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CONTENTS No. 1, July 2000 Nectar Plant Selection by the Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Ralph Grundel, Noel B. Pavlovic and Christina L. Sulzman Aggregating Behavior During Oviposition in the Dragonfly Sympetrum vicinum (Hagen) (Odonata: Libel- lulidae) Victoria E. McMillan Interspecific Competition in the Laboratory between Drosophila subobscura and D. azteca KENMORE ETAT ROA RRN REN DAS eR eankeecnneeereneetees Marta Pascual, Elisabet Sagarra and Luis Serra Detecting Area Sensitivity: A Comment on Previous Studies a David Joseph Horn, Robert J. Fletcher, Jr. and Rolf R. Koford Effects of the Exotic Invasive Shrub Lonicera maackii on the Survival and Fecundity of Three Species of PUNE AI ho ance cece se vaenecdnceskaeaapaderensi s Andrew M. A. Gould and David L. Gorchov Canopy Architecture, Light Extinction and Self-shading of a Prairie Grass, Andropogon gerardii Thomas W. Jurik and Heather Kliebenstein An 11-year Ecological Study of a Rare Prairie Perennial (Asclepias meadii): Implications for Monitoring and Management W. Dean Kettle, Helen M. Alexander and Galen L. Pittman Impact of Grazing and Desertification in the Chihuahuan Desert: Plant Communities, Granivores and Granivory Graham I. H. Kerley and Walter G. Whitford Competition Between Alien Annual Grasses and Native Annual Plants in the Mojave Desert LAcaaE Sala R Ae Kee Nhe aes Ae REALS EP oET SERS ONNae KPUARAN Ea tem euie eee ane ee ae Matthew L. Brooks Browsing of Antelope Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata: Rosaceae) in the South Okanagan Valley, British Columbia: Age Preferences and Seasonal Differences ................ P. G. Krannitz and S. L. Hicks Diel Variation of Sugar Amount in Nectar from Pitchers of Sarracenia purpurea L. with and without Insect Visitors .. Jill L. Deppe, William J. Dress, Anthony J. Nastase, SandraJ . Newell and Carl S. Luciano Conservation Status of the Eastern Spotted Skunk Spilogale putorius in the Appalachian Mountains of MENIOD sin Save nat eed on pace a aad hae ep ease a aerawe eee mn Aaron W. Reed and Michael L. Kennedy Social Organization of the Nine-banded Armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) in a Riparian Habitat Colleen M. McDonough Use of Artificial Nest Sites as a Function of Age of Litter in Peromyscus leucopus AEM G eR A acuta Ue bendseeen Riai eee uelbevensatesnaeuseaeranes Monika A. Havelka and John S. Millar Wallowing Behavior of American Bison (Bos bison) in Tallgrass Prairie: An Examination of Alternate EXDIGRAHONG 60660 ccscscccsccecee Brock R. McMillan, Michael R. Cottam and Donald W. Kaufman Use of PVC Pipe Refugia as a Sampling Technique for Hylid Treefrogs .............0eeceeeeeeeeeeeee Robin G. Boughton, Jennifer Staiger and Richard Franz Swimming Performance of the Topeka Shiner (Notropis topeka) an Endangered Midwestern Minnow slaiardiaradielaialW aie Wwlae aNiin'n 6 Mike ew ain ee waleral aalaeerd S. Reid Adams, Jan Jeffrey Hoover and K. Jack Killgore Spawning Behaviors in the Bluehead Chub, Nocomis leptocephalus, River Chub, N. micropogon and Central Stoneroller, Campostoma anomalum Masia paneer naecasunnenaadassiee seme Mark H. Sabaj, Eugene G. Maurakis and William S. Woolcott Seed Dispersal of the Chinese Tallow Tree (Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.) by Birds in Coastal South Carolina Ian J. Renne, Sidney A. Gauthreaux, Jr. and Charles A. Gresham Notes and Discussion Nestling Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Diets in an Upland Old Field in Western Michigan ame a ee hk eww ew aay Kawa sii aune a awh Gale eae Re ee Matthew E. Johnson and Michael P. Lombardo 4 Microhabitat Selection by Golden Mice (Ochrotomys nuttalli) at Arboreal Nest Sites ................ David M. Wagner, George A. Feldhamer and Jonathan A. Newman 4 CONTENTS No. 2, October 2000 Mortality and Replacement Patterns of an Old-growth Acer-Fagus Woods in the Holden Arboretum, Northeastern Ohio Jodi A. Forrester and James R. Runkle A 22-Year Study on the Effects of Mammalian Browsing on Forest Succession Following a Clearcut in Northern Lower Michigan Joel T. Heinen and Robin C. D. Currey Patterns of Leaf Mass, Area and Nitrogen in Young Northern Hardwood Forests Jen Cramer, Tim Fahey and John Battles Specific Leaf Area Along a Nitrogen Fertilization Gradient .... Johannes MH. Knops and Kurt Reinhart Vegetation Change and Surface Erosion in Desert Grasslands of Otero Mesa, Southern New Mexico: 1982 to John A. Ludwig, Esteban Muldavin and K. Rosalind Blanche Habitat Associations of Hypogeous Fungi in the Southern Appalachians: Implications for the Endangered Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus) Susan C. Loeb, Frank H. Tainter and Efren Cazares Invertebrate Macrofauna in Soils Under Old Growth and Minimally Disturbed Second Growth Forests of the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky P. J. Kalisz and J. E. Powell Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) Impacts on Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Recruitment, Other Macro- invertebrates and Algal Biomass in a Lake-outlet Stream William L. Perry, David M. Lodge and Gary A. Lamberti : Interspecific and Intraspecific Interactions Between Crayfish (Cambarus longulus) and Hellgrammites (Corydalus cornutus) and the Influence of a Predatory Fish (Micropterus dolomieu) Dinah J. Kirk and Leonard A. Smock Recruitment of Fusconaia ebena (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Relation to Discharge of the Lower Ohio River Barry S. Payne and Andrew C. Miller Diet of the Mole Scalopus aquaticus from the Coastal Plain Region of South Carolina Gregory D. Hartman, John O. Whitaker, Jr. and Jack R. Munsee : Elevational Distributions of Kangaroo Rats (Genus Dipodomys): Long-term Trends at a Mojave Desert Site Mary V. Price, Nickolas M. Waser and Shauna A. McDonald Frequency of Medium-sized Mammal Road Kills in an Agricultural Landscape in California T. M. Caro, J. A. Shargel and C. J. Stoner Comparison of Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) Nestling Diet in Old-growth and Old-field Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) Habitats James L. Hanula and R. Todd Engstrom Models for Guiding Management of Prairie Bird Habitat in Northwestern North Dakota Elizabeth M. Madden, Robert K. Murphy, AndrewJ . Hansen and Leigh Murray : Impact of Introduced Rough Shiner (Notropis baileyi) on the Native Fish Community in the Chattahoochee River System Christoph A. Walser, Brett Falterman and Henry L. Bart, Jr. Plant Climbing Behavior in the Scorpion Centruroides vittatus Christopher A. Brown and Daniel J. O’Connell Notes and Discussion White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Predation on Grassland Songbird Nestlings ............ Pamela J. Pietz and Diane A. Granfors 419 Breeding Ecology and Behavior of Ozark Bass Ambloplites constellatus Jody Walters, Cynthia Annett and Gary Siegwarth 423 Details of Extensive Movements by Minnesota Wolves (Canis lupus) ME i eC ee re Ee Pet Samuel B. Merrill and L. David Mech 428 The Leech, Oligobdella biannulata (Glossiphoniidae) on Desmognathine Salamanders: Potential for Trypanosome Transmission? Timothy M. Goater 434 Movements During Colony Founding by Queens of the Honey Ant (Myrmecocystus mimicus Wheeler) Robert L. Schooley and Brandon T. Bestelmeyer 439 Author Index, Volwme 144 Subject Index, Volume 144 Contents, Volume 144