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REPRODUCTION OF RING-NECKED PHEASANTS IN IOWA ▪ T Z. Riley, J. B. Wooley, Jr. , and W. B. Rybarczyk

DIETARY COMPARISONS OF ADULT MALE COMMON GRACKLES, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, AND YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ▪ H. J. Homan, GM. Linz, W. J. Bleier, and R. B. Carlson

ECOGEOGRAPHY OF SOUTHERN BOG LEMMING AND MEADOW VOLE IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ▪ T. L. Welker and J. R. Choate

SUMMER AND FALL FOOD HABITS OF COYOTES IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ T. L. Lewis, W. F. Jensen, K. A. Keehr, and R. W. Seabloom

MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF WHITE-TAILED DEER AT …

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BREEDING RANGE AND POPULATION STATUS OF LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS IN COLORADO ▪ K. M. Giesen

LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN MOVEMENTS AND HOME RANGES IN NEW MEXICO ▪ T. Z. Riley, C. A. Davis, M. A. Candelaria, and H. R. Suminski

WATERFOWL PRODUCTIVITY AND USE OF NESTING STRUCTURES IN THE PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION ▪ R. R. Johnson, K. F. Higgins, I. J. Ball. and S. C. Kohn

A COMPARISON OF PERCH USE BY VOCALIZING EASTERN AND WESTERN MEADOWLARKS ▪ K. A. Kinstler and T. A. Sordahl

FARM OPERATOR ATTITUDES TOWARD WHITE-TAILED DEER AT SAND LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ D. E. Naugle. …

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EARLY HISTORY OF THE NORTH DAKOTA NATURAL SCIENCE SOCIETY ▪ J. T. Lokemoen

TEMPORAL VARIATION IN COYOTE PREY IN TALLGRASS PRAIRIE OF EASTERN KANSAS ▪ D. E. Brillhart and D. W. Kaufman

DIFFERENCES IN USE OF INTERSPERSED WOODLAND AND GRASSLAND BY SMALL MAMMALS IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS ▪ B. R. McMillan and D. W. Kaufman

THE CIRCANNUAL MASS CYCLE IN THREE POPULATIONS OF THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL ▪ G. Y. Walker, O. A. Schwartz, and J. E. Joy

SUMMER ELK TRAPPING IN SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ J. J. Millspaugh, G. C. Brundige, and J. J. Jenks

OUT-OF-SEASON BIRTHS OF ELK CALVES IN WYOMING …

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FISH CATCHES WITH HOOP NETS OF TWO DESIGNS IN THE LARAMIE RIVER, WYOMING ▪ W. A. Hubert and T. M. Patton

LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS OF NORTHERN PIKE CAUGHT IN FIVE GILL NET MESH SIZES ▪ R. M. Neumann and D. W. Willis

EVALUATION OF LARGEMOUTH BASS SLOT LENGTH LIMITS IN TWO SMALL SOUTH DAKOTA IMPOUNDMENTS ▪ R. M. Neumann, D. W. Willis, and D. D. Mann

POSSIBLE PREDATION OF A FORSTER'S TERN CHICK BY A SNAPPING TURTLE ▪ G. Fraser

SMALL MAMMAL DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCES IN THREE CENTRAL IOWA GRASSLAND HABITAT TYPES ▪ L. A. Hayslett and B. J. Danielson

SMALL …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 25. No. 4. December 1993

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Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

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FACTORS INFLUENCING DEER/VEHICLE MORTALITY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ J. S. Gleason and J. A. Jenks

PRONGHORN SKULL FOUND ALONG EDGE OF HISTORIC EASTERN DISTRIBUTION IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ W. F. Jensen and R. W. Seabloom

SOREX MERRIAMI IN NEBRASKA ▪ P. W. Freeman, J. D. Druecker, and S. Tvrz

ARE DEER MICE A COMMON PREY OF COYOTES? ▪ G. A. Kaufman, D. E. Brillhart, and D. W. Kaufman

