Great Plains Natural Science Society

The Prairie Naturalist




The Prairie Naturalist fills an important role as the avenue of communication of research on the North American grasslands and their biota. Articles include research topics such as investigating Great Plains community and landscape ecologies, species-specific population dynamics, mammalogy, ornithology, invertebrate zoology, herpetology, ichthyology, botany, animal behavior, infectious diseases, and biostatistics. The Prairie Naturalist offers timely technical information for researchers, educators, students, and the interested public. Published biannually, the journal reaches subscribers throughout the United States and Canada, as well as libraries in Europe and Asia. About 10% of each volume is devoted to shorter and less comprehensive communications (i.e., notes) and book reviews. Manuscripts containing original material not submitted elsewhere are considered for publication; all manuscripts are reviewed by specialists in relevant fields. The Prairie Naturalist publishes reviews of scholarly books from multiple disciplines that focus on the natural history and ecology of the Great Plains.


Indexes to the contents are available for 1st 25 years -- 1968-1993 and 2nd 25 years -- 1994-2018.

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2022

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Second Twenty-five Year Index: Volumes 26–50, 1994–2018, Jane E. Austin

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Review of Loon Lessons: Uncommon Encounters with the Great Northern Diver, by James D. Paruk, Kristin Bianchini

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Review of Spiders of North America, by Sarah Rose, Michael L. Draney

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Review of The Duck Factory: A History of Waterfowl in North Dakota, by Mike Jacobs and Erik Fritzell, Douglas Johnson

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Review of Methods for Ecological Research on Terrestrial Small Mammals, by Robert McCleery, Lynda R. LaFond

2020

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The Prairie Naturalist, Vol. 52, Issue 1, June 2020

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The Prairie Naturalist, Vol. 52, Issue 2, December 2020

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Trends in a Greater Prairie Chicken Population Established by Translocation in North Dakota, Gary Huschle and John E. Toepfer

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Small mammal communities in grasslands at the Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, USA, Lynda R. LaFond, Elizabeth H. Rave, and Kathryn A. Yurkonis

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Comparing Native Bee Communities on Reconstructed and Remnant Prairie in Missouri, Joseph LaRose, Elisabeth B. Webb, and Deborah Finke

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Evaluation of Four Larval Fish Sampling Methods in a Large Midwestern River, Nathan J. Lederman, Anthony R. Sindt, Douglas J. Dieterman, John D. Krenz, and Shannon J. Fisher

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Factors Associated with Larval Freshwater Drum Annual Peak Density in a Nebraska Irrigation Reservoir, Brett T. Miller, Brian C. Peterson, Keith D. Koupal, and Casey W. Schoenebeck

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Greater prairie-chickens and sharp-tailed grouse have similarly high nest survival in the Nebraska Sandhills, Larkin Powell, Walter Schacht, Julia P. Ewald, and Kathryn R. McCollum

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Captive Ring-necked Pheasant Response to Very High Experimental Doses of Lead, Travis J. Runia and Alex J. Solem

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Wood Frogs (Rana sylvatica) in Southwestern Roberts County and Western Grant County, South Dakota, Dennis R. Skadsen and Drew R. Davis

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Patterns and Potential Causes of Changing Winter Bird Distributions in South Dakota, David L. Swanson, Reza Goljani Amirkhiz, and Mark D. Dixon

2019

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The Prairie Naturalist, Vol. 51, Issue 2, December 2019

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The Prairie Naturalist, Volume 51, No. 1

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Review of Sky Dance of the Woodcock: The Habits and Habitats of a Strange Little Bird, by Greg Hoch, David E. Andersen

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Quantifying Signpost Usage by Captive Male White-Tailed Deer, Cassie L. Auxt, Eric S. Michel, and Jonathan A. Jenks

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Review of Carnivores of the World, Second Edition, by Luke Hunter, Shannon M. Barber-Meyer

