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Additional Notes on the Western Conenose, Triatoma p. protracta (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae), as a Carrier of Chagas' Trypanosome

Wood, Sherwin F.; Wood, Fae D.

Additions to the Cerambycidae of the Revilla Gigedo Islands (Coleoptera)

Chemsak, John A.; Linsley, E. G.

Branchiate Dorvilleidae (Polychaeta) from the North Pacific

Armstrong, John W.; Jumars, Peter A.

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First Report of Brooding in Syllides japonica Imajima (Syllidae: Polychaeta)

Heacox, Albert E.; Schroeder, Paul C.

Notes on the Biology of Lithurgus gihhosus Smith in Florida (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Brach, Vincent

Peter Left Because . . .': A Comparative Study of Family Oral Histories

Thym, Nancy

In 1854, Peter Oest left the small, northern German town of Otterndorf for America. He left behind a productive farm and high social position for the life of an unlucky gold miner in the California foothills. In Otterndorf ...

Pollination Ecology of Chlorogalum pomeridianum (D.C.) Kunth. (Liliaceae)

Stockhouse , Robert E.; Wells, Harrington ,

The pollination ecology of Chlorogalum pomeridianum was studied. This lily is a member of the Southern California coastal scrub community. Flower opening occurs at dusk and happens in a few seconds. The flowers deliquesce ...

Relict Survival of the Sea Otter in Central California and Evidence of Its Recent Redispersal South of Point Conception

Leatherwood, Stephen; Harrington-Coulombe, Linda J.; Hubbs, Carl L.

Historically the sea otter abounded around the North Pacific Rim from northern Japan to central Baja California, Mexico. But the population south of Alaska was so heavily hunted in the 18th and 19th centuries for its ...

Residual Effects of Summer Irrigation on Mojave Desert Annuals

Johnson, Hyrun B.; Vasek, Frank C.; Yonkers, Terry

The response of summer and winter annuals to early summer irrigation and/or natural precipitation was determined for a rocky slope and a sandy bajada near East Ord Mountain in the Mojave Desert, California. Irrigation ...

The Subspecific Status of Onychomys torridus clarus Hollister 1913 (Rodentia: Cricetidae)

Matson, John O.; Friesen, Richard D.

The subspecific status of various populations of the southern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys torridus) was examined using univariate and multivariate procedures. Sex, age and individual variation were assessed for the two ...