Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Achieving Consensus on the University of Kansas Open-Access Policy
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An Analysis of Conservation Gaps for Mexico
(GIS Day @ KU Planning Committee, 2009-11-18)KU Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology -
Mammals of the La Selva–Braulio Carrillo Complex, Costa Rica.
(North American Fauna, 1989-06)Resumen—El complejo La Selva-Braulio Carrillo de Costa Rica abarca un pasillo protejido de 60 kilómetros de bosque pluvial y selva nublada del Caribe. Extendiéndose desde 30 metros sobre el nivel del mar, en la Estación ... -
Two new species of the chewing louse genus Gliricola Mjöberg (Phthiraptera: Gyropidae) from Peruvian rodents
(Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 2002-12)Two new species of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Gyropidae) from high-elevation Peruvian rodents are described and illustrated: Gliricola cutkompi from Cuscomys ashaninka Emmons (Abrocomidae) and G. brooksae from Dactylomys ... -
Systematics and distribution of shrews of the genus Crocidura (Mammalia: Insectivora) in Vietnam.
(Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington., 1983-03)Three noncommensal species of white-toothed shrews (Crocidura) are found in Vietnam; from smallest to largest, they are C. horsfieldi indochinensis, C. attenuata, and C. fuliginosa dracula. All are probably widespread, ... -
Natural history of rock voles (Microtus chrotorrhinus) in Minnesota.
(Canadian Field–Naturalist, 1977-06)A population of rock voles, Microtus chrotorrhinus, which inhabited a large bed of boulders in northeastern Minnesota, was studied in August 1975. The voles did not occupy the entire boulder field, but rather appeared to ... -
A second population of rock voles, Microtus chrotorrhinus, in Minnesota with comments on habitat.
(Canadian Field–Naturalist, 1977-12) -
Rediscovery of the rock vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus) in Minnesota.
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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
(Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, University of Kansas: http://www.indigenous.ku.edu, 2006-03-01) -
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 ...