Vol. 12 No. 3-4 December (2006)

Published: 2006-12-01

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Independent Refereed Articles

Tardigrades of North America: Western Montana

William R. Miller

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Microhabitat Use by Deer Mice in Response to Fluctuations in Pinyon Mouse Abundance

Jeffrey B. Doty, Charles H. Calisher, J. Jeffrey Root, Barry J. Beaty

54-60
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Stomach Worms in an Eastern Yellow-Bellied Racer from Montana

Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles R. Bursey, Laurie J. Vitt

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Rates and Spatial Patterns of Decline in Historical Cougar and Wolf Populations in Montana

Genevieve M. Nesslage, Michael J. Wilberg, Shawn J. Riley

63-76
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The Montana Chapter of The American Fisheries Society [Meeting Abstracts]

Abstracts of the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Montana Chapter, Co-Conveing with the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society

Leanne H. Roulson

77-120
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Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society [Abstracts]

Abstracts of the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society Who Can Be Trusted with the Public Trust?

Gayle Joslin

121-136
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Individualized Meeting Abstracts

Natives and Newcomers, May 13-20, 2006

Leanne H. Roulson

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Assessment of Tubifex Tubifex Habitat and Myxobolus Cerebralis Distribution in Pelican Creek, Yellowstone National Park

Julie Alexander, Billile Kerans, Todd Koel

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Utilization of Floodplain Habitats by Native Fish Species and Non-Native Brook Trout

Michelle Anderson, Jack Stanford

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Use of In-Stream Pit-Tag Detectors to Monitor Bull Trout Populations in Washington and Montana

Steve Anglea, Carrie Bretz, Clint Muhlfeld

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An Assessment of Native Fish Losses to Irrigation Diversions on Lost Horse and Tin Cup Creeks, Montana

Leslie Bahn, Alexander V. Zale, Christopher Clancy, Mark Lere

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Native Fish and Habitat Surveys in Two Southeastern Wyoming Prairie Watersheds

Christina Barrineau, Beth Bear

80
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Factors Influencing the Distribution of Cottids in Small Forested Watersheds Upstream from Naturally Occuring Migration Barriers in Western Oregon

Doug Bateman, Robert Gresswell, Christian Torgersen

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Prioritization of Eastern Wyoming Prairie Streams for Conservation

Beth Bear

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Bozeman Fish Technology Center - Aquatic Nuisance Species and Aquatic Animal Health Program

Linda Beck, Yvette Converse

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Resource Similarity Between Sauger and Walleye in the Missouri River, Montana: Implications for Declinging Sauger Populations

Brian Bellgraph, Christopher S. Guy, Stephen Leathe

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Electrofishing as a Technique to Remove Lake Trout from a Spawning Site in Yellowstone Lake

Patricia Bigelow, Philip Doepke, Brian Ertel, Todd Koel

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Improving Invertebrate Biological Monitoring

Wease Bollman

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Dispersal and Introgression of Non-Native Rainbow Trout Genes in Native Westslope Cutthroat Trout Population

Matthew Boyer, Fred Allendorf, Clint Muhlfeld

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Comparison of Scuba Strip Surveys Assessing the Abundance and Distribution of Razorback Suckers in the Colorado River Below Hoover Dam: 1983 Versus 2003

Michael Bozek, Peter Brown

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A Mechanistic Model to Explain Differential Recruitment Success of Pallid Sturgeon and Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Upper Missour River Basin

Patrick Braaten, David Fuller

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Barriers to Prevent Non-Native Fish Movement: A Survey

Peter Brown, Alexander Zale, Bradley Shepard

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The Isolated Effection of Sunlight, Organic Matter, and Turbulence on the Piscicides Rotenone and Animycin

Peter Brown, Alexander Zale

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Two and Three Dimensional Water Velocities in Culverts

Joel Cahoon

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The Evolution of Fish, Science Education and Why We Should Care

Chris Clancy

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Bozeman Fish Technology Center - A Multideimensional Research Facility

Yvette Converse

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Coalbed Natural Gas Development in the Powder River Basin: Implications for Warmwater Stream Fish Assemblage

Windy Davis, Robert G. Bramblett, Alexander V. Zale

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Changes Observed in the Spawning Population of Lake Trout of Yellowstone Lake After a Decade of Mechanical Removal Efforts

Philip Doepke, Patricia E. Bigelow, Brian D. Ertel, Todd M. Koel

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Migratory Response of Bull Trout in the Clark Fork River Drainage Following Upstream Transport

Joseph M. DosSantos, LaDana Hintz

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Sampling Efficiency for Burbot in Standing Waters of the Wind River Drainage, Wyoming

