............................................................................................................................ iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........................................................................................................ v CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 1 Thesis Organization .......................

class Container public: abstract proc add( x : integer ) abstract proc get() : integerproc get() : integer proc empty() : boolean begin return getSize() == 0; end proc full() : boolean begin return getSize() == getMaxSize(); end abstract proc getSize() : integerproc getSize() : integer abstract proc getMaxSize() : integer; endproc getMaxSize() : integer; end Figura 3.4: Class Container for stor...

iii CHAPTER ONE. GENERAL INTRODUCTION Background 1 Objectives 16 Justification 17 Thesis Organization 17 Literature Cited 18 Tables and Figures 21 CHAPTER TWO. ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY OF REMNANT, RESTORED, AND RECONSTRUCTED IOWA TALLGRASS PRAIRIE: A COMPARISON Abstract 25 Introduction 26 Methods 28 Results 31 Discussion 36 Conclusions 40 Acknowledgements 40 Literature Cited 42 Tables and Figures 44...

iii CHAPTER I GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 Thesis organization 5 References 6 CHAPTER II EXOGENOUS CYTOKININ PRODUCES SIMILAR LEAF 9 GROWTH PHENOTYPES AS THE MAIZE HAIRY SHEATH FRAYED1 MUTANT Abstract 9 Introduction 10 Materials and methods 13 Results 15 Discussion 28 Figure legends 36 Tables 39 References 40 Figures 43 CHAPTER III ANALYSIS OF ENHANCERS OF HAIRY SHEATH 52 FRAYED1 LEAF PATTERNING DEFE...

............................................................................................... v General Introduction............................................................................... 1 References.................................................................................... 4 Thesis Organization....................................................................................