Agricultural Research Division 113th Annual Report 1999

It is a pleasure to provide you with a copy of the 113th Annual Report of the University of Nebraska Agricultural Research Division (ARD). This report is our opportunity to inform you about our research programs and accomplishments and to allow us to assess the progress and effectiveness of our collective efforts to develop new knowledge. After examining this report, we hope you will agree with our assessment that ARD research has provided new technology and knowledge for Nebraskans which will improve the profitability of their enterprises, enhance environmental quality, and improve their quality of life. This report provides some highlights of research accomplishments, a listing of scientists and research associates, awards and honors received by our faculty and graduate students, outputs from our research projects, and the ARD financial report for the period July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999. This report was compiled in compliance with the intent of the law of the State of Nebraska that established the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station on March 31, 1887. Our Mission ... 2 Foreword ... 3 Research Highlights ... 4 Faculty Awards and Recognitions ... 12 Graduate Student Awards and Recognitions ... 14 Undergraduate Honors Student Research Program ... 16 Variety and Germplasm Releases ... 17 Copyrights and Patents ... 21 Administration ... 22 … Administrative Personnel ... 22 … Organizational Chart ... 23 … Administrative Units Reporting to ARD ... 24 … IANR Research Facilities ... 25 Faculty ... 26 … Agricultural/Natural Resources Units ... 27 … Human Resources and Family Sciences Departments ... 34 … Off-Campus Research Centers ... 35 … Interdisciplinary Activities ... 36 Visiting Scientists and Research Associates ... 38 Research Projects ... 42 … Agricultural/Natural Resources Units ... 42 … Human Resources and Family Sciences Departments ... 47 … Off-Campus Research Centers ... 48 … Interdisciplinary Activities ... 49 Publications ... 50 … Agricultural/Natural Resources Units ... 54 … Human Resources and Family Sciences Departments ... 70 … Off-Campus Research Centers ... 71 Research Expenditures ... 7

Agricultural Research Division 113th Annual Report 1999

It is a pleasure to provide you with a copy of the 113th Annual Report of the University of Nebraska Agricultural Research Division (ARD). This report is our opportunity to inform you about our research programs and accomplishments and to allow us to assess the progress and effectiveness of our collective efforts to develop new knowledge. After examining this report, we hope you will agree with our assessment that ARD research has provided new technology and knowledge for Nebraskans which will improve the profitability of their enterprises, enhance environmental quality, and improve their quality of life. This report provides some highlights of research accomplishments, a listing of scientists and research associates, awards and honors received by our faculty and graduate students, outputs from our research projects, and the ARD financial report for the period July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999. This report was compiled in compliance with the intent of the law of the State of Nebraska that established the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station on March 31, 1887. Our Mission ... 2 Foreword ... 3 Research Highlights ... 4 Faculty Awards and Recognitions ... 12 Graduate Student Awards and Recognitions ... 14 Undergraduate Honors Student Research Program ... 16 Variety and Germplasm Releases ... 17 Copyrights and Patents ... 21 Administration ... 22 … Administrative Personnel ... 22 … Organizational Chart ... 23 … Administrative Units Reporting to ARD ... 24 … IANR Research Facilities ... 25 Faculty ... 26 … Agricultural/Natural Resources Units ... 27 … Human Resources and Family Sciences Departments ... 34 … Off-Campus Research Centers ... 35 … Interdisciplinary Activities ... 36 Visiting Scientists and Research Associates ... 38 Research Projects ... 42 … Agricultural/Natural Resources Units ... 42 … Human Resources and Family Sciences Departments ... 47 … Off-Campus Research Centers ... 48 … Interdisciplinary Activities ... 49 Publications ... 50 … Agricultural/Natural Resources Units ... 54 … Human Resources and Family Sciences Departments ... 70 … Off-Campus Research Centers ... 71 Research Expenditures ... 7

Landscape Structure And Terrain-Based Hunting Range Models: Exploring Late Prehistoric Land Use In The Nutzotin Mountains, Southcentral Alaska

Thesis (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2010Striving for better delineation of site function, land use, and settlement patterns, the data and analyses presented in this dissertation aim to explore more robust and objective avenues of inquiry for addressing the variability and distribution of surface lithic scatters using terrain-based hunting range models. Using large mammal distributions, Athabascan hunting ranges, and topography, landscape metrics, and an exploratory data analysis (EDA) framework, landscape structure is quantified and compared across much of the Alaskan Interior to identify reoccurring patterns related to hunting land use and the range characteristics of caribou, moose, and sheep. Key components of the landscape structure are contrasted with topographic matrices associated with protohistoric and late prehistoric sites via discriminant function classification models. Projectile points, scrapers and bifaces from surface scatters in the Nutzotin Mountains are examined in relationship to these models and their constituent elements. The results show that the association of certain chipped-stone tools and landscape structure are highly autocorrelated. This suggests that landscape structure models can be useful in the generation of constructive hypotheses to test ideas concerning inter-assemblage variability, site function and varied forms of land use