Andrew Dux, Joe Deromedi, Dave Dufek

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Gathering and Using Information: Two Montana Projects Where Information Research Can Lead to On-The-Ground Wetland and Stream Protection

Janet Ellis

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Use of the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Process in Conservation of Fluvial Arctic Grayling, A Candidate for Protection Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)

Carol Endicott

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Distribution and Movement of Adult Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in the Upper Yellowstone River Drainage

Brian Ertel, Todd Koel, Thomas McMahon

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Automated Real Time Fish Tracking and Plant Operations Data Capture

Douglas Foss

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Restoring Pallid Sturgeon Populations in the Upper Missouri River Basin, Montana

William Gardner

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Extraction of Myxospores from Sediment Utilizing a Soil Texture Centrifuge Technique and Sodium Hexmtaphosphate

Kiza Gates, Christopher S. Guy

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Movement of Resident and Non-Resident Anglers in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Implications for Transferring Aquatic Nuisance Species

Kiza Gates, Christopher S. Guy, Alexander V. Zale, Travis B. Horton

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Effects of Exposure to Low Dissoved Oxygen on Survival, Development, and Growth of Snake River Fall Chinook Salmon Eggs and Alevins

David Geist

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Hydropower Relicensing Using the New Integrated Licensing Process: The Mystic Lake Example

Ginger Gillin

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Influence of Discharge Patterns on Movement of Coastal Cutthroat Trout

Robert Gresswell, Douglas Bateman, David Hockman-Wert

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The Plight of the Pallid: The Cost of Living in an Endangered Ecosystem

Christopher S. Guy, Robert Bramblett

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Determining the Appropriate Location for a Fish Passage Facility at a Complex Tailrace at a Western Montana Hydroelectric Facility

Tyler Haddix, Brent Mabbott

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Efforts to Reduce Lake Trout in Flathead Lake to Benefit Bull Trout

Barry Hansen

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Fish Screens: Efficacy and Population Effects on Skalkaho Creek, Montana

Ryan Harnish, Alexander Zale, Christopher G. Clancy

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USDA Forest Service Northern Region Fish Passage Assessment at Stream/Road Crossings

Shane Hendrickson

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Effects of Sediment Pulses on Channel Morphology and Sediment Transport in a Gravel-Bed River

Daniel Hoffman, Emmanuel Gabet

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The Effect of Macro-Scale Habitat Features on Post-Stocking Dispersal of Hatchery-Reared Juvenile Pallid Sturgeon

Matthew Jaeger, Mark Nelson, Sue Camp, George Jordan

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Influences of Reach- and Watershed-Scale Habitat Features on Fish Distribution in Streams in the Great Plains of Montana

Melissa Jones-Wuellner, Robert G. Bramblett, Christopher S. Guy, Jim Johnson

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Factors Influencing Variation in Scale-Based Ages of Cutthroat Trout From Yellowstone Lake

Lynn Kaeding, Daniel Goodman, Todd Koel, Bob Gresswell

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Effects of Temperature on Egg Development and Larvae Survival of Shovelnose Sturgeon

Kevin Kappenman, Molly Webb

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Determinationof Thermal Optima and Tolerance for Young-of-the-Year Shovelnose Sturgeon Growth and

Kevin Kappenman, Cal Fraser, Matt Toner, Molly Webb

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Analysis of Potential Mitigation Efforts and Harvest Effects on a White Sturgeon Population Using Extinction Risk and Biomass Dynamic Models

Kevin Kappenman, Molly Webb, Rishi Sharma, Scott Everett

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Wild Fish Habitat Initiative

Kristin Keith, Molly Boucher, Liz Galli-Noble

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Evaluation of Thermal Requirements for June Sucker Propagation

Greg Kindschi, Matt Toner, William Fraser, Yvette Converse, Doug Routledge, Maureen Wilson

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Hybridization Between Westslope Cutthroat Trout and Rainbow Trout in an Area of Natural Sympatry: The Kootenai River Drainage, USA

Robb Leary, G. Kevin Sage, Naohisa Kandra, Fred W. Allendorf

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Expanding Management Objectives with Baseline Surveys - You Can't Always Get What you What, But... Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout vx. Finespotted Cutthroat Trout in the Snake River Headwaters

Dan Mahony, Todd Koel

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Temperature and Competition Between Bull Trout and Brook Trout: A Test of the Elevation Refuge Hypothesis

Thomas E. McMahon, Alexander V. Zale, Frederic T. Barrows, Jason Selong, Robert Danehy

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Fish Assemblages of Glacier National Park, Montana

