Additions to the Avifauna of Honduras

The Auk ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 621-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mickey J. Marcus
Keyword(s):  
The South ◽  
Northern Limit ◽  
Numerous Species ◽  
Lowland Forests ◽  
Myrmeciza Exsul ◽  
Ara Ambigua ◽  
Hylophylax Naevioides

Abstract I report specimens and sight records of 15 species new to Honduras: Mesembrinibis cayennensis, Falco femoralis, Anous minutus, Ara ambigua, Chalybura urochrysia, Baryphthengus martii, Myrmeciza exsul, Hylopezus perspicillatus, Conopias parva, Lophotriccus pileatus, Dacnis cayana, Vermivora ruficapilla, Tachyphonus delatrii, Pitylus grossus, and Sporophila schistacea. Twelve additional range extensions within Honduras are reported for species that reach their northern limit of distribution in the lowland forests of the Mosquitia region: Tigrisoma lineatum, Leucopternis semiplumbea, Ortalis cinereiceps, Ramphastos swainsonii, Myrmotherula fulviventris, Myrmotherula axillaris, Hylophylax naevioides, Phaenostictus mcleannani, Colonia colonus, Myiozetetes granadensis, Cyporhinus phaeocephalus, and Cacicus uropygialis. With the exception of Anous minutus, Falco femoralis, and Vermivora ruficapilla, all records are range extentions from the south. Some of the northward range extensions into the forests of eastern Honduras from the contiguous forests of Nicaragua were expected, but other records indicate notable range extensions. A list is provided of those species that currently reach their northernmost distribution in Nicaragua and whose presence may be expected in adjacent regions of Honduras. The extensive humid forests in the departments of Olancho and Gracias a Dios are the northernmost limits of numerous species, which may be prevented from further northward dispersal by biogeographic barriers.

Le synclinal danien-eocene de La Mourotte (Var)

1962 ◽  
Vol S7-IV (1) ◽  
pp. 87-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernand Touraine
Keyword(s):  
Upper Jurassic ◽  
The South ◽  
Northern Limit ◽  
Southern Limit ◽  
The North ◽  
Bird Eggs ◽  
Tectonic Study ◽  
Dinosaur Eggs

Abstract Results of a stratigraphic and tectonic study of the Mourotte syncline, Provence, France, divide the structure into three parts. The northern part is composed of Hauterivian littoral beds containing Danian dinosaur eggs. The Danian limestone-sandstone series disappears at La Neuve while the marly upper Danian beds continue to the extreme northern limit of the syncline. In the central part the Hauterivian wedges out, and toward its southern limit the substratum is entirely upper Jurassic. In the southern part, the Danian limestones are only visible on the northeast border. Bird eggs collected in the area assign the southern part of the syncline to the Thanetian. Overturning is less noticeable in the north, becoming acute toward the south where the syncline is tightly overturned.

How do sexual differences in growth and maturation interact to determine size in northern and southern painted turtles?

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (8) ◽  
pp. 1436-1443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert St. Clair ◽  
Patrick T. Gregory ◽  
J. Malcolm Macartney
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Chrysemys Picta ◽  
Annual Growth ◽  
Painted Turtle ◽  
Size At Maturity ◽  
The South ◽  
Northern Limit ◽  
Painted Turtles ◽  
Annual Frequency

Widely distributed animals often show considerable differences in growth and maturation both between sexes and among populations. We compared growth and maturation between the sexes in the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) at the northern limit of its range and related these differences to patterns observed in southern populations. In British Columbia, females grow faster and mature later than males, and as a consequence, are both larger and older than males at maturity. Northern individuals of both sexes show greater annual growth than populations farther south, despite a shorter growing season. Northern males may mature at a similar age to those in the south but northern females mature later than those in the south and this, coupled with faster growth, results in larger size at maturity. Because of constraints on the number of clutches that may be successfully incubated per year at a higher latitude, northern females reproduce at most once per year, whereas southern females can produce several clutches over a summer. Therefore, delayed maturity and faster growth may be favoured in northern females so that they may produce larger clutches at a necessarily lower annual frequency.

scholarly journals Notes on the blood-sucking insects of Eastern Tropical Africa

1912 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Neave
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Domestic Animals ◽  
Limited Time ◽  
The South ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
Numerous Species ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
General Account ◽  
Blood Sucking

Owing to the very limited time available during my stay in England, it has not seemed advisable to attempt any general account of so extensive a region as that covered by my recent journey through Tropical East Africa. This region extends practically from the Zambesi River to the Upper Nile, and is included in 12 degrees of longitude and no less than 22 parallels of latitude. It comprises all types of country from open plains to dense forests, and elevations from sealevel to 10,000 feet. This area includes, in addition to a large portion of the Eastern Tropical subregion, a small portion of the South African subregion and. in Uganda, of the Western Tropical subregion. The entomological study of so large an area involves a great variety of interesting questions and an even more bewildering diversity of insect life. The economic relations of these numerous species with man and his domestic animals present a large number of problems, in regard to many of which much additional evidence is required.

