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The Prairie Naturalist Volume 20, No. 4. December 1988

The Prairie Naturalist

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

RANGE PLANT COMMUNITIES OF THE CENTRAL GRASSLAND RESEARCH STATION IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ▪ C. L Lura, W. T. Barker, and P. E. Nyren

SEASONAL PATTERNS IN SAMPLING DATA FOR LARGEMOUTH BASS AND BLUE GILLS IN A NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS IMPOUNDMENT ▪ E. A. Bettross and D. W. Willis

INTRODUCTION, ESTABLISHMENT, AND DISPERSAL OF WESTERN MOSQUITOFISH IN NEBRASKA (ACTINOPTERYGII: POECILIIDAE) ▪ J. D. Lynch

OBSERVATIONS ON THE ECOLOGY OF CHIGGERS (ACARI: TROMBICULIDAE) FROM SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ E. R. Easton and W. …

Irrigation Scheduling Of Soybeans, Corn, Wheat, And Potatoes (Camac Progress Report 87-8), Blaine L. Blad

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Measured And Modeled Radiation, Heat, And Water Vapor Fluxes: Fife Pilot Study (Camac Progress Report 87-7), Blaine L. Blad, Shashi B. Verma, Kenneth G. Hubbard, Patrick Starks, Cynthia Hays, John M. Norman, Elizabeth Walter-Shea

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Resource Law Notes Newsletter, No. 15, Oct. 1988, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Resource Law Notes: The Newsletter of the Natural Resources Law Center (1984-2002)

No abstract provided.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 20, No.3. September 1988

The Prairie Naturalist

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MOVEMENTS OF ADULT STRIPED BASS TRACKED IN WILSON RESERVOIR, KANSAS ▪ K. E. Hampton, T. L. Wenke, and B. A. Zamrzla

GROWTH, POPULATION STRUCTURE, AND MORTALITY OF CHANNEL CATFISH FROM THE POWDER RIVER AND CRAZY WOMAN CREEK, WYOMING ▪ J. B. Smith and W. A. Hubert

HABITAT USE BY WHITE-TAILED DEER IN PRAIRIE-AGRICULTURAL HABITAT IN MONTANA ▪ G. L. Dusek, A. K. Wood, and R. J. Mackie

BEAVER CROP DEPREDATION IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ C. D. Dieter and T. R. McCabe …

Carlton Plains Soil Survey In The Shire Of Wyndham, East Kimberley, T C. Stoneman

Resource management technical reports

The Carlton Plains covers approximately 11,750 ha midway between Wyndham and Kununurra on the northern bank of the Ord River in the Shire of East Kimberley. The survey area is divided into two geomorphic units, the clay plains and the levee areas. Soils of the former generally belong to the Cununurra family of cracking clays while those of the levees are generally more variable and of medium texture.Samples of the major soils were collected for mechanical analysis and basic chemical analysis.Sodium chloride percentages and exchangeable sodium percentages are both high on the clay soils of the western plain. The suitability …

Long-Term Reconstruction And Analysis Of White River Streamflow, M. K. Cleaveland, D. W. Stahle, J. G. Hehr

Technical Reports

A 281-year reconstruction of White River annual runoff at Clarendon, Arkansas, was developed from a regional average of nine Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas tree-ring chronologies (six post oak, Quercus stellata, and three baldcypress, Taxodium distichum). Inhomogeneity of the gaged series was detected with both double mass analysis (using state average total annual Arkansas precipitation) and regression (using the regional tree-ring average). Simple regression calibrated the homogeneous runoff data with the average ring width data from 1930 to 1980. Comparing the reconstruction with independent data verified the regression model. Variance of the reconstruction increases significantly during the 20th century, a change …

Characterization Of The Aquatic Environment In Lake Mead Near The Proposed Spring Canyon Pumped-Storage Project, And Assessment Of Potential Aquatic Impacts, Charles R. Liston, Stephen J. Grabowski, Bureau Of Reclamation

Publications (WR)

A pumped storage system consists of an upper reservoir and lower reservoir separated by an elevation difference. During low demand energy periods such as nights and weekends water is pumped from the lower to the upper reservoir using available energy from conventional steam electric power plants. During high energy demand periods, such as mornings and afternoons of weekdays, upper reservoir water is allowed to drop back down through the same system of water conduits and turbines, generating electricity to conveniently meet abrupt electrical energy requirements. The same water turbines thus act both as pumps and as conventional hydroelectric turbines.

