Northeastern Naturalist Volume 12, Special Issue No. 3, 2005

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Front Cover
Inside Front Cover
Board of Editors/indicia page
Message from the Chair of the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership Ellen Roy Herzfelder	1
Preface Edward O. Wilson	2
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Introduction to a Special Issue—BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK AREA: NATURAL RESOURCES OVERVIEW Charles T. Roman, Bruce Jacobson, and Jack Wiggin	3
Historical Description of the Vegetation of the Boston Harbor Islands: 1600–2000 Julie A. Richburg and William A. Patterson III	13
Paleoecology of Calf Island in Boston’s Outer Harbor William A. Patterson III, Julie A. Richburg, Kennedy H. Clark, and Sally Shaw	31
Vascular Flora and Plant Communities of the Boston Harbor Islands Ted Elliman	49
The Lichens and Bryophytes of the Boston Harbor Islands Scott La Greca, Elisabeth Lay, Douglas Greene, Elizabeth Kneiper, and Mary Lincoln	75
Inventory of Macrolepidoptera and Other Insects in the Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area Mark J. Mello	99
Distribution and Abundance of Breeding Birds in Boston Harbor Peter W.C. Paton, Rebecca J. Harris, and Carol C. Trocki	145
Inventory of Intertidal Marine Habitats, Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area Richard Bell, Robert Buchsbaum, Charles Roman, and Mark Chandler	169
Research to Support Management of Visitor Carrying Capacity of Boston Harbor Islands Robert Manning, Yu-Fai Leung, and Megha Budruk	201

Visiting the Boston Harbor Islands	221