Approximately 23 square miles of the east-central part
of the Tendoy Range are included in the thesis area which
lies three miles west of Dell, Montana.
Rocks ranging in age from Late Mississippian to Recent
are exposed in the study area. The upper Paleozoic section
includes approximately 4,200 feet (1,281...
Studies were conducted over a two year period to evaluate alternative
finishing methods for spring and fall-born beef cattle. Management
alternatives from birth to slaughter included season of calving, lactating
cow nutrition, preweaning calf nutrition, weaning age, calf and
yearling winter nutrition, range and irrigated pasture supplementation,
grazing practice, range...
Prothoracicotropic hormone has been partially purified
from whole heads of tobacco hornworm larvae, Manduca sexta.
Activity was followed with a larval bioassay. Activity was
purified 4400 fold from crude extracts. The hormone was
found to be a heat-stable polypeptide with an approximate
molecular weight of 25,000 Daltons. The hormone has...
The possibility of reduced abundance of western snowy plovers
(Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) in the face of an altered habitat
prompted a study of snowy plover breeding activities and nesting
habitat on the Oregon coast during 1978 and 1979. At 4 study areas
with varying levels of recreational use, nests were...