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Bats of the Loess Hills Ecoregion of Southeast Nebraska, Virgil Brack Jr, Dale W. Sparks, and Darwin C. Brack

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Review of Birds of Prey of the West: A Field Guide, by Brian K. Wheeler, Daniel Casey

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Incidental Captures of Plains Spotted Skunks in Central South Dakota, Samantha Fino, Joshua D. Stafford, Aaron T. Pearse, and Jonathan A. Jenks

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Final Thoughts as Editor-in-Chief, Christopher N. Jacques

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Review of Great Plains Birds, by Larkin Powell, William E. Jensen

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Review of A Field Guide to the Natural World of the Twin Cities by John J. Moriarty, photography by Siah L. St. Clair, Douglas H. Johnson and Bonnie Sample

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Suitability of single-pass backpack electrofishing to estimate fish abundance and describe assemblage structure in prairie streams, Morgan J. Kauth, David A. Schumann, Katie N.B. Graeb, and William Wyatt Hoback

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Review of Gulls Simplified: A Comparative Approach to Identification by Pete Dunne and Kevin T. Karlson, Garrett J. MacDonald

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Serological Survey and Pathogen Exposure of Adult Female White-tailed Deer in the Western Dakotas, Katherine L. Moratz, Bailey S. Gullikson, Eric S. Michel, Daniel M. Grove, Jonathan A. Jenks, and William Jensen

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Review of Birds of prey of the East: A Field Guide by Brian K. Wheeler, Janet W. Ng

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Review of Grasslands and Climate Change by David J. Gibson and Jonathan A. Newman, Neal D. Noemuth

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Factors Affecting White Bass Abundance in Two Missouri River Reservoirs, William J. Radigan and Mark J. Fincel

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Recent Observations of Water Shrews in Northeastern South Dakota, Dennis Skadsen and Robert M. Timm

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Factors Limiting Reintroduced Plains Topminnow, Fundulus sciadicus, Populations in Central Great Plains Streams, Joseph Thiessen, Keith D. Koupal, and Casey W. Schoenebeck

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Channel Catfish Reproductive Traits in the Lower Platte River, Nebraska, USA, Mackenzie Zwiener, Jonathan J. Spurgeon, and Mark Pegg

2018

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The Prairie Naturalist: The Journal of the Great Plains Natural Science Society Volume 50 No. 1

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The Prairie Naturalist: The Journal of the Great Plains Natural Science Society Volume 50 No. 2

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Spatiotemporal Distribution of Waterfowl Disease Outbreaks in Kansas, USA, Thomas A. Becker, Adam A. Ahlers, Shane Hesting, and David A. Haukos

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Wild Turkey Occupancy in a Prairie Landscape, Joshua C. Courlas and R. Scott Lutz

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RED-BELLIED SNAKE (STORERIA OCCIPITOMACULATA) COPULATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA, Drew R. Davis

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EDGES AND RUSHES OF MINNESOTA: THE COMPLETEGUIDETOSPECIESIDENTIFICATION. Welby R. Smith; photography by Richard Haug., Edward S. DeKeyser

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Age and Growth of Cottonwood Trees along the Missouri River, North Dakota, Jonathan M. Friedman, Fisher R. Ankney, and J. Marshall Wolf

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Review: BEHAVIOR OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE: AN ILLUSTRATED ETHOGRAM. David H. Ellis (illustrated by N. John Schmitt)., Jeremy E. Guinn

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BOOK REVIEWS: FORCE OF NATURE: GEORGE FELL, FOUNDER OF THE NATURAL AREAS MOVEMENT. Arthur Melville Pearson., James R. Herkert

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A Short Narrative for Writing for The Prairie Naturalist, Christopher N. Jacques

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Preparing an Effective Poster Presentation, Christopher N. Jacques

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NOTES: TWO-HEADED WHITE-TAILED DEER FETUS, William F. Jensen, Daniel M. Grove, Ryan J. Herigstad, and William J. Haase

