Northeastern Naturalist back issues from January 2006:
Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Locust) as Day-roosts of Male Myotis septentrionalis (Northern Bats) on the Fernow Experimental Forest, West Virginia
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract - During the summer of 2003, we captured and radiotagged ten male Myotis septentrionalis (northern bats) on the Fernow Experimental Forest (FEF) in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia to investigate day-roost selection. Of 16 roosts that were located, 13 were in Robinia ...
Efficacy of the Mist-net Protocol for Indiana Bats: A Video Analysis
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract - We mist-netted bats to test the efficacy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service Indiana Bat Protocol (IBP), which recommends monitoring nets every 20 min. We continuously videotaped mist nets while monitoring and removing bats every 20 min. We recorded 157 bats on video that ...
Rare Occurrence of a Rhincodon typus (Whale Shark) in the Bay of Fundy, Canada
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract - A large whale shark, Rhincodon typus, was observed in the Bay of Fundy, Canada on August 22, 1997. The sighting was at 44°15'19''N, 67°44'07''W. Whale sharks are a circumglobal species occurring in the warmer waters of the tropical and subtropical seas and no prior sightings ...
Erignathus barbatus (Bearded Seal) Vagrant in Massachusetts
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract - Erignathus barbatus (bearded seals) have a circumpolar distribution and are most often found in areas of transient pack ice. On 30 April 2002, an adult bearded seal was observed hauled out on a floating dock within the inner harbor of Gloucester, MA (42°36.11'N, 70°39.42'W) ....
Sea Lamprey Attached to a Greenland Shark in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract - A Petromyzon marinus (sea lamprey) was observed attached to an approximately 3-m fork length, male Somniosus microcephalus (Greenland shark) on 9 October 2004 in Baie St. Pancrace, St. Lawrence Estuary, PQ. This is the first report of a sea lamprey attached to a member of ...
Post-Breeding Dispersal and Summer Home Range of Female American Toads (Bufo americanus)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract - While many amphibians have complex life cycles involving a primarily terrestrial adult phase and an aquatic larval phase, use of terrestrial habits by adult forms remains poorly understood. We used radiotelemetry to track the post-breeding dispersals of 16 female Bufo ...
Comparison of Two Foraging Habitats Used by Glossy Ibis During the Breeding Season in Rhode Island
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract - In 2002, an estimated 377 pairs of Plegadis falcinellus (Glossy Ibis) nested in four mixed-species colonies in Rhode Island, with 66% of nests on Rose Island. Local observations suggest that farmland may provide important foraging habitat for Glossy Ibis in southern New ...
A Bryological Assessment of the Flint Woods Preserve, Delaware
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract - The Flint Woods Preserve is known to contain rare species of vascular flora, yet no bryological survey has previously been performed. Bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) are are sensitive to changes in the environment and serve as biological indicators. The ...
Declines of Migratory Songbirds: Evidence for Wintering-ground Causes
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract - Population declines of migratory songbirds have been attributed to either breeding-ground factors based on forest fragmentation leading to increased rates of nest predation and nest parasitism or wintering-ground factors based on tropical habitat loss and degradation. We ...
Vertical Variation of Bark Water Storage Capacity of Pinus strobus L. (Eastern White Pine) in Southern Illinois
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract - Knowledge of the vertical variation of bark water storage capacity (BWSC) is essential in understanding the processes of throughfall and stemflow yield in forest ecosystems. Determination of vertical variation of BWSC is also necessary to understand microscale variations in ...
Plant Conservation: A Natural History Approach
Jan 01, 2006; ... Plant Conservation: A Natural History Approach. Gary A. Krupnick and W. John Kress (Eds.). 2005. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. 346 pp. $30, softcover. ISBN 0226455130. The world's great natural history museums house plant collections that are an invaluable resource for ...
Climate Change and Biodiversity
Jan 01, 2006; ... Climate Change and Biodiversity. Thomas E. Lovejoy and Lee Hannah (Eds.). 2005. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 418 pp. $65, hardcover. ISBN 0300104251. Written for an audience of concerned citizens as well as experts, this collection of papers presents some of the latest research and ...
Biological Diversity and Function in Soils
Jan 01, 2006; ... Biological Diversity and Function in Soils. Richard D. Bardgett, Michael B. Usher, and David W. Hopkins (Eds.). 2005. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 411 pp. $65, softcover. ISBN 100521609879. The nature, composition, and ecology of soils is amazingly complex, and despite decades of ...
The Cradle of Humanity: Prehistoric Art and Culture
Jan 01, 2006; ... The Cradle of Humanity: Prehistoric Art and Culture. George Bataille. 2005. Zone Books, New York, NY. 210 pp. $28.95, hardcover. ISBN 1890951552. A collection of Bataille's essays written from about 1930 to 1960 edited by Stuart Kendall and translated by Michelle and Stuart Kendall. Bataille ...
Wild Urban Woodlands: New Perspectives for Urban Forestry
Jan 01, 2006; ... Wild Urban Woodlands: New Perspectives for Urban Forestry. Ingo Kowarik and Stefan Körner (Eds.). 2005. Springer, Berlin, Germany. 299 pp. $119, hardcover. ISBN 354023912X. This book is about the the "new wilderness" arising on abandoned urban-industrial areas throughout the world. Some of these ...
Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals
Jan 01, 2006; ... Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals. Tim Caro. 2005. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. 591 pp. $38, softcover. ISBN 0226094367. This book is a comprehensive examination of the numerous strategies employed by birds and mammals to defend against predators. Drawing extensively ...
Not By Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution
Jan 01, 2006; ... Not By Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution. Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd. 2005. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. 332 pp. $30, hardcover. ISBN 0226712842. The study of human cultures has long been influenced by the seeming dichotomy of nature vs. nurture, with ...
