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Volume 12 (4) 2005

• Has habitat degradation affected foraging behaviour and reproductive success of lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens)?

  Barbara PEZZANITE & Robert F. ROCKWELL, The American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024-5192, USA, e-mail: rfr@amnh.org
  J. Chris DAVIES, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Wildlife Research & Development Section, 300 Water Street, Peterborough, Ontario K9J 8M5, Canada.
  Maarten J. J. E. LOONEN, Arctic Centre & Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, P.O. Box 716, 9700 AS Groningen, The Netherlands.
  Randolph J. SEGUIN, Environmental Assessment Branch, Saskatchewan Environment, 3211 Albert Street, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 5W6, Canada.

• Differences in biomass partitioning, leaf nitrogen content, and water use efficiency (δ13C) result in similar performance of seedlings of two Mediterranean oaks with

  Josep Maria ESPELTA, Pilar CORTÉS, Marta MANGIRÔN & Javier RETANA, Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF) i Unitat d'Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain, e-mail: josep.espelta@uab.es

• Nitrogen mineralization and decomposition in western boreal bog and fen peat

  Suzanne E. BAYLEY & Markus N. THORMANN, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada.
  Anthony R. SZUMIGALSKI, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada.

• Hunting behaviour of eastern coyotes in relation to vegetation cover, snow conditions, and hare distribution

  Isabelle THIBAULT & Jean-Pierre OUELLET, Département de biologie, Centre d'études nordiques, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 300 Allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec G5L 3A1, Canada, e-mail: jean-pierre_ouellet@uqar.qc.ca

• Winter foraging strategy of white-tailed deer at the northern limit of its range

  André DUMONT, Université Laval, Département de biologie et Centre d'études nordiques, Québec, Québec G1K 7P4, Canada.
  Jean-Pierre OUELLET, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Département de biologie et Centre d'études nordiques, 300 Allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec G5L 3A1, Canada, e-mail: jean-pierre_ouellet@uqar.qc.ca
  Michel CRÊTE, Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, 930 chemin Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec G1S 2L4, Canada et Université du Québec à Rimouski, Département de biologie, 300 Allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec G5L 3A1, Canada.
  Jean HUOT, Université Laval, Département de biologie et Centre d'études nordiques, Québec, Québec G1K 7P4, Canada.

• Seasonal dynamics of the phytoplankton community and cyanobacterial dominance in a eutrophic crater lake in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

  Gabriela VÁZQUEZ, Socorro JIMÉNEZ, Mario E. FAVILA & Ariadna MARTÍNEZ, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Apdo. Postal 63, km 2.5 Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, México, e-mail: gabriela@ecologia.edu.mx

• Competitive hierarchies of temperate tree species: Interactions between resource availability and white-tailed deer

  Christopher E. TRIPLER, Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Ecological Research and Education, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209-8007, USA, e-mail: triplerc@ecostudies.org
  Charles D. CANHAM, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Box AB, Millbrook, New York 12545, USA.
  Richard S. INOUYE & Jaclyn L. SCHNURR, Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Ecological Research and Education, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209-8007, USA.

• Impact of introduced white-tailed deer and native insect defoliators on the density and growth of conifer saplings on Anticosti Island, Québec

  Anne CHOUINARD & Louise FILION, Centre d'études nordiques and Département de géographie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec G1K 7P4, Canada, e-mail: louise.filion@cen.ulaval.ca

• Life on the edge for limber pine: Seed dispersal within a peripheral population

  Diana F. TOMBACK, Department of Biology, CB 171, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 173364, Denver, Colorado 80217, USA, e-mail: diana.tomback@cudenver.edu
  Anna W. SCHOETTLE, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 240 West Prospect, Ft. Collins, Colorado 80526, USA.
  Kristen E. CHEVALIER, Department of Biology, CB 171, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 173364, Denver, Colorado 80217, USA.
  Cheri A. JONES, Department of Zoology, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80205, USA.
  

• The effects of snow packing on tree growth forms on an island in a recently created reservoir in northern Québec, Canada

  Julie TREMBLAY & Yves BÉGIN, Centre d'études nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, Québec G1K 7P4, Canada, e-mail: yves.begin@cen.ulaval.ca

• Population structure and growth acclimation of mountain maple along a successional gradient in the southern boreal forest

  Isabelle AUBIN, Christian MESSIER & Daniel KNEESHAW, Groupe de recherche en écologie forestière interuniversitaire (GREFi) and Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8, Canada, e-mail: messier.christian@uqam.ca

• Nest design and the abundance of parasitic Protocalliphora blow flies in two hole-nesting passerines

  Vladimír REME?, Laboratory of Ornithology, Palacky University, Tr. Svobody 26, CZ-771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic, e-mail: remes@prfnw.upol.cz
  Milo? KRIST, Laboratory of Ornithology, Palacky University, Tr. Svobody 26, CZ-771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic, and Museum of Natural History, nam. Republiky 5, CZ-771 73 Olomouc, Czech Republic.

• The effect of abandoned leaf-cutting ant nests on plant assemblage composition in a tropical rainforest of Costa Rica

  Alejandro Gustavo FARJI-BRENER, Lab. Ecotono, Depto. De Ecología, CRUB, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Quintral 1250, (8400) Bariloche, Argentina, e-mail: alefarji@crub.uncoma.edu.ar

• Songbird use of high-elevation habitat during the fall post-breeding and migratory periods

  Scott WILSON, Center for Applied Conservation Research, 2424 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada, e-mail: wilsonwa@interchange.ubc.ca
  Kathy MARTIN, Center for Applied Conservation Research, 2424 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada, and Canadian Wildlife Service, 421 Robertson Road, Delta, British Columbia V4K 3N2, Canada.

• Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass): Rapid growth and growth pattern in conditions

  Carrie REINHARDT ADAMS & Susan M. GALATOWITSCH, University of Minnesota, Department of Horticultural Science, 305 Alderman Hall, 1970 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA, e-mail: creinhardt@ifas.ufl.edu

• Niches, null models, and forest birds: Testing competing community assembly hypotheses in disturbed and undisturbed hardwood forest

  Adam C. ALGAR, Darren J. H. SLEEP & Thomas D. NUDDS, Ecology Group, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada, e-mail: dsleep@uoguelph.ca