Northeastern Naturalist Volume 22, Number 4, 2015

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Front cover
Inside front cover
Board of Editors/indicia page
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Evaluation of a Formula that Categorizes Female Gray Wolf Breeding Status by Nipple Size Shannon M. Barber-Meyer and L. David Mech	652
Population Status of the Seaside Sparrow in Rhode Island: A 25-Year Assessment Walter J. Berry, Steven E. Reinert, Meghan E. Gallagher, Suzanne M. Lussier, and Eric Walsh	658
Associations of Epiphytic Macroinvertebrates within Four Assemblages of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in a Recovering Urban Lake Lucas J. Kirby and Neil H. Ringler	672
American Woodcock and Golden-winged Warbler Abundance and Associated Vegetation in Managed Habitats Marja H. Bakermans, Cassandra L. Ziegler, and Jeffery L. Larkin	690
*Reintroduction of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) into the St. Regis River, NY: Post- Release Assessment of Habitat Use and Growth* Dawn E. Dittman, Marc A. Chalupnicki, James H. Johnson and James Snyder	704
Seasonal Variation in Habitat Use of Juvenile Steelhead in a Tributary of Lake Ontario Emily W. Studdert and James H. Johnson	717
Status and Distribution of Wintering Waterfowl in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, 2005–2014 Richard A. McKinney, Kenneth B. Raposa, and Carol L. Trocki	730
Demographic Responses of Myomorph Rodents to Mast Production in a Beech- and Birch-dominated Northern Hardwood Forest Christopher A. Conrod and Leonard Reitsma	746
History of Fish Presence and Absence Following Lake Acidification and Recovery in Lake Minnewaska, Shawangunk Ridge, NY David M. Charifson, Paul C. Huth, John E. Thompson, Robert K. Angyal, Michael J. Flaherty, and David C. Richardson	762
The Indirect Impact of Long-Term Overbrowsing on Insects in the Allegheny National Forest Region of Pennsylvania Michael J. Chips, Ellen H. Yerger, Arpad Hervanek, Tim Nuttle, Alejandro A. Royo, Jonathan N. Pruitt, Terrence P. McGlynn, Cynthia L. Riggall, and Walter P. Carson	782
Snow Tracking and Trapping Harvest as Reliable Sources for Inferring Abundance: A 9-year Comparison Toshinori Kawaguchi, André Desrochers, and Héloïse Bastien	798
*Measuring Regal Fritillary Butterfly (Speyeria idalia) Habitat Requirements in South-Central Pennsylvania: Implications for the Conservation of an Imperiled Butterfly* Mark T. Swartz, Betty Ferster, Kevina Vulinec, and Gregory Paulson	812
*Home-Range Dynamics of Female Ursus americanus* (Pallas) (American Black Bear) in a Recovering Population in Western Maryland** Michael D. Jones, Andrew N. Tri, John W. Edwards, and Harry Spiker	830

NOTES
American Chestnut Caching by Red Squirrels Bernd Heinrich	N19
A Note on the Mating Behavior of Empis gulosa Coquillett (Diptera: Empididae) John Alcock	N24
A Flock of Myotis Bats at Sea Richard H. Thompson, Aaron R. Thompson, and R. Mark Brigham	N27
Report of First Specimens of Pekania pennanti (Fisher) from Virginia Nancy D. Moncrief and Michael L. Fies	N31
*An Isolated Occurrence of Pyractomena ecostata* (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in the Mid-Atlantic with New Records from New Jersey and Delaware** Christopher M. Heckscher and James E. Lloyd	N35

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