The Prairie Naturalist

Volume 25, No. 3 September 1993
Paul B. Kannowski, Editor
                                                   Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Availability of Earthworms and Scarab Beetles To Sandhill Cranes In Native Grasslands Along The Platte River
C. A. Davis and P. A. Vohs 199
Black Tern Colonization Of A Restored Prairie Wetland in Northwestern Minnesota
D. J. Delehanty and W. D. Svedarsky 213
Mountain Plover Habitat Selection In The Powder River Basin, Wyoming
T. L. Parrish, S. H. Anderson, and W. F. Welklaus 219
Post-Hatch Brood Amalgamation In Lesser Scaup: Female Behavior and Return Rates and Duckling Survival
A. D. Afton 227
Status and Distribution of Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse In Colorado
K. M. Giesen and C. E. Braun
  237

Vegetative Characteristics Of Lesser Prairie-Chicken Brood Foraging Sites
T. Z. Riley and C. A. Davis
243

Experimental Observations Of The Cutting and Climbing Of Vegetation By Hispid Cotton Rats

R. D. Jekanoski and D. W. Kaufman
249

Comparison of Electropherograms and External Characteristics For Distinguishing Juvenile Walleyes and Saugeyes


M. K. Flammang and D. W. Willis
255

Proposed Minimum Lengths For Size Categories Of Landlocked Chinook Salmon


T. D. Hill and W. G. Duffy
261

Introduction and Application Of A Drought Stress Index In Western North Dakota


L. M. Stewart and D. R. Kirby
263




NOTES
 



Jumping Spiders Nest In Red Plastic Area Marker Flags In Prairies Of Northeastern Kansas
S. R. Johnson
    275

Cowbird Parasitism Of Red-Winged Blackbirds In Prairie and Riparian Forest Locations
J. D. Ekstein, K. A. Hansen, and S. L. Winter
276




BOOK REVIEWS





A World of Weather
Staff
277

Restoration Of Natural Areas
D. Egan
278

The Fungi Of Kansas
L. H. Tiffany
279

Patrons
Editor
236






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