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Comparison of northern flying and red squirrel phylogenies with focus on the insular United States, Alyssa M. Kiesow and Hugh B. Britten

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LEKKING BEHAVIOR OF A SHARP-TAILED GROUSE IN SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA, Kelsey C. King, Andrew J. Caven, and Keith Geluso

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Metabolic Gas Emissions from Prairie Soil Containing Foraging Termites, Charles E. Konemann, B.M. Kard, Tom A. Royer, and Mark E. Payton

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Review: NORTH AMERICAN DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS: IDENTIFICATION GUIDE. Frank S. Todd., Kevin M. Ringelman

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NEW BREEDING RECORD AND LOCATION FOR WILSON’S PHALAROPE (PHALAROPUS TRICOLOR) IN THE NEBRASKA GREAT PLAINS, USA, Madison O. Sutton and Nico Arcilla

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Review: CANIDS OF THE WORLD: WOLVES, WILD DOGS, FOXES, JACKALS, COYOTES, AND THEIR RELATIVES. José R. Castelló., Jonathan (Jon) Way

2017

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Field Discrimination of Prairie Deer Mice and White-Footed Mice Using Morphological Characteristics, Jacob L. Berl, Kelton M. Verble, Elizabeth A. Flaherty, and Robert K.S. Swihart

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Prairie Falcon Depredation Attempts on a Greater Prairie-Chicken Lek in South-Central Nebraska, Andrew J. Caven, Joshua D. Wiese, and William R. Wallauer

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BOOK REVIEWS: RAPTORS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA. William S. Clark and N. John Schmitt., Jack Jack Eitniear

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ONE MORE WARBLER: A LIFE WITH BIRDS., Laura Erickson

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BREEDING TRUMPETER SWANS IN NORTHEAST- ERN NORTH DAKOTA, Mark R. Fisher, Matthew D. Sprenger, Chris R. Roed, and David O. Lambeth

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The Considerations Given to Determining Authorship, Christopher N. Jacques

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The Pitfalls of Data Analysis, Christopher N. Jacques

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UNIQUE NESTING BEHAVIOR BY TRUMPETER SWANS (CYGNUS BUCCINATOR), Heather M. Johnson, Michael Forsberg, Letitia Reichart, and Mark P. Vrtiska

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USE OF SATELLITE TRAP TRANSMITTERS IN CAPTURING MOUNTAIN LIONS, Randy D. Johnson, Jonathan A. Jenks, and Stephanie A. Tucker

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Diel and Monthly Movement Rates by Migratory and Resident Female Pronghorn, Paul F. Jones, T. Andrew Hurly, Chelsea Jensen, Karl Zimmer, and Andrew Jakes

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ENERGY SPRAWL SOLUTIONS, Nicola Koper

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Severe Drought Impacts Female Pheasant Physiology in Southwest Nebraska, Jessica A. Laskowski, Gwen C. Bachman, and Joseph J. Fontaine

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Avian Diversity, Abundance, and Nest Success among Managed Prairies and Agricultural Plots in Oklahoma and Texas, Phillip J. Leonard, Douglas R. Wood, and Wayne E. Meyer

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BOOK REVIEWS: American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains. Dan Flores., Daniel S. Licht

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NOTES: EXAMINING THE POTENTIAL COMPETITIVE EFFECTS OF VENTENATA DUBIA ON ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL GRASSES, Shawn McKay, Lesley R. Morris, Christopher E. Morris, and Elizabeth A. Leger

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ASSESSING PARTURITION DATE SYNCHRONY FOR NORTH DAKOTA UNGULATES, Eric S. Michel, Jonathan A. Jenks, and William F. Jensen

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LONG-TERM CHANGES IN CANADA GOOSE NEST SUCCESS AND NEST DENSITIES AT AN IOWA WETLAND COMPLEX, Brenna N. Ness, Robert W. Klaver, and Guy G. Zenner

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Pheasant Response to Lead Ingestion, Travis J. Runia and Alex J. Solem

