tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502965320204807672024-03-13T07:38:14.180-04:00The Canadian Field-Naturalist BlogThe Canadian Field-Naturalist is a scientific journal publishing natural history research relevant to Canada. Our journal is changing rapidly. What better way to inform you of rapid changes than a blog?The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-43273370609061061252014-11-26T22:04:00.000-05:002014-11-26T22:04:04.215-05:00Issue 128(3) publishedWe published volume 128 issue 3 of The Canadian Field-Naturalist in October. The cover received a lot of praise from icthyologists - fish are beautiful!<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1611/1618" target="_blank">"Beetles of Eastern North America" by Arthur V. Evans. 2014. [book review] (295-296)</a></div>
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<br />The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-60423250753374982062014-10-21T10:48:00.001-04:002014-10-21T11:06:53.565-04:00Osprey Entanglement (guest blog post)<div class="MsoNormal">
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<i>Communication is an essential part of science. The Canadian Field-Naturalist wants to encourage science communication among Canada's early-career naturalists. Below is a story about a research article in issue 128(2), authored by Lauren Banks, a first year Environmental Science graduate student at Trent University. Lauren was not involved in this study.
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Living in harmony</h3>
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Good science is predicated on attention to detail, as one of the Myth Busters from the show of the same name said, “the only difference between science and screwing around is writing it down”. Great science, however, involves intricate planning based on clear objectives. The researchers and citizen scientists involved with <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1582" target="_blank">this study</a> skillfully combined both of these wisdoms to create a clear, unbiased evaluation of the effects of polypropylene baling twine and its use and implications for nest building by Osprey and their nestlings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">Figure 1- A pair of Osprey building a nest. Photo by Jerry Kirkhart, courtesy of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pandion_haliaetus_-Belize_-building_nest-8.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>.</td></tr>
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Like many ecological questions, this study was inspired by observations about nature. In this case, researchers noticed discarded baling twine (used to wrap hay bales) en route to various Osprey nesting sites they were surveying. Osprey often incorporate people’s discarded items, such as string or baling twine, as nesting material. Though these items can provide more access to materials for nest construction, some of these materials may entangle nestlings. The researchers wanted to investigate to what extent Osprey used these items, and whether there was an increased risk of entanglement if baling twine was used to construct a nest.<br />
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The study area was in Yellowstone River floodplain, an area that encompasses a variety of anthropogenic land uses. During 2012 and 2013, both the researchers and citizen scientists monitored Osprey nests within the study area. Based on 71 nests, buffer zones around each nest were created to evaluate potential roadsides for baling twine collection. As a proxy for rural to urban land-use, the researchers used GIS to map road density, based on total length of roads, in each buffer zone.<br />
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Of the 65 nests that were initially selected for baling twine assessment, 38 met the criteria for this study. Interestingly, all 65 Osprey nest sites were constructed on human-made structures, such as power poles, nest platforms, and bridges.<br />
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Surveys of the nests themselves revealed that there were almost twice as many nests constructed with twine in rural landscapes than in urban areas. However, Osprey used a similar amount of twine regardless of twine availability in areas surrounding their nest. This can partially be attributed to Osprey behavior; Osprey use objects that are noticeable or unnatural to show other Osprey that the territory near the nest is taken by an Osprey of high social status and nest building prowess. Perhaps twine might not be the most desirable material to use for this display of dominance.<br />
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Being one of very few studies to evaluate baling twine and impacts on nest building and nestlings, the researchers have delved into unchartered territory and are effectively creating a map for future assessment. In agricultural areas, hay pastures and feedlots can produce lots of baling twine, some 115m of twine per bail (Houston and Scott 2006). With sometimes haphazard disposal, it’s probable that baling twine can be transported from unsecured piles to roadsides and eventually to Osprey nests. Beyond simply finding twine in roadsides and nests, there are tangible impacts for nestlings. Twine is slow to degrade, so if a young nestling becomes tangled in baling twine, it’s unlikely the Osprey parent would be able to disentangle their young (without the help of humans). Use of baling twine has real consequences for Osprey, whether it is on a statistical or real-time level. In addition to developing a meticulous sampling protocol, the researchers also engaged with another crucial component, people.<br />
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A key aspect of this study was partnership with citizen scientists, which allowed for more extensive nest observation, and with the non-profit Yellowstone Valley Audubon Society, which aided in developing educational materials based on the results of this study. Cultivating solutions, such as short-term clean up efforts and educating farmers and ranchers about the issues associated with improperly disposing of baling twine. Long-term alternatives like netting or wraps, materials that Osprey don’t appear to use, can affect fundamental change and help protect species with which we share the planet.<br />
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<b>Article Citation</b>: Seacor, R., Ostovar, K., Restani, M. 2014. Distribution and abundance of baling twine in the landscape near Osprey (<i>Pandion haliaetus</i>) nests: Implications for nestling entanglement. Canadian Field-Naturalist 128: 173–178. <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1582" target="_blank">http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1582</a><br />
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The corresponding author for the study, <a href="mailto:mrestani@stcloudstate.edu" target="_blank">Dr. Marco Restani</a> of St. Cloud State University, welcomes questions about the research.<br />
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<b>Reference cited</b>: Houston, C. S., and F. Scott. 2006. Entanglement threatens Ospreys at Saskatchewan nests. Journal of Raptor Research 40: 226–228.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-small;">Lauren Banks is an Environmental Science Master's student at Trent University in Peterborough. She studies freshwater plants, but curiosity has lead her to adventures with bees, martens, and farming.</span></i></td></tr>
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The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-52230226285845008772014-10-21T10:03:00.000-04:002014-10-21T10:03:27.951-04:00Issue 128(2) publishedWe published volume 128 issue 2 in July. Its articles received a lot of attention. The findings of one of the articles (on single raptor fathers' parental care) even found its way into a biology video game at the Royal Ontario Museum!<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1582" target="_blank">Distribution and abundance of baling twine in the landscape near Osprey (<i>Pandion haliaetus</i>) nests: implications for nestling entanglement (173-178)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1582" target="_blank">Renee Seacor, Kayhan Ostovar, Marco Restani</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1583" target="_blank">Cues used by predators to detect freshwater turtle nests may persist late into incubation (179-188)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1583" target="_blank">Julia L. Riley, Jacqueline D. Litzgus</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1584" target="_blank">A Gray Wolf (<i>Canis lupus</i>) delivers live prey to a pup (189-190)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1584" target="_blank">L. David Mech</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1585" target="_blank">Assessing capture success of small mammals due to trap orientation in field–forest edge habitat (191-194)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1585" target="_blank">Daniel M. Wolcott, Madison R. Ackerman, Michael L. Kennedy</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1586" target="_blank">Effect of food patch discovery on the number of American Crows (<i>Corvus brachyrhynchos</i>) using a flight lane (195-199)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1586" target="_blank">William Langley</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1587" target="_blank">Muskrat (<i>Ondatra zibethicus</i>) interference with aquatic invertebrate traps (200-203)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1587" target="_blank">Michael C. Cavallaro, Anson R. Main, Christy A. Morrissey</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1588" target="_blank">Pygmy Shrew (<i>Sorex hoyi</i>) in Montana east of the Rocky Mountains with comments on its distribution across the northern Great Plains (204-206)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1588" target="_blank">Paul Hendricks, Susan Lenard</a><br />
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Book Reviews<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1567/1583" target="_blank">"Animals of the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area" by Adam S. Kennedy; and "Birds of the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area" by Adam S. Kennedy &amp; Vicki Kennedy. 2014. [book reviews] (207-208)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1567/1583" target="_blank">Robert F. Foster</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1568/1584" target="_blank">"Rare Birds of North America" by Steve Howell. 2013. [book review] (209)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1568/1584" target="_blank">Roy John</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1569/1585" target="_blank">"Deer" by John Fletcher. 2014. [book review] (210-211)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1569/1585" target="_blank">Jonathan Way</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1570/1586" target="_blank">"Dolphin" by Alan Rauch. 2014. [book review] (211-212)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1570/1586" target="_blank">Roy John</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1571/1587" target="_blank">"Wild Again: The Struggle to Save the Black-footed Ferret" by David Jachowski. 2014. [book review] (212-214)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1571/1587" target="_blank">Jonathan Way</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1572/1588" target="_blank">"Ecology 3rd Edition" by Michael Cain et al. 2014. [book review] (214)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1572/1588" target="_blank">Roger D. Applegate</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1573/1589" target="_blank">"The Once and Future Great Lakes Country: An Ecological History" by John Riley. 2013. [book review] (215)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1573/1589" target="_blank">Bev McBride</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1576/1592" target="_blank">New titles (216)</a><br />
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News and Comment<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1575/1591" target="_blank">Upcoming meetings; Raptor workshop; Retirement of Associate Editor C. D. Bird; Obituary for Farley Mowat 1921–2014 (217-219)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1575/1591" target="_blank">Carolyn C. Callaghan</a><br />
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Club Reports<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1574/1590" target="_blank">Editor’s Report for Volume 127 (2013) (220-222)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1574/1590" target="_blank">Carolyn C. Callaghan</a><br />
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<br />The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-45450763083685789022014-06-11T20:58:00.000-04:002014-06-11T21:00:55.373-04:00Keji Park: beauty on the rocks (guest blog post)<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;">
<i>Communication is an essential part of science. The Canadian Field-Naturalist wants to encourage science communication among Canada's early-career naturalists. Below is a story about <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1545" target="_blank">a research article in our latest issue</a>, authored by Lauren Banks, a first year Environmental Science graduate student at Trent University. Lauren was not involved in this study.</i></blockquote>
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Kejimkujik (Keji) National Park is shining example of conservation and natural history research in Nova Scotia. Collaborative projects in the park range from working with species at risk like Blanding’s Turtle to providing environmental education to visitors. The intricate river and lake system and surrounding area in Keji is the result of a sustained interaction of biota and geology creating unique networks of ecosystems that have attracted researchers across Canada.</div>
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Nova Scotia has a diverse geological history dating over a billion years. The Southwest region of the province, where Keji is located, resulted from a geological mish-mash primarily composed of slate, quartzite, and granite bedrock. Unlike softer rocks like limestone, which erodes and releases minerals like calcium carbonate, Keji’s bedrock doesn’t readily erode. With minimal erosion occurring, lakes in the park generally have a low mineral content. Though this is a naturally occurring phenomenon, the lack of minerals in the water can make these lakes susceptible to acidification.</div>
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Nova Scotia is often referred to as the ‘tailpipe’ of the eastern seaboard, due to the eastbound wind of the jet stream that can bring air pollutants from central Canada to Nova Scotia. These pollutants can include nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulphur dioxides (SOx). Once airborne, NOx and SOx can interact with other substances in the atmosphere, resulting in acid rain, acid fog, or even acid snow. Though emission and deposition of these pollutants have declined from their peak deposition in the 1970s and 80s, the effects are still measureable in Keji’s lakes. Due to bedrock geology, these lakes lack a natural ability to buffer the effects of acid rain. This medley of distinctive ecological and geological qualities has created a fascinating setting to ask questions about the environmental effects of acid rain on the most vulnerable types of lakes.<br />
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Acid rain biomonitoring</h3>
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As a part of the Acid Rain Biomonitoring Program, scientists with Environment Canada wanted to know about the impacts of an increasingly acidic environment on invertebrates in Keji’s lakes. In addition, they wanted to establish a baseline of invertebrate diversity and abundance, and assess the potential of using certain species as bioindicators of lake health. Invertebrates play an integral role in the aquatic food web, from filtering algae and assisting with decomposition of plant matter to being a primary food source for fish and waterfowl species. Presence, abundance, and taxa diversity of invertebrates can provide a snapshot of ecosystem structure and function.</div>
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This study used different sampling methods to target different types of invertebrates; if you want to survey many types of invertebrates you have to do many types of sampling. In June 2009 and 2010, three sampling methods were used in 20 acidic lakes in and adjacent to Keji. Each of these methods targets different habitats, and together they provided the researchers with a sense of the diversity of invertebrates in these lakes. This aspect of the study is unique, as researchers often focus solely on one species or only use one of these techniques. Zooplankton, generally small free-floating invertebrates, were sampled at the deepest part of the lake using a vertical net haul. The researchers also set minnow traps to get a sense of fish abundance.<br />
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Acidity and calcium concentration appeared to be the main drivers of invertebrate abundance and diversity in these lakes. Lakes that had higher calcium and less acidity generally had higher species richness. In acidic lakes fewer taxa were collected, with isopods, beetles, and worms being most abundant. One species of isopod constituted over 30% of the invertebrate populations of 11 of 20 lakes, and seemed to flourish in acidic lakes with low calcium. Two acid-tolerant amphipod species were collected in 55% and 95% of all sampled lakes. Amphipods generally have a shrimp-like appearance and are often called scuds. Snails and clams require calcium to build their shells, and both groups were not found in lakes that were moderately to strongly acidic. Other invertebrates that appeared to be vulnerable to acidic water include leeches, mayflies, and daphnia zooplankton.</div>
