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Full Issue, Vol. 13a

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

No abstract provided.

Hosts Of Scolytidae And Platypodidae, Stephen L. Wood, Donald E. Bright Jr.

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

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Diet Content And Overlap Of Six Species Of Turtle Among The Wabash River, Lori Pierce

Masters Theses

A community of six species of turtles from the Wabash River and its backwaters was studied to determine diet composition of each species and amount of dietary overlap among species. Species studied included: Trionyx muticus, Trionyx spiniferus, and Graptemys ouachitensis in the river; Trachemys scripta and Chrysemys picta in both the river and backwaters; and Chelydra serpentina in the backwaters only.

Trionyx muticus, T. spiniferus, and G. ouachitensis all belong to a guild that specializes on aquatic insects. The highest diet overlap (69.6%) was between the two softshells, T. muticus and T. spiniferus. Coexistence is possible because T. spiniferus are …

A Herpetofaunal Survey Of The Braidwood Dunes And Savanna Nature Preserve, Daniel J. O'Connell

Masters Theses

A herpetofaunal survey was conducted on two sand prairie areas in Will Co., IL.; The Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve (BD+S), and Sandridge Savanna. Drift fences with pitfall traps, herpetological attractor panels, aquatic hoop traps, and manual collecting were used to sample the two preserves. A species list was compiled, and the habitat preferences and relative abundance of each species present were determined. The species list was compared with the species lists of other Illinois sand areas and the Nebraska sandhills. Guilds represented by the herpetofaunae of each area were also compared.

Seventeen species were recorded at BD+S and …

Reproduction In The Western Mud Snake, Farancia Abacura Reinwardtii (Serpentes: Colubridae), In Arkansas, John W. Robinette, Stanley E. Trauth

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The reproductive cycle of Farancia abacura reinwardtii was studied using samples of snakes collected throughout Arkansas from 1985 to 1991 ;museum specimens were also examined. The right testis of 22 males was examined by light microscopy. Histological analysis of the testis indicated a postnuptial spermatogenic cycle. Testicular recrudescence begins in late May with sperm production peaking in late summer; sperm over winter in the ductus deferens. Ovarian follicles of 22 females were measured and counted; two follicular sizes were noted. In those undergoing primary vitellogenesis, a maximum size of 6.5 mm was reached; those exhibiting secondary vitellogenesis ranged in size …

Effect Of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Fever On The Humoral Response Of New Zealand White Rabbits, Lawrence W. Hinck, Stanley N. David

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Maternity Colony Of Gray Bats In A Non-Cave Site, Lorraine Timmerman, V. Rick Mcdaniel

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Phylogeny, Historical Biogeography, And Ecology Of Anophryocephalus Spp. (Eucestoda: Tetrabothriidae) Among Pinnipeds Of The Holarctic During The Late Tertiary And Pleistocene, Eric P. Hoberg, Ann M. Adams

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Phylogenetic systematic analyses of Anophryocephalus spp. resulted in a single most-parsimonious cladogram (consistency index: 80%). Cladograms for pinniped hosts (phocids and otariids) and Anophryocephalus spp. were highly incongruent, corroborating a hypothesis for colonization as a dominant determinant of parasite diversification. Phoca (Pusa) spp. in the Atlantic basin are postulated as the initial hosts; range expansion for hosts and parasites into the Pacific basin through the Arctic (ca. 3.0-2.5 million years ago) was followed by radiation of Anophryocephalus spp. among Phoca spp. and subsequent colonization of otariids (Eumetopias jubatus as typical hosts; ca. 2.0 million years ago). Host …

Introduction (English, French, German, And Spanish), Stephen L. Wood, Donald E. Bright Jr.

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

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Front Matter, Vol. 13a

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

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Subfamily Tesserocerinae, Stephen L. Wood, Donald E. Bright Jr.

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

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Supplement To The 1987 Bibliography, Stephen L. Wood, Donald E. Bright Jr.

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

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First Evidence Of Plague (Yersinia Pestis) In Nebraska Is Found In Panhandle Predators, Dallas Virchow, Wayne L. Kramer, Charles S. Brown, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Alan M. Barnes

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

In September, 1992, plague (Yersinia pestis) antibody was found in the blood of a coyote (Canis latrans) (1:128 titer) and a badger (Taxidea taxus) (1:2048 titer) taken near a suspect black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) town in Sioux County. However, a 1989-1991 survey of 96 coyotes taken from nine Nebraska Panhandle counties demonstrated no plague antibodies. Passive hemagglutination tests of Nobuto blood-sampling paper proved useful to quickly survey a predator population that is distributed across a broad geographic area.

