The Canadian Field-Naturalist

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Vol 127, No 3 (2013)

Table of Contents

Covers - Editorial Board and Publication Information PDF
  cover

Articles

Abundance, distribution, and species assemblages of colonial waterbirds in the boreal region of west-central Manitoba and east-central Saskatchewan PDF
Scott Wilson 203-210
War of the wasps: is Diadegma insulare or Microplitis plutellae a more effective parasitoid of the Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella? PDF
Adamo Young 211-215
Survey methodology for the detection of Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) PDF
Melissa Flanagan, Vanessa Roy-McDougall, Graham Forbes, Glen Forbes 216-223
An alvar race of the couperi subspecies of the Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi) in southeastern Ontario? PDF
Paul M. Catling, Ross A. Layberry 224-228
Behaviour of American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) when encountering an oncoming vehicle PDF
Shomen Mukherjee, Jayanti Ray-Mukherjee, Robin Sarabia 229-233
First records of a Plesiosaurian (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) and an Ichthyosaur (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from Yukon, Canada PDF
James A. Campbell, Claudia J. Schröder-Adams, James W. Haggart, Patrick S. Drucken-Miller, Michael J. Ryan, Grant D. Zazula 234-239
Lichen biodiversity and conservation status in the Copeland Forest Resources Management Area: a lichen-rich second-growth forest in southern Ontario PDF
R. Troy McMullin, James C. Lendemer 240-254
Home site fidelity in Black Rockfish, Sebastes melanops, reintroduced into a fjord environment PDF
Jeff Marliave, Alejandro Frid, David W. Welch, Aswea D. Porter 255-261

Notes

Historical distribution records and new records confirm and extend the distribution of the Silver Lamprey, Ichthyomyzon unicuspis, in the Hayes River, Hudson Bay watershed, Manitoba PDF
J. David Tyson, Douglas A. Watkinson 262-265
First records of the Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) from Labrador and summer distribution records and biology of Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus) in southern Labrador PDF
Hugh G. Broders, Lynne E. Burns, Sara C. McCarthy 266-269
Impact of the rust Puccinia linkii on Highbush Cranberry, Viburnum edule, near Smithers, British Columbia PDF
Kiri Daust 270-273

Editorials

Young Scientists and their Mentors PDF
Carolyn Callaghan 274

Book Reviews

"The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians" by Bo Beolens et al. 2013. [book review] PDF
Francis R. Cook 275-276
"Field Guide to Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Northeastern North America" by S. M. Paiero et al. 2012. [book review] PDF
Robert F. Foster 276-277
"The Boreal Owl: Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation of a Forest-dwelling Predator" by Erkki Korpimaki and Harri Hakkarainen. 2012. [book review] PDF
C. Stuart Houston 277-278
"Primates of the World – An Illustrated Guide" by Jean-Jacques Petter and François Desbordes (Translated by Robert Martin). 2013. [book review] PDF
Roy John 278-279
"Pterosaurs" by Mark P. Witton. 2013. [book review] PDF
Randy Lauff 279
"The Secret World of Red Wolves: The Fight to Save North America’s Other Wolf" by T. DeLene Beeland. 2013. [book review] PDF
Jonathan G. Way 280-281
"An Introduction to Population Genetics: Theory and Application" by Erasmus Nielsen and Montgomery Slatkin. 2013. [book review] PDF
Roger D. Applegate 281-282
"The Reindeer Botanist: Alf Erling Porsild, 1901–1977" by Wendy Dathan. 2012. [book review] PDF
Tyler William Smith 282-283
"Alexander Wilson, the Scot who Founded American Ornithology" by Edward H. Burtt, Jr. and William E. Davis, Jr. 2013. [book review] PDF
C. Stuart Houston 283-284
New titles PDF
Roy John 284

News and Comment

Using Coefficients of Conservatism and the Floristic Quality Index to Assess the Potential for Serious and Irreversible Damage to Plant Communities PDF
  285-288
Revisions to the OFNC Constitution and By-Laws; The Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2014 PDF
  288

Club Reports

Minutes of the 134th Annual Business Meeting of The Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club January 15, 2013 PDF
  289-302


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