%: 64.7 ha, SE = 11.6; 50%: 12.7 ha, SE = 3.0) were significantly smaller and less variable than those of males (95%: 131.8 ha, SE = 40.3; 50%: 35.6 ha, SE = 16.5). Minimum …

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Front Matter, Vol. 72 No. 2 Aug 2012

Front Matter, Vol. 72 No. 2

Western North American Naturalist

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End Matter, Vol. 72 No. 2 Aug 2012

End Matter, Vol. 72 No. 2

Western North American Naturalist

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Identifying And Adding Institutional Repository Content From And For Your Institution's Affinity Groups, Jonathan Bull Aug 2012

Identifying And Adding Institutional Repository Content From And For Your Institution's Affinity Groups, Jonathan Bull

Library Faculty Presentations

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Agenda Of 08/03/2012 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin Aug 2012

Agenda Of 08/03/2012 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

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Notice Of 08/03/2012 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin Aug 2012

Notice Of 08/03/2012 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

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Uruguayan President Josã© Mujica Proposes That Government Produce, Sell Pot, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Aug 2012

Uruguayan President Josã© Mujica Proposes That Government Produce, Sell Pot, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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"Mapuche Conflict" Flares Up In Chile’S Araucanã­A Region, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Aug 2012

"Mapuche Conflict" Flares Up In Chile’S Araucanã­A Region, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

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Minutes Of 08/03/2012 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin Aug 2012

Minutes Of 08/03/2012 Hsc Board Of Directors Mtg, Patrice Martin

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

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"Mapuche Conflict" Flares Up In Chile's Araucanía Region, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Aug 2012

"Mapuche Conflict" Flares Up In Chile's Araucanía Region, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

A flurry of arson attacks, land occupations, and violent police raids have refocused public attention on Chile's longsimmering "Mapuche conflict," which is once again showing signs of boiling over. Sonamed for the involvement of ethnic Mapuches, Chile's largest indigenous group, the conflict also involves nonMapuche farmers and rural business magnates, as well as heavily armed carabineros [uniformed police], which maintain a constant presence in and around certain 'hotspot' communities in the Biobío and Araucanía regions. Fueling tensions are issues of poverty, land ownership, and racism.

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Expanding And Testing A Computational Method For Predicting The Ground State Reduction Potentials Of Organic Molecules On The Basis Of Empirical Correlation To Experiment, Eugene J. Lynch, Amy L. Speelman, Bryce A. Curry, Charles S. Murillo, Jason G. Gillmore Aug 2012

Expanding And Testing A Computational Method For Predicting The Ground State Reduction Potentials Of Organic Molecules On The Basis Of Empirical Correlation To Experiment, Eugene J. Lynch, Amy L. Speelman, Bryce A. Curry, Charles S. Murillo, Jason G. Gillmore

Faculty Publications

A method for predicting the ground state reduction potentials of organic molecules on the basis of the correlation of computed energy differences between the starting S-0 and one-electron-reduced D-0 species with experimental reduction potentials in acetonitrile has been expanded to cover 3.5 V of potential range and 74 compounds across 6 broad families of molecules. Utilizing the conductor-like polarizable continuum model of implicit solvent allows a global correlation that is computationally efficient and has improved accuracy, with r(2) > 0.98 in all cases and root mean square deviation errors of(mean absolute deviationsmV) for either B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) or B3LYP//6-31G(d) with an appropriate choice …

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Uab Business Students Hoping To Find Treasure In Black Belt Bamboo, Jim Bakken Aug 2012

Uab Business Students Hoping To Find Treasure In Black Belt Bamboo, Jim Bakken

Browse All News

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Efficient Algorithms For Sorting On Gpus, Seema M. Munavalli Aug 2012

Efficient Algorithms For Sorting On Gpus, Seema M. Munavalli

Master's Theses

Sorting is an important problem in computing that has a rich history of investigation by various researchers. In this thesis we focus on this vital problem. In particular, we develop a novel algorithm for sorting on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). GPUs are multicore architectures that offer the potential of affordable parallelism. We present an efficient sorting algorithm called Fine Sample Sort (FSS). Our FSS algorithm extends and outperforms sample sort algorithm presented by Leischner[2], which is currently the fastest known comparison based algorithm on GPUs. The performance gain of FSS is mainly achieved due to the quality of the samples …

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An Analysis Of Productivity Gaps Among Smallholder Groundnut Farmers In Uganda And Kenya, Cresensia Asekenye Aug 2012

An Analysis Of Productivity Gaps Among Smallholder Groundnut Farmers In Uganda And Kenya, Cresensia Asekenye

Master's Theses

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Scientific Publications Of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu: Scientometric Analysis, A. Thirumagal Aug 2012

Scientific Publications Of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu: Scientometric Analysis, A. Thirumagal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study is based on the scientific publications generated by the Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu. The data was collected from the Web of Science. The analysis highlights yearly output of research product. This study focuses on publishing trend, impact factor, authorship pattern, types of articles, institutional collaboration of authors, affiliated institutions of authors, countries of contributing authors and individual author’s research productivity and their TLCS (Total Local Citation Score), TGCS (Total Global Citation Score) TLCR ( Total Local Citation References) and TLCSb (Total Local Citation Score in the beginning).

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Copyright In The Age Of Anything Goes, Leslie Reynard, Sarah Ubel, Mark J. Swails, Susan Stuart, Jonathan P. Bacon Aug 2012

Copyright In The Age Of Anything Goes, Leslie Reynard, Sarah Ubel, Mark J. Swails, Susan Stuart, Jonathan P. Bacon

SIDLIT Conference

This panel will offer a scenario based approach to assist faculty and institutions in understanding copyright beginning with a brief overview of the origins and goals of the academic Fair Use doctrine with a focus on institutional responsibility for developing and applying protocols and procedures that address the doctrine. Topics covered by the panel will include: issues surrounding the recent copyright case against Georgia State University (including the impact of the court’s decision and how your institution can avoid the related pitfalls); an exploration of zero risk, bright-line copyright solutions; how to build a campus culture of compliance; and managing …

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Managing Information: Lessons For The 21st Century, Robert Hallis Aug 2012

Managing Information: Lessons For The 21st Century, Robert Hallis

SIDLIT Conference

Managing Information has become a buzz-word in objectives and courses, but how does this differ from "Library Instruction?" In an age where students are expected to demonstrate their familiarity with a topic through assessments other than a term paper, Information Literacy becomes more than learning traditional library skills. Library instruction typically involves showing students how to find peer reviewed articles for an academic paper. However, students are writing fewer papers and demonstrating their competence through their use of a growing array of social media; including discussion boards, mashups, and Skype. Acceptable sources have moved from merely published peer-reviewed scholarly documents …

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Storytelling: A Tool For Student Engagement, Jonathan P. Bacon, Larry Carver, Tracy Newman, Julie Rorabaugh Aug 2012

Storytelling: A Tool For Student Engagement, Jonathan P. Bacon, Larry Carver, Tracy Newman, Julie Rorabaugh

SIDLIT Conference

What do you remember easiest? Data, information or stories? No matter what discipline or course you teach, storytelling can be a useful tool in enabling students to research, grasp, synthesize and retain information. “Stories bring data to life.” This session will begin with a discussion of the art of storytelling and proceed to explore several useful tools that can be used by you and your students to tell a story. The presenters will cover online and desktop apps from Comic Life to Storyline to Xtranormal to ZooBurst and more.

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Index, Criticism Editors Aug 2012

Index, Criticism Editors

Criticism

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