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These results suggest that the invertebrate community is dominated by a few hardy species in acidic lake environments. Having a low number of prey species at the base of the lake food chain can have impacts far beyond the invertebrate communities themselves, since invertebrates are an important food source for many fish and waterfowl.<br />
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Lakes vs. rivers for biomonitoring</h3>
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Invertebrates are often used as bioindicators of pollution in rivers, but their use as bioindicators in lakes is less routine. Invertebrates have proven useful as bioindicators to monitor pollution in rivers and streams. In rivers and streams, the EPT index has been widely applied to monitor changes to these ecosystems. EPT is an acronym for mayflies (Ephemeroptera), stoneflies (Plecoptera), and caddisflies (Trichoptera), which are all pollution-sensitive taxa. Though both aquatic ecosystems, lakes and rivers/streams provide vastly different habitats for invertebrates. The EPT index may not be as useful a bioindicator for lakes as for rivers. Understanding invertebrate community dynamics in acid-sensitive lakes is an important step in developing an index to monitor changes to invertebrate communities in lakes.</div>
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This study was the first study to perform an inventory of invertebrates in a broad range of lakes at Keji. This baseline can serve as a useful tool for researchers and the public to track changes in the invertebrate community for years to come. However, no invertebrate inventory was completed during the peak of nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide deposition, so we may never know the true extent of impacts of acid rain on invertebrates. Continuous environmental and ecological monitoring is essential for understanding the changing environment and our role in environmental degradation and future remediation.</div>
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Citation:<br />
Nussbaumer, C., Burgess, N.M., & Weeber, R.C. 2014. Distribution and Abundance of Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Zooplankton in Lakes in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada, Nova Scotia. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 128(1):1-24. <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1545" target="_blank">http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1545</a><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gtf5FQCodks/U5e6lDawq6I/AAAAAAAAARI/UeqffR3CZQE/s1600/LaurenBanksCFNpic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lauren Banks - portrait" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gtf5FQCodks/U5e6lDawq6I/AAAAAAAAARI/UeqffR3CZQE/s1600/LaurenBanksCFNpic.jpg" height="187" title="" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lauren Banks is an Environmental Science Master's student at Trent University in Peterborough. She studies freshwater plants, but curiosity has lead her to adventures with bees, martens, and farming.</span></i></td></tr>
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The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-84609522717996593912014-04-02T13:26:00.000-04:002014-04-02T13:26:29.647-04:00New issue: vol 128 issue 1 (on time!)We published our Jan-March 2014 issue IN JAN-MARCH 2014!!! It's like we're in a time portal ... but the opposite ... so I guess it's like we're living in real time. Trippy.<br />
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This issue has great breadth of topics and taxa, including:<br />
-<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1546" target="_blank">Illustrated key to small mammals' jaws</a> (great for figuring out diet from predators' scat)<br />
-<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1552" target="_blank">Varied (and beautiful) pigmentation patterns among Nova Scotia's Maritime Gartersnakes</a> (see our cover photo below)<br />
-<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1554" target="_blank">A tropical moth in northern Manitoba</a><br />
-<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1553" target="_blank">Eggshell thickness in the context of natural history for Common Murres</a><br />
-<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1555" target="_blank">Tough-as-nails lynx crossing frigid glacial rivers, repeatedly</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1526/1543" target="_blank">Covers</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1545" target="_blank">Distribution and abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates and zooplankton in lakes in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada, Nova Scotia (1-24)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1545" target="_blank">Christina Nussbaumer, Neil M. Burgess, Russ C. Weeber</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1546" target="_blank">An illustrated key to the mandibles of small mammals of eastern Canada (25-37)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1546" target="_blank">Dominique Fauteux, Gilles Lupien, François Fabianek, Jonathan Gagnon, Marion Séguy, Louis Imbeau</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1548" target="_blank">Characteristics of Barred Owl (<i>Strix varia</i>) nest sites in Manitoba, Canada (38-43)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1548" target="_blank">Todd M. Whiklo, James R. Duncan</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1549" target="_blank">Yellow Warblers (<i>Setophaga petechia</i>) rear second broods in some years at Delta Marsh, Manitoba (44-49)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1549" target="_blank">Spencer G. Sealy</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1550" target="_blank">Asynchronous breeding and variable embryonic development period in the threatened Northern Leopard Frog (<i>Lithobates pipiens</i>) in the Cypress Hills, Alberta, Canada: conservation and management implications (50-56)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1550" target="_blank">Lea A. Randall, Lynne D. Chalmers, Axel Moehrenschlager, Anthony P. Russell</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1551" target="_blank">Diet of the Pacific Sand Lance (<i>Ammodytes hexapterus</i>) in the Salish Sea, British Columbia, in the 1960s (57-62)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1551" target="_blank">J. Mark Hipfner, Moira Galbraith</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1552" target="_blank">Melanistic diversity in the Maritime Gartersnake, <i>Thamnophis sirtalis pallidulus</i>, in Nova Scotia, Canada (63-71)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1552" target="_blank">John Gilhen, Fred W. Scott</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1553" target="_blank">Thickness of Common Murre (<i>Uria aalge</i>) eggshells in Atlantic Canada (72-76)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1553" target="_blank">Donald W. Pirie-Hay, Alexander L. Bond</a><br />
[<a href="http://labandfield.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/how-thick-is-thick-a-story-of-seabird-eggshells-from-natural-history-observation-to-published-paper/" target="_blank">see author Alex Bond's blog post with the story behind this research project</a>]<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1554" target="_blank">The most northerly Black Witch (<i>Ascalapha odorata</i>): a tropical moth in the Canadian Arctic (77-79)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1554" target="_blank">Torbjørn Ekrem, Peter G. Kevan, Thomas S. Woodcock, Paul D. N. Hebert</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1555" target="_blank">Multiple crossings of a large glacial river by Canada Lynx (<i>Lynx canadensis</i>) (80-83)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1555" target="_blank">Dashiell Feierabend, Knut Kielland</a><br />
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Tributes and Obituaries<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1527/1544" target="_blank">A tribute to Kenneth William Stewart, 1936–2011 (84-90)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1527/1544" target="_blank">Francis R. Cook</a><br />
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Book Reviews<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1529/1546" target="_blank">"Into the Night: Tales of Nocturnal Wildlife Expeditions" edited by Rick A. Adams. 2013. [book review] (91-92)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1529/1546" target="_blank">Burton K. Lim</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1530/1547" target="_blank">"Owls" by Marianne Taylor. 2012. [book review] (92)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1530/1547" target="_blank">Renate Sander-Regier</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1531/1548" target="_blank">"A Pocket Guide to Salamanders of Pennsylvania" by Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., and Joseph T. Collins. 2012. [book review] (93)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1531/1548" target="_blank">Francis R. Cook</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1532/1549" target="_blank">"Snapper" by Brian Kimberling. 2013. [book review] (93-95)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1532/1549" target="_blank">Ron Brooks</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1533/1550" target="_blank">"The Crossley ID Guide to Britain and Ireland" by Richard Crossley and Dominic Couzens. 2013. [book review] (95)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1533/1550" target="_blank">Roy John</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1534/1551" target="_blank">"The Warbler Guide" by Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle. 2013. [book review] (96)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1534/1551" target="_blank">Mark Gawn</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1535/1552" target="_blank">"Yellowstone Wildlife: Ecology and Natural History of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem" by Paul A. Johnsgard. 2013. [book review] (96-97)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1535/1552" target="_blank">Jim O'Neill</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1536/1553" target="_blank">"Yellowstone Wildlife: Ecology and Natural History of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem" by Paul A. Johnsgard. 2013. [book review] (97-98)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1536/1553" target="_blank">Jonathan Way</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1537/1554" target="_blank">"Field Manual of Michigan Flora" by E. G. Voss, and A. A. Reznicek. 2013. [book review] (99)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1537/1554" target="_blank">Holly J. Bickerton</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1539/1555" target="_blank">"North Pacific Temperate Rainforests: Ecology and Conservation" edited by Gordon H. Orians and John W. Schoen. 2013. [book review] (100-101)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1539/1555" target="_blank">Cyndi M. Smith</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1540/1556" target="_blank">"A Love Affair With the Birds: The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts" by Sue Leaf. 2013. [book review] (101-103)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1540/1556" target="_blank">C. Stuart Houston</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1541/1557" target="_blank">"Bootstrap Geologist: My Life in Science" by Gene Shinn. 2013. [book review] (103-104)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1541/1557" target="_blank">Alwynne B. Beaudoin</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1542/1558" target="_blank">"Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art" by Harry W. Greene. 2013. [book review] (104-105)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1542/1558" target="_blank">David Seburn</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1543/1559" target="_blank">"Alfred Russel Wallace (2013) On the Organic Law of Change: A Facsimile Edition and Annotated Transcription of Alfred Russel Wallace’s Species Notebook of 1855–1859" annotated by James T. Costa. 2013. [book review] (105-107)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1543/1559" target="_blank">Alwynne B. Beaudoin</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1544/1560" target="_blank">New titles (108-109)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1544/1560" target="_blank">Roy John</a><br />
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News and Comment<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1528/1545" target="_blank">Meetings: Canadian Botanical Association 2014; International Conference on Biodiversity & Sustainable Energy Development 2014; Botany 2014 (110)</a><br />
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The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-12586864166387951822014-01-16T23:26:00.002-05:002014-01-17T08:45:50.374-05:00ANOTHER new issue: vol 127 issue 4We just published our latest issue (<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/issue/view/44" target="_blank">volume 127 issue 4, Oct-Dec 2013</a>). If this sounds familiar, that's because we've published three issues in three months - an unorthodox pace for a quarterly journal! With the publication of this issue, we are officially caught up in our publication schedule!<br />
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A big thank you to all of the authors, reviewers, editors, and others who helped us catch up. Drs. Cook, Callaghan, and Rytwinski deserve special thanks for their incredible efforts as past, present, and interim Editors-in-Chief, respectively. And thank you, loyal reader, for your patience as we have been so busy lately with this publication schedule. We do what we do for readers like you.<br />
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This issue has great research from across the taxonomic spectrum. This includes a <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1512" target="_blank">Canada Lynx article</a> (of cover photo fame) with HD videos of Lynx behaviour, and a <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1515" target="_blank">Wolverine article</a> that is garnering significant media attention (e.g., <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/news-video/video-catch-a-glimpse-of-an-elusive-wolverine-roaming-a-bc-forest/article16330496/" target="_blank">CTV News with video</a>, and a story written by <a href="https://twitter.com/tylereirving" target="_blank">Tyler Irving</a> that was published by various outlets including the <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/First+documented+evidence+wolverines+island+Great+Bear/9381608/story.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3a+canwest%2fF259+(Vancouver+Sun+-+News+%2f+Vancouver)" target="_blank">Vancouver Sun</a>, <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/sensitive-great-bear-rainforest-home-to-unlikely-animal-study-finds/article16300357/" target="_blank">Globe & Mail</a>, and <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/reclusive-wolverines-set-up-house-on-b-c-coast-1.2494891" target="_blank">CBC</a>). Meanwhile <a href="https://twitter.com/TomSpears1" target="_blank">Tom Spears</a> with <a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/homes/What+this+rich+fragrance+Eastern+Ontario+orchid/9344315/story.html" target="_blank">The Ottawa Citizen picked up</a> on <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1518" target="_blank">our article about an alvar-inhabiting orchid in eastern Ontario</a>. Browse our table of contents below to see what piques your fancy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1497/1515" target="_blank">Covers pdf</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1511" target="_blank">Density and abundance of the Freshwater Pearl Mussel, <i>Margaritifera margaritifera</i>, in the Kennebecasis River, New Brunswick and evidence of recent recruitment (303-309)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1511" target="_blank">M. C. Sollows, Donald F. McAlpine, K. R. Munkittrick</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1512" target="_blank">Canada Lynx (<i>Lynx canadensis</i>) detection and behaviour using remote cameras during the breeding season (310-318)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1512" target="_blank">Shannon M. Crowley, Dexter P. Hodder, Karl W. Larsen</a><br />
