Recently added articles from The American Midland Naturalist:
Editorial Announcement, Volume 161(1), January 2009
Jan 01, 2009; ... This issue of The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 161, No. 1, 2009, is the start of the celebration of 100 y of scientific publishing. During that century science, and especially the life sciences, and the Journal have made many significant changes. Initially it was the Midland Naturalist ....
Editorial Announcement, Volume 1(1) April 2009
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Middle Western States considered geologically, topographically, and climatologically, form a great natural province, showing points of marked contrast with the region of the Eastern and Middle States on the East, and that of the elevated Rocky Mountain Plains on the West; in some respects ...
The Future of The American Midland Naturalist
Jan 01, 2009; ... In my life, I have been guided by five goals that I believe will better the state of humanity and benefit the world, among these are world peace, civil rights, economic justice, better understanding among religions and environmental quality. I believe that today's loss of environmental quality ...
Preface for Centennial Edition of The American Midland Naturalist
Jan 01, 2009; ... It is fitting that, in this year when our campus is focused through the Notre Dame Forum on issues of sustainability and responsible stewardship of the earth's resources, we celebrate the centennial of the University's oldest scholarly journal, The American Midland Naturalist. For 100 y, since ...
A Subjective Tribute to the Work of Robert P. McIntosh
Jan 01, 2009; ... A prominent ecologist named R.H. Whittaker once noted the possibility of an ecology of ecologiste, their preferences being regionally or culturally determined. Whether or not this is true of one particular ecologist, Robert P. Mcintosh (Mac), has yet to be seen. He would say that his career and ...
The American Midland Naturalist: The Life History of a Journal
Jan 01, 2009; ... Abstract. The nature of natural history as represented in the American Midland Naturalist has changed during its eight decades of publication. Although subject matter became increasingly diverse, the emphasis shifted from taxonomic and distributional studies to ecology. Geographic ...
A Brief View of The American Midland Naturalist Since 1990
Jan 01, 2009; ... When I began my association with The American Midland Naturalist in 1959 as a member of the Executive Committee I had no thought of compiling its indices from 1959 to 1978 (Carpenter and Mcintosh 1978), or writing its Life History from its inception in 1909 to 1990 (Mcintosh, 1990) in its 82nd ...
Range Expansion of Barred Owls, Part I: Chronology and Distribution
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT. During the past century, Barred Owls (Strix varia) expanded their range from forests east of the Great Plains to forests throughout most of central and western North America. Here in Part I, I map more than 12,500 records of Barred Owls in their expanded range from the earliest ...
Ecological Characteristics of Small Mammal Communities at a Superfund Site
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT. Wildlife species can serve as biomonitors of environmental health and are prognostic of ecotoxicological consequences when contaminants are introduced into the environment. Small mammals, particularly rodents, comprise the majority of indicator species used in terrestrial ...
Food Habits of Recolonizing Cougars in the Dakotas: Prey Obtained from Prairie and Agricultural Habitats
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT. Food habits of cougars (Puma concolor) in North America have been documented for western populations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Most studies assessed diets of cougars occupying typical habitats, and within established populations. We evaluated food habits of ...
Land-use Impacts on Watershed Health and Integrity in Indiana Warmwater Streams
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT. Many warmwater streams in the midwestern United States have been negatively influenced by human land-use practices. From Jun. through Aug. 2002 and 2003, tributaries (n = 50) of the upper Wabash River basin, Indiana, were sampled to investigate ecosystem health and integrity ....
Characterization of Modern Turtle Death Sites for Comparison with Late Eocene and Early Oligocene Turtle Sites
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT. Taphonomic studies of extant turtles are useful for interpreting the taphonomy of fossil turtles. In order to provide modern comparators for fossil turtle sites, we have characterized two modern turtle (Chrysemys picta) deathsites; one in northwestern Nebraska and one in ...
Grassland Bird Use of Remnant Prairie and Conservation Reserve Program Fields in an Agricultural Landscape in Wisconsin
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT. Because of the declines in grassland bird populations across North America, many state and federal agencies are making efforts to manage for grassland bird populations, particularly in a landscape context. To effectively manage for grassland birds, we need to understand how ...
Lakeshore Vegetation Effects on Avian and Anuran Populations
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT. Riparian zones are hotspots of wildlife diversity and also particularly attractive for housing development. Landscaping associated with homes contributes to a wide range of lakeshore vegetation structures. Based on calling surveys in Northern Wisconsin, we investigated effects ...
Ethics For and Responsibilities of Authors, Reviewers and Editors in Science
Jan 01, 2009; ... Abstract. Science is made of building blocks, that is, one piece of knowledge leads to or combines with another piece ad infinitum. Consequently, for the process of science to work, everyone involved must be able to count on everyone else to conduct their work in a straightforward manner ...
Biogeographical Distribution of Chloroplast Diversity in Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra L.)
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT. We mapped the biogeographical distribution of chloroplast haplotypes in northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) to test the hypotheses that the founder effects during postglacial migration will result in a latitudinal gradient of haplotype diversity with exhaustion of haplotype ...
KNOWN THE WORLD OVER, Volume 1(1), April 1909
Jan 01, 2009; ... The University of Notre Dame NOTRE DAME, Indiana Offers Courses in Ancient and Modern Languages, History and Economics, Journalism, General Science, Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Architecture, ...
Effect of Removal of Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Rocket) on Species Cover of Forest Understory Vegetation in NW Indiana
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT. Exotic invasive plant species differ in their effects on indigenous vegetation as evidenced by research evaluating community response to their removal. We used a removal approach to quantify the response of a mesic woodland to the removal versus retention of an invasive plant, ...
Diurnal Roosts of Male Evening Bats (Nycticeius humeralis) in Diversely Managed Pine-Hardwood Forests
Oct 01, 2008; ... Abstract. We examined attributes of 45 roost sites used by 17 adult male evening bats (Nycticeius humeralis) in a diverse forested landscape within the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. Bats roosted in a diverse array of substrates, including live or dead Pinus echinata ≥ cm diam at ...
Age-class Structure and Variability of Two Populations of the Bluemask Darter Etheostoma (Doration) sp.
Oct 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT.- The bluemask darter Etheostoma (Doration) sp. is an endangered fish endemic to the upper Caney Fork system in the Cumberland River drainage in central Tennessee. Darters (Etheostoma spp.) are typically short-lived and exhibit rapid growth that quickly decreases with age ....