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The Prairie Naturalist Volume 27, No.4 December 1995

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NEW DISTRIBUTIONAL RECORDS FOR MAMMALS IN KANSAS · D. W Sparks and J. R. Choate

CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS IN NORTH DAKOTA PARASITIZED BY BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS ▪ G. P. Romig and R. D. Crawford

A NOTEWORTHY RECORD AND THE BREEDING DISTRIBUTION OF THE BLUE GROSBEAK IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ L. D. Igl

NEAR LONGEVITY RECORD FOR THE SNOW GOOSE ▪ M T. Koenen and D. M. Leslie, Jr.

COMPARISON OF WATER CONSUMPTION BETWEEN TWO GRASSLAND EMBERIZIDS ▪ J. L. Zimmerman

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DECLINING PROPORTION OF CITIZENS HUNTING IN SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ N. J. Dietz, K. F. Higgins, and R. D. Mendelsohn …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 27, No.3. September 1995

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SONGBIRD RESPONSES TO SAGEBRUSH REMOVAL IN A HIGH ELEVATION SAGEBRUSH STEPPE ECOSYSTEM ▪ L L Kerley and S. H Anderson

THE AVIFAUNA OF REMNANT TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NEAR BOULDER, COLORADO ▪ C E Bock, J. H Bock, and B. C Bennett

SHORT -TERM RESPONSES OF SMALL MAMMALS TO AUTUMN FIRE IN TALLGRASS PRAIRIE ▪ B.R. McMillan, D. E Brillhart, G A. Kaufman, and D. W. Kaufman

DIVERGENT SELECTION FOR SEED MASS IN FOXTAIL DALEA ▪ R. Bortnem and A. Boe

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American Woodcock Use of a Nest Box ▪ D.L. Bergman and J. M. Bergman

BOOK REVIEWS

Iowa's Vascular Plants ▪ …

Behavioral Responses To Pine Needle Oil In The Northern Pocket Gopher, Gisela Epple, Dale L. Nolte, J. Russell Mason, Eugeny Aronov, Shirley Wager-Page

National Wildlife Research Center Repellents Conference 1995

For many herbivorous mammals, oils from conifers are feeding repellents. Our study investigated effects of pine needle oil on feeding and other behaviors of northern pocket gophers. In one-choice feeding trials pocket gophers were offered sweet potato from single feeding stations placed into each subject's home cage. Stations contained either a scent dispenser with pine needle oil or with mineral oil. Pine needle oil did not inhibit food retrieval under these conditions. Responses to pine needle oil and to a control odorant, d-pulegone, were also tested in mazes where subjects were offered choices between two goal boxes, each containing food …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 27, No.2. June 1995

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WILDLIFE MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH OIL PITS IN WYOMING ▪ B.J. Esmoil and S.H. Anderson

DRAMATIC INCREASE OF LE CONTE'S SPARROW IN CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM FIELDS IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS ▪ LD. Igl and D.H. Johnson

CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA - 1994 ▪ R.N. Randall

DESCRIPTIONS OF WALLEYE STOCKS IN HIGH-ELEVATION RESERVOIRS, WYOMING ▪ T.D. Marwitz and W A. Hubert

NEW VASCULAR PLANT RECORDS FOR THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND WYOMING • G.E. Larson and J.R. Johnson

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A New Population of Small White Lady's-Slipper (Cypripedium candidum) in South Dakota ▪ S.E. Boettcher

Sandhill …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 27 , No. 1. March 1995

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DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS OF SAGE GROUSE IN COLORADO ▪ CE. Braun

BIRDS ASSOCIATED WITH BLACKBIRD SPRING FEEDING SITES IN SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ G.M. Linz, D.L. Bergman and W J. Bleier

INFLUENCE OF FORB ABUNDANCE ON WINTER BIRD USE OF CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM FIELDS ▪ S.D. Hull, R.J. Robel and K.E. Kemp

FIRST NEST DOCUMENTATION FOR WHIP-POOR-WILL IN SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ K. L. Dean, D.L. Swanson, E.T. Liknes and D.P. Weinacht

WOOD DUCK POPULATION EXPANSION IN NORTHERN MONTANA ▪ DM. Prellwitz, J.R. Little, L.R. Rau and C.J. Hoff

PRAIRIE VOLES AT LOW DENSITY IN UNGRAZED TALLGRASS PRAIRIE IN THE FLINT HILLS …

Identification And Conservation Strategy For Sandhills Fens In Cherry County Nebraska, Gerry Steinauer

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

In the Sandhills, fens are generally found in two locations: in stream valleys often near the headwaters and at the upper end of Sandhills lakes and marshes. In both areas groundwater discharge into the valleys can be abundant, and in some cases, has led to the development of fens on the valley floor. A few Sandhills fens approach 500 ac (200 ha) in size and are among the largest fens in the Great Plains. Most Sandhills fens are smaller, some only a few acres (ha) or less in size.

Human disturbances including ditching, artificial flooding, annual haying, overgrazing, invasion of …

Alternative Approaches To On-Farm Research And Technology Exchange, Charles A. Francis, Victoria Mundy, Rhonda Janke, James King

CARI Extension and Education Materials for Sustainable Agriculture

Decision Case Studies are Ideal for On-Farm Research by R. Kent Crookston (University of Minnesota)

Use of On-Farm Research by Farmers for Technology Development and Transfer by Stewart Wuest, Baird Miller, Stephen Guy, Russ Karow, Rojer Veseth, and Donald Wysocki (Washington State University, University of Idaho, and Oregon State University)

Best Information for Choosing Crop Varieties by Dale Hicks and Robert Stucker (University of Minnesota)

Adaptability Analysis for Diverse Environments by Peter Hildebrand and John Russell (University of Florida and Washington State University)

Complementary Abilities and Objectives in On-Farm Research by Derrick Exner (Iowa State University)

Credibility of On-Farm Research …