A Guide To The Tallgrass Prairies Of Eastern Nebraska And Adjacent States,
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
A Guide To The Tallgrass Prairies Of Eastern Nebraska And Adjacent States, Paul Johnsgard
Papers in Ornithology
Contents
Part 1: Ecology of the Tallgrass Prairie
Part 2: Plants of the Tallgrass Prairies:
Checklist of Prairie & Grassland Plants of Nebraska; Relative Frequencies of Grasses, Spring Creek and Nine-mile Prairies; Twenty Most Abundant Fall Forbs, Spring Creek and Nine-mile Prairies; Typical Shrubs, Forbs, Grasses & Sedges of Eastern Nebraska Tallgrass Prairies; English: Latin Name Equivalents of 370 Tallgrass Prairie Plants; Latin: English Name Equivalents of 370 Tallgrass Prairie Plants Identification Keys to Some Common Nebraska Grassland Forbs
Part 3: Animals of the Tallgrass Prairies
Greater Prairie-chickens and Native Prairies; Seasonal Checklist of Nebraska Tallgrass Ecoregion Birds (Gage County); …
Habitat And Site Selection Of Pheasants And Their Hunters During The Hunting Season,
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Habitat And Site Selection Of Pheasants And Their Hunters During The Hunting Season, Lindsey Messinger
Dissertations & Theses in Natural Resources
Predator-prey interactions are dynamic and complex with implications for predators, prey, and entire ecological communities. Though predation has obvious mortality costs for prey, equally strong non-consumptive impacts of predation have been the focus of recent studies. Not only are prey affected by their predators through both consumption and fear of predation, but predators are driven by selection to respond to prey behavior. Here, we show how habitat decisions made by highly mobile predators and prey are dynamically linked. In our study system, recreational hunters (predators) make decisions about where to hunt based on a variety of resources (potential prey abundance, …
Spring Field Report, March To May 1998,
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Spring Field Report, March To May 1998, W. Silcock, Joel Jorgensen
Nebraska Bird Review
In most respects, this was a routine spring. While a few rarities and several interesting reports appeared, perhaps most interesting was the arrival of the electronic age. Foremost was the start-up of "NEBIRDS," the Nebraska Birding Listserver set up and operated by Robert Price at Kearney. This resource should greatly enhance communication and collective learning amongst birders in the state. We have culled several reports from observations submitted to NEBIRDS, and several reporters now contact us by email. We urge observers to forward their email addresses; if we have questions on their reports, communication would be easy! Submit reports and …
Ducks, Geese, And Swans Of The World, Revised Edition [Complete Work],
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Ducks, Geese, And Swans Of The World, Revised Edition [Complete Work], Paul Johnsgard
Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World by Paul A. Johnsgard
The only one-volume comprehensive survey of the family Anatidae available in English, this book combines lavish illustration with information on the natural history, distribution and status, and identification of all the species.
After an introductory discussion of the thirteen tribes of Anatidae, separate accounts follow for each of the nearly 150 recognized species. These include scientific and vernacular names (in French, German, and Spanish as well as English), descriptions of the distribution of all recognized subspecies, selected weights and measurements, and identification criteria for both sexes and various age classes. The “Natural History” section of each species account considers habitats, …
The North American Geese: Their Biology And Behavior,
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
The North American Geese: Their Biology And Behavior, Paul Johnsgard
Zea E-Books
The eight currently recognized species of North American geese are part of a familiar group of birds collectively called waterfowl, all of which are smaller than swans and generally larger than ducks. They include the most popular of our aquatic gamebirds, with several million shot each year by sport hunters. Our two most abundant waterfowl, the Canada goose and snow goose, have populations collectively totaling about 15 million individuals. Like swans, the lifelong pairbonding of geese, their familial care, and prolonged social attachment to their offspring are legendary. Their seasonal migratory flights sometimes span thousands of miles, and the sight …
Wyoming Wildlife: A Natural History,
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Wyoming Wildlife: A Natural History, Paul Johnsgard, Thomas Mangelsen
Zea E-Books
This book surveys Wyoming’s mammal, bird, reptile, and amphibian faunas. In addition to introducing the state’s geography, geology, climate, and major ecosystems, it provides 65 biological profiles of 72 mammal species, 195 profiles of 196 birds, 9 profiles of 12 reptiles, and 6 profiles of 9 amphibians. There are also species lists of Wyoming’s 117 mammals, 445 birds, 22 reptiles, and 12 amphibians. Also included are descriptions of nearly 50 national and state properties, including parks, forests, preserves, and other public-access natural areas in Wyoming. The book includes a text of more than 150,000 words, nearly 700 references, a glossary …
Sandhill Crane Hunts In The Rio Grande Valley And Southwest New
Mexico,
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Sandhill Crane Hunts In The Rio Grande Valley And Southwest New Mexico
North American Crane Workshop Proceedings
Annual limited permit hunting seasons for sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) were initiated in southwestern New Mexico (SWNM) in 1982 and in the middle Rio Grande Valley (MRGV) in 1986. Within the MRGV and SWNM are wintering areas for 3 migratory subspecies, including the lesser sandhill crane (G. c. canadensis) (lessers). Canadian sandhill crane (G. c. rowani) (Canadians), and greater sandhill crane (G. c. tabida) (greaters). We summarized annual season dates, bag limits, requirements for permits, procedures for examination of crane specimens at check stations, number of hunters, estimated harvest, mean harvest per …
Grouse And Quails Of North America,
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Grouse And Quails Of North America, Paul Johnsgard
Grouse and Quails of North America, by Paul A. Johnsgard
Nearly all of the gallinaceous birds that are native to North America are included in two taxonomic groups, the grouse-like species of the subfamily Tetraoninae, and the quail-like species of the subfamily Odontophorinae. The former represent a temperate and subarctic group of about sixteen species which collectively have a widespread distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, and over half of which are found in North America. The latter group is a strictly Western Hemisphere assemblage that collectively includes about thirty species, almost half of which occur north of the Mexico-Guatemala border. Most of the remaining quails are tropical forest birds of …
Female Breakfast Skippers Display A Disrupted Cortisol Rhythm And Elevated Blood Pressure,
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Female Breakfast Skippers Display A Disrupted Cortisol Rhythm And Elevated Blood Pressure, Nancy Keim, Kevin Laugero
Publications from USDA-ARS / UNL Faculty
Chronic stress and over-activity in the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis may link breakfast skipping and poor cardiometabolic health. Missing the first major meal of the day in rodents prolongs elevated circulating corticosterone at a time when it's normally decreasing. To extend these findings to humans, we hypothesized that habitual breakfast skippers would display a similar pattern of circulating cortisol and alterations in meal and stress-induced cortisol reactions. Normal weight to obese women aged 18–45 years old who were strictly defined as either breakfast skippers (n = 30) or breakfast eaters (n = 35) were invited to participate in our study. Normal …
11 Blue Grouse,
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
11 Blue Grouse, Paul Johnsgard
Grouse and Quails of North America, by Paul A. Johnsgard
Dendragapus obscurus (Say) 1823
Other vernacular names: dusky grouse, fool hen, gray grouse, hooter, mountain grouse, pine grouse, pine hen, Richardson grouse, sooty grouse.
Range: From southeastern Alaska, southern Yukon, southwestern Mackenzie, and western Alberta southward along the offshore islands to Vancouver and along the coast to northern California, and in the mountains to southern California, northern and eastern Arizona, and west central New Mexico
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