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3d Library From Body Size From Unconventional Specimens: A 3d Geometric Morphometrics Approach To Fishes From Ancestral Pueblo Contexts, Jonathan Dombrosky, Thomas F. Turner, Alexandra Harris, Emily Lena Jones

Anthropology Faculty & Staff Publications

Animal body size estimation from zooarchaeological specimens often relies on specific, one-dimensional (i.e., conventional) measures from skeletal elements. Here, we introduce an animal body size estimation technique for archaeological fishes that relies on 3D reference scans and the calculation of centroid size, a standard 3D geometric morphometric proxy measure for organism size. Centroid size-based estimations on whole caudal vertebrae are strongly correlated with a widely accepted measure (i.e., centrum width), but the scalability and flexibility of the centroid size-based approach allows for use on a wide variety of fragmented remains. We use zooarchaeological fish remains (subfamily Ictiobinae) from late pre-Hispanic …

Introduction To Neutrosophic Genetics, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Neutrosophic Genetics is the study of genetics using neutrosophic logic, set, probability, statistics, measure and other neutrosophic tools and procedures. In this paper, based on the Neutrosophic Theory of Evolution (that includes degrees of Evolution, Neutrality (or Indeterminacy), and Involution) – as extension of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, we show the applicability of neutrosophy in genetics, and we present within the frame of neutrosophic genetics the following concepts: neutrosophic mutation, neutrosophic speciation, and neutrosophic coevolution.

Faunal Remains From Archaeology Sites In Southwestern New Mexico, Karen Gust Schollmeyer, S. O. Macdonald

Occasional Papers

This study attempts to create a comprehensive catalog of all known records of faunal remains recovered from 105 archaeological sites located across southwestern New Mexico. These sites range in age from 2000BC to AD 1450. Approximately 250 taxa of mollusks, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are represented in this compilation. Primary reference materials from published and unpublished sources are included, along with the repositories where relevant collections may be found for potential reexamination by researchers from a variety of fields of interest.

Digitized Galapagos Tortoise Whaling Data From 1831-1868, Cyler Norman Conrad, Noah Garwood, James P. Gibbs

Anthropology Datasets

This repository includes a spreadsheet of digitized Galapagos tortoise count data originally transcribed from whaling and sealing logbooks by Charles H. Townsend and published in 1925. Notes are included which describe how the counts were digitized. Data published in Townsend (1925) and digitized here are presented in: Conrad, C. and Gibbs, J.P. (in preparation). Chapter 4: The Era of Exploitation: 1535-1959. In Galapagos Giant Tortoises, Gibbs, James P., Linda J. Cayot and Wacho Tapia (eds.). Elsevier.

Final Report: Status Of The Arizona Toad (Anaxyrus Microscaphus) In New Mexico, Mason J. Ryan, Jacek Tomasz Giermakowski, Ian M. Latella, Howard L. Snell

Biology Faculty & Staff Publications

This report covers the fourth consecutive year (2013-2016) of research on the population dynamics, ecology, and conservation status of the Arizona Toad (Anaxyrus microscaphus) in New Mexico. The year 2016 represented the rare opportunity to study the effects of El Niño, which typically brings above average precipitation to New Mexico, on the breeding behavior and ecology of the Arizona toad. We expected that the El Niño-driven above average precipitation during the winter of 2015 and spring of 2016 would result in increased detection of toads at breeding sites, especially those sites that were dry in 2013, 2014, and …

Status Of The U.S. Long-Term Ecological Research Network, Robert B. Wade, Long Term Ecological Research Network

Long Term Ecological Research Network

Contains a brief history and overview of the Long Term Ecological Research Network from 1983-2016.

Network Data Workshop Agenda, Long Term Ecological Research

Long Term Ecological Research Network

Workshop agenda for the Veg-DB Workshop at the Sevilleta Field Station, NM.

Workshop Objectives: 1) Assess the willingness and ability of sites to participate in a Veg-DB system; 2) Continue design the user functionality of the system, 3) Determine the relationship of the system to PASTA, and 4) Determine a plan to develop and populate the prototype system.

Lter Network Data Availability Correspondence, Emery Boose

Long Term Ecological Research Network

An email from Emery Boose regarding the tracking downloads from PASTA that was discussed in the EB meeting.

Lno Network Sites Data Training Needs, Long Term Ecological Research Network

Long Term Ecological Research Network

Partial memo answering the following questions.

Does your site have any training needs that are not being covered by the training activities organized by the LNO?

Do you have any questions about the All Scientists Meeting?

Compared to the other 25 LTER sites, how prepared will you be by December 31, 2012 to provide site data to the Network Information System via PASTA, top quarter of all sites, second quarter; third quarter; bottom quarter?

Specimen Catalog & Field Notes, Bethany L. Abrahamson

Division of Mammals - Field Notes and Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Strategies For Improving Lter Network Data Availability, Long Term Ecological Research

Long Term Ecological Research Network

A memorandum entailing current issues affected network data availability and citing goals for the IM Exec.

Lno Data Access Cedar Creek Site, Long Term Ecological Research Network

Long Term Ecological Research Network

This memorandum asks for feedback on a data availability policy to be used by PI of grants for LTER.