Video of a group of lynx:<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/im1LcbRRByM?rel=0" width="560"></iframe>Video of lynx scent-marking:<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1513" target="_blank">Invasion of <i>Rosa rugosa</i> (Rugosa Rose) into coastal plant communities of Brier Island, Nova Scotia (319-331)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1513" target="_blank">David J. Garbary, Nicholas M. Hill, Anthony G. Miller</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1514" target="_blank">New and noteworthy records of Orthoptera and allies in the Maritimes and the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec (332-337)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1514" target="_blank">Paul M. Catling, Donald F. McAlpine, Christopher I. G. Adam, Gilles Belliveau, Denis Doucet, Aaron D. Fairweather, David Malloch, Dwayne L. Sabine, A. W. Thomas</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1515" target="_blank">Isotopic evidence of salmon, <i>Oncorhynchus</i> spp., in the diet of the Wolverine, <i>Gulo gulo</i>, on Princess Royal Island, British Columbia (338-342)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1515" target="_blank">Thomas F. Shardlow</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1516" target="_blank">Attempted conspecific cavity usurpation by Red-headed Woodpeckers (<i>Melanerpes erythrocephalus</i>) (343-345)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1516" target="_blank">Jacob L. Berl, John W. Edwards, Jeff S. Bolsinger</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1517" target="_blank">Attempted predation of a diurnally active Spotted Bat (<i>Euderma maculatum</i>) by a Belted Kingfisher (<i>Megaceryle alcyon</i>) (346-347)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1517" target="_blank">Thomas S. Jung</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1518" target="_blank">Great Plains Ladies’-tresses, <i>Spiranthes magnicamporum</i>: disjunct in eastern Ontario and a new orchid species for the Ottawa District and Lanark County (348-351)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1518" target="_blank">Joyce M. Reddoch, Paul M. Catling, Allan H. Reddoch</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1519/1537" target="_blank">A tribute to Laurie Lynn Consaul, 1960–2012 (352-357)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1519/1537" target="_blank">Lynn Gillespie</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1520/1538" target="_blank">A tribute to John Roger Bider, 1932–2013 (358-365)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1520/1538" target="_blank">Rodger D. Titman, G. Jean Doucet, Gregory Weil, David M. Bird</a><br />
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Book Reviews<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1498/1516" target="_blank">"In The Presence of Buffalo: Working to Stop the Yellowstone Slaughter" by Daniel Brister. 2013. [book review] (366-367)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1498/1516" target="_blank">Jon Way</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1499/1517" target="_blank">"Frogs of the United States and Canada (2 Volumes)" by C. Kenneth Dodd Jr. 2013. [book review] (368-369)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1499/1517" target="_blank">Francis R. Cook</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1500/1518" target="_blank">"Frogs of the United States and Canada (2 Volumes)" by C. Kenneth Dodd Jr. 2013. [book review] (369-370)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1500/1518" target="_blank">David Seburn</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1501/1519" target="_blank">"Enter the Realm of the Golden Eagle" by David H. Ellis. 2013. [book review] (370-371)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1501/1519" target="_blank">C. Stuart Houston</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1502/1520" target="_blank">"Looking for the Goshawk" by Conor Mark Jameson. 2013. [book review] (371)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1502/1520" target="_blank">Roy John</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1503/1521" target="_blank">"Rare Animals of India" edited by Natarajan Singaravelan. 2013. [book review] (372-373)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1503/1521" target="_blank">Roy John</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1504/1522" target="_blank">"The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees. Second Edition." by David More and John White. 2013. [book review] (373-374)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1504/1522" target="_blank">Bev McBride</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1505/1523" target="_blank">"Walking Wild Shores: Portraits of the Natural World" by Kevin Winker. 2013. [book review] (374-375)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1505/1523" target="_blank">Bev McBride</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1506/1524" target="_blank">"The Efficiency Trap: Finding a Better Way to Achieve a Sustainable Energy Future" by Steve Hallett. 2013. [book review] (375-376)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1506/1524" target="_blank">Jim O'Neill</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1507/1525" target="_blank">New titles (377)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1507/1525" target="_blank">Roy John</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1508/1526" target="_blank">The Canadian Herpetologist latest issue; Upcoming meetings (378)</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1509/1527" target="_blank">The Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club Awards for 2012, Presented April 2013 (379-384)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1509/1527" target="_blank">Eleanor Zurbrigg, Irwin Brodo, Julia Cipriani, Christine Hanrahan, Ann MacKenzie</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1510/1528" target="_blank">Index to Volume 127 (385-394)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1510/1528" target="_blank">William Halliday</a><br />
<br />The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-80874178739337752182013-12-30T23:26:00.000-05:002013-12-30T23:28:38.701-05:00New issue: vol 127 issue 3Our latest issue was published earlier this month. I'm a little late posting the table of contents on our blog - things have been hectic publishing so many issues so quickly. It's a great "problem" to have! Our next issue is scheduled to be published in two weeks, which will make us FULLY CAUGHT UP IN OUR PUBLICATION SCHEDULE! Which I may have just jinxed by publicly expressing hope.<br />
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Volume 127 issue 3 has something for everyone, and its articles have <a href="http://canadianfieldnaturalist.blogspot.ca/2013/12/lots-of-media-attention-for-issue-1273.html" target="_blank">attracted significant (yup, P<0.05) media attention</a>. The research articles include:<br />
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<li>Two articles authored by teens, on biocontrol wasps and the effects of a fungal rust on Highbush Cranberry (<a href="http://canadianfieldnaturalist.blogspot.ca/2013/12/press-release-pest-killing-wasps-and.html" target="_blank">press release</a>)</li>
<li>Description of a likely subspecies of alvar-inhabiting butterfly in Ontario (with beautiful cover photo)</li>
<li>How scavenging crows avoid getting hit by cars</li>
<li>Fossil aquatic reptiles in the Yukon</li>
<li>Lichen diversity in second-growth forest</li>
<li>New bat species records for Labrador</li>
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1470/1491" target="_blank">Covers - Editorial Board and Publication Information (cover)</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1483" target="_blank">Abundance, distribution, and species assemblages of colonial waterbirds in the boreal region of west-central Manitoba and east-central Saskatchewan (203-210)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1483" target="_blank"> Scott Wilson</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1484" target="_blank">War of the wasps: is <i>Diadegma insulare</i> or <i>Microplitis plutellae</i> a more effective parasitoid of the Diamondback Moth, <i>Plutella xylostella</i>? (211-215)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1484" target="_blank"> Adamo Young</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1486" target="_blank">Survey methodology for the detection of Wood Turtles (<i>Glyptemys insculpta</i>) (216-223)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1486" target="_blank"> Melissa Flanagan, Vanessa Roy-McDougall, Graham Forbes, Glen Forbes</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1487" target="_blank">An alvar race of the couperi subspecies of the Silvery Blue (<i>Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi</i>) in Southeastern Ontario? (224-228)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1487" target="_blank"> Paul M. Catling, Ross A. Layberry</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1488" target="_blank">Behaviour of American Crows (<i>Corvus brachyrhynchos</i>) when encountering an oncoming vehicle (229-233)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1488" target="_blank"> Shomen Mukherjee, Jayanti Ray-Mukherjee, Robin Sarabia</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1489" target="_blank">First records of a Plesiosaurian (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) and an Ichthyosaur (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from Yukon, Canada (234-239)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1489" target="_blank"> James A. Campbell, Claudia J. Schröder-Adams, James W. Haggart, Patrick S. Drucken-Miller, Michael J. Ryan, Grant D. Zazula</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1490" target="_blank">Lichen biodiversity and conservation status in the Copeland Forest Resources Management Area: a lichen-rich second-growth forest in southern Ontario (240-254)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1490" target="_blank"> R. Troy McMullin, James C. Lendemer</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1491" target="_blank">Home site fidelity in Black Rockfish, <i>Sebastes melanops</i>, reintroduced into a fjord environment (255-261)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1491" target="_blank"> Jeff Marliave, Alejandro Frid, David W. Welch, Aswea D. Porter</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1492" target="_blank">Historical distribution records and new records confirm and extend the distribution of the Silver Lamprey, <i>Ichthyomyzon unicuspis</i>, in the Hayes River, Hudson Bay watershed, Manitoba (262-265)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1492" target="_blank"> J. David Tyson, Douglas A. Watkinson</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1493" target="_blank">First records of the Northern Myotis (<i>Myotis septentrionalis</i>) from Labrador and summer distribution records and biology of Little Brown Bats (<i>Myotis lucifugus</i>) in southern Labrador (266-269)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1493" target="_blank"> Hugh G. Broders, Lynne E. Burns, Sara C. McCarthy</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1494" target="_blank">Impact of the rust <i>Puccinia linkii</i> on Highbush Cranberry, <i>Viburnum edule</i>, near Smithers, British Columbia (270-273)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1494" target="_blank"> Kiri Daust</a><br />
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Editorials<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1482/1503" target="_blank">Young Scientists and their Mentors (274)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1482/1503" target="_blank"> Carolyn Callaghan</a><br />
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Book Reviews<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1467/1488" target="_blank">"The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians" by Bo Beolens et al. 2013. [book review] (275-276)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1467/1488" target="_blank"> Francis R. Cook</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1468/1489" target="_blank">"Field Guide to Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Northeastern North America" by S. M. Paiero et al. 2012. [book review] (276-277)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1468/1489" target="_blank"> Robert F. Foster</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1471/1492" target="_blank">"The Boreal Owl: Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation of a Forest-dwelling Predator" by Erkki Korpimaki and Harri Hakkarainen. 2012. [book review]</a> <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1471/1492" target="_blank">(277-278)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1471/1492" target="_blank"> C. Stuart Houston</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1472/1493" target="_blank">"Primates of the World – An Illustrated Guide" by Jean-Jacques Petter and François Desbordes (Translated by Robert Martin). 2013. [book review] (278-279)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1472/1493" target="_blank"> Roy John</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1473/1494" target="_blank">"Pterosaurs" by Mark P. Witton. 2013. [book review] (279)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1473/1494" target="_blank"> Randy Lauff</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1474/1495" target="_blank">"The Secret World of Red Wolves: The Fight to Save North America’s Other Wolf" by T. DeLene Beeland. 2013. [book review] (280-281)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1474/1495" target="_blank"> Jonathan G. Way</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1475/1496" target="_blank">"An Introduction to Population Genetics: Theory and Application" by Erasmus Nielsen and Montgomery Slatkin. 2013. [book review] (281-282)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1475/1496" target="_blank"> Roger D. Applegate</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1476/1497" target="_blank">"The Reindeer Botanist: Alf Erling Porsild, 1901–1977" by Wendy Dathan. 2012. [book review] (282-283)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1476/1497" target="_blank"> Tyler William Smith</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1477/1498" target="_blank">"Alexander Wilson, the Scot who Founded American Ornithology" by Edward H. Burtt, Jr. and William E. Davis, Jr. 2013. [book review] (283-284)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1477/1498" target="_blank"> C. Stuart Houston</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1478/1499" target="_blank">New titles (284)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1478/1499" target="_blank"> Roy John</a><br />
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News and Comment<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1480" target="_blank">Using Coefficients of Conservatism and the Floristic Quality Index to Assess the Potential for Serious and Irreversible Damage to Plant Communities (285-288)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1480" target="_blank"> Paul M. Catling</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1481/1502" target="_blank">Revisions to the OFNC Constitution and By-Laws; The Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2014 (288)</a><br />
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Club Reports<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1479/1500" target="_blank">Minutes of the 134th Annual Business Meeting of The Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club January 15, 2013 (289-302)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1479/1500" target="_blank"> Ann MacKenzie</a><br />
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The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-62442518493061855622013-12-23T00:12:00.002-05:002013-12-30T13:02:00.002-05:00Lots of media attention for issue 127(3) articles (UPDATED DEC 30)<div class="MsoNormal">
We have received great media attention over the past week or two. We’ve learned a lot about how to generate media interest along the way, thanks to helpful advice from several people, including Jenny Ryan (Communications Manager, Canadian Science Publishing; <a href="https://twitter.com/JRyanCSP" target="_blank">@JRyanCSP</a>) and Tyler Irving (Media Officer, Science Media Centre Canada; <a href="https://twitter.com/tylereirving" target="_blank">@tylereirving</a>).<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>MEDIA ATTENTION ON NEW RACE OF BUTTERFLY FOUND IN ONTARIO</b><br />
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<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Ottawa Citizen article, by Tom Spears (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/TomSpears1" style="text-indent: -18pt;" target="_blank">@TomSpears1</a><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">) </span><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Tiny+flying+gemstone+represent+race+butterfly+Eastern+Ontario/9256488/story.html" style="text-indent: -18pt;" target="_blank">http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Tiny+flying+gemstone+represent+race+butterfly+Eastern+Ontario/9256488/story.html</a></li>
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<b>MEDIA ATTENTION ON TWO ARTICLES AUTHORED BY TEENS</b><o:p></o:p><br />
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<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Canadian Press story picked up by numerous news outlets including <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-teen-headed-to-taiwan-science-fair-thanks-to-walk-in-the-woods/article16082262/" target="_blank">The Globe & Mail</a>, <a href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/teen+headed+Taiwan+science+fair/9314253/story.html" target="_blank">Calgary Herald</a>, <a href="http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/sid/219249875/scat/535f27099a41ff22" target="_blank">Vancouver Star</a>, <a href="http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2013/12/20/b-c-teen-headed-to-taiwan-international-science-fair/" target="_blank">MacLeans</a>, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-whiz-kid-kiri-daust-headed-to-taiwan-science-fair-1.2473051?cmp=rss" target="_blank">CBC.ca</a>, and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/12/20/kiri-daust-science-fair_n_4482051.html" target="_blank">Huffington Post</a>.</span></li>
