Articles
Fisher, Martes pennanti, home range characteristics in a high density untrapped population in southern Québec — Yves Garant and Michel Crête	359
The distribution of the Cascade Mantled Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus saturatus, in British Columbia — Maria C. Leung and Kimberly M. Cheng	365
The recent spread of Autumn-olive, Elaeagnus umbellata, into southern Ontario and its current status — P.M. Catling, M.J. Oldham, D.A. Sutherland, V.R. Brownell, and B.M.H. Larson	376
The distribution and numbers of Bowhead Whales, Balaena mysticetus, in Northern Foxe Basin in 1994 — S.E. Cosens, T. Qamukaq, B. Parker, L.P. Dueck, and B. Anardjuak	381
Wolf, Canis lupus, predation and maternal defensive behavior in Mountain Goats, Oreamnos americanus — Steeve D. Coté, Alberto Peracino, and Geneviève Simard	389
New and noteworthy records from the vascular flora of Nova Scotia — Michael J. Oldham and Marian Zinck	393
Vegetative concealment, proximity to trails, and predator activity as relative factors affecting nest success and egg loss in Spruce Grouse, Dendragapus canadensis — Robert G. D'Eon	399
Cadmium, copper, and lead in fish from the Lower Nelson River system in northern Manitoba — Eva Pip and Jeffray Stepaniuk	403
Comparison of plant and animal diversity on new reservoir islands and established lake islands in the northern boreal forest of Québec — Michel Crête, Jean Huot, Marie-Josée Fortin, and G. Jean Doucet	407
Estimating the accuracy of counting Eastern Wild Turkeys, Meleagris gallopavo silvestris, using helicopters in Wisconsin — John F. Kubisiak, R. Neal Paisley, and Robert G. Wright	417
The distribution, habitat, and conservation status of the Pacific Water Shrew, Sorex bendirii, in British Columbia — Carlos Galindo-Leal and Gustavo Zuleta	422
Diets of Wolves, Canis lupus, in logged and unlogged forests of southeastern Alaska — Masao Kohira and Eric A. Rexstad	429
Comparison of emergence methods to evaluate viable plant propagules in forest soils following fire— C.A. Whittle, L.C. Duchesne, and T. Needham	436
Size and characteristics of a Wood Turtle, Clemmys insculpta, population in southern Québec — Claude Daigle	440
A preliminary analysis of the floral preferences of the Afalfa Leafcutting Bee, Megachile rotundata — Ernest Small, Brenda Brookes, Leonard P. Lefkovitch, and Daphne T. Fairey	445
Notes
Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, pollen foraging in southern Ontario — Jennifer Stimec, Cynthia D. Scott-Dupree, and J.H. McAndrews	454
The pairing success of male Black-and-white Warblers, Mniotilta varia, in forest fragments and a continuous forest — Navjot S. Sodhi and Cynthia A. Paszkowski	457
Range extension and unusual occurrences of the Heather Vole, Phenacomys intermedius, in Minnesota — Frederick J. Jannett, Jr., and Richard J. Oehlenschlager	459
Unusual movement by Bison, Bison bison, in reponse to Wolf, Canis lupus, predation — L. N. Carbyn	461
Indentifying Coast Moles, Scapanus orarius, and Townsend's Moles, Scapanus townsendii, from tunnel and mound size — S. Tim Sheehan and Carlos Galindo-Leal	463
Unsuccessful colonization of a naturally depopulated area by the Deer Mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus — Michael G. Topping, John S. Millar, and Bonnie E. Woolfenden	466
Northern extension to the known breeding range of the Black Tern, Chlidonias niger, in the Northwest Territories — G.M. Barrett and D.G. Kay	469
Early Coral-root, Corallorhiza trifida Chatelain: a new addition to the vascular flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago — Joyce Gould	471
Brood-defense behavior of a Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa umbellus — Hugh P. McIsaac	473
Horn growth of a castrated Bighorn Sheep, Ovis canadensis — Robert E. Henderson and John E. Firebaugh	475
Immediate post-fire nesting by Black-backed Woodpeckers, Picoides arcticus, in northern Alberta — Marc-André Villard and Jim Schieck	478
An arboreal encounter between a Long-tailed Weasel, Mustela frenata, and three Red Squirrels, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus — Jeffrey C. Bowman	480
Early den digging by Wolves, Canis lupus, in Wisconsin — Richard P. Thiel, Wayne H. Hall, and Ronald N. Schultz	481
News and Comment
The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club Awards for 1996 — Notice of the 119th Annual Business Meeting of The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club — Call for Nominations: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 1998 Council — Call for Nominations: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 1997 Awards — The Canadian Field-Naturalist Book-review Editor's Report (1996) — Canadian Association of Herpetologists Bulletin Fall 1996	483
Biodiversity priorities from the perspective of Canadian agriculture: ten commandments — Ernest Small	487
Rare and endangered plants and their habitats in Canada — William J. Crins	506
Book Reviews
Zoology: Birds of the Besnard Lake Area — Birds of the Elbow — Atlas of Saskatchewan Birds — The Whooping Crane: North America's Symbol of Conservation — Fossils of the Burgess Shale — Mammals of the Canadian Rockies — The Snow Geese of La Pérouse Bay: Natural Selection in the Wild — A Critical Review of the Aerial and Ground Surveys of Breeding Waterfowl in North America — Proceedings of the 6th International Grouse Symposium — Leks — Animal Evolution: Interrelationships of the Living Phyla — Bird Song: Identification Made Easy — A Century of Avifaunal Change in Western North America — The Red-winged Blackbird	520
Botany: Flore Laurentienne — Greenland Lichens — Bromus L. of North America — Plants of the Southern Interior of British Columbia	530
Environment: Wild Thailand — Ecology of Infectious Diseases in Natural Populations — The Environmental Impacts of Lead Shotshell Ammunition and Lead Fishing Weights in Canada — An Ecosystem Approach to Living Sustainably: A Perspective for the Ministry of Natural Resources — Ocean Forests: The Diversity and Value of Kelp Forest Ecosystems — Human Ecology: Fragments of Anti-fragmentary Views of the World — Biodiversity and Conservation of Neotropical Montane Forests — The New Ecological Order — The Environmental Promise of Democratic Deliberation — Wild Ideas — Losing Ground: American Environmentalism at the Close of the Twentieth Century	534
New Titles	540
Mailing date of the previous issue 111(2) : 16 June 1997

ISSN: 0008-3550