Ranching in Spanish Texas

Performance of Boer-Spanish and Spanish goats in Texas I: Body weights, fertility, prolificacy, and number of kids weaned.

Production records from 291 Boer-Spanish and Spanish does, collected between 1994 and 2004 in the Edwards Plateau region of West Texas, were examined to compare Boer-Spanish and Spanish does for body weights, fertility, prolificacy, and number of kids weaned. Traits were analyzed using single-trait mixed models. Boer-Spanish does were heavier at birth than Spanish does (2.79 vs. 2.67 kg, P = 0....

Trends in cardiovascular mortality in Spanish-surnamed, other white, and black persons in Texas, 1970--1975.

Certain categories of cardiovascular disease have significantly declined recently as causes of death. In the present investigation we describe the variation in cardiovascular mortality in Texas by ethnicity, age and sex during 1970--1975 using age-standardized proportional mortality ratios. Specifically, the question of whether the three major ethnic groups in Texas have shared equally in any c...

Intergenerational Spanish transmission in El Paso, Texas: Parental perceptions of cost/benefit

This study examines the beliefs held by a group of adult Spanish-English bilinguals from El Paso, Texas, regarding the vitality of Spanish in their community and the ways in which their own experience of being bilingual on the US-Mexico border has influenced their perceptions of the benefits and costs of fostering Spanish development in their children. Results show that parents’ positive attitu...

The 64 million dollar vowel: Anglo pronunciation of a Spanish last name in Texas

1.2 sustainable ranching and restoring forests in agricultural landscapes, panama

Jacob L. slusser works for the Environmental leadership and Training initiative (ElTi), smithsonian Tropical research institute (sTri), ancón, panama city, panama; Alicia Calle is at the university of california-santa cruz, santa cruz, usa; and eva Garen works for the Environmental leadership and Training initiative (ElTi), Yale university, new haven, connecticut, usa. 1.2 sustainable ranching ...