By combining double-count and line-transect sampling data we obtained estimates of animal and group densities. The sample design consists of flying aerial surveys along elevational contours with two observers in the same platform searching the same region on one side of the airplane. Detected distances are not grouped, and factors such as size and activity of the group, and the extent of the ho...

Precise measurements of snow structural parameters and stratigraphy are essential to understand and model snow physical processes, in particular with respect to avalanche formation. However, most snow measurements are limited in spatial resolution and by extensive measurement times, and therefore lack practicability for avalanche professionals. The snow micro-penetrometer (SMP), a portable, hig...

Thirteen repetitions of a cross-channel transect in the Khuran Channel within the Strait of Hormuz allowed the description of the mean flow and semidiurnal tidal properties of a north-south transect. Water velocity profiles were obtained with a 614.4 kHz TRDI Work Horse Broadband ADCP along this 3.3 km long transect on 10 October 2014, the third day of secondary spring tide. The M2, M4 and M6 f...

the present paper seeks to present a minimalist account for the derivational process of marked ergative constructions in hawrami in terms of phase theory (chomsky 2000, 2001, 2004; radford 2009; citko2014). this phase-based approach is compared to the former feature-based approach advocated by karimi doustan and naghshbandi (2011). it is argued that using phase theory and its related mechanisms...

We compared 2 sampling strategies designed to estimate abundance of double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus, hereafter cormorants) on aquaculture ponds in western Mississippi. Cormorants are a major predator of cultured channel catfi sh (Ictalurus punctatus) in this region; thus, estimating cormorant abundance is needed to better determine their economic impact. We independently design...