<li>CBC Radio (Daybreak North BC program) interview with Kiri <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/daybreaknorth/interviews/2013/12/10/cranberry-jelly-research-gets-16-year-old-published-in-scientific-journal/" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/daybreaknorth/interviews/2013/12/10/cranberry-jelly-research-gets-16-year-old-published-in-scientific-journal/</a></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Smithers Interior News </span><a href="http://www.interior-news.com/news/235443441.html" style="text-indent: -18pt;" target="_blank">http://www.interior-news.com/news/235443441.html</a></li>
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<b>ADAMO YOUNG’S WASP RESEARCH</b>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Entomology Today </span><a href="http://entomologytoday.org/2013/12/12/canadian-teen-publishes-research-on-diamondback-moth-parasitoids/" style="text-indent: -18pt;" target="_blank">http://entomologytoday.org/2013/12/12/canadian-teen-publishes-research-on-diamondback-moth-parasitoids/</a></li>
<li>SciLogs – Expiscor (<a href="https://twitter.com/CMBuddle" style="text-indent: -18pt;" target="_blank">@CMBuddle</a>)<br /><a href="http://www.scilogs.com/expiscor/segments-5/" target="_blank">http://www.scilogs.com/expiscor/segments-5/</a></li>
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<b>BOTH TEENS' RESEARCH
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<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Science Borealis (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceBorealis" style="text-indent: -18pt;" target="_blank">@ScienceBorealis</a><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">) s</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">tory by Alex Bond (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/thelabandfield" style="text-indent: -18pt;" target="_blank">@thelabandfield</a><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">) & Kasra Hassani (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/Parasitediary" style="text-indent: -18pt;" target="_blank">@Parasitediary</a><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">) </span><a href="http://blog.scienceborealis.ca/future-of-canadian-science/" style="text-indent: -18pt;" target="_blank">http://blog.scienceborealis.ca/future-of-canadian-science/</a></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Canadian Science Publishing (</span><a href="http://twitter.com/cdnsciencepub" style="text-indent: -18pt;" target="_blank">@cdnsciencepub</a><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">) </span><a href="http://www.cdnsciencepub.com/blog/science-is-cool-getting-published-is-awesome.aspx" style="text-indent: -18pt;" target="_blank">http://www.cdnsciencepub.com/blog/science-is-cool-getting-published-is-awesome.aspx</a></li>
<li>Science Daily (<a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceDaily" target="_blank">@ScienceDaily</a>)<br /><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131211104616.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+sciencedaily/plants_animals/life_sciences+(ScienceDaily:+Plants+&+Animals+News+--+Life+Sciences)" target="_blank">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131211104616.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+sciencedaily/plants_animals/life_sciences+(ScienceDaily:+Plants+&+Animals+News+--+Life+Sciences)</a></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">EurekAlert (http://www.eurekalert.org)</span></li>
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<b>DEC 30 UPDATE: NEW STORY ABOUT OUR ARTICLE ON CROWS EVADING TRAFFIC</b>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Ottawa Citizen article, by Tom Spears (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/TomSpears1" style="text-indent: -18pt;" target="_blank">@TomSpears1</a><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">) </span><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/crow+cross+road+Because+understood+traffic+study/9327584/story.html" target="_blank">http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/crow+cross+road+Because+understood+traffic+study/9327584/story.html</a>. Picked up by other media in Postmedia chain including the <a href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/crow+cross+road+Because+understood+traffic+study/9327701/story.html" target="_blank">Calgary Herald</a> and <a href="http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=dc5810f2-2d16-43ba-9d7c-7c69cb1e4f32" target="_blank">Windsor Star</a>.</li>
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The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-44397355678127975562013-12-10T07:27:00.001-05:002013-12-10T12:18:48.182-05:00Press release: "Pest-killing wasps and berry fungus: teens publish discoveries about Canadian wildlife in scientific journal"Our latest issue is full of great research. That includes two research articles authored by teens. It is inspiring to see teens so driven by curiosity and love of science that they not only do solid research but also take the next step and publish it, so their discoveries can be shared. We drafted the following press release in the hopes that media will cover the story of these teens and their research.<br />
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<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Ottawa, Ontario</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> – We know more about wildlife this week, thanks to research by two Canadian teens. Teens from Ottawa and rural British Columbia published their research in this week’s issue of a scientific journal, The Canadian Field-Naturalist. Their research on wasps and leaf disease reveal that a Canadian wasp is an efficient killer of an agricultural pest, and a little-known fungus is hurting Highbush Cranberries. Both research articles were subject to the same peer-review process and met the same scientific standards as articles authored by professors and other professional scientists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Adamo Young is a grade 12 student in Ottawa who loves science. Young found a mentor in Dr. Peter Mason, a Research Scientist at the Experimental Farm in Ottawa. Young’s research focused on an agricultural pest and the wasps that kill it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The Diamondback Moth invaded Canada a long time ago, and brought with it an appetite for crops such as cabbage and canola. Researchers have known for years that two Canadian wasp species can kill the pest moth. The wasps lay their eggs in moth caterpillars, then the baby wasps grow up eating the caterpillar from the inside out until the wasps emerge from the caterpillar, killing the caterpillar in the process. “It’s kind of like the movie Alien,” Young explained.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">While researchers knew these wasps kill the moth pest, they didn’t know which wasp was more effective under different conditions. Young designed and performed experiments to see which wasp is better at controlling Diamondback Moth populations under various conditions. He found that one wasp species was a tireless killing machine, whereas the other wasp was only effective at killing moths under limited conditions. The results will help farmers and greenhouse operators combat the moth pest without the need for pesticides.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">“My research won first prize at the Ottawa regional science fair, and two of the judges were editors of The Canadian Field-Naturalist. They said my research was good enough to be published.” So Young wrote his research as a scientific paper and submitted it. “It’s pretty cool to say you’ve published a scientific paper,” Young said.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Kiri Daust’s research on plant disease started the same way many biologists’ projects start: with a walk in the woods. “I go walking in the woods with my family pretty much every day,” explained Daust from his home in Telkwa, British Columbia. “We collect Highbush Cranberries to make jelly.” In 2012, Daust noticed a weird disease on the plants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Rather than shrug off the finding, Daust followed his curiosity. He sent pictures of the disease to an expert who identified the culprit as a rare kind of rust fungus about which experts know little. The fungus was known to infect Highbush Cranberry, but nobody knew what effect it had on the plant. Daust, aged fifteen at the time, decided he would answer that question.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Daust photographed the leaves of plants with different levels of infection, and checked back on the plants as the season progressed. He found that plants with higher levels of infection produced berries that were infected, undeveloped, and had less sugar than uninfected plants’ berries. He dug deep into historical records and found an interesting pattern: the fungus may attack Highbush Cranberry the most after wet spring weather. Wet springs are predicted to become more common in Daust’s region of B.C., which does not bode well for local berry pickers or wildlife. “This year, there is tons of rust on the plants and there are hardly any berries,” Daust explained.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">While Young had to search to find a scientific mentor, Daust’s mentor was in his house. Dr. Karen Price is an ecologist and Kiri Daust’s mom and homeschool teacher. “My role is simply to encourage Kiri’s curiosity,” Price explained.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Like Young, Daust first presented his research at science fairs, where he won many awards. Local scientists recommended Daust publish his research in The Canadian Field-Naturalist, to share his findings with the scientific community. “Sharing knowledge of the world, that’s kind of the purpose of science,” Daust explained.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Both teens had plenty of exposure to nature as kids. Young was a member of the Macoun Field Club, an Ottawa club for youth who love nature. Daust grew up in an off-grid cabin in the forests of central B.C.; without computer access his questions came from the wildlife around him. Both teen scientists recommend teens should try doing a science fair project on a problem that matters to them. And, as Young suggested, “if you’re interested in science, just do it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Canadian Field-Naturalist is a scientific journal published by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club since 1879. The Canadian Field-Naturalist publishes original research on natural history, which is the study of wildlife ecology, behaviour, taxonomy, and diversity. They publish research on species that live in Canada, though the research itself can take place anywhere. For more information, please visit <a href="http://canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/" target="_blank">http://canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Young, Adamo. 2013. War of the wasps: is <i>Diadegma insulare</i> or <i>Microplitis plutellae</i> a more effective parasitoid of the Diamondback Moth, <i>Plutella xylostella</i>? Canadian Field-Naturalist 127(3): 211–215.<br /><a href="http://canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1484" target="_blank">http://canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1484</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Daust, K. 2013. Impact of the rust <i>Puccinia linkii</i> on Highbush Cranberry, <i>Viburnum edule</i>, near Smithers, British Columbia. Canadian Field-Naturalist 127(3): 270–273.<br /><a href="http://canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1494" target="_blank">http://canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1494</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Jay Fitzsimmons, Journal Manager<br />1320 Edmison Drive, Peterborough, Ontario, K9H 6V3, Canada<br />info "at" canadianfieldnaturalist.ca<br />Cell: 705-768-7243<br />Twitter: @CanFieldNat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-28213491709380640792013-11-07T21:53:00.001-05:002013-11-07T21:57:55.079-05:00New issue: vol 127 issue 2<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Our <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/issue/view/42" target="_blank">latest issue</a> is out! Check out the latest research on Canadian wildlife and natural history. Among this issue's articles:</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">What do Black Bears eat throughout the year?</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Trumpeter Swans <i>vs</i> Snapping Turtles ... <i>FIGHT!</i></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Putting the History in Natural History: exploring past B.C. seabird activities through tree ring growth and stable isotopes</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Splitting <strike>hairs</strike> blades: the niches of grasses</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Plants killing birds</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Owwwls iiiiin spaaaaace (or at least the Arctic)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">And an essay against historical over-forestation of Ontario</span></li>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Articles</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1441" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The response of invertebrate populations in three undisturbed soils in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">southwestern Ontario, Canada, to variations in local soil properties, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">seasonal changes, and climate (103-117)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1441" target="_blank">Ian W. E. Harris</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1442" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Temporal variation in food habits of the American Black Bear (<i>Ursus </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i>americanus</i>) in the boreal forest of northern Ontario (118-130)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1442" target="_blank">Derrick A. Romain, Martyn E. Obbard, James L. Atkinson</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1443" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Relative abundance of the Prairie Long-tailed Weasel (<i>Mustela frenata </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i>longicauda</i>) in southwestern Alberta (131-137)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1443" target="_blank">Garry E. Hornbeck, Dan Soprovich</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1444" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Trumpeter Swan (<i>Cygnus buccinator</i>) behaviour, interactions with Snapping </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Turtles (<i>Chelydra serpentina</i>), and their Pleistocene history (138-145)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1444" target="_blank">Harry G. Lumsden</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1445" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Tree ring growth and stable isotopes as potential indicators of historical </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">seabird activities on forested islands in coastal British Columbia (146-154)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1445" target="_blank">T. E. Reimchen, S. McGehee, B. W. Glickman</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1446" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Ecological and geographical separation of three varieties of <i>Sporobolus </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i>vaginiflorus</i> (Poaceae) in eastern Ontario (155-163)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1446" target="_blank">Paul M. Catling</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1447" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Bird behaviour on and entanglement in invasive burdock (<i>Arctium</i> spp.) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">plants in Winnipeg, Manitoba (164-174)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1447" target="_blank">Todd J. Underwood, Robyn M. Underwood</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1448" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Flight of a flock of Common Eiders, <i>Somateria mollisima</i>, in Northumberland </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Strait interrupted by the Confederation Bridge, New Brunswick–Prince </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Edward Island (175-177)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1448" target="_blank">Colin M. MacKinnon, Andrew C. Kennedy, Matthew L. Horsman</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1449" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Documentation of infanticide in American Marten (<i>Martes americana</i>) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(178-179)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1449" target="_blank">Amy Dubruiel, James E. Woodford, David M. MacFarland</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1450" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Golden Eagles (<i>Aquila chrysaetos</i>) breeding in Wapusk National Park, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Manitoba (180-184)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1450" target="_blank">N. C. Asselin, M. S. Scott, J. Larkin, C. Artuso</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1451" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">First nesting records for the Short-eared Owl, <i>Asio flammeus</i>, on Banks </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Island, Northwest Territories: evidence of range expansion to arctic islands </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">in Canada (185-188)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1451" target="_blank">Cynthia Marjorie Smith, Norman Andrew Lawrence, Rosemary Anne Buck</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1452/1474" target="_blank">"The Unfeathered Bird" by Katrine van Grouw. 