EFFECT OF PRAIRIE-FIRE ASH ON FOOD CHOICE BY DEER MICE AND HISPID COTTON RATS …

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Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

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AVAILABILITY OF EARTHWORMS AND SCARAB BEETLES TO SANDHILL CRANES IN NATIVE GRASSLANDS ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER ▪ C. A. Davis and P. A. Vohs

BLACK TERN COLONIZATION OF A RESTORED PRAIRIE WETLAND IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA ▪ D. J. Delehanty and W. D. Svedarsky

MOUNTAIN PLOVER HABITAT SELECTION IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING ▪ T. L. Parrish, S. R. Anderson, and W. F. Oelklaus

POST-HATCH BROOD AMALGAMATION IN LESSER SCAUP: FEMALE BEHAVIOR AND RETURN RATES AND DUCKLING SURVIVAL ▪ A. D. Afton

STATUS AND …

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RAPID GROWTH OF CHANNEL CATFISH IN FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR, WYOMING ▪ C. B. Alexander and W. A. Hubert

MANAGEMENT EVALUATION OF BODY CONDITION AND POPULATION SIZE STRUCTURE FOR PADDLEFISH: A UNIQUE CASE ▪ M L. Brown and B. R. Murphy

DISTRIBUTION OF THE RIBBON LEECH IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ C. M. Pennuto and M. G. Butler

SELENIUM IN EARED GREBE EMBRYOS FROM STEWART LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NORTH DAKOTA ▪ M. M. Olson and D. Welsh

USING GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION TO PREDICT BREEDING LOCALES OF …

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FACTORS AFFECTING BIRD COLONIZATION OF RESTORED WETLANDS ▪ L. M. Hemesath and J. J. Dinsmore

RESPONSE OF DABBLING DUCKS TO EARLY-SPRING PARTIAL DRAWDOWN ON LAKE ERIE MARSHES ▪ T. Z. Riley and T. A. Bookhout

OVER-WATER NESTING BY DUCKS IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ . K. L. Solberg and K. F. Higgins

ADDITIONAL MOUNTAIN PLOVER SIGHTINGS IN MONTANA ▪ D. M. Prellwitz

SMALL MAMMALS OF WOODED HABITATS OF THE KONZA PRAIRIE RESEARCH NATURAL AREA, KANSAS ▪ D. W. Kaufman, G. A. Kaufman, and E. …

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NEW VASCULAR PLANT RECORDS FOR NORTIl DAKOTA ▪ B. L. Heidel, A. J. Duxbury, W.T. Barker, and J. R. Challey

GROWTH OF BLUEGILLS AND YELLOW PERCH IN SOUTH DAKOTA WATERS ▪ D.w. Willis, J.P. Lott, C.S. Guy, and D.O. Lucchesi

SEASONAL VARIATION IN SAMPLING DATA FOR WALLEYE AND SAUGER COLLECTED WITH GILL NETS FROM LAKE SAKAKAWEA, NORTH DAKOTA ▪ S.W. Mero andD.W. Willis

OBSERVATIONS ON NESTING OF THE AMERICAN BITTERN IN NORTIlWEST MINNESOTA ▪ W D. Svedarsky

FOOD HABITS OF MOURNING DOVES IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ J.T. Van't Hul and J.A. Jenks

DISTRIBUTION OF TIlE PYGMY SHREW IN …

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VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE IN BLOWOUT PENSTEMON ▪ T. R. Flessner and J. Stubbendieck

STATUS OF HAPLOPAPPUS FREMONTII A. GRAY SSP. MONOCEPHALUS (A. NELSON) HALL [ASTERACEAE] IN COLORADO ▪ K.A. Schulz and R.B. Shaw

HABITAT CHANGES ABOVE AND BELOW WATER PROJECTS ON THE NORTH PLATTE AND SOUTH PLATTE RIVERS IN NEBRASKA ▪ P. M. McDonald and J.G. Sidle

