The effects of season and community composition as generated by livestock herbivory of differing intensity on seed species preference by Pogonomyrmex barbatus (F. Smith) were studied in a semiarid savanna on the Edward's Plateau, TX. Seasonal differences in nutrient requirements of the colony could lead to differential preferences for seeds harvested in spring and fall. Field cafeteria studies ...

Elliptic flow has been measured by the BRAHMS experiment as a function of transverse momentum and pseudorapidity for the Au+Au reaction at √ s N N = 200 GeV. Identified-particle v 2 (η, p t) values were obtained with the two BRAHMS spectrometers at pseudorapidities η ≈ 0, 1, and 3.4. The results show that the differential v 2 (η, p t) values for a given particle type are essentially constant ov...

Compact groups provide an environment to study the growth of galaxies amid multiple prolonged interactions. With their dense galaxy concentrations and relatively low velocity dispersions, compact groups mimic the conditions of hierarchical galaxy assembly. Compact group galaxies are known to show a bimodality in Spitzer IRAC infrared colorspace: galaxies are preferentially either quiescent with...

Recent research has demonstrated that fall-grown wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), triticale (X Triticosecale Wittmack), and oat (Avena sativa L.) forages contain limited lignin and exhibit relatively stable estimates of in vitro true DM disappearance, as well as TDN, across a wide fall-harvest window. These traits suggest that ruminal availability of forage fiber is extensive. Our objectives were ...

the present survey is a correlation study designed to determine extent and type of relation between mid-arm   circumference and weight in order to offer a scale for assumption of weight.   390 healthy, adults who are resident in tehran and between the ages 18-65 were selected from visitors at three   hospital censers at random. input accumulation was carried out by means of a questionnaire and ...

The reaction 28 Si + 181 Ta has been studied at E Lab =125 and 135 MeV. Coincidences between high energy particles and various X-and γ-rays from abnormally long-lived states were observed. e.g. 7.8-8.6 MeV α-particles with γ-rays of a superdeformed band, 5.1-5.5 MeV α-particles with X-and γ-rays of W, Re, and Pt, and 3.88 MeV particles (interpreted as protons) with 185.8 keV γ-rays. The data ar...