2013. [book review] (189-190)</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1452/1474" target="_blank">Matthew Iles</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1453/1475" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"Biology and Conservation of Martens, Sables and Fishers – A new </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">synthesis" edited by K. B. Aubry et al. 2012. [book review] (190)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1453/1475" target="_blank">Randy Lauff</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1454/1476" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"Mammals of China" edited by Andrew T. Smith and Yan Xie. 2013. [book </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">review] (191)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1454/1476" target="_blank">Roy John</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1455/1477" target="_blank">"Odd Couples" by Daphne J. Fairbairn. 2013. [book review] (191)</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1455/1477" target="_blank">Roger D. Applegate</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1456/1478" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"Wildlife of Australia" by Iain Campbell and Sam Woods. 2013. [book review] </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(192)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1456/1478" target="_blank">Roy John</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1457/1479" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"Aldrovanda, The Waterwheel Plant" by Adam Cross. 2012. [book review] </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(192-193)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1457/1479" target="_blank">Jim O'Neill</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1458/1480" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"Antarctica – Global Science from a Frozen Continent" edited by David W. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">H. Walton. 2013. [book review] (193-194)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1458/1480" target="_blank">Geoffrey Carpentier</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1459/1481" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"For the Birds – Recollections and Rambles" by Fred Helleiner. 2013. [book </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">review] (195)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1459/1481" target="_blank">Roy John</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1460/1482" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"Birdfinding in British Columbia" by Russell Cannings and Richard Cannings. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">2013. [book review] (195-196)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1460/1482" target="_blank">Roy John</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1461/1483" target="_blank">New titles (196-197)</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1462/1484" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The cult of the Red Pine – a useful reference for the over-afforestation </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">period of Ontario (198-199)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1462/1484" target="_blank">Paul M. Catling</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1464/1486" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Canadian Herpetologist new issue; Irwin (Ernie) Brodo Awarded an Honorary </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Degree by Carleton University; Manitoba Government Introduces North </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">America’s First Ecosystem Protection Legislation; Dr. J. Roger Bider </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">1932–2013; Worldwide Raptor Conference (199-200)</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1465/1487" target="_blank">Spelling error in citation in CFN 127(1):79 (200)</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1463/1485" target="_blank">Editor’s Report for Volume 126 (2012) (201-202)</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1463/1485" target="_blank">Carolyn Callaghan</a></span>The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-80839409502360856942013-10-16T23:31:00.001-04:002013-10-16T23:31:23.358-04:00Apology for the lack of blog posts & new issue coming soonI'm sorry for how infrequently I have been writing blog posts lately. My family and I recently moved from Ottawa to Peterborough, Ontario (about 250 km west of Ottawa), to be closer to our extended family. Moving, looking after my kids while my wife worked as a post-doc doing bird ecology, and looking for a job all took a lot of time. I would have been a bit of a jerk as a father if I'd found the time to blog but no time to hang a swing for my daughter, for instance. I just started a job in the Fisheries Policy section of Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources, we found daycare, and things are settling down, so my journal work won't be as neglected as it has been over the past couple of months. My apologies to you for my hiatus, and thank you for your patience as I catch up on neglected tasks.<br />
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Good news: our next issue (volume 127 issue 2) is about to be published! This issue has some really cool research. I may be biased, but I volunteer for this journal because I love Canadian wildlife, and this issue has some great wildlife research across geographic and taxonomic scales. Alberta prairie weasels, Ontario soil nematodes, ancient seabirds of B.C., Arctic owls, and killer invasive plants in Manitoba among other cool articles.<br />
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Instead of hitting refresh on our journal site every two minutes to find out if the issue has been published, just <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/user/register" target="_blank">register as a Reader on our site</a> and you will receive the table of contents once the issue is published. Because internet = magic!The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-26754262852595512612013-08-08T14:00:00.004-04:002013-08-08T14:00:44.921-04:00Media attention for our cougar-vs-skunk articleThe <a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Skunk+turns+cougar+into+scaredy/8763336/story.html" target="_blank">Ottawa Citizen published a story today</a> (Aug 8 2013) about an article in our latest issue. <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1410" target="_blank">The research article</a> describes competition for deer meat between a cougar and a skunk. The article's supplementary video shows the interaction very clearly, with the cougar frightened away by the skunk.<br />
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Thank you to Tom Spears for writing the article. The more people know about the nature around us, the more they will care about it (hopefully).The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-9205318205347608512013-07-17T13:12:00.002-04:002013-07-17T13:18:18.455-04:00New issue: vol 127 issue 1Lots of great stuff all over the geographic and taxonomic maps! Tracking Canada goose migrations. Meadow voles OM-NOM-NOMing on bioenergy crops. The (lack of) effect prescribed burning has in controlling trembling aspen encroachment into grassland. A new bee for Canada (beauty cover photo). A taxonomic distinction between "coywolves" and other wolf and coyote taxa. And an article with video supplement showing a Cougar scared away from its deer kill by a brave hungry skunk. All this and more - just browse below!<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1400" target="_blank">Taxonomic Implications of Morphological and Genetic Differences in Northeastern Coyotes (Coywolves) (<i>Canis latrans</i> × <i>C. lycaon</i>), Western Coyotes (<i>C. latrans</i>), and Eastern Wolves (<i>C. lycaon</i> or <i>C. lupus lycaon</i>) (1-16)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1400" target="_blank">Jonathan G. Way</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1402" target="_blank">Spring Migratory Pathways and Migration Chronology of Canada Geese (<i>Branta canadensis interior</i>) Wintering at the Santee National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina (17-25)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1402" target="_blank">Molly M. Giles, Patrick G. R. Jodice, Robert F. Baldwin, John D.Stanton, Marc Epstein</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1403" target="_blank">Visitations by Snowshoe Hares (<i>Lepus americanus</i>) to and Possible Geophagy of Materials from an Iron-Rich Excavation in North-Central British Columbia (26-30)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1403" target="_blank">Roy V. Rea, Christina L. Stumpf, Dexter P. Hodder</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1404" target="_blank">Community-Based Observations of Marine Mammal Occurrences in Groswater Bay, Labrador (31-37)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1404" target="_blank">Keith G. Chaulk, Daniel Michelin, Melva Williams, Tony Wolfrey</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1405" target="_blank">The Ocean Pout, <i>Zoarces americanus</i>, and the Ocean Sunfish, <i>Mola mola</i>:
Additions to the Marine Ichthyofauna of the Lower Saint John River System, New Brunswick, with a Summary of Marine Fish Reported from the Estuary (38-43)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1405" target="_blank">Donald F. McAlpine</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1406" target="_blank">Suspected Selective Herbivory of Bioenergy Grasses by Meadow Voles (<i>Microtus pennsylvanicus</i>) (44-49)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1406" target="_blank">Heather A. Hager, Frances E. C. Stewart</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1407" target="_blank">Prescribed Burning Has Limited Long-Term Effectiveness in Controlling Trembling Aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) Encroachment into Fescue Grassland in Prince Albert National Park (50-56)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1407" target="_blank">Digit D. Guedo, Eric G. Lamb</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1408" target="_blank">Consumption of Truffles and other Fungi by the American Red Squirrel (<i>Tamiasciurus hudsonicus</i>) and the Eastern Chipmunk (<i>Tamias striatus</i>) (Sciuridae) in Northwestern Ontario (57-59)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1408" target="_blank">Jocelin N. Teron, Leonard J. Hutchison</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1409" target="_blank">First Record of the Bee <i>Melitta americana</i> (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Melittidae) for Quebec and Canada (60-63)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1409" target="_blank">André Payette</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1410" target="_blank">Encounter Competition between a Cougar, <i>Puma concolor</i>, and a Western
Spotted Skunk, <i>Spilogale gracilis</i> (64-66)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1410" target="_blank">Maximilian L. Allen, L. Mark Elbroch, Heiko U. Wittmer</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1411" target="_blank">Plant Climbing in the Northern Two-lined Salamander, <i>Eurycea bislineata</i>, in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario (67-69)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1411" target="_blank">David L. LeGros</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1412" target="_blank">Age Structure of Moose (<i>Alces alces</i>) Killed by Gray Wolves (<i>Canis lupus</i>) in Northeastern Minnesota, 1967–2011 (70-71)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1412" target="_blank">L. David Mech, Michael E. Nelson</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1413" target="_blank">Indirect Cannibalism by Crèche-aged American White Pelican (<i>Pelecanus erythrorhynchos</i>) Chicks (72-75)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1413" target="_blank">Alisa J. Bartos, Marsha A. Sovada, Lawrence D. Igl, Pamela J. Pietz</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1414/1409" target="_blank">Tribute to George F. Ledingham (1911–2006), a Conservation Leader for Western Canada (76-81)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1414/1409" target="_blank">Daniel F. Brunton, C. Stuart Houston, Mary I. Houston</a><br />
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Book Reviews<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1416/1410" target="_blank">"Where to Watch Birds in Canterbury (New Zealand)" by Nick Allen. 2012. [book review] (82)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1416/1410" target="_blank">Roy John</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1417/1411" target="_blank">"The World’s Rarest Birds" by Erik Hirschfeld et al. 2013. [book review] (82-83)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1417/1411" target="_blank">Roy John</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1418/1412" target="_blank">"Concealing Coloration in Animals" by Judy Diamond and Alan Bond. 2013. [book review] (83-84)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1418/1412" target="_blank">Roy John</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1419/1413" target="_blank">"The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors" by Richard Crossley et al. 2013. [book review] (84-85)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1419/1413" target="_blank">Howard O. Clark</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1420/1414" target="_blank">"Ecology and Conservation of the Sirenia. Dugongs and Manatees" by Helene Marsh et al. 2011. [book review] (85-86)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1420/1414" target="_blank">Ted Armstrong</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1421/1415" target="_blank">"The Snakes of Ontario: Natural History, Distribution and Status" by Jeffrey C. Rowell. 2013. [book review] (87-89)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1421/1415" target="_blank">Ronald J. Brooks</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1422/1416" target="_blank">"Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians" by Karl B. McKnight et al. 2013. [book review] (89)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1422/1416" target="_blank">Roger Applegate</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1423/1417" target="_blank">"More Than Birds: Adventurous Lives of North American Naturalists" by Val Shushkewich. 2013. [book review] (90)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1423/1417" target="_blank">Roy John</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1425/1418" target="_blank">"Climate Change Biological and Human Aspects (Second Edition)" by Jonathan Cowie. 2013. [book review] (91)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1425/1418" target="_blank">Brent Tegler</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1426/1419" target="_blank">"Dinosaur Train" produced by The Jim Henson Company et al. [TV series review] (91-93)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1426/1419" target="_blank">Jay M. Fitzsimmons</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1427/1420" target="_blank">"Protection of the Three Poles" edited by Falk Huettmann. 2012. [book review] (93-94)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1427/1420" target="_blank">Marco Restani</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1431/1424" target="_blank">New titles (95-96)</a><br />
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News and Comment<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1428" target="_blank">Can we Create Alvars or Fully Restore those Damaged? (97-101)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1428" target="_blank">Paul M. Catling</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1429/1422" target="_blank">Outstanding Service from Associate Editors; Upcoming Meetings & Workshops (101-102)</a><br />
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Errata<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1430/1423" target="_blank">Erratum: book reviews (102)</a><br />
<br />The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-60317188480302268492013-07-16T13:15:00.002-04:002013-07-17T12:08:40.353-04:00Reference formats: little method, lots of madnessLast night some sort of planetary transit event must have occurred, because for some reason a bunch of ecologists independently started questioning/venting on Twitter about the abundance of oh-so-slightly-different reference formats between journals. I happen to love the subject of reference formatting (neeeerd!). It's like those few times when someone says "Please tell me more about insect classification" - so exciting but so rare.<br />
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This post is on the subject of reference formats. Why are there so many styles? Are some better than others? Should there be one style to rule them all?<br />
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<b>WE'RE CHANGING OUR REFERENCE FORMAT</b><br />
The Canadian Field-Naturalist will be changing its reference format in the near future. Our current format is incompatible with reference management software (e.g., EndNote, Mendeley) that more and more authors are using (with good reason - they're great). So we'll be changing to a straightforward reference format and providing an EndNote style file on our site to benefit authors using EndNote. I also intend on supplying a Mendeley style file some time, but that's <a href="http://citationstyles.org/styles/" target="_blank">a trickier task</a>. <b>Expect our new reference format in the next few months.</b><br />
