Table of Contents for Volume 154(2), October 2005

• Relationships Between Soil Characteristics, Distribution and Restoration Potential of The Federal Threatened Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl…Marlin Bowles, Lawrence Zettler, Timothy Bell and Patrick Kelsey p. 273
• Temporal and Geographic Variation in Predispersal Seed Predation on Hibiscus moscheutos L. (Malvaceae) in Ohio and Maryland, USA…Robert A. Klips, Patricia M. Sweeney, Elisabeth K.F. Bauman and Allison A. Snow p. 286
• Aphid-tending Ants Affect Secondary Users in Leaf Shelters and Rates of Herbivory on Salix hookeriana in a Coastal Dune Habitat…Gregory M. Crutsinger and Nathan J. Sanders p.296
• Effect of Pulsing on Macrophyte Productivity and Nutrient Uptake:  A Wetland Mesocosm Experiment…Christopher J. Anderson and William J. Mitsch p.305
• Influence of Interacting Factors on the Growth and Mortality of Juniperus Seedlings…D.C. McKinley and O.W. Van Auken p.320
• Moist-soil Plant Seed Production for waterfowl at Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge, Illinois…Matthew W. Bowyer, Joshua D. Stafford, Aaron P. Yetter, Christopher S. Hine, Michelle M. Horath and Stephen P. Havera p.331
• Dispersal of Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) Seeds in the Feces of Wildlife…Eric J. Wald, Scott L. Kronberg, Gary E. Larson and W. Carter Johnson p.342
• Distribution, Habitat Use and Life History of Stream-dwelling Crayfish in the Spring River Drainage of Arkansas and Missouri with a Focus on the Imperiled Mammoth Spring Crayfish (Orconectes marchandi)…C.A. Flinders and D.D. Magoulick p.358
• Ambient Levels of Ultraviolet-B Radiation Causes Mortality in Juvenile Western Toads, Bufo boreas…Andrew R. Blaustein, John M. Romansic and Erin A. Scheessele p.375
• Nest Placement, Nest-site Fidelity and Nesting Movements in Midland Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata) on Beaver Island, Michigan…John W. Rowe, Kristy A. Coval and Matthew R. Dugan p.383
• Experimental Evidence that Nest Attendance Benefits Female Marbled Salamanders (Ambystoma opacum) by Reducing Egg Mortality…Dean A. Croshaw and David E. Scott p.398
• Pheromone Communication in the Watersnake, Nerodia sipedon:  A Mechanistic Difference Between Semi-aquatic and Terrestrial Species…Robert D. Aldridge, Angelo P. Bufalino and Amber Reeves p.412
• Lack of Significant Changes in the Herpetofauna of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, Since the 1920s…Blake R. Hossack, David S. Pilliod and Paul Stephen Corn p.423
• Densities of Eastern Chipmunks (Tamias striatus) in Farmland Woodlots Decline with Increasing Area and Isolation…Pasi Reunanen and Thomas C. Grubb, Jr. p.433
• Characteristics of Tree Roosts of Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) in Southeastern Mississippi…Austin W. Trousdale and David C. Beckett p.442
• Atypical Acorns Appear to Allow Seed Escape After Apical Notching by Squirrels…Amy B. McEuen and Michael A. Steele p.450
• Theory and Preliminary Analysis of Species Invasions from Ballast Water:  Controlling Discharge Volume and Location…John M. Drake, David M. Lodge and Mark Lewis p.459

Notes and Discussion

• New Records of the Crystal Darter (Crystallaria asprella) in the Middle Mississippi River…Jeffrey G. Stewart, Valerie A. Barko, Donovan B. Henry, David P. Herzog, Joseph Ridings, Annette F. Kelley and James E. Wallace p.471
• Mating and Nesting Behavior of the Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos) in the Northern Portion of its Range…Glenn M. Cunnington and Joseph E. Cebek p.474

Book Review

• The Monarch Butterfly:  Biology and Conservation…review by Travis D. Marsico p.479