The Southwestern Naturalist
Contents 43(1)     March 1998

 

Feature Articles

Laboratory evidence for territorial behavior by the southern red-backed salamander, Plethodon serratus: Influence of residency status and pheromonal advertisement.

Alicia Mathis, Krista Deckard, and Connie Duer

New distributional records for Texas reptiles and amphibians.

Ronald L. Gutberlet, Jr., Carol L. Stewart, and Michael B. Keck

Habitat use by semi-aquatic snakes at ponds on a reclaimed strip mine.

Michael B. Keck

A contribution to the superspecies concept of the lizard Sceloporus undulatus: S. u. belli, a species.

Julio A. Lemos-Espinal, Hobart M. Smith, Royce E. Ballinger, Geoffrey R. Smith and David Chiszar

Floristic and life-form diversity along an altitudinal gradient in an intertropical semiarid Mexican region.

Carlos Montaña and Alfonso Valiente-Banuet

Germination and early growth traits of 14 plant species native to northern Mexico.

Joel Flores and Enrique Jurado

Soil properties of the Kelso sand dunes in the Mojave Desert.

Simon A. Lei

Barn owl prey use in Chihuahuan Desert foothills.

Eric E. Jorgensen, Scott M. Sell, and Stephen Demarais

Abundance and seasonal variation of western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Guillermo Fernández, Roberto Carmona, and Horacio de la Cueva

Assortative mating by size in two species of Chauliognathus (Coleoptera: Cantharidae).

Ruth Bernstein and Stephen Bernstein

Structural and taxonomic correlates of habitat selection by a Puerto Rican land snail.

Michael R. Willig, Elizabeth A. Sandlin, and Michael R. Gannon

Insect dispersal in a drying desert stream: effects of temperature and water loss.

Josefa Velasco and Andres Millan

Notes

On the taxonomic status of Nototriton sanctibarbarus McCranie and Wilson (Amphibia: Caudata).

David B. Wake

Sperm storage resulting in viable offspring in the tree lizard Urosaurus ornatus (Phrynosomatidae).

Gloria A. Villaverde and Naida Zucker

A note on the occurrence of Bosmina (Eubosmina) coregoni (Crustacea, Cladocera) in Missouri: A new record and range extension.

William R. Mabee

Influence of relative abundance on red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) on small mammal captures.

David K. Ferris, M. J. Killion, K. P. Ferris, W. E. Grant, and S. B. Vinson

First record of the kinkajou, Potos flavus (Carnivora: Procyonidae) from Isla Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Enrique Martínez-Meyer, Miguel Martínez-Morales, and Javier Sosa-Escalante

Range extension of the bobcat (Lynx rufus) in Jalisco, Mexico.

Carlos A. López-Gonzáles, Alberto Gonzáles-Romero, and John W. Laundré

An observation on caching of prey by a long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata).

Erin Muths

Guidelines for Manuscript Preparation

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