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CONTENTS No. 1, January 2003 Natural Presettlement Features of the Ashley County, Arkansas Area Fire and Human History of a Barren-Forest Mosaic in Southern Indiana Richard P. Guyette, Daniel C. Dey and Michael C. Stambaugh Twenty-year Changes in Burned and Unburned Sand Prairie Remnants in Northwestern Illinois and Implications for Management .... Marlin L. Bowles, Michael D. Jones and Jenny L. McBride Impacts of Exotic Annual Brome Grasses on Ecosystem Properties of Northern Mixed Grass Prairie asiaigs 6 Cag Nae SEN cerassenneng eae Stephen M. Ogle, William A. Reiners and Kenneth G. Gerow Spatial Asymmetry in Tree-shrub Clusters in a Subtropical Savanna Patricia L. Phillips and Paul W. Barnes A Comparison of Presettlement and Present-day Forests in Northeastern Lower Michigan MichaelJ . Leahy and Kurt S. Pregitzer Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration in Two Prairie Topochronosequences on Contrasting Soils Southern Wisconsin K. R. Brye and C. J. Kucharik Symbiotic Seed Germination and Mycorrhizae of Federally Threatened Platanthera praeclara (Orchidaceae) Jyotsna Sharma, Lawrence W. Zettler, J. W. van Sambeek, Mark R. Ellersieck and ChristopheJr . Starbuck Seasonal Activity of Adult, Ground-occurring Beetles (Coleoptera) in Forests of Northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan .... Shahla M. Werner and Kenneth F. Raffa Effects of Stream Permanence on Crayfish Community Structure C. A. Flinders and D. D. Magoulick Testing the Central/Peripheral Model: Analyses of Microsatellite Variability in the Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris collaris) Delbert W. Hutchison Spring Bird Migration in Mississippi Alluvial Valley Forests ; R. Randy Wilson and DanielJ . Twedt Abundance and Richness of Neotropical Migrants during Stopover at Farmstead Woodlots and Associated Habitats in Southeastern South Dakota David L. Swanson, Heather A. Carlisle and Eric T. Liknes Comparison of Microhabitat Conditions at Nest Sites Between Eastern (Meleagris gallopavo silves- tril) and Rio Grande Wild Turkeys (M. g. intermedia) in Northeastern South Dakota Chad P. Lehman, Lester D. Flake and Dan J. Thompson Spatial Independence of Fisher (Martes pennanti) Detections at Track Plates in Northwestern California Keith A. Hamm, Lowell V. Diller and Richard R. Klug Body-Composition Dynamics in Meadow Voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) of Southeastern Colorado Edward T. UnangstJ,r . and Bruce A. Wunder 2 Notes and Discussion Track Plate Enclosures: Box Designs Affecting Attractiveness to Riparian Mammals .......... JeffereyJ . Loukmas, David T. Mayack and Milo E. Richmond Effects of Commercial Thinning on Breeding Bird Populations in Western Hemlock Forests Vanessa L. Artman Fleas (Siphonaptera) of the Allegheny Woodrat (Neotoma magister) in West Virginia with Comments on Host Specificity .......... Stephen B. Castleberry, Nikole L. Castleberry, Petra Bohall Wood, W. Mark Ford and Michael T. Mengak Bacterial Fauna of the Tarsal Tufts of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Karen J. Alexy, Jonathan W. Gassett, David A. Osborn and Karl V. Miller Differences in Habitat Use by Blanding’s Turtles, Emydoidea blandingii, and Painted Turtles, Chysemys picta, in the Nebraska Sandhills R. Bruce Bury and DavidJ . Germano CONTENTS No. 2, March 2003 Temporal and Spatial Patterns in Root Nitrogen Concentration and Root Decomposition in Relation to Prescribed Fire William J. Dress and Ralph E. J. Boerner Effects of Wildfire on Recruitment of Fraxinus pennsylvanica in Eastern Montana Woodlands Peter Lesica Geographic Distribution and Dispersal Mechanisms of Bouteloua curtipendula in the Appalachian Mountains Daniel C. Laughlin Recovery of Populations of Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis L.) and American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) Following Harvest Nieskaaaeaawe Martha E. Van der Voort, Brent Bailey, David E. Samuel and James B. McGraw Linear and Nonlinear Effects of Habitat Structure on Composition and Abundance in the Macro- invertebrate Community of a Large River Timothy W. Stewart, Tammy L. Shumaker and Thomas A. Radzio Reproduction Decreases Life Span in the Giant Waterbug (Belostoma flumineum) Reebeasats alas Sine aie Rees Siew iles Cos Seta ies Se pein RR Ee Matthew R. Gilg and Kipp C. Kruse 3 Fire and Shade Effects on Ground Cover Structure in Kirtland’s Warbler Habitat John R. Probst and Deahn Donnerwright £ Measuring Edge Effects on Nest Predation in Forest Fragments: Do Finch and Quail Eggs Tell Different Stories? ievnsiaee ects Amanda C. Niehaus, Stephen B. Heard, Stephen D. Hendrix and Stephen L. Hillis 335 Effects of Burning and Discing Conservation Reserve Program Fields to Improve Habitat Quality for Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Kirk C. Greenfield, MichaelJ . Chamberlain, L. Wes Burger, Jr. and Eric W. Kurzejeski 3 Yolk Testosterone Levels Are Not Consistently Higher in the Eggs of Obligate Brood Parasites Than TUNER RIONNS 5 5.di si d aicinow ss are hinleee eee eee te te eae Rees Mark E. Hauber and Kevin M. Pilz 3: Do Behavioral Interactions between Salamanders and Beetles Indicate a Guild Relationship? sain aetna Ninic aa Me SAW OR EE SOs Colaie TES R Stephanie B. Gall, Carl D. Anthony and Jill A. Wicknick ‘ Reproductive Ecology and Captive Breeding of the Threatened Niangua Darter Etheostoma nian- Hayden T. Mattingly, Jerry Hamilton and David L. Galat £ Rodent Communities in a Grazed and Ungrazed Arizona Grassland, and a Model of Habitat Relationships Among Rodents in Southwestern Grass /Shrublands Zach F. Jones, Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock Space Use, Movements and Habitat Selection of Adult Bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Central Mississippi Aes arte ad wy neee asm Rhee sae Michael J. Chamberlain, Bruce D. Leopold and L. Mike Conner 3 Seasonal Use and Selection of Caves by the Eastern Pipistrelle Bat (Pipistrellus subflavus) Jeffrey T. Briggler and John W. Prather Notes and Discussion Damage Induced Production of Extrafloral Nectaries in Native and Invasive Seedlings of Chinese Tallow Tree (Sapium sebiferum) William E. Rogers, Evan Siemann and Richard A. Lankau 413 Evidence Supporting Two New Forms and One Previously Described Race Within the Cottus carolinae Species-Complex from the Ozark Highlands .............. Andrew P. Kinziger 418 Influence of White-tailed Deer Digestion on Running Buffalo Clover (Trifolium stoloniferum: Fabaccae Muhl. Ex A. Eaton) Germination W. Mark Ford, Darlene Madarish, Thomas M. Schuler and Stephen B. Castleberry 425 49