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<b>WHY ARE THERE SO MANY REFERENCE STYLES?</b><br />
Each journal chooses its own formatting style. There are a shocking number of tiny decisions that go into a format. Should the volume number be bolded? Should the year be enclosed in parentheses? Should author names in the References section be displayed as:<br />
<ol>
<li>Wallace, A. R.</li>
<li>Wallace, A.R.</li>
<li>Wallace, A R</li>
<li>Wallace, AR</li>
<li>Wallace, Alfred Russel</li>
<li>Wallace</li>
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Given so many choices, most journals' formats differ from each other in one or two small ways.<br />
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<b>ARE SOME STYLES BETTER THAN OTHERS?</b><br />
Yes.<br />
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<b>COULD YOU ELABORATE PLEASE?</b><br />
<i>1) Space-saving formats (are really annoying)</i><br />
Omitting article titles from references, using journal abbreviations, and using numbers instead of author names in citations all have the effect of reducing text and thus saving space and money for publishers. However, the benefits of these space-saving approaches have diminished in recent years as journals are disseminated more online, where pages are free.<br />
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What do ecologists think about these types of formats?<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/cbahlai">@cbahlai</a> I'm with you! I know it looks cleaner, but I prefer seeing the author names cited in-text so u don't have to jump b/w text and refs<br />
— Andrea Kirkwood (@KirkwoodLab) <a href="https://twitter.com/KirkwoodLab/statuses/356883117862174720">July 15, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Reducing information about a reference (e.g., omitting article titles, using journal abbreviations) is not only annoying but reduces the likelihood of finding the correct reference. References frequently have errors (Aronsky et al., 2005). If there is some redundancy in reference information in a journal format then a reader can still track down the article despite an error (e.g., the journal name was listed incorrectly but the authors and article title were correct). Journal abbreviations are the spawn of Satan (Fitzsimmons, personal communication to himself 2013). There is <strike>no authoritative list</strike> <a href="http://www.issn.org/2-22660-LTWA.php" target="_blank"><i>a poorly-known list</i></a> (EDIT: thanks to Alex Bond <a href="https://twitter.com/thelabandfield" target="_blank">@thelabandfield</a> for notifying me of the list) of how journals should be abbreviated, so everyone does it differently, and abbreviation errors are extremely common (Aronsky et al., 2005).<br />
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We will include article titles and full journal names in our new reference format. Because we're not jerks. We also won't have our article titles in all-caps, like one of our peer journals, because that's rather shouty.<br />
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Evolution (the journal) needs to stop shouting at everyone.<br />
— Thomas White (@TomEdWhite) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomEdWhite/statuses/356558128474624000">July 14, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<i>2) Readability</i><br />
There has been some research on the effects of abstract and reference formats on readability. When I say <i>some</i> research on the topic, I mean I know of only three studies.<br />
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<ol>
<li>Hartley (1981) found readers generally preferred a certain order of elements in references (e.g., putting the date after authors' names).</li>
<li>Hartley and Betts (2007) found readers generally preferred structured abstracts (i.e., abstracts split into multiple mini-paragraphs) over traditional abstracts.</li>
<li>Scialfa et al. (1998) found some reference formats were not only preferred by readers but also used more efficiently by readers than other reference formats.</li>
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That's. About. It. It seems that journals' formats are based not on experimentally demonstrated superiority of one style over another, but on the way the journal has done things for years (Wager & Middleton, 2002). There are valid considerations for style that may vary between journals (Hartley, 2002), but frankly I don't think many editors give a damn (it's journal content that usually excites them, not formatting details, and appropriately so).<br />
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<b>SHOULD THERE BE ONE REFERENCE FORMAT TO RULE THEM ALL?</b><br />
For decades researchers have lamented how silly it is to have scientists waste so much time on formatting idiosyncrasies. Below are a sample of such editorials/essays/articles, followed by the only counter-argument against universal reference styles I have yet found.<br />
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<ul>
<li>Friedberg, E. C. 2005. Call for a cull of pointlessly different reference styles. Nature 437:1232.</li>
<li>Garfield, E. 1974-1976. Uniformity of editorial policy on titles in citations will aid referees, librarians, and authors. Essays of an Information Scientist 2:229-230. (the author was a pioneer of scientometrics, and invented the impact factor)</li>
<li>Leslie, D. M. J. and M. J. Hamilton. 2007. A plea for a common citation format in scientific serials. Serials Review 33:1-3. (this article provides estimates of hours wasted by formatting)</li>
<li>Salvagno, G. L., G. Lippi, M. Montagnana, and G. C. Guidi. 2008. Standards of practice and uniformity in references style. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine 46:437-438. (includes tables showing the format distinctions of 100 high-impact journals)</li>
<li>Stoldal, P. M. and D. B. Gordon. 1974. Uniformity of references. Science 186:1158-1159.</li>
</ul>
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The only counter-argument I've found in praise of a diversity of reference formats is:<br />
<ul>
<li>Donovan, S. K. 2006. Research journals: toward uniformity or retaining diversity? Journal of Scholarly Publishing 37:230-235.</li>
</ul>
Donovan argues that the diversity of journal formats should be appreciated, in contrast to a Big Brother boring world in which everything from reference formats to page sizes is consistent across journals. He also expresses concern about journals' independence if uniform reference formats are imposed upon them. While I respect him for voicing a minority opinion, I personally feel the efficiency of a small number of reference formats would trump embracing diversity for diversity's sake.<br />
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<b>ONE (OR A FEW) UNIVERSAL STYLES: HOW DO WE GET THERE?</b><br />
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<a href="https://twitter.com/cdnsciencepub">@cdnsciencepub</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sgero">@sgero</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/thelabandfield">@thelabandfield</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AvianBiology">@AvianBiology</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CanFieldNat">@CanFieldNat</a> Refs should be standardized for sure, but how do you get all pubs to agree?<br />
— ScienceBorealis (@ScienceBorealis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceBorealis/statuses/357156307020689410">July 16, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Rather than a top-down decision by some authority, I think converting to a small number of reference styles could be accomplished easily, starting with the mega-publishers. The mega-publishing companies run a huge number of scientific journals (see Morris, 2007 for some already-dated analyses). If one or a few of them decided to use a standard style, that would go a lot of the way toward universality. Independent journals, such as The Canadian Field-Naturalist, could choose at our discretion to use whatever style the bigshots adopt. As more journals pile on, the costs of not adopting the style would emerge as authors might avoid submitting to journals that require unique formatting.<br />
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<b>CONCLUSION</b><br />
Scientific journals are full of well-researched content, but the format of the journals themselves is often the product of arbitrary choices made years ago rather than critical assessment of costs and benefits. We'll change to a simple reference format to aid authors (easy to write), readers (we'll include full titles of articles and journals), and machines (gotta prepare for our text-mining overlords). If a universal style comes out that meets our minimal criteria, we will gladly switch to it. And if such a standard style is developed, hopefully it goes better than <a href="http://xkcd.com/927/" target="_blank">this XKCD comic</a> (tweeted to me by librarian <a href="https://twitter.com/dupuisj" target="_blank">@dupuisj</a>):<br />
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<a href="http://xkcd.com/927/" target="_blank"><img alt="Standards" src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards.png" title="Fortunately, the charging one has been solved now that we've all standardized on mini-USB. Or is it micro-USB? Shit." /></a><br />
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<b>REFERENCES CITED (in whatever format I please):</b><br />
Aronsky, D., J. Ransom, and K. Robinson. 2005. Accuracy of references in five biomedical informatics journals. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 12:225-228.<br />
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Hartley, J. 1981. Sequencing the elements in references. Applied Ergonomics 12:7-12.<br />
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Hartley, J. 2002. On choosing typographic settings for reference lists. Social Studies of Science 32:917-932.<br />
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Hartley, J. and L. Betts. 2007. The effects of spacing and titles on judgments of the effectiveness of structured abstracts. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 58:2335-2340.<br />
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Morris, S. 2007. Mapping the journal publishing landscape: how much do we know? Learned Publishing 20:299-310.<br />
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Scialfa, C. T., J. K. Caird, K. Connolly, and C. Cosmescu. 1998. Effects of APA reference format on search performance and preference. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 4:44-54.<br />
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Wager, E. and P. Middleton. 2002. Effects of technical editing in biomedical journals. Journal of the American Medical Association 287:2821-2824.The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-59146947839060320672013-06-16T15:03:00.001-04:002013-06-16T15:08:04.596-04:00Beyond Baby Beluga: Natural history themed kids' music for Father's DayHappy Father's Day! Our present to you: two suggestions of kids' music with the theme of natural history and science. Our journal isn't officially promoting these artists or anything, we just think dads deserve to listen to some variety (Baby Beluga is fine ... the first hundred times).<br />
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1. ACORN: THE NATURE NUT<br />
If you grew up in Canada and are now in your 30's, you probably remember The Nature Nut's kids' TV series. John Acorn is an Alberta naturalist, a lecturer at the University of Alberta's Biology Dept., author of numerous wildlife guides, and a general nut about nature. Insects are his main love. I had the pleasure of seeing him perform some of his songs about butterflies at the International Butterfly Conference in Edmonton a few years ago - it was awesome. You can buy his two CDs for $19.95 each.<br />
<a href="http://www.acornthenaturenut.net/services.html" target="_blank">http://www.acornthenaturenut.net/services.html</a><br />
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2. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS: HERE COMES SCIENCE<br />
Each track celebrates and explains different aspects of science (e.g., My Brother the Ape). It's pretty awesome. If you've never heard They Might Be Giants, they have a similar sound as Barenaked Ladies in my opinion.<br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/id328074265?s=143455" target="_blank">https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/id328074265?s=143455</a><br />
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Any other suggestions? Leave them in the comments for the benefit of naturalist parents everywhere (including me - I'm craving a bit of music diversity right now).The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-42168121323710286322013-06-11T14:54:00.003-04:002013-12-20T11:03:18.127-05:00New Jewel Beetle guide - FREE!<span style="font-family: inherit;">It seems too good to be true for us insect enthusiasts. A new beetle field guide that is free. No asterisks of any sort. Just free heavenly insect goodness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">BOOK:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Paiero, S.M, <a href="http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/" target="_blank">Jackson, M.</a>, Jewiss-Gaines, A., Kimoto, T., Gill, B.D.
and S.A. Marshall. 2012. Field Guide to Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera:
Buprestidae) of Northeastern North America. Canadian Food Inspection Agency. 164 maps. 411p. Available in English or French.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">PUBLISHER:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, in conjunction with the
University of Guelph, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the
Invasive Species Centre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">WHAT ARE JEWEL BEETLES?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The beetle family <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buprestidae" target="_blank">Buprestidae</a> are known as jewel beetles for their beautiful irridescent colours. Their larvae burrow in plants, including the dastardly invasive Emerald Ash Borer (dunh-dunh-DUUUN).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">WHAT DOES THE GUIDE LOOK LIKE?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I won't provide a full book review, but the picture below indicates some of the interesting doo-dads the book has for its species pages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Silhouettes of the actual size of the species; ID focal points; buttons to indicate larval host plants; etc. I like the layout. Personally, I would like to see a "Natural history notes" section for each species with a brief note about the species' habits (like in co-author Stephen Marshall's <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/books/dp/1552979008" target="_blank">incredible book on the insects of Eastern North America</a>). However, I can understand the lack of such information since: a) such information is likely unknown for many of the species and b) the book is intended as an identification guide only. Its identification keys, for example, are wonderful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">FREE, YOU SAY?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Canadian Food Inspection Agency often makes it identification guide books freely available. For a group with many pest species, such as the jewel beetles, it likely pays off to have ID guides in the hand of lots of Canadians. This jewel beetle guide is free, as is its shipping, to people in Canada or <strike>anywhere else</strike> the USA. Supplies are limited. To place an order, call <a href="tel:1-800-442-2342" target="_blank" value="+18004422342">1-800-442-2342</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">INFO FROM PUBLISHER:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, in conjunction with the
University of Guelph, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the
Invasive Species Centre, has recently published the “Field Guide to the
Jewel Beetles of Northeastern North America”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This 411 page field guide (6×9*) covers 164 jewel beetle species
for northeastern North American (Manitoba and eastward) and includes 2
identification keys for the 23 genera in the region: one a technical key adapted
from previously published works, and the other a “field key”, designed
for use with a hand lens or digital camera and which uses characters
that are more easily observed. Each species is fully illustrated
with high magnification colour photos of the dorsal & ventral views,
head and male genitalia (plus additional colour morphs or variations
when available). A review of taxonomic synonyms, ESC & ESA approved
common names, and all known larval host plants is provided in addition
to thorough morphological diagnoses, characters useful for
differentiating similar species, and notes on species abundance, habitat
preference and economic importance.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This guide is intended to assist municipal foresters, arborists,
technicians, entomologists, woodlot owners and naturalists in
recognizing specimens encountered in the field.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This book is available in both English and French. The cost of the book and shipping is free. To place an order, please phone <a href="tel:1-800-442-2342" target="_blank" value="+18004422342">1-800-442-2342</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Paiero, S.M, Jackson, M., Jewiss-Gaines, A., Kimoto, T., Gill, B.D.
