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REVIEWS 85 or ethological history of a plant or animal with a subtle appreciation Johnsguard is an ornithologist and ethologist, and compared to for how the organism is adapted to the Sandhills. vertebrates and vascular plants there is little information about in- Part 3 ends the text with a brief history of the cattle industry and vertebrates or nonvascular plants. I also wondered about the title. the introduction of irrigation, and Johnsguard addresses the problem While Johnsguard describes the environmental threats of irrigation of water contamination with farm chemicals. and agricultural chemical contamination, I never got the sense of There are 7 useful appendices that include a time scale of geologic fragility as I read the book, and perhaps that his a tribute to his attempt to share his “love letter” with others as opposed to pontifi- events; checklists of vertebrates and vascular plants in relation to the cating. ecological communities; a distributional checklist of birds; a listing John Janovy Jr.'s book, Keith County Journal (1978, St. Marin’s of parks, preserves and natural areas; a cross reference of scientific Press, New York) was my introduction to appreciation of the and vernacular names; and a glossary. Although there are no citations Nebraska Sandhills. Like Janovy’s book, Johnsguard relates his sense within the text, Johnsguard provides an extensive bibliography of of beauty and fascination to the reader, but Johnsguard also gives references, and there is both a subject and a species index. There are the biologist the background to discover the area for themselves.— also 48 illustrations or diagrams, including several beautiful pen and NEIL P. BERNSTEIN, Department of Biology, Mount Mercy College, ink illustrations of animals and plants. Cedar Rapids, lowa 52402. Jour. lowa Acad. Sci. 103(3—4):85, 1996 INDEX FOR VOLUME 103 Abraham, B.J. An Annotated Checklist of Hooper, C., see DeLong, K.T. Perognathus flavescens, 32-55 the Spiders of Northwestern Iowa Gabel, A. and C. Salazar. Pathogenicity of Plains Pocket Mouse, 52-55 and the Loess Hills of Western Iowa, Septoria aquilina \solated from Black Precambrian Geology, 63-73 46-51 Hills Bracken, 74-79 Pteridium aquilinum, 74-79 Aconitum noveboracense, 57-62 Geochemistry, 63-73 Ranunculaceae Algific talus slopes, 57-62 Iowa Aconitum noveboracense, 57-62 Anderson, R.R., see Seifert, K.E. Aconitum noveboracense, 57-62 River Awards and Recognition, I.AS., 1996, Algific talus slopes, 57-62 Modification, 1-8 80-83 Bald eagles, wintering, 29-33 Sabine, N., Bald Eagles Wintering Along Best, L.B., K.E. Freemark, B.S. Steiner, Breeding birds, 34-45 the Des Moines River, lowa, 29-33 and T.M. Bergin. Life History and Des Moines River, 29-33 Salazar, C., see Gabel, A. Status Classification of Birds Flora of Oak Savannas, 9-28 Septoria aquilina, 74-79 Breeding in Iowa, 34-45 Geochemistry, 63-73 Seifert, K.E. and R.R. Anderson. Geo- Bergin, T.M., see Best, L.B. Loess Hills, 46-51 chemistry of Buried Midcontinent Bernstein, N.P., Review of This Fragile Midcontinent rift, 63-73 Rift Volcanic Rocks in Iowa: Data Land. A Natural History of the Ne- Northern monkshood, 57—62 from Well Samples, 63-73 braska Sandhills, 84 Northwest, 46-51 Spiders Birds River modification, 1-8 northwestern and Loess Hills, 46-51 Bald Eagle, wintering, 29-33 Plains Pocket Mouse, 52—55 Steiner, B.S., see Best, L.B. Breeding, 34-45 Spiders, 46-51 Submission guidelines, 85-87 Life history, 34-45 Turtles, 1-8 Turtles Black Hills Volcanic rocks, 63-73 Species Richness, 1-8 Bracken, 74-79 Well samples, 63-73 Vandewalle, T.J. and J.L. Christiansen Biocontrol, 74-79 Johnsguard, P.A., see Bernstein, N.P. A Relationship Between River Modifi- Bowles, J.B., see Wilson, G.M. Kuchenreuther, M.A. The Natural History cation and Species Richness of Fresh- Bracken, 74-79 of Aconitum noveboracense Gray (North- water Turtles in Iowa, 1-8 Checklist of Instruction for Authors, ern Monkshood), a Federally Threat- Van Zee, J.W., see Wilson, G.M. Christiansen, J.L., see Vandewall, T.J. ened Species, 57-62 Volcanic rocks, 63-73 DeLong, K.T. and C. Hooper. A Potential Lopatto, D. Review of Lewis Wolpert, The Well Samples, 63-73 Understory Flora for Oak Savanna in Unnatural Nature of Science: Why Sci- Wilson, G.M., J.B. Bowles, and J.W. Van Iowa, 9-28. ence Does Not Make (Common Sense), 84 Zee. Current Status of the Plains Fern pathogen, 74-79 Midcontinent rift, 63-73 Pocket Mouse, Perognathus flavescens, Freemark, K.E., see Best, L.B. Northern Monkshood, 57-62 in Iowa, 52-55 Fungal pathogen, 74-79 Oak Savanna, 9-28 Wolpert, Lewis, see Lopatto, D.