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Energetics of the belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Creator:: Vessel, Richard Douglas
Abstract:: A year-long caged study the belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) combined time-budget and food-balance techniques to obtain data on daily energy consumption (DEC) throughout an annual cycle. This study tested the hypothesis that seasonal variations in DEC could be predicted as a function of temperature, photoperiod, and timed-activity data. The DEC...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Richard Douglas Vessel for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

A taxonomic revision of Astragalus mokiacensis and allied taxa within the Astragalus lentiginosus complex of Section Diphysi

Creator:: Alexander, J. Andrew
Abstract:: North America, with over 400 species of Astragalus (Fabaceae), is one of three major centers of diversity, all of which comprise the majority of the nearly 1750 species of Astragalus worldwide. One of the most diverse species, Astragalus lentiginosus of Section Diphysi, is a polymorphic complex of over 40 varieties,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

Creator:: Stoller, Kevin R.
Abstract:: William James came of age at a time of great social and intellectual change in the United States. During this period, new professional identities proliferated, and a new culture of professionalization developed with important ramifications for conceptions of individual and social identity. Professionalization was also closely related to key intellectual...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: history and shaped my scholarly growth. Jeff Sklansky and Paul Farber, my other committee members, have

Dixy Lee Ray, marine biology, and the public understanding of science in the United States (1930-1970)

Creator:: Ellis, Erik
Abstract:: This dissertation focuses on the life of Dixy Lee Ray as it examines important developments in marine biology and biological oceanography during the mid twentieth century. In addition, Ray's key involvement in the public understanding of science movement of the 1950s and 1960s provides a larger social and cultural context...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: also thank the other members of my committee Ron Doel, Paul Farber, and Robert Nyc who willingly read

Science, service, and specialized agriculture : the re-invention of the maraschino cherry

Creator:: Jolly, J. Christopher
Abstract:: From 1925 to 1930, Ernest H. Wiegand, a professor of Horticultural Products at Oregon State Agricultural College, developed an improved brining process for cherries. Brined cherries are used in the production of maraschino and glacé cherries, which already had a sizable market in the United States by the 1920s. This...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for privacy AKNOWLEDGEMENT I thank the members of my thesis committeeMary J0 Nye, Robert Nye, Paul

Thresholds of uncertainty : radiation and responsibility in the fallout controversy

Creator:: Jolly, J. Christopher
Abstract:: The public controversy over possible health hazards from radioactive fallout from atomic bomb testing began in 1954, shortly after a thermonuclear test by the United States spread fallout world wide. In the dissertation, I address two of the fundamental questions of the fallout controversy: Was there a threshold of radiation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I offer heartfelt thanks to the members of my committee, Mary Jo Nye, Robert Nye, Paul Farber

'Hysterical preservationists' and 'gouge-and-run bulldozer boys' : the land-use controversy in Idaho’s White Cloud Mountains, 1968-1972

Creator:: Jensen, Erica (Erica Lyn)
Abstract:: Similar to other spectacular scenic areas in the American West, Idaho’s White Cloud Mountains have been a contested landscape since the beginning of the 20th century. Although, legislation was introduced in Congress as early as 1913 to protect the towering mountains of south-central Idaho as a national park, the issue...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: encouragement. Paul Farber was a sounding board when I needed it most during the first year of my masters

The role of competition, community, and priority in the discovery of the tau lepton

Creator:: Swanner, Leandra
Abstract:: This study examines the interactions between the scientific communities of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in the discovery of the tau lepton by physicist Martin Perl between 1973- 1977. Perl became interested in searching for heavy leptons through positron-electron collision experiments using the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: opportunity to learn from Paul Farber. For me, the History Department is truly synonymous with Paul, whose

John Wesley Powell : science and reform in a positive context

Creator:: Zernel, John Joseph, 1945-
Abstract:: John Wesley Powell worked actively for public land system reform while a director of geographical and geological surveys in the West from 1869 to 1894. Although this has won him acclaim as a conservationist, the basis of Powell's linkage of reform with scientific work is poorly understood. A study of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to the efforts of Dr. Robert J. Morris, Jr. and Dr. Paul L. Farber, faculty in the Department of

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Energetics of the belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

A taxonomic revision of Astragalus mokiacensis and allied taxa within the Astragalus lentiginosus complex of Section Diphysi

On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

Dixy Lee Ray, marine biology, and the public understanding of science in the United States (1930-1970)

Science, service, and specialized agriculture : the re-invention of the maraschino cherry

Thresholds of uncertainty : radiation and responsibility in the fallout controversy

'Hysterical preservationists' and 'gouge-and-run bulldozer boys' : the land-use controversy in Idaho’s White Cloud Mountains, 1968-1972

The role of competition, community, and priority in the discovery of the tau lepton

John Wesley Powell : science and reform in a positive context

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