INSECT FLORAL VISITORS TO FOUR SPECIES OF TALL-GRASS PRAIRIE COMPOSITE (ASTERACEAE: HELIANTHEAE) ▪ J. A. Dickinson and M. J. McKone

SUMMER BIRD USE OF KANSAS WINDBREAKS ▪ T.T. Cable, R.L. Schroeder, V. Brack, Jr., and P.S. Cook

RING-NECKED PHEASANTS AND FOOD PLOT SIZE (GALLIFORMES: …

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FIRST FLOWERING DATES AND FLOWERING PERIODS OF PRAIRIE PLANTS AT WOODWORTH. NORTH DAKOTA ▪ J. M. Callow, J A. Kanlrud, and K.F. Higgins

PROBABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE WOODCHUCK IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ▪ J.R. Choate and T. W. Haner

NEST AND NEST SITE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME GROUND-NESTING NON-PASSERINE BIRDS OF NORTHERN GRASSLANDS ▪ H A. Kantrud and K.F. Higgins

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

COMPARISON OF SIZE STRUCfURE AND CATCH RATE FOR LARGEMOUTH BASS SAMPLES COLLECTED BY ELECTROFlSHING AND ANGLING ▪ DJ. Isaak, T.D. Hill, and D.W. Willis

MULE DEER HABITAT USE IN THE NORTH DAKOTA …

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HABITAT CONSERVATION FOR NESTING LEAST TERNS AND PIPING PLOVERS ON THE PLATTE RIVER, NEBRASKA ▪ J. W. Ziewitz, J. G. Sidle, and J. J. Dinan

DIURNAL FLIGHT TIME OF WINTERING CANADA GEESE: CONSIDERATION OF REFUGES AND FLIGHT ENERGETICS ▪ J. E. Austin and D. D. Humburg

MYCOTOXIN OCCURRENCE IN WASTE FIELD CORN AND INGESTA OF WILD GEESE IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS ▪ K. F. Higgins, R. M. Barta, R. G. Neiger, G. E. Rottinghaus, and R. I. Sterry

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Cost of Nest Reuse by Western Kingbirds ▪ T. M. Bergin

A New Record for Falcate Spurge in the Midwest …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 23, No. 4. December 1991

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Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

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KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS RESPONSE TO BURNING: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FIRE AND SOIL MOISTURE ▪ G. W. Blankespoor and B. S. Bich

FORAGE PRODUCTION AND USE ON BIGHORN SHEEP WINTER RANGE

FOLLOWING SPRING BURNING IN GRASSLAND AND PONDEROSA PINE HABITATS ▪ T. G. Easterly and K. J. Jenkins

SHORT-TERM MORTALITY OF SMALLMOUTH BASS CAUGHT DURING A LIVE-RELEASE TOURNAMENT AT LAKE OAHE, SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ J. J. Jackson and D. W. Willis

CRAYFISH IN SAND LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ▪ C. D. Dieter

PIPING PLOVERS NEST ON DRY …

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Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

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ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR OF MOUNTAIN PLOVER CHICKS ▪ T A. Sordahl

USING AERIAL MARKING FOR ASSESSING POPULATION DYNAMICS OF LATE SUMMER ROOSTING RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS ▪ C. M. Linz, C. E. Knittle, J. L. Cummings, J. E. Davis, Jr. , D. L. Otis, and D. L. Bergman

DISPERSAL OF THE MEADOW JUMPING MOUSE IN NORTHERN KANSAS ▪ J. R. Choate, D. W. Moore, and J. K. Frey

DIET, HOME RANGE, MOVEMENTS, AND ACTIVITY PERIODS OF SWIFT FOX IN NEBRASKA ▪ T D. Hines and R. M. …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 23, No. 2. June 1991

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SMALLMOUTH BASS SIZE STRUCTURE AND CATCH RATES IN FIVE SOUTH DAKOTA LAKES AS DETERMINED FROM TWO SAMPLING GEARS ▪ C. L. Milewski and D. W. Willis

