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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Northern Arizona"”.
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REPRODUCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF AMERICAN COOTS (FULICA AMERICANA) IN NORTHERN ARIZONA.
… and seasonal wetlands near Flagstaff, Arizona. Coot nests in bulrush (at the semipermanent wetland) were spaced closer together than nests in spikerush (at seasonal and semipermanent wetlands). Nests were much more successful in bulrush at the semipermanent wetland than in spikerush at …
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Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS to Modeling Fire for Vegetative Restoration in Northern Arizona
An accurate fire model is a useful tool in predicting the behavior of a prescribed fire. Simulation of fire requires an extensive amount of data and can be accomplished best using GIS applications. This paper demonstrates integrative procedures of using of ArcGIS™, ERDAS Imagine™, GPS, and FARSITE© …
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Effects of Ponderosa Pine Ecological Restoration on Forest Soils and Understory Vegetation in Northern Arizona
… parent material types near Flagstaff, Arizona, twelve years after tree thinning and grazing exclosure treatments were applied. Several measured soil properties, such as soil respiration and temperature, were also evaluated in this study. Species richness of “cool-season” vegetation was …
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THE EFFECTS OF LARGE HERBIVORES ON SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITIES, PLANTS AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA
<p>Large herbivores are major drivers of community structure and function in many terrestrial systems. Through their direct effects on plants, large herbivores can influence the structure and complexity of habitats, the population abundance of animals that rely on those habitats, and the rates of …
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THE EFFECTS OF LARGE HERBIVORES ON SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITIES, PLANTS AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA
<p>Large herbivores are major drivers of community structure and function in many terrestrial systems. Through their direct effects on plants, large herbivores can influence the structure and complexity of habitats, the population abundance of animals that rely on those habitats, and the rates of …
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Correlation of earthquakes with seismogenic faults along the Northern Arizona Seismic Belt, southwestern margin of the Colorado Plateau.
The Northern Arizona Seismic Belt (NASB) is one of the most seismically active areas in Arizona, and extends from near Kanab in southernmost Utah to the Mogollon Plateau south of Flagstaff, Arizona. The NASB defines the seismic boundary between the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range …
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Stratigraphy, Petrology, Diagenesis, Paleontology, and Depositional Environments of the Harrisburg Member of the Kaibab Formation in Northern Arizona and Southern Utah
<p>The Kaibab Formation has two members, the Fossil Mountain Member below and the Harrisburg Member above. They were deposited in shallow-marine shelf to restricted coastal settings. Stratigraphically above are the Rock Canyon Conglomerate and the Moenkopi Formation; consisting of the Timpoweap and …
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The Sequence Stratigraphic Context of Mixed Basin Margin Evaporites in the Harrisburg Member of the Permian Kaibab Formation, Northern Arizona and Southern Utah
… carbonate ramp during the middle Permian in northern Arizona, southern Utah, and eastern Nevada. It consists of the Fossil Mountain Member deposited in open-marine conditions and the overlying Harrisburg Member deposited in restricted conditions. The Harrisburg Member includes facies and …
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SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS AND VEGETATION RESPONSES FOLLOWING ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION THINNING OF PONDEROSA PINE ON THREE SOIL PARENT MATERIAL TYPES UNDER GRAZING AND NON-GRAZING IN NORTHERN ARIZONA
<p>This research was performed in a northern Arizona ponderosa pine (<em>Pinus ponderosa </em>P. & C.<em>, </em>Lawson) forest. The objectives were to a) increase understanding of long-term vegetation responses to ecological restoration treatments on three soils types, with and without grazing, b) …
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Breeding Biology of the Sage Thrasher
… the sage brush areas of the Great Basin and from northern Arizona to southern Saskatchewan. Although it is a fairly common and conspicuous bird, almost nothing about its life history has been published. This study was conducted in central Washington during the spring and summer of 1969 and the …
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Curating Contemporary Japanese Art: Exhibition Catalogue Production for Hidden Landscapes: Yasuaki Onishi and Invisible Space
… the publication of an exhibition catalogue, Northern Arizona will have the opportunity to engage with the ongoing intercultural dialogue on the globalized artistic stage, and support the international practice of emerging contemporary artist Yasuaki Onishi.</p>
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Modern Invertebrate Footprints Compared with Fossil Footprints from the Coconino Sandstone (Permian)
… sp.) of the Permian Coconino sandstone of Northern Arizona, and similar footprints of other sandstone. Fine grained sand (similar to that composing the Coconino sandstone) was placed in a plexiglass tank to form slopes of various angles. The crayfish walked up and down slopes of 10°± 3°, …
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Project BOOST and Cardiovascular Disease Readmissions in a Rural Acute Care Facility
… or Native American descent, and living in Northern Arizona. A retrospective chart review was performed and descriptive and predictive statistics were used to analyze obtained data. Patients with cardiovascular disease admitted to the study hospital have high risks for readmission, such as …
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ADAPTABILITY: THE INFLUENCE OF THE SINO-AMERICAN 1+2+1 DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM
… at California State University, San Bernardino, Northern Arizona University, and Coastal Carolina University. Results provided partial support for the 1+2+1 program improving the socio‑cultural adaptability of international students, while providing no support for the other three hypotheses. An …
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Culturally Sensitive Technology-Enhanced Mental Health Screening in Integrated Primary Care
… Primary care providers recruited from the Northern Arizona University (NAU) Campus Health Services clinic evaluated the concept of a touch screen iPad technology to implement the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), which screens for depression using audio options in English and in the …
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Magnetic records from latest Triassic to earliest Jurassic red beds, Utah and Arizona, and from mid-Pleistocene lake beds, New Mexico
… of the Moenave Formation, southern Utah and northern Arizona, were used to construct a composite magnetostratigraphy and further refine the position of the base of the Jurassic in the southwest U.S.A. The composite magnetostratigraphy provides a chronostratigraphic framework to tie …
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Plessy to Brown: Education of Mexican Americans in Arizona public schools during the era of segregation
… school education of Mexican American children in Arizona in the first half of the twentieth century. This study also examines how segregation was established in two cities in northern Arizona and how schooling affected the feelings and emotions of former students. From about 1900 to 1950 Mexican …
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The 2006 Warm Fire: effects on habitat and prey species of the northern goshawk
… and structure of the forest habitats of the northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis), a food-limited species of conservation concern, and the birds and mammals it feeds on. A conservation strategy for the species in the goshawk's food web in these forest types recommends restoring the mix of …