and S.A. Marshall. 2012. Field Guide to Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera:
Buprestidae) of Northeastern North America. Canadian Food Inspection Agency. 164 maps. 411p.</span>
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<b>UPDATE (DEC 20 2013)</b><BR /><br />
Good news & bad news for those of you wanting a copy of this guide.<br /><br />
<b>Bad news</b>: So many people wanted hardcopies of the guide that they've almost run out of them. There is not enough money to ship copies to people outside Canada and U.S.A.<br/><br />
<b>Good news</b>: pdf copies of the guide are available for free, in English or French. For pdf copies, and details about how in-demand the guide has been, see <a href="http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2013/09/17/the-books-in-the-mail-seriously/" target="_blank">this blog post by co-author Morgan Jackson</a>.<br /></div>
The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-1190884116361189832013-06-10T11:18:00.002-04:002013-06-10T11:18:50.338-04:00Natural history interpretations of NHL series: Penguins vs BruinsFrom a natural history perspective, nobody should be surprised the Boston Bruins won this series.<br />
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<br />The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-5467573487636370812013-06-03T12:14:00.000-04:002013-06-04T11:05:20.962-04:00Yes, you ought to publish your natural history research<br />
Alex is an ecologist (he's not just a hypothetical guy - he's a <a href="http://homepage.usask.ca/~alb322/Home.html" target="_blank">post-doc at the University of Saskatchewan</a> and has published some <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/521" target="_blank">bird egg work in our journal</a>). Alex likes natural history and appreciates its importance as the foundation for biology. But, he notes, natural history research is not as valued as it ought to be by many hiring committees. Alex wants a job. Given how many tasks academic biologists have on their "to-do" list (has anyone ever actually finished their to-do list?), biologists have to triage and invest their time in tasks that will have the greatest likelihood of achieving their main goals (getting a job, saving the world, etc.). Because natural history articles are often not highly valued by academic employers, writing natural history articles gets pushed down biologists' to-do lists, and valuable natural history research sits in computer file folders rather than being published. <br />
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<a href="http://labandfield.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/natural-history-fridays/" target="_blank">Alex notes on his blog</a> that while many biological journals no longer regularly publish natural history research, there are several natural history journals that publish nothing but the stuff. He singles out The Canadian Field-Naturalist with praise for our recent rejuvenation including catching up on our publication lag (it's not fully caught up yet, but that should happen this summer), our <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn" target="_blank">journal website</a>, and our well-received <a href="https://twitter.com/CanFieldNat" target="_blank">Twitter stream</a>. Thanks for the praise (your cheque is in the mail!*)<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">*by cheque I mean lint, and my mail I mean your pocket. Sorry for any misunderstanding.</span><br />
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Alex has decided to devote every Friday afternoon to producing natural history
products, including manuscripts, to get his accumulated research out
there and used by fellow biologists and naturalists. Good idea! One of the keys to write a lot of research articles, <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/How-Write-Lot-Practical-Productive/dp/1591477433" target="_blank">according to a book on the subject by psychologist Dr. Paul Silva</a>, is to devote timeslots to writing. Make those timeslots as non-negotiable as timeslots in which you're teaching or booked for meetings. Devoting a chunk of time, even a very small chunk, can do wonders for productivity. I anticipate a productive year for Alex's natural history research!<br />
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I would add two points to Alex's about the benefits of writing natural history research, with the benefit of seeing things from the journal's perspective.<br />
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<b>1. Not only do natural history journals exist, but we are actively looking for submissions</b>. In contrast to many of the bigshot journals published by mega-profit corporations, we don't inflate our Impact Factor by rejecting solid articles just because they're not on a sufficiently sexy topic. Those journals have a "problem" of too many submissions. We sometimes don't have enough submissions (especially when we're publishing issues rapid-fire as we catch up our publication schedule). If you have solid natural history research (good data, well-written, etc.), and the topic is a species whose range includes Canada, CFN will publish it regardless of whether it is sexy or not ... or even downright parthenogenic! Our editors go beyond simple accept/reject decisions to actually work with authors to get their manuscripts to publishable quality, so long as the core of the manuscript (i.e., the data / observations) are valuable. This cooperative approach to working with authors also works well for graduate students new to publishing, to help them learn the ropes and be encouraged rather than having their confidence torn to shreds like editors at some other journals can do.<br />
Take-home message for authors: we have a high acceptance rate because we don't care about sexiness (except in its most literal sense - we publish research on sexual ornamentation!), editors who are there to help you, and work hard to maximize the dissemination and impact of your published articles.<br />
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<b>2. Changes in publication metrics will result in higher valuation of natural history articles</b>. Like Wile E. Coyote finding himself standing on nothing, the mighty Impact Factor is falling.<br />
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Long known to be <a href="http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030291" target="_blank">biased</a> and <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/information-culture/2012/05/07/understanding-the-journal-impact-factor-part-one/" target="_blank">easily gamed by journals</a>, it was still used as a proxy for article quality because it was about the only metric available. Now there are myriad metrics available to evaluate the impact of articles. Not just citations by other academic journals, but also web links, Twitter popularity, pdf downloads, and more. Such changes will benefit natural history journals because natural history articles are relevant (and cited) far longer than those in trendy journals. The Impact Factor only considers citations to articles over the past two years of issues in a journal, thus incetivizing research on sexy topics. An analysis of articles in fellow natural history journal The American Midland Naturalist revealed that most of their articles are barely cited in their first two years after publication, but relatively highly cited 6-38 years after publication (McIntosh 2009). Similarly, Krell (2002) argued that impact factors don't work for taxonomy articles (related to natural history) for several reasons, including how little of taxonomy papers' long citation window is encapsulated by the impact factor's two year snapshot. The impact factor biases against journals that publish research with staying power, such as our own journal. As we previously wrote in Nature, we won't reject valid research just to
increase a silly impact factor rating (Fitzsimmons & Skevington
2010). Better metrics will reveal the true impact of natural history articles.<br />
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So write those natural history manuscripts, know that there are good homes for them (yes please!), and know that hiring committees will value them more and more as metrics improve.<br />
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REFERENCES:<br />
Fitzsimmons, J. M. and J. H. Skevington. 2010. <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7303/full/466179c.html" target="_blank">Metrics: don't dismiss journals with a low impact factor</a>. Nature 466:179. <br />
Krell, F.-T. 2002. <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v415/n6875/full/415957a.html" target="_blank">Why impact factors don't work for taxonomy</a>. Nature 415:957.<br />
McIntosh, R. P. 2009. <a href="http://www3.nd.edu/~ammidnat/documents-pdf/ammidnat-lifehistory.pdf" target="_blank">The American Midland Naturalist: the life history of a journal</a>. American Midland Naturalist 161:13-44.The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-5454359454522475122013-05-30T13:50:00.004-04:002013-05-30T13:57:14.612-04:00Why do we publish manuscript submission and accepted dates?Recently Alex Bond, an ecologist at the University of Saskatchewan (<a href="http://homepage.usask.ca/~alb322/Home.html" target="_blank">his homepage</a> and <a href="http://labandfield.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">his blog</a>) put out a question via Twitter:<br />
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Question for the masses: what's the reason journals put received, revised, accepted dates on papers? To show review times? Other?<br />
— Lab and Field (@thelabandfield) <a href="https://twitter.com/thelabandfield/status/338470684214829056">May 26, 2013</a></blockquote>
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The Canadian Field-Naturalist publishes the date when we first received a manuscript and when it was accepted. We include this info at the bottom of all of our Articles and Notes (see pic below).<br />
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We do this for three reasons.<br />
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<li><b>For us</b>. We want to monitor how long manuscripts take in the review and editing process. Publishing those dates on articles is a sure way to keep the info handy so we don't lose it. Once we move to our online manuscript management system we will have more detailed info available for ourselves (e.g., dates of each review, dates of editors' correspondence, etc.). These data allow us to evaluate the performance of practices and personnel to see what is related to turnaround times.</li>
<li><b>For potential authors</b>. According to a survey of ecologists by Aarssen et al. (2008), the likelihood of a rapid decision was an important factor in choice of journal for submission for 72% of ecologist. This could be why some of the mega-publishers are tricky in their turnaround time statistics; they "reject" manuscripts instead of calling it "revise", and count the submission of the revised version as a new submission. This makes it look like the turnaround times are shorter than they actually are. It's sketchy, and <a href="http://svpow.com/2012/10/05/we-will-no-longer-provide-peer-reviews-for-royal-society-journals-until-they-adopt-honest-editorial-policies/" target="_blank">authors are blowing the whistle on this deception</a>. </li>
<li><b>For researchers</b>. Kareiva et al. (2002) and O'Donnell et al. (2010) analyzed manuscript turnaround times for a variety of journals, and found conservation journals were kinda slow, but getting faster over the past decade. Considering conservation journals pride ourselves in publishing research relevant to policy makers, being slow could delay conservation policy action. Kareiva et al.'s 2002 paper may have even been a "wake up call" for conservation journals, which O'Donnell et al. (2010) found subsequently reduced their turnaround times. Other researchers are interested in the relationship between turnaround times and things like journal Impact Factor (e.g., Pautasso & Schäfer, 2010). We're guilty of being slow, but over the past year our turnaround times have shortened considerably (I don't have the stats right now, but we've shaved many months off). This is the result of great effort from our Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editors, reviewers, and of course authors. Switching to our online manuscript management system should further reduce turnaround times, according to findings from other journals switching to such manuscript systems (Ware, 2005).</li>
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It's not just us who feels journals should publish these dates. The Committee on Publication Ethics includes the publication of articles' dates of submission and acceptance as best practices for journal editors (<a href="http://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_0.pdf" target="_blank">pdf of their guidelines for editors</a>). Publishing manuscript dates is the right thing to do, and we'll continue to do so.<br />
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REFERENCES: <br />
<a href="http://www.benthamscience.com/open/toecolj/articles/V001/14TOECOLJ.pdf" target="_blank">Aarssen, L. W., T. Tregenza, A. E. Budden, C. J. Lortie, J. Koricheva, and R. Leimu. 2008. Bang for your buck: rejection rates and impact factors in ecological journals. Open Ecology Journal 1:14-19.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v420/n6911/full/420015a.html" target="_blank">Kareiva, P., M. Marvier, S. West, and J. Hornisher. 2002. Slow-moving journals hinder conservation efforts. Nature 420:15.</a><br />
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<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01424.x/abstract" target="_blank">O'Donnell, R. P., S. R. Supp, and S. M. Cobbold. 2010. Hindrance of conservation biology by delays in the submission of manuscripts. Conservation Biology 24:615-620.</a><br />
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<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11192-009-0105-z" target="_blank">Pautasso, M. and H. Schäfer. 2010. Peer review delay and selectivity in ecological journals. Scientometrics 84:307-315.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp/2005/00000018/00000004/art00002" target="_blank">Ware, M. 2005. Online submission and peer-review systems. Learned Publishing 18:245-250.</a><br />
<br />The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-26711958634810733282013-05-06T15:45:00.002-04:002013-05-06T15:49:14.941-04:00New issue: vol 126 issue 4 - with video accompaniment!Our latest issue has an albino snake cover, but a cougar theme with three articles on cougar behaviour, distribution, and parasites. Coyotes, red fox, fishers, and hares are also featured animals, along with purple loosestrife representing plants, and a sleuthing study of historic reddish egret collections in Nova Scotia.<br />
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This issue marks our first issue with a video supplement! <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1380" target="_blank">Mark Elbroch and Howard Quigley published an article with the word "kittens" in the title</a>, but the video is not cute and cuddly. The article and video show how cougar kittens may look big and strong, but their inexperience at killing prey seems to inhibit their hunting ability. <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1380" target="_blank">The video is embedded on our journal's website, associated with the article</a>. We look forward to publishing more articles with video supplements in the future.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1373" target="_blank">Steven C. Loughry, Maggie D. Triska, Dorothy M. Fecske, Thomas L. Serfass</a><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1374" target="_blank">Population Structure of Harvested Red Foxes (<i>Vulpes vulpes</i>) and Coyotes (<i>Canis latrans</i>) on Prince Edward Island, Canada (288-294)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1374" target="_blank">Wendela Wapenaar, Fiep de Bie, David Johnston, Ryan M. O'Handley, Herman W. Barkema</a><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1375" target="_blank">Stand-level Attributes of Snowshoe Hare (<i>Lepus americanus</i>) Habitat in a Post-Fire Trembling Aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) Chronosequence in Central Yukon (295-305)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1375" target="_blank">Wayne L. Strong, Thomas S. Jung</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1376" target="_blank">Predicting the Spread of Purple Loosestrife (<i>Lythrum salicaria</i>) in the Prairies (306-319)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1376" target="_blank">Cory J. Lindgren, David Walker</a><br />
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Notes<br />
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Cougars, <i>Puma concolor</i>, in Ontario: Additional Evidence (320-323)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1377" target="_blank">Frank F. Mallory, Rebecca A.Carter, Jenny L. Fortier, I. Stuart Kenn, Linsay Weis, B. N. White</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1378" target="_blank">First Record of Parasites from Cougars (<i>Puma concolor</i>) in Manitoba, Canada (324-327)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1378" target="_blank">O. K. Dare, W. G. Watkins</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1379" target="_blank">Evidence for the Collection of a Reddish Egret (<i>Egretta rufescens</i>) in Nova Scotia During the 19th Century and its Association with the McCulloch Collection of Birds (328-332)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1379" target="_blank">Eric L. Mills</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1380" target="_blank">Observations of Wild Cougar (<i>Puma concolor</i>) Kittens with Live Prey: Implications for Learning and Survival (333-335)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1380" target="_blank">L. Mark Elbroch, Howard Quigley</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1381" target="_blank">A Partial Albino Hatchling Northern Ring-necked Snake, <i>Diadophispunctatus edwardsii</i>, from Big Tancook Island, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada (336-339)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1381" target="_blank">John Gilhen, Graham Caswell, Carrie Drake, Mary MacDonald, Heather McKinnon-Ramshaw</a></span><br />
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Book Reviews<br />
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"Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding – Seventh Edition." chaired by Brian I. Crother. 2012. [book review] (340-341)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1382/1378" target="_blank">Francis R. Cook</a>
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</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1383/1379" target="_blank">"Amphibian Biology Volume 10. Conservation and Decline of Amphibians: Ecological Aspects. Effect of Humans, and Management" edited by Harold Heatwole and John W. Wilkinson. 2012. [book review] (341-342)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1383/1379" target="_blank">Francis R. Cook</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1384/1380" target="_blank">"The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michigan: A Quaternary and Recent Faunal Adventure" by J. Alan Holman. 2012. [book review] (342-344)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1384/1380" target="_blank">Francis R. Cook</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1385/1381" target="_blank">"Contributions to the History of Herpetology. Volume 3" edited by Kraig Adler. 2012. [book review] (344-345)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1385/1381" target="_blank">Francis R. Cook</a>
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</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1386/1382" target="_blank">"A Pocket Guide to Lizards and Turtles of Pennsylvania" by Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., and Joseph T. Collins. 2012. [book review] (345-346)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1386/1382" target="_blank">Francis R. Cook</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1387/1383" target="_blank">"Owls of the World: A Photographic Guide" by Heimo Mikkola. 2012.