REPRODUCTION BY FISHES IN A HEADWATER STREAM FLOWING INTO GRAYROCKS RESERVOIR, WYOMING ▪ W. A. Hubert and D. T O’Shea

ENVENOMATION AND ACQUISITION OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION BY PRAIRIE RATTLESNAKES ▪ D. Chiszar, C. Hobika, H. M. Smith, and J. Vidaurri

MOVEMENTS AND HABITAT USE BY WILD TURKEY HENS WITH BROODS IN A GRASSLAND-WOODLAND MOSAIC IN THE NORTHERN …

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AGRICULTURAL LAND USE AND MOURNING DOVES IN EASTERN COLORADO: IMPLICATIONS FOR NESTING AND PRODUCTION IN THE GREAT PLAINS ▪ T E. Olson, C. E. Braun, and R. A. Ryder

DISTRIBUTION OF SANDHILL CRANES IN THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER VALLEY 1980 AND 1989 ▪ M. J. Folk and T. C. Tacha

NOCTURNAL BEHAVIOR OF SANDHILL CRANES ROOSTING IN THE PLATTE RIVER, NEBRASKA ▪ B. S. Norling, S. H. Anderson, and W A. Hubert

LEAD POISONING OF A MARBLED GODWIT ▪ L. N. Locke, M. R. …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 22, No. 4. December 1990

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DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS OF GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS IN COLORADO ▪ B. F. Van Sant and C. E. Braun

IMPORTANCE OF AN OLD, MULTIPLE-USE RESERVOIR TO MIGRATING AND WINTERING DABBLING DUCKS ▪ D. M. Leslie, Jr. , and W. J. Stancill

SIMILARITY OF MALLARD NESTING ON A SOUTH DAKOTA ISLAND BETWEEN 1967-68 and 1985-87 ▪ S. G. Simpson and D. Limmer

BOBCAT HABITAT USE IN SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA DURING PERIODS OF HIGH AND LOW LAGOMORPH ABUNDANCE ▪ B. J. Giddings, G. L. Risdahl, and L. R. Irby …

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ASSEMBLAGES OF SMALL FISH IN THREE HABITAT TYPES ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER, NEBRASKA ▪ D. T. O'Shea, W. A. Hubert, and S. H. Anderson

SPAWNING HABITAT OF CHANNEL CATFISH IN THE POWDER RIVER SYSTEM, WYOMING-MONTANA D. R. Gerhardt and W. A. Hubert

OCCURRENCE OF AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER, NEBRASKA ▪ J. G. Sidle, C. A. Faanes, and W. G. Jobman

DIET OF CANVASBACKS DURING BREEDING ▪ J. E. Austin, J. R. Serie, and J. H. Noyes

BROOD HABITAT USE OF RIO …

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BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ R. W. Seabloom and P. W. Theisen

PATTERNS OF RESOURCE USE IN A LIZZARD COMMUNITY IN THE NEBRASKA SAND HILLS PRAIRIE ▪ R. E. Ballinger, S. M. Jones, and J. W. Nietfeldt

A THIRTEEN-YEAR SURVEY OF THE APHIDOPHAGOUS INSECTS OF ALFALFA ▪ N. C. Elliott and R. W. Kieckhefer

STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLAINS SHARP-TAILED GROUSE IN COLORADO ▪ A. W. Hoag and C. E. Braun

CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA - …

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DUCK NESTING ON ISLANDS AT J. CLARK SALYER REFUGE IN NORTH DAKOTA, 1983–1984 ▪ A. D. Aufforth, H. Goetz, and K. F. Higgins

PRODUCTION OF TALL-GRASS PRAIRIE HERBS BELOW EASTERN REDCEDAR ▪ S. D. Smith and J. Stubbendieck

HABITAT BREADTH OF NONGAME RODENTS IN THE MIXED-GRASS PRAIRIE REGION OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ▪ D. W. Kaufman, B. K. Clark, and G. A. Kaufman