Michael Meeuwig, Christopher Guy, Wade Fredenberg

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Effects of Lake Tr;out Presence and Lake Morphometry on the Relative Abundance of Adfluvial Bull Trout in Glacier National Park, Montana

Michael H. Meeuwig, Christopher S. Guy, Wade Fredenberg

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Observer Error Structure in Bull Trout Redd Counts in Montana Streams: Implications for Inference on True Redd Numbers

Clint Muhlfeld, Mark L. Tapers, David F. Staples, Bradley B. Shepard

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Spatiotemporal Variation of Fish Assemblages in Montana Prairie Streams

Jason Mullen

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Historical Distribution of Pallid Sturgeon in the Yellowstone River: An Oral Retrospective

Mark Nelson, Matthew Jaeger

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Assessment of Post-Stocking Dispersal of Age-1 Pallid Sturgeon: Implications for Acclimation

Eric Oldenburg, Christopher S. Guy

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Multi-Agency Effort to Prioritize Habitiat Restoration and Protection Projects For Native Salmonids in Large Management Areas

Kristi Overberg

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Chinook Salmon Fish Health Challenges

James Peterson

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Biologic Assessment of Rivers and Streams Using Multimetric Indices: Methods and Applications

Uttam Rai

107
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Effects of Road Culverts on Eastern Montana Prairie Fish Assemblages: Initial Results

Leo Rosenthal, Thomas McMahon

108
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Western Native Fishes Database: An Update on the Project

Leanne H. Roulson, Jeanne Knox, Jim Tilmant, Lynn Starnes

108
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Fort Peck Chinook Salmon

Mike Ruggles, Gary Bertellotti

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Cutthroat Trout Restoration in Yellowstone's Northern Range

Micheal Ruhl, Jeffrey Arnold, Brian Ertel, Daniel Mahony

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Life History and the Costs of Reproduction in Yellowstone-Sakakawea Paddlefish Stock

Dennis Scarnecchia, L. Fred Ryckman, Brad Schmitz

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Watch It He's Angry: Movements of Little, Individual Trout in Response to Electrofishing

David Schmetterling, Michael Young

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Conservation of Westslope Cutthroat Trout by Removal of Brook Trout Using Electrofishing

Bradley Shepard, Lee Nelson

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Use of Half Duplex Pit Tags to Assess the Probability of Culvert Passage of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout and Rainbow Trout

Andrew Solcz, Thomas McMahon, Jesse Patton, Joel Cahoon, Matt Blank

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Aquatic Communicty Classification for Eastern Montana: Uses in Bioassessment and Conservation

David Stagliano

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Powder River Fish Communities in Montana: Expected and Declining Species Based on Historical Perspectives

David Stagliano

112-113
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Spatial Dynamics of Arctic Grayling in the Gibbon River, Yellowstone National Park

Amber Steed, Alexander Zale, Steven Kalinowski, Todd Koel

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Adult Stonecat Distribution in the Upper Missouri River, Montana

Adam Strainer, Travis Horton

113-114
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Vectors for the Spread of Myxobolus Cerebralis, The Causative Agent of Whirling Disease: A Research Update and REview of Management Implications

Kajsa Stromberg, Leah Steinbach Elwell

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Developments in Whirling Disease Research and Management

Kajsa Stromberg

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Population characteristics and Status of Smallmouth Bass in the Missouri River, Montana

Todd Stunzi, Brian Bellgraph, Christopher Guy, William Gardner, Steve Leathe

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Timber Harvest and Wildlife Effects on Stream Temperature in the Gold Creek Watershed, Montana

Brian Sugden, Ron Steiner

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Stream and Road Crossings: Convering Dams with Little Holes to Natural Channels

Traci Sylte

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Accuracy Assessment of Aquatic Gap Fish Distribution Models in the Upper Missouri River Basin

Ryan Sylvester

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Statistical Evaluation of Periphyton Samples from Montana Reference Streams 2

Mark Teply

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Statistical Evaluation of Periphyton Samples From Montana Reference Streams

Mark Teply

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Description and Characterization of Pectoral Fin Curl in Pallid Sturgeon

Matt Toner, Kevin Kappenman, Linda Beck, Jeff Powell, Robert Koby, Rick Barrows

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Identification of Blood Plasma Factors for Assessment of Stress and Health in Pallid Sturgeon

Molyl Webb, Kevin Kappenman, Alan Allert, Cedric Shakleton, Josep Marcos, Grant Feist

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Quantifying the Effects of Flow Diversion and Channel Geometry on Aquatic Habitat and Implications for Mutigation and Adaptive Management Strategies