[book review] (346)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1387/1383" target="_blank">C. Stuart Houston</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1388/1384" target="_blank">"Rhizobia in China" by Chen Wenxin and Wang Entao. 2012. [book
review] (347-348)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1388/1384" target="_blank">Li Dezhi, Qin Aili</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1389/1385" target="_blank">"Biodiversity in Agriculture: Domestication, Evolution and
Sustainability" edited by Paul Gepts et al. 2012. [book review] (348-349)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1389/1385" target="_blank">Tyler Smith</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1390/1386" target="_blank">"The 2010 Norwegian Red List for Species" edited by John Atle Kålås
et al. 2010. [book review] (349-350)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1390/1386" target="_blank">Falk Huettmann</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1391/1387" target="_blank">"A Primer of Ecological Statistics, Second Edition" by Nicholas J.
Gotelli and Aaron M. Ellison. 2013. [book review] (350-351)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1391/1387" target="_blank">Tremayne Stanton-Kennedy</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1392/1388" target="_blank">New titles (352)</a></span><br />
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News and Comment<br />
--------<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1393/1389" target="_blank">Yorke Edwards, 1924–2011; The Canadian Herpetologist 2(2), Fall 2012 (353)</a></span><br />
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Club Reports<br />
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The Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club Awards for 2011, Presented April 2012 (354-356)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1394/1390" target="_blank">Ken Allison, Irwin Brodo, Julia Cipriani, Christine Hanrahan, Eleanor Zurbrigg</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1395/1391" target="_blank">Index to Volume 126 (357-369)</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-75211409052048336012013-04-01T10:46:00.000-04:002013-04-03T13:21:35.886-04:00Canadian Field-Naturalist purchased by Elsevier, renamed "Canadian Journal of Natural Historyomics" (April Fools post)It is my pleasure to announce that, after 133 years being a lowly non-profit journal dedicated to spreading knowledge of Canadian nature, we have decided to get with the times. We have sold our journal to Elsevier. Elsevier's second order of business, after raising subscription fees 500%, was to re-name the journal <i>The Canadian Journal of Natural Historyomics</i>.<br />
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Elsevier spokesperson Cyril Sneer said "What is natural history? I don't know, and maybe you don't either. But what is natural historyomics? Everybody knows - it's something important because it says -omics." He continued, "this isn't just a re-naming, this is a complete re-branding of a journal from something that screams 'old' to something that screams 'trendy - OMG!'"<br />
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Some have criticized our move, saying that adding "-omics" to the end of a word does nothing more than lengthen it. Dr. Jonathan Eisen, a Professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at the University of California at Davis, disagrees. "<a href="http://phylogenomics.blogspot.ca/p/my-writings-on-badomics-words.html" target="_blank">It is well known that adding -omics to the end of a word improves the quality of the underlying research.</a>" In related news, Dr. Eisen has announced he will change his name to Dr. Eisenomics.<br />
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Editor-in-Chief of The Canadian Journal of Natural Historyomics, Dr. Carolyn Callaghan, praised the bold move. "Our journal has changed names in the past. It went by the name <i>Transactions of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club</i> from 1880-1887, then <i>The Ottawa Naturalist</i> for 1888-1918. So <i>The Canadian Journal of Natural Historyomics</i> is the logical next step."<br />
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We have also entered into an agreement with the journal <i>De Novo</i> to collaborate on future projects such as <a href="http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/02/ketchum-bigfoot-dna-paper-released-problems-with-questionable-publication/" target="_blank">their publication of Sasquatch genetics</a>.<br />
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We welcome our new Elsevier <strike>overlords</strike> partners, and look forward to our future together.<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/issue/view/39" target="_blank">Volume 126 issue 3</a> covers a variety of taxa, regions, and topics, as you've come to expect from CFN. Predictors of snake roadkill? Check. Caribou crossing sea ice? Check. Plus some of the most bad-ass animals are featured in all their bad-ass glory: badgers, fishers, wolves, and lamprey. And orchids and willows, which I will also call bad-ass just so my botanist friends do not flog me with poison ivy. Enjoy the issue!<br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1360" target="_blank">Proximity to Hibernacula and Road Type Influence Potential Road Mortality of Snakes in Southwestern Saskatchewan (194-203)<br />Ashley N. Fortney, Ray G. Poulin, Jessica A. Martino, Dennilyn L.Parker, Christopher M. Somers</a><br />
<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1361" target="_blank">Early Spawning by the American Brook Lamprey (<i>Lethenteron appendix</i>) in Southeastern Minnesota (204-209)<br />Philip A. Cochran, Mark A. Ross, Thomas S. Walker, Trevor Biederman</a><br />
<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1362" target="_blank">First Specimens of the Marine Eels <i>Venefica ocella</i> and <i>V. tentaculata</i> (Nettastomatidae) from British Columbia (210-216)<br />Gavin F. Hanke, Steven M. Roias</a><br /><br /><br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1364" target="_blank">Use of a Dorsal Radio-Transmitter Implant in American Badgers, <i>Taxidea taxus</i> (221-225)<br />Gilbert Proulx, Neil MacKenzie</a><br />
<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1365" target="_blank">Observations of Nocturnal Hunting Behaviour of American Badgers, <i>Taxidea taxus</i>, in Southwestern Saskatchewan (226-230)<br />Gilbert Proulx, Neil MacKenzie</a><br />
<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1366" target="_blank">A Significant Range Extension for the Eastern Ribbonsnake, <i>Thamnophis sauritus</i>, in Nova Scotia, Canada (231-233)<br />John Gilhen, Alice Jones, Jeffie McNeil, Arthur W. Tanner</a><br />
<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1367" target="_blank"><i>In situ</i> Caching of a Large Mammal Carcass by a Fisher, <i>Martes pennanti</i> (234-237)<br />Ethan A. Hüner, Justin F. B. Peter</a><br />
<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1368" target="_blank">Severe Maxillary Osteomyelitis in a Gray Wolf (<i>Canis lupus</i>) (238-241)<br />Shannon Barber-Meyer</a><br />
<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1369" target="_blank">The Impact of Deer Herbivory and Drought on Population Growth of <i>Goodyera pubescens</i> (Orchidaceae) in Southwestern Quebec (242-244)<br />Joyce M. Reddoch, Allan H. Reddoch</a><br />
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Tributes and Obituaries<br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1371/1364" target="_blank">A Tribute to Donald M. Britton (1923–2012), Canada’s Premier Pteridologist (252-259)<br />Daniel F. Brunton</a><br />
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Book Reviews<br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1352/1344" target="_blank">"Birds of the Masai Mara" by Adam Kennedy and "Animals of theMasai Mara" by Adam and Vicki Kennedy. 2012. [book review] (261-262)<br />Roy John</a><br />
<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1353/1345" target="_blank">"Squirrels of the World" by R. W. Thorington et al. 2012. [book review] (262)<br />Randy Lauff</a><br />
<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1354/1346" target="_blank">"Okanagan Geology South: Geologic Highlights of the South Okanagan Valley, British Columbia" edited by Murray A. Roed and Robert J. Fulton. 2011. [book review] (263-264)<br />Alwynne B. Beaudoin</a><br />
<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1355/1347" target="_blank">New titles (264)<br />Roy John</a><br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1356/1348" target="_blank">Instructions for Authors (278-280)<br />Carolyn Callaghan</a><br /><br />
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May your 2013 be natural and historic!The Canadian Field-Naturalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890033602358303899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350296532020480767.post-13921860639164057562012-12-11T13:28:00.003-05:002012-12-11T13:32:39.732-05:00New issue published: vol 126 issue 2We have now published the <a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/issue/view/38" target="_blank">Spring 2012 issue of CFN</a>. 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!<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1322" target="_blank">Ecology of a Recently Discovered Population Segment of Blanding’s Turtles, Emydoidea blandingii, in Barren Meadow and Keddy Brooks, Nova Scotia (89-94)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1322" target="_blank">José Lefebvre, Stephen W. Mockford, Tom B. Herman</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1323" target="_blank">An Addition to the Mammalian Fauna of Saskatchewan: The Western Harvest
Mouse, <i>Reithrodontomys megalotis</i> (95-102)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1323" target="_blank">Gilbert Proulx, Benjamin P. Proulx</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1324" target="_blank">Distribution and Relative Abundance of Richardson’s Ground Squirrels,<i>Urocitellus richardsonii</i>, According to Soil Zones and Vegetation Height in Saskatchewan During a Drought Period (103-110)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1324" target="_blank">Gilbert Proulx, Keith MacKenzie, Neil MacKenzie</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1325" target="_blank">Trends and Fluctuations in Bird Populations on the Tundra at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut (111-116)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1325" target="_blank">C. Martin Lok, Jaap A. J. Vink</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1326" target="_blank">Foods of Bats (Family Vespertilionidae) at Five Locations in New Hampshire
and Massachusetts (117-124)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1326" target="_blank">Howard H. Thomas, Paul R. Moosman, Jacques Pierre Veilleux, Jason Holt</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1327" target="_blank">Bat Populations and Cave Microclimate Prior to and at the Outbreak ofWhite-Nose Syndrome in New Brunswick (125-134)<br />Karen J. Vanderwolf, Donald F. McAlpine, Graham J. Forbes, David Malloch</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1329" target="_blank">Site Fidelity and Annual Survival of the Western Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens auricollis) at the Northern Edge of its Range (135-142)<br />René McKibbin, Christine A. Bishop</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1330" target="_blank">Genetic Evidence Supports Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) × Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Hybridization in Atlantic Canada (143-147)<br />Linda A. Lait, Randy F. Lauff, Theresa M. Burg</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1331" target="_blank">High Spring Mortality of Adult Richardson’s Ground Squirrels, Urocitellus richardsonii, Associated with a Severe Rainstorm in Southwestern Saskatchewan (148-151)<br />Gilbert Proulx</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1332" target="_blank">Size of Territories and Home Ranges of Male Western Yellow-breasted Chats (Icteria virens auricollis) in British Columbia (152-156)<br />René McKibbin, Christine A. Bishop</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1333" target="_blank">Urban White-tailed Jackrabbits (Lepus townsendii) Eat Spike Plants (Cordyline australis) in Winter (157-159)<br />Alwynne B. Beaudoin, Yves Beaudoin</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1334" target="_blank">Resistance of Canada Yew (Taxus canadensis) Branch Wood to Two Wood Decay Fungi (160-163)<br />Dana L. Richter, Amy M. Berns, Clare F. Frederick</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1335/1328" target="_blank">A Tribute to Charles Hogg Douglas, 1923–2004 (164-166)<br />Edward L. Bousfield, Francis R. Cook</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1336/1329" target="_blank">A Tribute to Phillip Merrill Youngman: 1927–2011 (167-171)<br />Irwin M. Brodo, Francis R. Cook</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1340/1333" target="_blank">"All the Birds of Nova Scotia" by Ian McLaren. 2012. [book review] (172-173)<br />Roy John</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1341/1334" target="_blank">"The ROM Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Ontario" by E. Nicholas et al. 2009. [book review] (173-174)<br />Brian W. Coad</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1342/1335" target="_blank">"Population Demography of Northern Spotted Owls" by E. Forsman et al. 2011. [book review] (174-175)<br />C. Stuart Houston</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1343/1336" target="_blank">"Venomous Reptiles of the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico. Volume 1" by C. Ernst, and E. Ernst. 2011. [book review] (175)<br />David Seburn</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1344/1337" target="_blank">"A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia" by Robert Burton and John Croxall. 2012. [book review] (176-177)<br />Roy John</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1345/1338" target="_blank">"The Ecology of Plant Secondary Metabolites: From Genes to Global Processes" edited by G. Iason et al. 2012. [book review] (178)<br />William J. Crins</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1346/1339" target="_blank">"In the Memory of the Map: A Cartographic Memoir" by C. Norment. 2012. [book review] (179-180)<br />Alwynne B. Beaudoin</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1337/1330" target="_blank">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)</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1338/1331" target="_blank">Editor’s Report for Volume 125 (2011) (184-185)<br />Carolyn C. Callaghan</a><br />
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