UNIONID MOLLUSCS IN THE BIG BEND REACH OF THE PLATTE RIVER, NEBRASKA ▪ M. D. Roedel

POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF ROCK BASS …

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SMALL MAMMALS IN TALL-GRASS PRAIRIE: PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH GRAZING AND BURNING ▪ E. K. Clark, D. W. Kaufman, E. J. Finck, and G. A. Kaufman

BURROW DISTRIBUTION OF THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRRELS IN RELATION TO TREE CANOPIES ▪ J. L. Koprowski 185

SPRING AND SUMMER PREY REMAINS COLLECTED FROM MALE MINK DENS IN SOUTHWESTERN MANITOBA ▪ . T. W. Arnold and E. K. Fritzell

BREEDING CANVASBACKS: A TEST OF A HABITAT MODEL ▪ D. H. Johnson, M. C. Hammond, T. L. McDonald, C. L. Nustad, and M. D. Schwartz

A CHECKLIST OF THE ANTS OF OKLAHOMA ▪ G. C. Wheeler and …

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SEED DISPERSAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PLAINS SILVER SAGEBRUSH ▪ C. L. Wambolt, T. Walton, and R. S. White

ON THE TRAIL OF THE ANT, VEROMESSOR LOBOGNATHUS . ▪ G. C. Wheeler and J. Wheeler

LAND USE RELATIONSHIPS TO AVIAN CHOLERA OUTBREAKS IN THE NEBRASKA RAINWATER BASIN AREA ▪ B. J. Smith, K. F. Higgins, and C. F. Gritzner

INCIDENCE OF LEAD SHOT IN THE RAINWATER BASINS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ▪ . D. W. Oates

REPRODUCTION, RECRUITMENT, AND SURVIVAL OF BROWN AND RAINBOW TROUT IN A PRAIRIE COTEAU STREAM ▪ C. L. Milewski and D. W. Willis

SIZE STRUCTURE AND CATCH …

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THE MISSISSIPPI KITE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS ▪ E. G. Bolen and D. L. Flores

TAPE-RECORDED CHICK CALLS TO LOCATE GRAY PARTRIDGE NESTS ▪ J. P. Carroll

BORROW DISTRIBUTION OF THE THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL IN GRAZED MIXED-GRASS PRAIRIE: EFFECT OF ARTIFICIAL HABITAT STRUCTURE ▪ D. W. Kaufman and G. A. Kaufman

PIPING PLOVERS NESTING AT NELSON RESERVOIR, MONTANA ▪ D. W. Prellwitz, T. A. Prellwitz, K. L. Stutzman, and J. W. Stutzman

CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA - 1988 ▪ R. N. Randall

CHANGING HABITATS IN THE PLATTE RIVER VALLEY OF NEBRASKA ▪ J. …

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WINTER RAPTOR USE OF THE PLATTE AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER VALLEYS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ▪ G. R. Lingle

CHARACTERISTICS OF RUFFED GROUSE DRUMMING SITES IN THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS, NORTH DAKOTA ▪ J. W. Schulz, E. L. Bakke, and J. F. Gulke

USE OF A TRIBUTARY BY FISHES IN A GREAT PLAINS RIVER SYSTEM ▪ J. B. Smith and W. A. Hubert

PLANT AND ANIMAL COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO RESTORED IOW A WETLANDS ▪ T. G. LaGrange and J. J. Dinsmore

COLEOPTERA SPECIES INHABITING PRAIRIE WETLANDS OF THE COTTONWOOD LAKE AREA, STUTSMAN COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA ▪ B. A. Hanson and G. …

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RANGE PLANT COMMUNITIES OF THE CENTRAL GRASSLAND RESEARCH STATION IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA ▪ C. L Lura, W. T. Barker, and P. E. Nyren