1991 (Fourth) Report Of The Nou Records Committee

Nebraska Bird Review

The functions and methods of the NOU Records Committee (hereinafter, "the committee") have been described previously (NBR 54:72-4).

This report includes accounts of records evaluated by the committee in the last year, covering mostly records with accession numbers 247-94. All records mentioned here are available to interested persons at the NOU archives at the University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln.

STATE LIST

Errors made in this section of the third report of the committee should be corrected as follows:

• the genus of Yellow-crowned Night-Heron is Nyctanassa

• the specific epithet of American Pipit is rubescens.

With this …

"Acknowledgments," From Nebraska Bird Review (December 1991), Rosalind Morris

Nebraska Bird Review

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I'd like to thank the following people and groups for their help with Volume 59 of The Nebraska Bird Review:

• The Humanities Research Center, Washington State University, Dr. Thomas C. Faulkner, Director; Rhonda M. Blair, Administrative Assistant; Jian Wang and Ann Garnsey, Research Assistants-For the use of their state-of-the-art Macintosh facilities. Because of the extensive hardware and software in the HRC, an electronic copy of the Review, including charts and photographs, can be archived for future reference.
• The Avery Microcomputer Lab, Barbara M. Sitko, Director-For the use of Macintoshes in the AML in preparing the Review. …

Addition To Fall 1991 Occurrence Report

Nebraska Bird Review

ADDITION TO FALL 1991 OCCURRENCE REPORT

The following rows were inadvertently omitted from the table on page 77 of the September NBR.

Eastern Phoebe:
Holt- Mr 28 Je 16
Knox- Ap 14 Je 9
York
Polk- Mr 31 S
Cuming
Saunders Mr 30 Je 29
Lancaster Mr 24 S
Dakota Ap 19 My 11
Washington
Douglas/Sarpy My 29 Je 6
Cass Mr 20 Je 30

Say's Phoebe:
Holt
Knox
York
Polk
Cuming
Saunders
Lancaster Ap 13
Dakota
Washington
Douglas/Sarpy My 23
Cass

Addresses For The March Review

Nebraska Bird Review

ADDRESSES FOR THE MARCH REVIEW

Articles, Notes, Christmas Count Data, photos, and other items should be mailed to Dr. Rosalind Morris, 3018 "O" Street, Lincoln, NE 68510.

Occurrence Reports and Field Trips Lists for the last half of 1991 should be mailed to Ray Korpi, NW 1340 State #6, Pullman, WA 99163.

Book Reviews From Nebraska Bird Review (December 1991), Lysbeth Benkert

Nebraska Bird Review

BOOK REVIEWS

John Terborgh. Where Have All The Birds Gone? Princeton: Princeton U P, 1989. 186 pp. + bibliography + index.

John Terborgh's 1989 book Where Have All the Birds Gone? attempts to explore why the population of migratory birds in the United States has dropped so drastically during this past century and what can be done to better monitor and document possible causes of their disappearance. Over the course of his study, Terborgh covers three major areas of the United States. Beginning with the Chesapeake Bay area, he takes a close look at the declining populations of waterfowl; …

Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review (December 1991)

Nebraska Bird Review

Published quarterly in March, June, September, and December by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc., as its official journal and sent to all members who are not arrears for dues. Subscriptions (on a calendar year basis only) are $12.50 per year in the United States, $15.00 per year in Canada and Mexico, and handled on a case-by-case basis for all other countries, payable in advance. Single copies are $4.00 each, postpaid, in the United States; $5.00 elsewhere. Orders for back issues of the Review should be sent to Thomas E. Labedz, NOU Librarian, W 436 Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, …

Notes From The Editor From Nebraska Bird Review (December 1991), Rosalind Morris

Nebraska Bird Review

Index and Notes. An index for Volume 59 of The Nebraska Bird Review will be forthcoming in a later issues as will some notes submitted by NOU members which were not included here. I thank all for their contributions.

