THE PRAIRIE NATURALIST Volume 16, No. 1. March 1984

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor TABLE OF CONTENTS MORTALITY OF RACCOONS IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ E. K. Fritzell and R. J. Greenwood THE EFFECTS OF MOWING ON THE RODENT COMMUNITY OF A NATIVE TALL GRASS PRAIRIE IN EASTERN NEBRASKA ▪ C. A. Lemen and M. K. Clausen PARASITES OF FISH FROM THE JAMES AND SHEYENNE RIVERS, JAMESTOWN RESERVOIR COMPLEX, AND LAKE ASHTABULA IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ M. D. Forstie and H. L. Holloway LEAD POISONING OF SANDHILL CRANES (Grus canadensis) ▪ R. M. Windingstad, S. M. Kerr, and L. N. Locke A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WYOMING PLANT COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS ▪ E. I. Collins PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A WHOOPING CRANE ROOST SITE ON THE PLATTE RIVER, HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA ▪ G. R. Lingle, P. J. Currier, and K. L. Lingle BOOK REVIEWS: Whistling-ducks ▪ B. W. Cain Notes of a medicine watcher ▪ D. H. Johnson A celebration of prairie ▪ B. L. Heidel NOTES: Use of raptor nests by nesting ducks ▪ P. M. Konrad and D. S. Gilmer Differential infection of walleyes by Contracaecum spp. in heated and nonheated reservoirs ▪ H. R. Maddux and R. L. Applegate Mailing Date: April 5, 198