Twenty-Eight Years Of The Us-Lter Program: Experience, Results, And Research Questions, James R. Gosz, Robert B. Waide, John J. Magnuson

Long Term Ecological Research Network

The U.S. Long Term Ecological Research program (hereafter US-LTER) concentrates on ecological processes that play out at the time scales spanning decades to centuries. This focuses US-LTER research between the most common time scales for ecological studies (1-3 years; Tilman 1989; Figure 1) and the much longer temporal fact of disciplines such as paleoecology. The importance of the decade-to-century time scale is particularly evident in light of the rapid changes in ecological forcing functions that are occurring at a broad range of spatial scales (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007). Long-term data sets from programs such …

Lter Cyber-Infrastructure Plan External Review, Long Term Ecological Research

Long Term Ecological Research Network

The Cyber-infrastructure/Networked Information System external advisory panel conducted a review of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Office (LNO) Network Information System (NIS) Operational Plan.

This summary conclusion is that the operational plan is sufficiently comprehensive, organizes the sixteen major project tasks coherently, and scopes the effort at a generally appropriate level of detail.

Wireless Sensory Networks For Ecology, John Porter, Peter Arzberger, Hans-Werner Braun, Todd Hansen, Pablo Bryant, Sedra Shapiro, Stuart Gage, Paul Hanson, Timothy Kratz, Chau-Chin Lin, Fang-Pang Lin, William Michener, Thomas Williams

Long Term Ecological Research Network

Field biologists and ecologists are starting to open new avenues of inquiry at greater spatial and temporal resolution, allowing them to "observe the unobservable" through the use of wireless sensor networks. Sensor networks facilitate the collection of diverse types of data (from temperature to imagery and sound) at frequent intervals--even multiple times per second--over large areas, allowing ecologists and field biologists to engage in intensive and expansive sampling and to unobtrusively collect new types of data. Moreover, real-time data flows allow researchers to react rapidly to events, thus extending the laboratory to the field. We review some existing uses of …

Ecological Disturbance And Response: Central Role Of Biological Legacies, Jerry F. Franklin, David Lidenmayer, James A. Macmahon, John Magnuson, Arthur Mcknee, David Perry, Robert Waide, David Foster, Frederick Swanson

Long Term Ecological Research Network

Introduction: Our understanding of the long-term ecological consequences of ecosystems disturbances has increased dramatically in the last two decades. The expansion in knowledge has been fueled by recent large and intense natural disturbances that have provided scientists with extraordinary opportunities to thoroughly investigate impacts and recovery processes associated with such disturbances. These disturbances events include the Mount St. Helens eruption of 1980 (Franklin et al. 1984; Franklin, Frenzen, and Swanson 1996). Yellowstone forest fires of 1988 (Christensen et al. 1989) and Hurricane Hugo of 1989 (Walker et al. 1991) and Andrew of 1992 (Pimm et al. 1994). Experiments and long-term …

Specimen Catalog, Part 4, Brian D. Frank

Division of Mammals - Field Notes and Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Specimen Catalog, Part 3, Brian D. Frank

Division of Mammals - Field Notes and Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Specimen Catalog, Polly Campbell

Division of Mammals - Field Notes and Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Specimen Catalog, Part 2, Brian D. Frank

Division of Mammals - Field Notes and Catalogs

No abstract provided.

The Status Of The Amphibian Community In The Luquillo Experimental Forest, Lawrence L. Woolbright

Long Term Ecological Research Network

No abstract provided.

Stream Organic Matter Budgets, J.R Webster, Judy L. Meyer

Long Term Ecological Research Network

This analysis of organic matter dynamics in streams has 3 objectives: 1) to explore the relationships between physical characteristics of streams and their watersheds (climate, geomorphology) and steam organic matter dynamics using data from a broad geographic area; 2) to compare steam organic matter dynamics in a diverse array of steams in order to suggest determinants of observed patterns; and 3) to reveal deficiencies in currently available data on organic matter dynamics in steams. Streams were included in this analysis not to represent the global diversity of stream types but because organic matter data were available. In the introductory chapter …

Specimen Catalog, Tagide Decarvalho

Division of Mammals - Field Notes and Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Specimen Catalog, Benjamin J. Frey

Division of Mammals - Field Notes and Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Lter Trademark And Patent Application, Long Term Ecological Research

Long Term Ecological Research Network

U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network application for a patent and trademark.

1995 Proposed Program Of Work For Lter, Long Term Ecological Network

Long Term Ecological Research Network

Version II of the Proposed Program of Work for LTER Network Office in 1995-1996.

Lter Network Office Publications Program, Maya Isabel Lazzaro, Long Term Ecological Network, University Of Washington - Seattle Campus

Long Term Ecological Research Network

LTER Network Office Publications Program.

Includes goals & objectives, list of regular publications, numbered series, occasional reports, electronic publications.communications, public education/outreach activities, and proposed future projects.

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The document "Publications Coordinator LTER Network Office"

Includes position objective, program development, and writing/editing/publications design, and publications production & distribution.

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List of LTER Network Office Publications.

Lter Network Remote Sensing, Gis, Technological Coordination Background, Long Term Ecological Network

Long Term Ecological Research Network

A report of the LTER Network Office Remote Sensing, GIS and Technological Coordination Background.

Includes the introduction, NASA Linkages, Data Acquisition, GIS Data Archive, and Research Support.

1995 Lter Network News And Mosaic Brochure Project, Maya Isabel Lazzaro, Long Term Ecological Research

Long Term Ecological Research Network

LTER Network News from 1995.

LTER Network News began in 1987.

Specimen Catalog & Field Notes, Angela L. Adams

Division of Mammals - Field Notes and Catalogs

No abstract provided.