Because …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 20, No. 2. June 1988

The Prairie Naturalist

THE PRAIRIE NATURALIST

Volume 20, No. 2. June 1988

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRAIRIES AND GRASSLANDS OF THE ST. CROIX NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAY, WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA ▪ D. C. Glenn-Lewin and J. M. Ver Hoef

SEED RAIN ON A NEBRASKA SAND HILLS PRAIRIE ▪ M. A. Potvin

CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA - 1987 ▪ R. N. Randall

SOUTH DAKOTA RECORDS OF PYGMY AND ARCTIC SHREWS: RESPONSE TO FIRE ▪ M. J. Gruebele and A. A. Steuter

FEEDING ECOLOGY OF THE PLAINS POCKET GOPHER IN …

Diet, Parasitism, And Anemia In The Prehistoric Southwest, Karl J. Reinhard

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

The primary goal of this study is the demonstration of the utility of parasitological data retrieved from coprolites in documenting prehistoric infectious disease. The study focuses on levels of infection of two subsistence types, hunting-gathering and agriculture. Analysis of differences between the two types, and of variation of parasitism between sites of the same type, are presented. It is demonstrated that parasitism was more common among hunter-gatherers than agricultural populations. Parasitism is shown to have been mediated by ecology and human behavior among agricultural sites.

A second goal is the integration of parasitological data with evidence of pathology derived from …

Resource Law Notes Newsletter, No. 14, May 1988, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Resource Law Notes: The Newsletter of the Natural Resources Law Center (1984-2002)

No abstract provided.

A Model Of Energy Expenditure In White-Tailed Jackrabbits (Lepus Townsendii) Based On Integrated Studies Of Energetics And Field Ecology, Gordon L. Rogowitz

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Field and laboratory studies were conducted to develop a model of energy expenditure in a population of white-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus townsendii). Field work in southwestern Wyoming during 1985-87 showed that the breeding season commenced at snowmelt and ceased during late- July drought. Adult females reproduced relatively synchronously and produced a mean of three litters annually. Greatest fetal production occurred in the second litter period. Collections indicated a 1:1 sex ratio, few jackrabbits >2 years-old, and a density of 7 animals / km² in the population. Postnatal growth was sigmoidal, culminating in heavier adult females than males. Using …

Instream Flow Water Rights: Arizona’S Approach, Herb Dishlip

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

15 pages.

Instream Flows, The Public Trust, And The Future Of The West, Harrison C. Dunning

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

65 pages (includes illustrations).

Contains 28 pages of footnotes.

Agenda: Instream Flow Protection In The Western United States: A Practical Symposium, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

Conference speakers included University of Colorado School of Law professors Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Charles F. Wilkinson.

Virtually all western states now provide some kind of legal recognition for instream flows. On March 31-April 1, the Natural Resources Law Center will present a symposium on the different approaches taken in these states, with emphasis on such major issues as the purposes for instream flows, the quantities of water needed for these purposes, enforcement of instream flow rights, federal instream flow claims, private instream flow claims, and transferring consumptive water rights to instream flow rights. Speakers include representatives from state agencies …

Oregon’S Minimum Perennial Streamflows, John Borden

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

12 pages.

Private Appropriation Of Instream Flows In Alaska, Mary Lu Harle

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

30 pages.

Contains 2 pages of footnotes and 3 pages of references.

Establishing The Quantity Of Necessary Flow, Berton L. Lamb

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

26 pages (includes illustrations).

Contains footnotes and 3 pages of references.

Colorado’S Instream Flow Program: Protecting Free-Flowing Streams In A Water Consumptive State, Steven J. Shupe

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

30 pages.

Contains footnotes.

