Great Plains Studies, Center for
Date of this Version
2009
Abstract
Social Sciences
Socioeconomic Impacts of Developing Wind Energy in the Great Plains (F. Larry Leistritz and Randal C. Coon) .............. 3
Archeological Interpretation of the Frontier Battle at Mud Springs, Nebraska (Peter Bleed and Douglas D. Scott) .............. 13
Natural Sciences
Causes and Impacts of Salinization in the Lower Pecos River (Christopher W. Hoagstrom) .............. 27
Near-Surface Soil-Water Monitoring for Water Resources Management on a Wide-Area Basis in the Great Plains (Hubbard, You, Sridhar, Hunt, Korner, and Roebke) .............. 45
Precipitation Event Size Controls on Long-Term Abundance of Opuntia Polyacantha (Plains Prickly-Pear) in Great Plains Grasslands (Lauenroth, Dougherty, and Singh) .............. 55
Ecology of Small Mammals, Vegetation, and Avian Nest Survival on Private Rangelands in Nebraska (Fricke, Kempema, and Powell) .............. 65
Marginal Value of Irrigation Water Use in the South Saskatchewan River Basin, Canada (Antony Samarawickrema and Suren Kulshreshtha) .............. 73
Historical Changes in the Occurrence and Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in Kansas ( Angelo, Cringan, Hays, Goodrich, Miller, VanScoyoc, and Simmons) .............. 89
Book Reviews .............. 127
News and Notes .............. 143
Comments
Published in Great Plains Research 19.1 (Spring 2009). © 2009 Copyright by the Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.