Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science articles from October 2002

Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science archives from October 2002

A survey of myxomycetes from three sites within Rutherford County, middle Tennessee.
October 1, 2002... ABSTRACT--A survey of myxomycetes was conducted at three sites within Rutherford County, Tennessee, during September and October of 1989 and from April through mid-July 1990. Fructifications that developed on moist-chambered bark samples from...

Invertebrate availability for upland game birds in tall fescue and native warm-season grass fields.
October 1, 2002... ABSTRACT--Native warm-season grasses (NWSG) are commonly recommended over introduced cool-season grasses to enhance the structure of available wildlife habitat. Data concerning food availability (macroinvertebrate abundance) for young...

Feeding habits of seepage-dwelling dusky salamanders (Desmognathus fuscus) of Short Mountain, Cannon County, Tennessee.
October 1, 2002... ABSTRACT--Salamanders inhabiting splash zones of seepage areas have access to both aquatic and terrestrial prey. Stomach-content analyses of Cannon County dusky salamander populations indicate that postmetamorphic individuals consume a variety...

Gray bat night-roosting under bridges.
October 1, 2002... ABSTRACT--Many bat species use bridges as roosts for temporary resting places and thermal refuge between foraging bouts. We surveyed 37 bridges over waterways in northwest Georgia during the summer of 2000 and 2001 for night-roosting bats. We...

Color Atlas of Histology.(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Leslie P. Gartner and James L. Hiatt. 2000. 3rd ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 444 pp., $54.95 (paper). ISBN 0-7817-2585-2. This spiral bound atlas can serve as a supplementary illustrative guide as well as a stand-alone text. There are...

Plant Biology.(Book Review)
October 1, 2002... Linda E. Graham, James M. Graham, and Lee W. Wilcox. 2003. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. 497 pp. $69.00 (hardcover). ISBN 0-13-030371-2. Over the last few decades, two trends in introductory college biology textbooks can...