"Nou Annual Meeting" Announcement, From Nebraska Bird Review (December 1991)

Nebraska Bird Review

NOU Annual Meeting

May 15-17, 1991

McCook, Nebraska

Mark it on your calendar and make plans to attend!

The 1991 Census Of Least Terns And Piping Plovers In Nebraska, John G. Sidle, Erika C. Wilson, John Dinan, Jeanine Lackey, Greg Wingfield, Barbara K. Good

Nebraska Bird Review

We counted least terns (Sterna antillarum) and piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) in Nebraska during June and July, 1991. This undertaking was part of an international effort to census the threatened piping plover throughout Canada and the United States. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) (1988) has called for the censusing of piping plovers every five years to monitor the status of the species and to gage the effectiveness of recovery efforts. This first international census of the piping plover has been organized by the USFWS's Great Lakes/Northern Great Plains Piping Plover recovery team. The census …

Nebraska Bird Review- Whole Issue December 1991 Volume 59 Number 4

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

Addresses for the March Review......................102

Acknowledgements......................102

Addition to Fall 1991 Occurrence Report ......................102

Birds of the Eastern Sandhills in Holt County, Nebraska ......................103

The 1991 Census of Least Terns and Piping Plovers in Nebraska ......................133

1991 (Fourth) Report of the NOU Records Committee......................150

Book Reviews ......................155

Index To Volume 59

Nebraska Bird Review

Index to Volume 59

Accipiter sp. 14

Albino, partial 153

Alexander, Irene 4

Alfred, Norris 12, 97

Allen, Betty 4

Allison, Mary 3

Amateur: Finding a Niche in Ornithology, The 39

Andersen, John 47

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Zwink, Diane 4

Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review (December 1991 #2)

Nebraska Bird Review

Published quarterly in March, June, September, and December by the Nebraska Ornithologist’s Union, Inc. as its official journal and sent to all members who are not arrears for dues. Subscriptions (on a calendar year basis only) are $12.50 per year in the United States, $15.00 per year in Canada and Mexico, and handled on a case-by-case basis for all other countries, payable in advance. Single copies are $4.00 each, postpaid, in the United States, $5.00 elsewhere. Orders for back issues of the Review should be sent to Thomas E. Labedz, NOU Librarian, W 436 Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (December 1991 #2)

Nebraska Bird Review

Cover

Index to Volume 59

Mailing Information

The Mayfly Newsletter, Peter M. Grant

The Mayfly Newsletter

The Mayfly Newsletter is the official newsletter of the Permanent Committee of the International Conferences on Ephemeroptera.

The Identification, Distribution, And Status Of The Threatened Dismal Swamp Shrew (Sorex Longirostris Fisheri), Thomas M. Padgett

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

Southeastern shrews (Sorex longirostris) were trapped throughout southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina to determine if any morphological characters could

be identified that would aid in the identification and distribution of the threatened subspecies Sorex l._ fisheri, endemic to the Great Dismal Swamp, the more upland nominate subspecies Sorex l. longirostris, and possible intergrades between the two subspecies. Animals were classified a priori into three groups, based on their location of capture. Animals collected from the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (GDSNWR) and associated bottomland habitats were designated as "fisheri", animals collected farthest from the Swamp as "longirostris", and …

Population Dynamics Of Feral House Mice And Meadow Voles On A Dredge Disposal Site, Georgia E. Kratimenos

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

The population dynamics of two species was studied for one year on Craney Island in Portsmouth, Virginia. This dredge disposal site provided good habitat for the house mouse, Mus musculus, whose opportunistic behaviors can withstand the sudden changes in a dynamic environment. Although the site was not optimal habitat, a population of Microtus pennsylvanicus, the meadow vole, was sustained there. Of the seven species of small mammals captured, 65% were house mice and 28% were meadow voles. Meadow voles were more successful at establishing short periods of residency than were house mice; on average, each meadow vole was …

Nebraska Bird Review Whole Issue (September 1991) 59(3)

Nebraska Bird Review

Editor's Message 54

Dues and Subscription Information 54

Some Birds of the Pony Lake Area of the Eastern Sandhills, Nebraska 55

CNPPD Winter Eagle Survey 58

A Nesting Report of a Wilson's Phalarope in Lancaster County 59

Spring 1991 Whooping Crane Report 61

Grants for Nongame Wildlife Research in Minnesota 62

Spring 1991 Occurrence Report 63

Notes 98

Book Reviews 100