Articles
The decline and current status of the dune race of the Dwarf Cherry, Prunus pumila var. pumila, on the Canadian shores of the lower Great Lakes — PAUL M. CATLING and BRENDON M.H. LARSON	187
A taxonomic study of the grass genus Glyceria (mannagrass) in British Columbia — ROSARIO RUIZ DE ESPARZA and JACK MAZE	194
Coyote, Canis latrans, visitations to scent stations in southeastern Alberta — SYBILLE WOELFL and MANFRED WOELFL	200
Beaver, Castor canadensis, home range size and patterns of use in the taiga of southeastern Manitoba: I. Seasonal variation — MICHELLE WHEATLEY	204
Beaver, Castor canadensis, home range size and patterns of use in the taiga of southeastern Manitoba: II. Sex, age, and family status — MICHELLE WHEATLEY	211
Beaver, Castor canadensis, home range size and patterns of use in the taiga of southeastern Manitoba: III. Habitat variation — MICHELLE WHEATLEY	217
Food preference and ad libitum intake of wild-captured Sitka Mice, Peromyscus keeni sitkensis — ED O. REESE, JEFFREY C. BARNARD, and THOMAS A. HANLEY	223
Summer food habits and population density of Coyotes, Canis latrans, in boreal forests of southeasten Québec — CLAUDE SAMSON and MICHEL CRETE	227
Egg composition and post-DDT eggshell thickness of the American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhyncos — SHAWN C. BUGDEN and ROGER M. EVANS	234
Population growth of Moose, Alces alces, in Labrador — TONY E. CHUBBS and JAMES A. SCHAEFER	238
Resurgence of breeding Merlins, Falco columbarius richardsonii, in Saskatchewan grasslands — C. STUART HOUSTON and KEITH A. HODSON	243
Rare and endangered fishes and marine mammals of Canada: COSEWIC Fish and Marine Mammal Subcommittee Status Reports XI. — R.R. CAMPBELL	249
Status of the Nootsack Dace, Rhinichthys sp., in Canada — J.D. MCPHAIL	258
Status of the Northern Fur Seal, Callorhinus urinsus, in Canada — ROBIN W. BAIRD and M. BRADLEY HANSON	263
Status of the Lacs des Loups Marins Harbour Seal, Phoca vitulina mellonae, in Canada — R.J. SMITH	270
Updated Status of the Sea Otter, Enhydra lutris, in Canada — JANE C. WATSON, GRAEME M. ELLIS, THOMAS G. SMITH, and JOHN K. B. FORD	277
Status of the Northern Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus, in the Gully, Nova Scotia — HAL WHITEHEAD, ANNICK FAUCHER, SHANNON GOWANS, and STEPHEN MCCARREY	287
Status of the Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus, in Canada — RANDALL R. REEVES and HAL WHITEHEAD	293
Notes
First breeding record of Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator, on Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories — THEO HOFMANN, JOHN W. CHARDINE, and HANS BLOKPOEL	308
Sagina (Caryophyllaceae) range extensions in Canada: S. japonica new to Newfoundland; S. procumbens new to the Northwest Territories — RICHARD K. RABELER and JOHN W. THIERET	309
Use of active Beaver, Castor canadensis, lodges by Muskrats, Ondatra zibethicus, in Wyoming — MARK C. MCKINSTRY, RORY R. KARHU, and STANLEY H. ANDERSON	310
Fall-early winter home ranges, movements, and den use of male Mink, Mustela vision, in eastern Tennessee — RICHARD T. STEVENS, TOM L. ASHWOOD, and JONATHAN M. SLEEMAN	312
Observations of a possible cleaning symbiosis between Painted Turtles, Chrysemys picta, and Snapping Turtles, Cheldra serpentina, in central Ontario — MARGARET A. KRAWCHUK, NICOLA KOPER, and RONALD J. BROOKS	315
Weissia brachycarpa (Nees & Hornsch.) Jur. at Niagara Falls, a moss new to Ontario — P.M. ECKEL	318
The moss Tortella alpicola Dix. new to Alberta and the Yukon Territory with a discussion of its range and comments on related species — P.M. ECKEL	320
News and Comment
Editor's Report for The Canadian Field-Naturalist Volume 110 (1996) — Global Biodiversity: The Canadian Museum of Nature — Rana-Sauria — CITES Reports: 1992 Annual Report for Canada — Froglog: Newsletter of the Declining Amphibians Populations Task Force of the World Conservation Union's Species Survival Commission — Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre Newsletter — Renew Report #6, 1995-96 — Sea Wind — Richards Natural History Education Award by the Federation of Ontario Naturalists	323
Minutes of the 118th Annual Business Meeting of The Ottawa Field- Naturalists' Club, 14 January 1997	331
The problem of invading alien trees and shrubs: Some observations in Ontario and a Canadian checklist — PAUL M. CATLING	338
Book Reviews
Zoology: The Minds of Birds — Martens, Sables, and Fishers: Biology and Conservation — Chickadees, Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers — Larvae of the North American Caddisfly Genera (Trichoptera) — The Scientific Basis for Conserving Forest Carnivores: American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine in the Western United States — The Last Panda — The Birds of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada — The Birds of the Northwest Territories — Bird Song	343
Botany: A History of the Orchid — The Ontario Naturalized Garden	348
Environment: Canada's Biodiversity: The Variety of Life, its Status, Economic Benefits, Conservation Costs, and Unmet Needs — The Greening of Ethics — Wildlife and Recreationists: Coexistence Through Management and Research — Conservation Biology in Theory and Practice — Macroecology — Fundamentals of Conservation Biology — Drinking Water: Refreshing Answers to All Your Questions — Eastern Deciduous Forest: Ecology and Wildlife Conservation	350
Miscellaneous: River Out of Eden — Diary of William W. Judd: Sifton — Botanical Bog (Byron Bog), London, Ontario, 1981-1993	354
New Titles	355
Mailing date of the previous issue 111(1): 2 May 1997

ISSN: 0008-3550