Table of Contents for Volume 153(1), January 2005

• Proceedings of the 24th Annual Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference:  Introduction…John M. Drake p.1
• Risk Analysis For Invasive Species and Emerging Infectious Diseases:  Concepts and Applications…John M. Drake p.4
• Do Dreissenid Mussels Affect Lake Erie Ecosystem Stability Processes?...Joseph D. Conroy and David A. Culver p.20
• Impatiens capensis (Balsaminaceae) Meerb. is a Necessary Nurse Host for the Parasitic Plant Cuscuta gronovii (Cuscutaceae) Willd. ex J.A. Schultes in Southeastern Michigan Wetlands…Donald R. Schoolmaster, Jr. p.33
• Habitat Use by the Federally Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii) in a Michigan Prairie Fen…B.J. Barton and C.E. Bach p.41
• Marking Salamander Egg Masses with Visible Fluorescent Elastomer:  Retention Time and Effect on Embryonic Development…Kurt J. Regester and Lori B. Woosley p.52
• Temporal Patterns in Use of an Iowa Woodlot During the Autumn Bird Migration…Devan Allen McGranahan, Shonda Kuiper and Jonathan M. Brown p.61
• The Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Densities of White-footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) During the Winter…Shawn M. Wilder, Amir M. Abtahi and Douglas B. Meikle p.71
• Spines and Natural History of Three Cenchrus Species…Andrew E. Forbes p.80
• Harvest Recovery of Goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis L…Suzanne Sanders and James B. McGraw p.87
• Sonoran Desert Winter Annuals Affected by Density of Red Brome and Soil Nitrogen…L.F. Salo, G.R. McPherson and D.G. Williams p.95
• Assessing the Conservation Value of a complementary System of Habitat Reserves Relative to Butterfly Species at Risk and Divergent Populations…John A. Shuey p.110
• Changes in the Diversity of Native Fishes in Seven Basins in Illinois, USA…Michael E. Retzer p.121
• Comments on the Predator-Prey Relationship of the Texas Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys elator) and Barn Owl (Tyto alba)…Frederick B. Stangl, Jr., Michael M. Shipley, Jim R. Goetze and Clyde Jones p.135
• Bear Predation on Pacific Salmon Facilitates Colonization of Carcasses by Fly Maggots…Erin P. Meehan, Elizabeth E. Seminet-Reneau and Thomas P. Quinn p.142
• Reproductive Energetics and Female Attendance Patterns of Cape Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) During Early Lactation…Christopher M. Gamel, Randall W. Davis, Jeremy H.M. David, Michael A. Meyer and Elisif Brandon p.152
• Overlap in Space Use among Bobcats (Lynx rufus), Coyotes (Canis latrans) and Gray Foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)…Michael J. Chamberlain and Bruce D. Leopold p.171

Notes and Discussion

• Oak Regeneration Before and After Initial Restoration Efforts in a Tall Grass Oak Savanna Conference Paper…Lars A. Brudvig and Heidi Asbjornsen p.180
• Cues Used in Patch Selection by Praying Mantis Nymphs (Mantodea, Mantidae)…Shawn M. Wilder p.187
• Distribution and Abundance of Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus) on Prince Edward Island, Canada…Karen Gormley, Daryl Guignion and Kevin Teather p.192