New issue published: vol 126 issue 2

We have now published the Spring 2012 issue of CFN.  We are well on our way to being fully caught up in our publication schedule!  The table of contents is below with links to the articles.  You'll find great articles on rodents, bats, birds, and the Yew tree among other things. Enjoy!

Articles
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Ecology of a Recently Discovered Population Segment of Blanding’s Turtles, Emydoidea blandingii, in Barren Meadow and Keddy Brooks, Nova Scotia (89-94)
José Lefebvre, Stephen W. Mockford, Tom B. Herman

An Addition to the Mammalian Fauna of Saskatchewan: The Western Harvest Mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis (95-102)
Gilbert Proulx, Benjamin P. Proulx

Distribution and Relative Abundance of Richardson’s Ground Squirrels,Urocitellus richardsonii, According to Soil Zones and Vegetation Height in Saskatchewan During a Drought Period (103-110)
Gilbert Proulx, Keith MacKenzie, Neil MacKenzie

Trends and Fluctuations in Bird Populations on the Tundra at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut (111-116)
C. Martin Lok, Jaap A. J. Vink

Foods of Bats (Family Vespertilionidae) at Five Locations in New Hampshire and Massachusetts (117-124)
Howard H. Thomas, Paul R. Moosman, Jacques Pierre Veilleux, Jason Holt

Bat Populations and Cave Microclimate Prior to and at the Outbreak ofWhite-Nose Syndrome in New Brunswick (125-134)
Karen J. Vanderwolf, Donald F. McAlpine, Graham J. Forbes, David Malloch

Site Fidelity and Annual Survival of the Western Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens auricollis) at the Northern Edge of its Range (135-142)
René McKibbin, Christine A. Bishop

Genetic Evidence Supports Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) × Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Hybridization in Atlantic Canada (143-147)
Linda A. Lait, Randy F. Lauff, Theresa M. Burg

Notes
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High Spring Mortality of Adult Richardson’s Ground Squirrels, Urocitellus richardsonii, Associated with a Severe Rainstorm in Southwestern Saskatchewan (148-151)
Gilbert Proulx

Size of Territories and Home Ranges of Male Western Yellow-breasted Chats (Icteria virens auricollis) in British Columbia (152-156)
René McKibbin, Christine A. Bishop

Urban White-tailed Jackrabbits (Lepus townsendii) Eat Spike Plants (Cordyline australis) in Winter (157-159)
Alwynne B. Beaudoin, Yves Beaudoin

Resistance of Canada Yew (Taxus canadensis) Branch Wood to Two Wood Decay Fungi (160-163)
Dana L. Richter, Amy M. Berns, Clare F. Frederick

Tributes and Obituaries
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A Tribute to Charles Hogg Douglas, 1923–2004 (164-166)
Edward L. Bousfield, Francis R. Cook

A Tribute to Phillip Merrill Youngman: 1927–2011 (167-171)
Irwin M. Brodo, Francis R. Cook

Book Reviews
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"All the Birds of Nova Scotia" by Ian McLaren. 2012. [book review] (172-173)
Roy John

"The ROM Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Ontario" by E. Nicholas et al. 2009. [book review] (173-174)
Brian W. Coad

"Population Demography of Northern Spotted Owls" by E. Forsman et al. 2011. [book review] (174-175)
C. Stuart Houston

"Venomous Reptiles of the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico. Volume 1" by C. Ernst, and E. Ernst. 2011. [book review] (175)
David Seburn

"A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia" by Robert Burton and John Croxall. 2012. [book review] (176-177)
Roy John

"The Ecology of Plant Secondary Metabolites: From Genes to Global Processes" edited by G. Iason et al. 2012. [book review] (178)
William J. Crins

"In the Memory of the Map: A Cartographic Memoir" by C. Norment. 2012. [book review] (179-180)
Alwynne B. Beaudoin

New titles (181)

News and Comment
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Emergency COSEWIC Assessment for Three Species of Bats; The Canadian Herpetologist Spring 2012; Global Wildlife Resources - Wildlife Handling Job Board; Letter to the Editor responding to book review (182-183)

Club Reports
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Editor’s Report for Volume 125 (2011) (184-185)
Carolyn C. Callaghan

Instructions for Authors (186-188)