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Biology and distribution of staphylinid beetles associated with bovine feces in south central Texas
(1985)
The staphylinid fauna of a south central Texas pasture was identified. Species composition were compared in two habitats; open and wooded pasture. Over 27,000 specimens of Staphylinidae were captured during a field study ...
Reducing fiscal and administrative burdens on Texas school districts involved in special education due process proceedings
(1984)
The purpose of this study was to produce a list of strategies used by Texas school districts to reduce the fiscal and administrative burdens associated with special education due process proceedings. Most of the unnecessary ...
Quantifying forest stands using Landsat : an initial exploration
(1986)
Forest stand parameters were shown to be estimable, using data acquired by the Landsat satellite, at a statistically significant level of accuracy. When volume was regressed against spectral signature, the vegetation index ...
Genesis of soils and carbonate enriched horizons associated with soft limestones in Central Texas
(1986)
Soils associated with soft Cretaceous limestones occupy more than 3 million hectares in Central Texas and are important to the state's agricultural rangelands. Most of these soils occupy moderately to strongly sloping ...
An economic analysis of the dynamic land market system in the Edwards Plateau of Texas
(1976)
Rural land markets have experienced an increasing level of interest as a result of more participants, both agricultural and nonagricultural, and greater concern for the benefits available to property owners. The source of ...
An assessment of plant resistance to the sorghum midge, Contarinia sorghicola, in selected lines of Sorghum bicolor
(1980)
During a 4-year period, plant resistance in sorghum to Contarinia sorghicola was studied. Experiments were conducted (1) to determine the relative level of resistance to the sorghum midge possessed by selected lines ...
Local leadership control of small community growth/nongrowth
(1980)
The increasing scale of urban life suggests that the autonomy of small communities is lessened as verticalization and massification occurs. The processes of urbanization, industrialization, and bureaucratization which ...
Opinions of the success or failure of state supported post secondary remediation through the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP)
(1993)
The Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP), mandated by House Bill 2182 (1987), requires all postsecondary state institutions to provide the developmental coursework for those students who fail to pass one or more of three ...
Variation in the chromosomes of five species of pocket gophers in the genus Geomys as detected by differential staining, and the phylogenetic implications
(1992)
Two isolated populations of pocket gophers were discovered outside the previously known distribution of geomyids in Texas. These represent a new taxon, which is related to Geomys texensis in biochemical properties, chromosome ...
Analysis of selected short hedging strategies for Texas wheat and corn producers
(1989)
Since 1984, wheat and corn producers have had a new risk management strategy, commodity options, available to them. This research evaluates the performance of selected short hedging strategies, including options and futures. ...