Karen Williams, Tim Abbe, Chris Brummer, Katie Jagt

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Evaluation of Introductions of Spottail Shiners and Cisco to Improve Walleye Forage in Tiber Reservoir, Montana

David B. Yerk, Stephen A. Leathe

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Summer Site Fidelity of Cutthroat Trout in a Small Rocky Mountain Watershed

Michael Young

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The Talisman of Conservation

Kurt L. Alt

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Lentic Habitat Patterns and the Population Structure of Columbia Spotted Frogs in Southwestern Montana

Stephen J. Amish, Lisa Eby

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Fecundity of Montana Wolverines, 1986-2004

Neal J. Anderson, Keith Aune

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Just What is Fair Chase?

Thomas R. Baumeister

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Factors Affecting Nest Survival of Three Species of Migrant Songbirds in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Robin Carle, Jay Rotella

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Evaluating the Basis for Wildlife Habitat Preferences: A Cautionary Tale

Anna D. Chalfoun, Thomas E. Martin

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Evalutation the Prey Base for Lynx: Snowshoe Hare Abundance, Habitat Use, and Population Dynamics in Glacier National Park

L. Scott Mills, Ellen Cheng

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Flammulated Owl Distribution and Detections in Montana: Results from Region-Wide Survey

Amy B. Cilimburg

126
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Birds Alter Habitat Selection and Parental Care Behavior in Response to Experimentally Reduced

Joseph J. Fontaine, Thomas E. Martin

127
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Yellowstone Bison Population Dynamics: An Integrated Analysis

Julie A. Fuller, Robert A. Garrott, Keith E. Aune, Patrick J. White, Thomas J. Roffe, Jack C. Rhyan

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The Madison-Firehole Elk Herd: Switching From Bottom-Up to Top-Down Regulation

Robert A. Garrott, Jay Rotella, P.J. White

128
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Habitat Suitability for the Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse on the Flathead Indian Reservation

Brett Gullet, Don Catanzaro

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Fall Migration of Common Loons After Staging on Flathead Lake

Brett Gullett, Elizabeth Layne

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Breeding Ecology of Common Loons in Northwest Montana

Justin Paugh, David Willey, Jay Rotella

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Effects of Post-Fire Fuels Treatments on Vertebrate Communities in Southeastern Montana

William Kronland, Marco Restani

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A Longitudinal Study of Prospect Hill Virus Prevalence in Microtus Populations in Montana

Amy J. Kuenzi, Richard J. Douglass, Kevin Hughes, Arlene Alvarado, Amy Skypala

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Understanding the Interactions of Population Dispersal and Maintenance of Hantavirus (Sin Nombre Virus) Infection in Deer Mice

Brent N. Lonner

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Status of Swift Fox in North Eastern Montana: Preliminary Results of the 2005-2006 International Swift Fox Census

Ryan L. Rauscher, Brian Giddings

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Sage Grouse Winter Feeding Site Selections: Does Plant Chemistry Matter?

Heather S. Sauls

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Roost-Site Selection and Potential Prey Sources After Wildland Fire for Two Insectivorous Bats in Western Montana

Nathan A. Schwab, Kerry R. Foresman

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Effects of Hunting on Sage Grouse Population Dynamics: An Update from a Case Study in South-Central Montana

Jenny Sika, Jay Rotella, Jay Newell

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Getting to Know You: Gray Wolves in Montana and the FWP Program

Carolyn Sime, Val Asher, Liz Bradley, Kent Laudon, Mike Ross, Mark Atkinson, Jon Trapp, Larry Handegard, Kraig Glazier, Jim Hoover

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Results from Passive and Broadcast Surveys for Black-Backed and Three-Toed Woodpeckers

Kristina M. Smucker, Richard L. Hutto

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A Non-Intrusive, Alternative Method for Assessing Chick Survival in Great Sage Grouse

Brett L. Walker, Kevin E. Doherty, David E. Naugle

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Habitat Use and Survival of Male Greater Sage Grouse in Southwestern Montana

Colleen Wisinski, Jay Rotella

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Wolverine Reproductive Den and Kit Rendezvous Sites in Glacier National Park, Montana

Richard E. Yates, Jeffrey P. Copeland

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History of Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse in the Tobacco Valley, Montana

Lewis Young

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Subject Index

Subject Index for IJS Volumes 1-11 (1995-2005)

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Vol. 12 No. 3-4 December (2006)

Full Issue

Independent Refereed Articles

The Montana Chapter of The American Fisheries Society [Meeting Abstracts]

Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society [Abstracts]

Individualized Meeting Abstracts

Subject Index

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