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A SWIFT GUIDE TO BUTTERFLIES OF NORTH AMERICA, SECOND EDITION., Ann B. Swengel

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NOTES: RANGE EXTENSION OF THE VIRGINIA OPOSSUM (DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA) IN NORTH DAKOTA, Lisa L. Walsh, Robert Seabloom, and Cody W. Thompson

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ADULT RED-HEADED WOODPECKER INTERAC- TION WITH BULLSNAKE AFTER ARBOREAL NEST DEPREDATION, Brittney J. Yohannes and James L. Howitz

2016

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Fidelity and Survival of Breeding Mallards in the Nebraska Sandhills, Zachary J. Cunningham, Larkin Powell, and Mark P. Vrtiska

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Mink Predation of Brown Trout in a Black Hills Stream, Jake Davis, Jerry W. Wilhite, and Steven R. Chipps

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Book Review: Better Birding: Tips, Tools, and Concepts for the Field. George L. Armistead and Brian L. Sullivan., Stephen J. Dinsmore

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Isotopes from Fecal Material Provides Evidence of Recent Diet of Prairie Deer Mice, John W. Doudna and Brent J. Danielson

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Spatial Variation in Germination of Two Annual Brome Species in the Northern Great Plains, Erin K. Espeland, Jane M. Mangold, and Natalie M. West

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The Science of Open Spaces: Theory and Practice for Conserving Large, Complex Systems. Charles G. Curtin., Michelle L. Hellman, Caleb P. Roberts, Hannah Birge, Zachary Warren, and Craig R. Allen

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Review of Booming from the Mists of Nowhere: The Story of the Greater Prairie-Chicken by Greg Hoch, Ross H. Hier

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Review of Waterfowl of North America, Europe, and Asia: An Identification Guide by Sébastien Reeber, William L. Hohman

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NOTES: COMPARISONS OF CATCH BETWEEN TWO BAIT TYPES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PALLID STUR- GEON, Thad W. Huenemann and Kirk D. Steffensen

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Changes in The Prairie Naturalist for 2017: Some Bumps in the Road During Transition, Christopher N. Jacques

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Missing the Point, Christopher N. Jacques

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Review of Following the Wild Bees: The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting by Thomas D. Seeley, Katrina Klett

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Finding the Best Remaining Black Hills Montane Grasslands, the First Step in Conservation, Hollis Marriott, Don Faber-Langendoen, and David J. Ode

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Varmints and Victims: Predator Control in the Ameri- can West. Frank Van Nuys., Phil Mastrangelo

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Resource Selection by Black-backed Woodpeckers (Picoides arcticus) and American Three-toed Woodpeckers (P. dorsalis) in South Dakota and Wyoming, Sean R. Mohren, Mark A. Rumble, Chadwick P. Lehman, and Stanley H. Anderson

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Keys to Lichens of North America, Revised and Expand- ed. Irwin M. Brodo (photographs by Sylvia Duran Sharnoff and Stephen Sharnoff; drawings by Susan Laurie-Bourque)., Caleb A. Morse

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Review of Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings by Mary Siisip Geniusz (edited by Wendy Makoons Geniusz, illustrated by Annmarie Geniusz), Natasha Myhal and Kelly Kindscher

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Assessing Genetic Variation of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep at Elk Mountain, Brynn L. Parr, Rebeca L. Juarez, and Jonathan A. Jenks

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DISTRIBUTION OF SHORT-TAILED SHREWS (MAMMALIA: SORICIDAE: BLARINA) IN MISSOURI, Russell S. Pfau and Aaron P. Figueroa

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Review of Estimation of Parameters for Animal Populations: A Primer for the Rest of Us by Larkin A. Powell and George A. Gale, Max Post van der Burg

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Assessment of Smallmouth Bass Growth and Mortality in Nebraska Waters, Benjamin J. Schall, Keith D. Koupal, Casey W. Schoenebeck, and Keith L. Hurley