SOME PACIFIC COAST PANURGINUS (HYMEN., APOIDEA)

1935 ◽  
Vol 67 (12) ◽  
pp. 275-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles D. Michener
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Coast ◽  
South American ◽  
The South ◽  
South American Species ◽  
Numerous Species

Numerous species of bees, commonly referred to Panurginus, must, as has been shown by Crawford, be referred to Pseudopanurgus. This is brought out, not only by venation, but also by characters of the genitalia and sternites. It is possible that these insects are to be separated subgenerically from the coarsely punctate, typical, Pseudopanurgus, but their relationship is not with Panurginus. The South American species which I have seen are also Pseudopanurgus.

scholarly journals Estrutura fitossociológica de uma associação natural de parque Inhanduvá com quebracho e cina cina, no Rio Grande do Sul

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Newton Cardoso Marchiori ◽  
Solon J. Longhi ◽  
Luiz Galvão
Keyword(s):  
Rio Grande ◽  
Natural Vegetation ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
The South ◽  
Numerous Species ◽  
Typical Species ◽  
Rare Association ◽  
South West ◽  
Neighbouring Area

The phytosociological structure of a park's natural vegetation located in the south-west of Rio Grande do Sul State, in a Quarai Chico River neighbouring area, and under ciliary forest influence, was studied. The vegetation is characterized by the existence of Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco Schlecht. (quebracho) and Parkineonia aculeata L. (cina-cina), as well as by the presence of numerous species of ciliary forest, associated with the three typical species of the Inhanduva Park. Since this is a rare association in Brazil and because it constitutes a very fragile ecosystem, we suggest its preservation.

Species diversity and resource relationships of South Georgian fungi

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. I. Lewis Smith
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Nutrient Cycling ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Vascular Plants ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
The South ◽  
Fungal Flora ◽  
Numerous Species ◽  
South Georgia ◽  
Tussock Grassland

The occurrence and distribution of the South Georgia fungal flora, particularly Ascomycotina and Basidiomycotina, is assessed in terms of habitat and substrate preference. The 113 taxa reported comprise 37 basidiomycetes, 49 ascomycetes, six myxomycetes and at least 21 lower fungi. Peat and litter substrata associated with tall tussock grassland have a rich macro-fungal flora, and numerous species occur in bog and mire communities, some in abundance from mid to late summer. Many micro-fungi and ascomycetes colonize dying leaves and inflorescences of specific vascular plants, and a few colonize bryophytes and lichens. At least a dozen species, probably non-indigenous, are associated with rotting timber and other imported materials at former whaling stations. An intensive survey of the South Georgia mycoflora is necessary to gain better understanding of their role in decomposition and nutrient cycling processes in the principal plant communities.

Reconnaissance of the Central San Joaquin Valley

1941 ◽  
Vol 7 (2Part1) ◽  
pp. 123-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon W. Hewes
Keyword(s):  
San Joaquin Valley ◽  
Base Line ◽  
The South ◽  
Northern Limit ◽  
Southern Limit ◽  
Central California ◽  
The North ◽  
East And West ◽  
California Archaeology ◽  
Central San Joaquin Valley

A survey of the central San Joaquin Valley has demonstrated a threefold cultural sequence north of Stockton, upsetting the earlier view that central California archaeology lacked evidence of change; south of Tulare Lake are indications of similar cultural stratification. Before the survey the 160 miles between Stockton and Tulare Lake was known only from scattered specimens and occasional correspondence with local collectors.The area of the 1939 reconnaissance is bounded on the north by the southern limit of Schenck and Dawson's 1929 report, the Mount Diablo Base Line; on the south, by Gifford and Schenck's northern limit, the southern end of Tulare Lake; on the east and west, by the Valley drainage limits. This territory includes the basin of the second largest river in California, and was formerly occupied by the bulk of the Yokutsspeaking peoples, and by some of the Miwok and Mono.

scholarly journals Cabo Verde: Gulag of the South Atlantic: Racism, Fishing Prohibitions, and Famines

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 101-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
George E. Brooks
Keyword(s):  
South Atlantic ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
The South ◽  
Numerous Species ◽  
Cabo Verde

[Off São Tiago Island, March 1456] We found so great a quantity of fish that it is incredible to record.[Praia, São Tiago, April 1816] The strictest precautions are taken against the evasion of slaves on board foreign vessels that touch here, and particularly by not allowing boats of any kind to the inhabitants, the want of which gives to the port the appearance of a deserted settlement.Numerous species of fish swim in Cabo Verdean waters, and the two streams of the Canary Current flowing past the archipelago nourish some of the richest marine resources on the globe. Yet, for centuries Portuguese colonial officials leagued with plantation owners to prohibit Cabo Verdeans from owning fishing craft and other vessels to prevent the escape of slaves, mutinous soldiers, exiled criminals, and political deportees. Denied the bounty of the sea and afflicted by multi-year droughts, tens of thousands of destitute people perished during famines. Cabo Verde during Portuguese rule was a gulag.

An Archaeological Survey of the Rio Tepalcatepec Basin, Michoacán, Mexico

1943 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Goggin
Keyword(s):  
Mexico City ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
East Side ◽  
The South ◽  
Northern Limit ◽  
West Central

The Tepalcatepec Basin lies in west central Michoacán, about 250 miles west and south of Mexico City. It can be reached in the dry season by a road that leads south from Uruapan. The area covered is in a large valley (50 by 35 miles) limited on the south and west by the Rio Grande de Tepalcatepec and on the east by the Rio Marqués (Rio Cupatitzio). The northern limit is approximately the 700-meter contour where the foothills rise abruptly to the Sierras surrounding Mt. Tancítaro. This valley extends northwest some distance up the east side of the Rio Tepalcatepec.

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