Instream Flows In Idaho, Josephine P. Beeman, Kenneth R. Arment

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

23 pages.

Contains footnotes.

The Protection Of Instream Flows In Montana: A Legal-Institutional Perspective, Matthew J. Mckinney, Gary Fritz, Patrick Graham, Deborah Schmidt

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

42 pages.

Contains references.

Keeping The Waters Flowing: Streamflow Protection Programs, Strategies And Issues In The West, Steven J. Shupe

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

44 pages.

Contains 2 pages of footnotes.

Wyoming’S New Instream Flow Law, Gordon W. Fassett

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

28 pages.

Contains references.

Protecting Instream Resources In Washington State, Robert F. Barwin, Kenneth Slattery, Steven J. Shupe

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

56 pages (includes 1 map).

Contains 10 pages of footnotes.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 20, No. 1 March 1988

The Prairie Naturalist

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

WINTER FOOD HABITS OF PRAIRIE PORCUPINES IN MONTANA ▪ P. Hendricks and H. F. Allard

RABIES CONTROL BY SKUNK DEPOPULATION IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA, 1983 TO 1986 ▪ M. J. Pybus

USE OF SHELTER BY MULE DEER DURING WINTER ▪ A. K. Wood

FORAGING BEHAVIOR AND FOOD HABITS OF BURROWING OWLS IN WYOMING ▪ C. D. Thompson and S. H. Anderson

WILD TURKEY NESTING ECOLOGY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ T. L. Wertz and L. D. Flake

DOES THE DOWNY AMERICAN AVOCET …

Final Report Of The Pearling Industry Review Committee To The Hon. Julian Grill, Western Australian Minister For Fisheries And Hon. John Kerin, M.P. Federal Minister For Primary Industries And Energy., F. J. Malone, D. A. Hancock, B. Jeffries

Fisheries management papers

In October 1987 an Interim Report was issued to enable the present licence holders, the Licensed Pearl Producers' Association and other who had expressed an interest to the Committee, to consider the interim recommendations and , if necessary, make written comment to the Committee. The Committee considered the comments it received. It now presents its Final Report to the Western Australian Minister for Fisheries, the Hon. Julian Grill and the Federal Minister for Primary Industries and Energy, the Hon. John Kerin. The Committee is recommending that the industry be quota controlled with entry by transfer only. The present licence holders …

Environmental Assessment Of Las Vegas Wash And Lake Mead Artificial Wetlands Demonstration Project, John R. Baker, R. M. Gersberg, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Publications (WR)

The effective use of artificial wetlands for treatment of municipal wastewater is well documented; however, design and economic data for artificial wetlands development are limited (Gersberg et al., 1984a). This is due partly to regional differences in climate, soils, and vegetation and partly to the desired waste treatment. As a result, specific treatment levels and cost benefits relative to the use of an artificial wetlands for a particular site cannot be evaluated adequately without a pilot demonstration project. Las Vegas Wash receives sewage effluent from the Las Vegas metropolitan area and has been designated as a wetlands community park. Las …

Resource Law Notes Newsletter, No. 13, Feb. 1988, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Resource Law Notes: The Newsletter of the Natural Resources Law Center (1984-2002)

No abstract provided.

Seasonal Variations In The Diurnal Characteristics Of Heavy Hourly Precipitation Across The United States, Julie A. Winkler, Brent Robert Skeeter, Paul Yamamoto

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Hourly precipitation data from 1967 to 1983 for the conterminous United States were harmonically analyzed in order to document the diurnal variability of several categories of heavy precipitation during winter, spring, summer, and autumn. The analysis revealed that the diurnal characteristics of hourly precipitation vary considerably with season, geographic region, and precipitation intensity. During winter and spring, a weak, later-morning frequency maximum prevails for the lightest (2.5-6.2 mm h-1) precipitation category. As intensity increases (to 6.3-12.6, 12.7-25.3 and >25.4 mm h-1), the amplitude of the diurnal cycle also increases, and a nocturnal maximum becomes apparent across much of the eastern …

¿Conservar, Para Qué?, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.