The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Volume 120, Number 1
(Jan–Mar 2006)

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Cover photo: Adult Le Conte’s Sparrow, Ammospiza leconteii, attending to the nest. 21 July 1999. Photo by Michael Patrikeev. See article, pp. 22-26. [full-size view]
Articles
Predicting bird oiling events at oil sands tailings ponds and assessing the importance of alternate waterbodies for waterfowl: a preliminary assessment — ROBERT A. RONCONI
Abstract [PDF]
1
A test of interspecific effects of introduced Eastern Grey Squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis, on Douglas’s Squirrels, Tamiasciurus douglasii, in Vancouver, British Columbia — YEEN TEN HWANG and SERGE LARIVIÈRE
Abstract [PDF]
10
Responses of syrphids, elaterids, and bees to single-tree selection harvesting in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario — ERICA NOL, HUME DOUGLAS, and WILLIAM J. CRINS
Abstract [PDF]
15
New nesting records of the Le Conte’s Sparrow, Ammospiza leconteii, from northeastern Ontario with some notes on nesting behaviour — MICHAEL PATRIKEEV
Abstract [PDF]
22
Conditions for sexual interactions between wild wild Grey Wolves, Canis lupus, and Coyotes, Canis latrans — RICHARD P. THIEL
Abstract [PDF]
27
Multiple scale den selection by Swift Foxes, Vulpes velox, in southeastern Colorado — ANN M. KITCHEN, ERIC M. GESE, and SARAH G. LUPIS
Abstract [PDF]
31
First records of the Northern Long-eared Bat, Myotis septentrionalis, in the Yukon Territory — THOMAS S. JUNG, BRIAN G. SLOUGH, DAVID W. NAGORSEN, TANYA A. DEWEY, and TODD POWELL
Abstract [PDF]
39
Recent declines of House Sparrows, Passer domesticus, in Canada’s Maritime Provinces — ANTHONY J. ERSKINE
Abstract [PDF]
43
First record of the Southern Red-backed Vole, Clethrionomys gapperi, in Newfoundland: Implications for the endangered Newfoundland Marten, Martes americana atrata — BRIAN J. HEARN, JOHN T. NEVILLE, WILLIAM J. CURRAN, and DEAN P. SNOW
Abstract [PDF]
50
Long-range homing by an adult female Black Bear, Ursus americanus — L.J. LANDRIAULT, M.N. HALL, J. HAMR, F.F. MALLORY
Abstract [PDF]
57
Early ontogenetic diet in Gray Wolves, Canis lupus, of coastal British Columbia — HEATHER M. BRYAN, CHRIS T. DARIMONT, THOMAS E. REIMCHEN, and PAUL C. PAQUET
Abstract [PDF]
61
Extension of Coyote, Canis latrans, breeding range in the Northwest Territories, Canada — H. DEAN CLUFF
Abstract [PDF]
67
Lake Sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, movements in Rainy Lake, Minnesota and Ontario — W. EUGENE ADAMS JR., LARRY W. KALLEMEYN, and DAVID W. WILLIS
Abstract [PDF]
71
Northern range expansion and invasion by the Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio, of the Churchill River system in Manitoba — PASCAL H. J. BADIOU, and L. GORDON GOLDSBOROUGH
Abstract [PDF]
83
Diversity and range of amphibians of the Yukon Territory — BRIAN G. SLOUGH and R. LEE MENNELL
Abstract [PDF]
87
Temporal variability of cetaceans near Halifax, Nova Scotia — PETER SIMARD, JENIFER L. LAWLOR, and SHANNON GOWANS
Abstract [PDF]
93
Winter habitat use by American Marten, Martes americana, in western Alberta boreal forests — GILBERT PROULX
Abstract [PDF]
100
Notes
Lady Crabs, Ovalipes ocellatus, in the Gulf of Maine — J.C.A. BURCHSTED and FRED BURCHSTED
Abstract [PDF]
106
Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawerensis, food piracy on diving ducks — WILLIAM J. WALLEY
Abstract [PDF]
109
Probable Black Bear, Ursus americana, retrieval of an Elk, Cervus elaphus, carcass from a small lake in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba — WILLIAM J. WALLEY
Abstract [PDF]
110
Book Reviews [PDF]
ZOOLOGY: The Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi — The Birding Sites of Nova Scotia — The Complete Fauna of Iran — Fishes of the World — Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America — Secret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-legged Creatures — Rodents and Lagomorphs of British Columbia — Tanagers, Cardinals, and Finches of the United States and Canada — Wheatears of Palaeartic: Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution of the Genus Oenanthe 113
BOTANY: Giant Trees of Western North America and the World 120
ENVIRONMENT: Fire and Avian Ecology in North America: Studies in Avian Biology Number 30 — Fisheries Assessment and Management in Data-limited Situations — Lapland: A Natural History — Fish, Fur and Feathers: Fish and Wildlife Conservation in Alberta, 1905-2005 — The Gulf of Alaska: Biology and Oceanography 121
MISCELLANEOUS: Fossil Legends of the First Americans — A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstones & Mineral Sites of British Columbia, Sites within a Day’s Drive of Vancouver 127
NEW TITLES 128
News and Comment [PDF]
Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre Science and Information Newsletter 11(1) Winter 2006 — Marine Turtle Newsletter (111) — Wildlife Afield 2 (1,2) — Errata The Canadian Field-Naturalist 119(3) 132
Advice to Contributors 134

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