Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Kitchen Table Discourse: Negotiating the “Tricky Ground” of Indigenous Research
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Species' geographic distributions through time: Playing catchup with changing climates
(Springer Verlag, 2012-03-02)Species’ ranges are often treated as a rather fixed characteristic, rather than a fluid, ever-changing manifestation of their ecological requirements and dispersal abilities. Paleontologists generally have had a more ... -
Seasonally dry tropical forest mammals: Adaptations and seasonal patterns
(Island Press, 2011-01)Seasonally dry tropical forests have one of the most extreme climates within tropical ecosystems. Mammals that inhabit tropical dry forests must be capable of dealing with high temperatures, low precipitation in the dry ... -
An Interview with James Brinsfield
(Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Arthttp://albrecht-kemper.org/james-brinsfield-paintings-2007-2011/, 2011-12)Kansas City-based painter James Brinsfield, interviewed by University of Kansas art history professor David Cateforis, discusses selected works in the exhibition "James Brinsfield: Paintings 2007-2011," on view at the ... -
Length Scale Analysis of Surface Energy Fluxes Derived from Remote Sensing
(American Meteorological Society, 2003)Wavelet multiresolution analysis was used to examine the variation in dominant length scales determined from remotely sensed airborne- and satellite-derived surface energy flux data. The wavelet cospectra are computed between ... -
Seasonal trends in air temperature and precipitation in IPCC AR4 GCM output for Kansas, USA: evaluation and implications
(Royal Meteorological Society, 2009-01-08)Understanding the impacts of future climate change in Kansas is important for agricultural and other socioeconomic sectors in the region. To quantify these impacts, seasonal trends in air temperature and precipitation ... -
Quantifying the thermodynamic entropy budget of the land surface: is this useful?
(European Geosciences Union, 2011-06-20)As a system is moved away from a state of thermodynamic equilibrium, spatial and temporal heterogeneity is induced. A possible methodology to assess these impacts is to examine the thermodynamic entropy budget and ... -
Characterizing the multi–scale spatial structure of remotely sensed evapotranspiration with information theory
(European Geosciences Union, 2011-08-22)A more thorough understanding of the multi-scale spatial structure of land surface heterogeneity will enhance understanding of the relationships and feedbacks between land surface conditions, mass and energy exchanges ... -
Surface heterogeneity impacts on boundary layer dynamics via energy balance partitioning
(European Geosciences Union, 2011-04-11)The role of land-atmosphere interactions under heterogeneous surface conditions is investigated in order to identify mechanisms responsible for altering surface heat and moisture fluxes. Twelve coupled land surface – ... -
Predicting suitable environments and potential occurrences for coelacanths (Latimeria spp.)
(Springer Verlag, 2011)Extant coelacanths (Latimeria chalumnae) were first discovered in the western Indian Ocean in 1938; in 1998, a second species of coelacanth, Latimeria menadoensis, was discovered off the north coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia, ... -
GIS in Indigenous Communities isn't Participatory GIS: Examples in Honduras and Mexico
(GIS Day @ KU Planning Committee, 2011-11-16)KU Department of Geography -
Book Review: Effects of Climate Change on Birds
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The Faces of Haiti: Resolute in Reform, Resistance and Recovery
(2011-10-25)This report describes the activities and findings of the University of Kansas Haitian Research Initiative team that travelled to Haiti in July 2011. The purpose of the visit was to assess the current research and educational ... -
Socially-related and spontaneous circadian thermo-acrophase shifts in Rhabdomys pumilio.
(1982)The reportedly diurnally-active African four-striped field mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio (Sparrmann, 1784; Rodentia: Muridae), studied with food freely available singly-caged at 24 ± I°C by the use of an intraperitoneal transensor ... -
Mammalian distributional records in Yucatán and Quintana Roo, with comments on reproduction, structure, and status of peninsular populations.
(1974-08)Specimens of one marsupial, 25 species of bats, one edentate, 12 species of rodents, and five carnivores are reported from localities in Yucatán and Quintana Roo. Noctilio leporinus and Eumops bonariensis are added to the ... -
Systematics, distribution, and host specificity of Edrabius Fauvel (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
(Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 1996-12)Systematics, distribution, and host relations of the amblyopinine genus Edrabius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) are reviewed. Herein, we recognize 11 species in the genus Edrabius, all of which are obligate associates of ... -
Present Dogs, Absent Witches: Illustration and Interpretation of ‘El coloquio de los perros’
(Cervantes Society of America, 2008)Aunque los grabados que acompañan a los textos impresos de las Novelas ejemplares suelen representar los desenlaces de las novelas, las imágenes de “El coloquio de los perros” rompen con esta tendencia visual. Este trabajo ...