The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Volume 121, Number 2
(Apr–Jun 2007)

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Cover photo: Four Maritime Garter Snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis pallidulus, observed in courtship behavior on the branches of Rhododendron shrub at 325 Prince Albert Road, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, on 5 September 2006. See note by Gilhen and Strum pages 210-211. [full-size view]
Articles
Diversity and distribution of the terrestrial mammals of the Yukon Territory: A review — BRIAN G. SLOUGH and THOMAS S. JUNG
Abstract [PDF]
119
State records and habitat of Clam Shrimp, Caenestheriella gynecia (Crustacea: Conchostraca), in New York and New Jersey — ROBERT E. SCHMIDT and ERIK KIVIAT
Abstract [PDF]
128
Colonization of non-traditional range in dispersing Elk, Cervus elaphus nelsoni, populations — FRED VAN DYKE
Abstract [PDF]
133
The Rumsfeld Paradigm: knowns and unknowns in characterizing habitats used by the endangered Sharp-tailed Snake, Contia tenuis, in southwestern British Columbia — SHANNON F. WILKINSON, PATRICK T. GREGORY, CHRISTIAN ENGELSTOFT, and KARI J. NELSON
Abstract [PDF]
142
Do repugnant scents increase survival of ground nests? A test with artificial and natural duck nests — VANESSA B. HARRIMAN, JUSTIN A. PITT, and SERGE LARIVIÈRE
Abstract [PDF]
150
Translocation and recovery efforts for the Telkwa Caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, herd in west-central British Columbia, 1997-2005 — ASTRID VIK STRONEN, PAUL PAQUET, STEPHEN HERRERO, SEAN SHARPE, and NIGEL WATERS
Abstract [PDF]
155
An inventory of aquatic and subaquatic plants in SASKWater Canals in Central Saskatchewan, Canada — J. HUGO COTA-SÁNCHEZ and KIRSTEN REMARCHUK
Abstract [PDF]
164
Life history of the marine isopod Cyathura polita in the Saint John River Estuary, New Brunswick: a species at the northern extent of its range — SARAH C. MERCER, GLENYS D. GIBSON, and MICHAEL J. DADSWELL
Abstract [PDF]
168
Post-emergence movements and overwintering of Snapping Turtles, Chelydra serpentina, hatchlings in New York and New Hampshire — GORDON R. ULTSCH, MATT DRAUD, and BARRY WICKLOW
Abstract [PDF]
178
Notes on succession in old fields in southeastern Ontario: the herbs — A. CROWDER, R. HARMSEN, and S.E. BLATT
Abstract [PDF]
182
Growth of White Spruce, Picea glauca, seedlings in relation to microenvironmental conditions in a forest-prairie ecotone of southwestern Manitoba — SOPHAN CHHIN and G. GEOFF WANG
Abstract [PDF]
191
Natural recolonization of cultivated land by native prairie plants and its enhancement by removal of Scots Pine, Pinus sylvestris — PAUL CATLING and BARRY KING
Abstract [PDF]
201
Notes
A high elevation record of the Star-nosed Mole, Condylura cristata, in northeastern Vermont — RYAN W. NORRIS and C. WILLIAM KILPATRICK
Abstract [PDF]
206
Northern Long-eared Bat, Myotis septentrionalis, (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) on Prince Edward Island: First records of occurrence and over-wintering — JENNIFER A. BROWN, DONALD F. MCALPINE, and ROSEMARY CURLEY
Abstract [PDF]
208
Arboreal late summer courtship of Maritime Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis pallidulus, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada — JOHN GILHEN and ROBERT STRUM
Abstract [PDF]
210
Human-assisted movements of Raccoons, Procyon lotor, and Opossums, Didelphis virginiana, between the United States and Canada — RICK C. ROSATTE, DENNIS DONOVAN, MIKE ALLAN, LAURA BRUCE, and CHRIS DAVIES
Abstract [PDF]
212
Correlation between age estimates for Elk, Cervus elaphus, using tooth wear/eruption patterns and counts of annuli in tooth cementum — RICK ROSATTE, ANDREW SILVER, MARK GIBSON, BRUCE CHISHOLM, and NORM COOL
Abstract [PDF]
214
Predator-prey interaction between and American Robin, Turdus migratorius, and a Five-lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus — E. NATASHA VANDERHOFF
Abstract [PDF]
216
Book Reviews [PDF]
ZOOLOGY: Atlas of Breeding Birds of Ontario 2001-2005 — The Return of Caribou to Ungava — A Guide to the Mammals of China — Birds of the Saskatoon Area — Brian Coad’s Ichthyology Site219
BOTANY: Exploration and Utilization of Chinese Spice Plant Resources225
MISCELLANEOUS: Arctic Hell Ship — Eighteenth-century Naturalists of Hudson Bay — Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories — The Ornithologist’s Dictionary — Pioneering Women in Plant Pathology — Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson226
NEW TITLES 232
News and Comment
Bill Cody receives Honorary Doctorate of Science from McMaster University, June 5, 2007 — Marine Turtle Newsletter 116 — Atlas of amphibians and reptiles of Quebec, 2007 inventory — The Boreal Dip Net/L'épousette boréale 11(1) Spring 2007 — Canadian Association of Herpetologists/Association canadienne des herpetologists Bulletin 14(2) Spring 2007233
Editor’s Report for Volume 120 (2006) — FRANCIS R. COOK235
Advice to Contributors 238

Mailing date of this issue: 6 November 2008

ISSN: 0008-3550



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