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Good To The Last Drop And Crumb: Better Living Through Yeast Byproducts, Brad Willis
Good To The Last Drop And Crumb: Better Living Through Yeast Byproducts, Brad Willis
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
A crisp pilsner beer, still dripping from its icy spot in the cooler, complements any sunny summer barbecue, while in the winter a rich burgundy warms the throat and soul, a perfect fireside companion. The mothers who frequent the Wonder bread discount outlet demonstrate to what extent our hectic society takes the staff of life for granted. It is difficult to imagine them actually baking every loaf, roll, bun, and donut that they toss into their carts while herding rambunctious broods down the narrow aisles. Rarely does anyone give a second thought to these ancient components of civilized life beyond …
Augmentation Of Natural Populations Of Entomophagous Insects Through The Use Of Secondary Food Sources, John Swallow
Augmentation Of Natural Populations Of Entomophagous Insects Through The Use Of Secondary Food Sources, John Swallow
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
Local densities of predators, including ladybeetles, parasitoids, big-eyed bugs, and minute pirate bugs, increased with the application of artificial honeydew, consisted of sugar and wheast dissolved in water. Sugar, rather than wheast, was the active ingredient causing predators to aggregate, although wheast prolonged the effect of the sugar treatment for the ladybeetles. Furthermore, the artificial honeydew treatments had a marked effect for a period of one week. These results suggest a potentially important role of the use of synthetic honeydew as a means of pest control in an Integrated Pest Management system.
A Comparison Of The Energy Metabolism And Cooling Rate Methods Of Determining Thermal Conductance In Mongolian Pheasants (Phasianus Colchicus Mongolicus), Robert Pendleton
A Comparison Of The Energy Metabolism And Cooling Rate Methods Of Determining Thermal Conductance In Mongolian Pheasants (Phasianus Colchicus Mongolicus), Robert Pendleton
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
Thermal conductance is defined as the net rate of heat transfer from an organism to its environment. Previous studies have employed two methods of measuring thermal conductance: the oxygen consumption method and the cooling rate method. This study was designed to determine if the two methods give similar conductance values for the same animal. Mongolian Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus mongolicus) were used. The results from this study suggest that the two methods don't give similar conductance values. I found that conductance values measured by the oxygen consumption method on a live animal were lower than those conductance values measured by the …
The Use Of Animal Behavior As A Tool For Biological Control, Melissa Biscornet
The Use Of Animal Behavior As A Tool For Biological Control, Melissa Biscornet
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
Animal behavior, the way that an animal acts, is a combination of instinctive traits and learned responses to particular situations (Robinson and Bolen 1984). Behavior in young animals involves several different learning mechanisms, including the following: generalization, social facilitation, neophobia, cue-consequence specificity, and harvesting skills. Preferences instilled in young animals through learning can influence diet selection, grazing patterns, and habitat selection later in life (Squibb et al. 1990)