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Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Recent submissions
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Rediscovery of the rock vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus) in Minnesota.
(Canadian Field–Naturalist, 1974-03) -
Dental ontogeny and adaptation in Diphylla ecaudata.
(Journal of Mammalogy, 1975-02) -
Mammals collected by the Menage Scientific Expedition to the Philippine Islands and Borneo, 1890–1893.
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Chilamblyopinus piceus, a new genus and species of amblyopinine (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from southern Chile, with a discussion of amblyopinine generic relationships
(Kansas Entomological Society, 1988)Taxonomic history of staphylinid beetles of the tribe Amblyopinini is discussed. Chilamblyopinus piceus, a distinctive new genus and species, is described and illustrations of diagnostic characters are provided. A key to ... -
The effect of bot fly larvae on reproduction in white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus
(American Midland Naturalist, 1979-01)The effect of bot fly larvae on reproduction in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis) was determined from a sample of 1050 mice that were snap-trapped over a 2-year period in E-central Minnesota. Bot fly ... -
Subcutaneous and cutaneous melanins in Rhabdomys: complementary ultraviolet radiation shields
(Journal of Mammalogy, 1982-02)We describe the pigmented tissue layer covering the skull of Rhabdomys pumilio and test the hypotheses that it is melanin and that it functions in absorption of ultraviolet solar radiation. The parietals were covered by a ... -
A new species of Geomydoecus (Mallophaga: Trichodectidae) from the Texas pocket gopher, Geomys personatus (Rodentia: Geomyidae)
(Kansas Entomological Society, 1979)Geomydoecus dalgleishi n. sp. is described and illustrated for material off Geomys personatus fuscus from southern Texas. -
Indigenizing the Future: Why We Must Think Spatially in the Twenty-first Century
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Miskitu Identity in the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras
(Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, University of Kansas: http://www.indigenous.ku.edu, 2002-09-01)This article examines how Miskito individuals construct their ethnic identity in the inter-ethnic relations of the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, an internationally designated protected area in Honduras. The field research ... -
Connected to the Land: Nature and Spirit in the Novels of Louis Owens
(Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, University of Kansas: http://www.indigenous.ku.edu, 2002-03-01)Many authors who have contributed significantly to Native American writing are mixed bloods, because such individuals are invariably the ones who will initially engage the dominant culture. The mixed cultural experiences ... -
The Struggle to Protect the Exercise of Native Prisoners' Religious Rights
(Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, University of Kansas: http://www.indigenous.ku.edu, 2000-09-01)This article examines the record of the American judicial system in the protection of American Indian prisoners in the exercise of their religious rights. The article briefly examines the factors related to the high rates ... -
Finding the Indigenous in Indigenous Studies
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A new Cummingsia (Mallophaga: Trimenoponidae) from a Peruvian mouse-opossum (Marsupialia)
(Kansas Entomological Society, 1988)A new species of chewing louse, Cummingsia izori (Mallophaga: Trimenoponidae), is described and illustrated from a Peruvian mouse-opossum, Marmosa noctivaga (Marsupialia: Didelphidae). To date C. izori is known only from ... -
Review of the chewing louse genus Tinamotaecola (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae), with the description of three new species
(Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 2002-02)A systematic study of the chewing louse genus Tinamotaecola (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) was undertaken, enabling us to recognize four species in the genus. The single previously recognized species, T. andinae Carriker, ... -
A new species of Eutrichophilus (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) from the Brazilian black dwarf porcupine (Rodentia: Erethizontidae)
(Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 2000-01)A new species of chewing louse, Eutrichophilus koopmani (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae), is described and illustrated based on an adult male specimen taken off the Brazilian black dwarf porcupine, Coendou nycthemera (Olfers) ... -
Systematic notes on the Philippine slow loris, Nycticebus coucang menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) (Primates: Lorisidae)
(International Journal of Primatology, 1992-12)The slow loris described as menagensis (genus Nycticebus), which was collected as part of the Menage Scientific Expedition to the Philippines in the early 1890s by Frank S. Bourns and Dean C. Worcester, has had a wide ... -
Responding to the Human Costs of US Immigration Policy: No More Deaths and the New Sanctuary Movement.
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At the Intersection of Trauma and Testimonio: Edwidge Danticat's The Farming of Bones
(Antipodas: Journal of Hispanic and Galician Studies, 2009)The terms “trauma” and testimonio (or “testimony”) have been linked so often in literary studies as to seem inextricably connected, suggesting that literature of “trauma” and testimonio narratives are one and the same. ... -
Is host castration an evolutionary strategy of bot flies?
(Evolution, 1982-03)