The Canadian Field-Naturalist

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Vol 128, No 3 (2014)

Table of Contents

Covers - Editorial Board and Publication Information PDF
  cover

Articles

Home range, movements, and denning chronology of the Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos) in west-central Alberta PDF
Karen Graham, Gordon B. Stenhouse 223-234
Mortality of Common Eider, Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758), and other water birds during two inshore oiling events in southeastern Newfoundland, 2005 and 2006 PDF
Gregory J. Robertson, Scott G. Gilliland, Pierre C. Ryan, Johanne Dussureault, Kyran Power, Bruce C. Turner 235-242
Impact of the 2012 drought on woody vegetation invading alvar grasslands in the Burnt Lands Alvar, eastern Ontario PDF
Paul M. Catling 243-249
A review of colour phenotypes of the Eastern Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereus, in North America Low-res pdf (fast download) High-res pdf (slow download)
Jean-David Moore, Martin Ouellet 250-259

Notes

Long-distance anadromous migration in a fresh water specialist: the Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) PDF
Les N. Harris, Jean-Sébastien Moore, Christopher G. McDermid, Heidi K. Swanson 260-264
New records of the Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx nunatakensis) in central Yukon PDF
Thomas S. Jung, Brian G. Slough, David W. Nagorsen, Piia M. Kukka 265-268
A note on bird song: Samuel Hearne’s observations on the Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) PDF
David L. G. Noakes, Jeffrey D. Noakes 269-271
Late-winter habitat use by the Fisher, Pekania pennanti (Erxleben, 1777), in the Boreal Plains Ecozone of northwestern Saskatchewan, Canada PDF
Gilbert Proulx 272-275

Tributes and Obituaries

A tribute to Warren Baxter Ballard, 1947–2012 PDF
Francis R. Cook 276-288
A naturalist for all seasons: Richard Merrill Saunders, 1904–1998 PDF
Philip Collins 289-294

Book Reviews

"Beetles of Eastern North America" by Arthur V. Evans. 2014. [book review] PDF
Robert F. Foster 295-296
"Birds of the Kenya’s Rift Valley" by Adam S. Kennedy. 2014. [book review] PDF
Robert F. Foster 296-297
"The Amazing World of Flyingfish" by Steve N. G. Howell. 2014. [book review] PDF
Roy John 297
"A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Tanzania" by Charles Foley et al. 2014. [book review] PDF
Roy John 297-298
"A Feathered River Across the Sky. The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction" by Joel Greenberg. 2014. [book review] PDF
Ron Brooks 298-303
"A Sparrowhawk’s Lament – How British Breeding Birds of Prey Are Faring" by David Cobham. 2014. [book review] PDF
Roy John 303-304
"Plants of Southern Ontario, Trees, Shrubs, Wildflowers, Grasses, Ferns and Aquatic Plants" by Richard Dickinson and France Royer. 2014. [book review] PDF
Paul Catling 305-306
"Bird Lady — A Lifelong Love Affair with Birds" by Elizabeth Le Geyt. 2014. [book review] PDF
Roy John 306-307
"The Dismal State of the Great Lakes" by James P. Ludwig. 2013. [book review] PDF
Glen Fox, C. Stuart Houston 307-310
New titles PDF
Roy John 311-313

Club Reports

Minutes of the 135th Annual Business Meeting of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club January 14, 2014 PDF
  314-326


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