Bird Census Techniques
Jan 01, 2006; ... Bird Census Techniques. 2nd Edition. Colin J. Bibby, Neu D. Burgess, David A. Hill, and Simon H. Mustoe. 2000. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 302 pp. $63.95, hardcover. ISBN 0120958317. This extensively revised edition has been expanded and updated to reflect new developments in the field of ...
Birds of Central Park
Jan 01, 2006; ... Birds of Central Park. Cal Vornberger. 2005. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York, NY. 207 pp. $35, hardcover ISBN 0810959178. Lovely large format book of high quality photos of birds in New York City's Central Park. Artful photos are well composed and brilliantly colored. Interspersed with short ...
Freshwater Wetlands: A Guide to Common Indicator Plants of the Northeast
Jan 01, 2006; ... Freshwater Wetlands: A Guide to Common Indicator Plants of the Northeast. Dennis A. Magee. 1981. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA. 245 pp. $19.95, softcover. ISBN 0870233173. Designed as a guide for identifying plant species that help delineate wetland locations and boundaries in ...
Where Mountains are Nameless
Jan 01, 2006; ... Where Mountains are Nameless. Jonathan Waterman. 2005. W.W. Norton and Co. New York, NY. 280 pp. $24.95, hardcover. ISBN 0393052192. Waterman returns to the familiar terrain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Beautifully written account of a solo sea kayak trip along the Arctic National ...
Illinois Insects and Spiders
Jan 01, 2006; ... Illinois Insects and Spiders. Peggy Macnamara. 2005. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. 118 pp. $16, softcover. ISBN 0226501000. A delightful and surprising book, representing the best kind of synergy of art and science. Made up of full color plates of watercolor paintings of the insect ...
Short-term Movements of Radio-tagged Harbor Seals in New England
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract - We captured and radio-tagged 29 harbor seals in spring 2001 in Chatham, MA, and off Rockland, ME. Male and female seals of all ages were captured in Chatham, compared to mostly juveniles in Maine. Seventy-five percent (9/12) of the Chatham seals moved to the Maine coast in ...
A Case of Natural Hybridization Between Hyalophora cecropia and Hyalophora columbia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in Nova Scotia
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract - Progeny of a wild female of Hyalophora cecropia (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) were reared and appear to be natural hybrids resulting from a mating with Hyalophora columbia (Smith). It is well known that species of the North American silkmoth genus Hyalophora ...
Ecology and Morphology of Thamnophis sirtalis pallidulus (Maritime Garter Snakes) on Georges Island, Nova Scotia
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract Georges Island supports an unusually dense and morphologically diverse population of Thamnophis sirtalis pallidulus. Between May and October 1993, a total of 391 garter snakes were marked. The total male:female ratio was 0.8:1.0; population density of snakes > 1 year old was ...
Spatial Distribution and Impacts of Moth Herbivory on Northern Pitcher Plants
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract - Larvae of two noctuid moths. Exyra fax and Papaipema appassionata, are obligate herbivores of Sarracenia purpurea (northern pitcher plant). We studied the relationship between presence of these larvae and plant size, the spatial clustering of herbivory, and effects of ...
Monitoring Ecological Change
Jan 01, 2006; ... Monitoring Ecological Change. 2nd Edition. Ian F. Spellerberg. 2005. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 391 pp. $60, softcover. ISBN 100521527287. Systematic and well designed monitoring programs are the foundation of conservation and environmental remediation, and the first edition of ...
The Status of Freshwater Mussels in Rhode Island
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract - Between 1980 and present, we inventoried freshwater mussel populations at 129 aquatic sites throughout Rhode Island. We found 8 native mussel species and documented the presence of Corbicula sp. (Asiatic clam). The Rhode Island mussel fauna has been degraded by a long history ...
Art Forms from the Ocean: The Radiolarian Prints of Ernst Haeckel
Jan 01, 2006; ... Art Forms from the Ocean: The Radiolarian Prints of Ernst Haeckel. Olaf Breidbach. 2005. Prestel Verlag, Munich. 96 pp. $25, softcover. ISBN 3791333275. This volume is a new edition of Haeckel's 1862 monograph on Radiolarians, a group of protozoans found in the world's oceans which frequently ...
A Natural History of Ferns
Jan 01, 2006; ... A Natural History of Ferns. Robbin C. Moran. 2004. Timber Press. Portland, OR. 301 pp. $29.95, hardcover. ISBN 0-88192-667-1. Robbin C. Moran, Curator of Ferns at the New York Botanical Gardens, loves to delve into every aspect of his subject, and in this volume he takes his reader on a ...
Peterson Field Guide to Ferns: Northeastern and Central North America
Jan 01, 2006; ... Peterson Field Guide to Ferns: Northeastern and Central North America. 2nd Edition. Boughton Cobb, Cheryl Lowe, and Elizabeth Farnsworth. 2005. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 417 pp. $20, softcover. ISBN 0608394060. An updated version of an old and valued classic. The new edition includes ...
Landowner's Guide to Wildlife Habitat
Jan 01, 2006; ... Landowner's Guide to Wildlife Habitat. Richard M. DeGraaf, Mariko Yamasaki, William B Leak, and Anna M. Lester. 2005. University Press of New England, Hanover, NH. lllpp. $16.95, softcover. ISBN 1584654678. Written for the small woodlot owner with active forest management in mind. Focused ...
A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife
Jan 01, 2006; ... A Field Guide to North Atlantic Wildlife. Noble S. Proctor and Patrick J. Lynch. 2005. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 221pp. $19.95 softcover. ISBN 0300106580. Extremely useful field guide to the Northwest Atlantic (Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras). Treats sea birds, fish, marine mammals, ...