SEASONAL PATTERNS IN SAMPLING DATA FOR LARGEMOUTH BASS AND BLUE GILLS IN A NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS IMPOUNDMENT ▪ E. A. Bettross and D. W. Willis

INTRODUCTION, ESTABLISHMENT, AND DISPERSAL OF WESTERN MOSQUITOFISH IN NEBRASKA (ACTINOPTERYGII: POECILIIDAE) ▪ J. D. Lynch

OBSERVATIONS ON THE ECOLOGY OF CHIGGERS (ACARI: TROMBICULIDAE) FROM SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ E. R. Easton and W. …

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MOVEMENTS OF ADULT STRIPED BASS TRACKED IN WILSON RESERVOIR, KANSAS ▪ K. E. Hampton, T. L. Wenke, and B. A. Zamrzla

GROWTH, POPULATION STRUCTURE, AND MORTALITY OF CHANNEL CATFISH FROM THE POWDER RIVER AND CRAZY WOMAN CREEK, WYOMING ▪ J. B. Smith and W. A. Hubert

HABITAT USE BY WHITE-TAILED DEER IN PRAIRIE-AGRICULTURAL HABITAT IN MONTANA ▪ G. L. Dusek, A. K. Wood, and R. J. Mackie

BEAVER CROP DEPREDATION IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ C. D. Dieter and T. R. McCabe …

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PRAIRIES AND GRASSLANDS OF THE ST. CROIX NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAY, WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA ▪ D. C. Glenn-Lewin and J. M. Ver Hoef

SEED RAIN ON A NEBRASKA SAND HILLS PRAIRIE ▪ M. A. Potvin

CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA - 1987 ▪ R. N. Randall

SOUTH DAKOTA RECORDS OF PYGMY AND ARCTIC SHREWS: RESPONSE TO FIRE ▪ M. J. Gruebele and A. A. Steuter

FEEDING ECOLOGY OF THE PLAINS POCKET GOPHER IN …

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WINTER FOOD HABITS OF PRAIRIE PORCUPINES IN MONTANA ▪ P. Hendricks and H. F. Allard

RABIES CONTROL BY SKUNK DEPOPULATION IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA, 1983 TO 1986 ▪ M. J. Pybus

USE OF SHELTER BY MULE DEER DURING WINTER ▪ A. K. Wood

FORAGING BEHAVIOR AND FOOD HABITS OF BURROWING OWLS IN WYOMING ▪ C. D. Thompson and S. H. Anderson

WILD TURKEY NESTING ECOLOGY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ T. L. Wertz and L. D. Flake

DOES THE DOWNY AMERICAN AVOCET …

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BREEDING BIRDS AND VEGETATION STRUCTURE IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WOODED DRAWS ▪ C. A. Faanes

PRODUCTIVITY OF RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS IN SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ J. F. Besser, O. E. Bray, J. W. De Grazio, J. L. Guarino, D. L. Gilbert, R. R. Martinka, and D. A. Bysart

DENSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE MOUNTAIN PLOVER ON THE CHARLES M. RUSSELL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ▪ S. L. Olson-Edge and W. D. Edge

EFFECT OF CALCULATION TECHNIQUE ON THE ESTIMATION OF LEAF AREA IN A MIXED …

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DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION TREND OF WESTERN MEADOWLARKS IN ILLINOIS ▪ R. D. Applegate and A. G. Willms

EFFECT OF DISRUPTIVE BACKGROUND ON PREDATION OF ARTIFICIAL NESTS BY AMERICAN CROWS ▪ L. G. Sugden

AVIAN HABITAT OCCUPANCY FOLLOWING FIRE IN A MONTANA SHRUB STEPPE ▪ C. E. Bock and J. H. Bock

ACTIVITY OF A WILD BLACK-FOOTED FERRET LITTER ▪ R. Paunovich and S. C. Forrest

EGG-DIAMETER DEVELOPMENT OF GIZZARD SHAD COLLECTED FROM A GREAT PLAINS RESERVOIR ▪ C. A. Cox and D. …