Northeastern Naturalist Volume 24, Special Issue 7, 2017

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Front cover
Inside front cover
Dedication
Board of Editors/indicia page
General Acknowledgments	i
Preface	ii
RESEARCH ARTICLES
BIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS
Habitat Use and Foraging Behavior of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) in Relation to Winter Weather Todd J. Weinkam, Gregg A. Janos, and David R. Brown	B1
Pupation Site Selection and Enemy Avoidance in the Introduced Pine Sawfly (Diprion similis) Nathaniel T. Wheelwright, Liam U. Taylor, Benjamin M. West, Erin R. Voss, Sabine Y. Berzins, Andrew R. Villeneuve, Hannah R. LeBlanc, Victor B. Leos, Samuel J. Mayne, Sarah A. McCarthy, Shan J. Nagar, and Jenna S. Watling	B19
Winter Space Partitioning of Woodpeckers and Nuthatches in Wisconsin Bree L. Richardson, Jenna A. Cava, Richard P. Thiel, and Jason D. Riddle	B32
Snowpack Loss Promotes Soil Freezing and Concrete Frost Formation in a Northeastern Temperate Softwoods Stand Corianne Tatariw, Kaizad Patel, Jean D. MacRae, and Ivan J. Fernandez	B42
Winter Strategies of Ruffed Grouse in a Mixed Northern Forest Bernd Heinrich	B55
Variation in Captures of Adult Winter Moths (Operophtera brumata) In Coastal Maine Over Two Years Kaitlyn O’Donnell and Eleanor Groden	B72
Winter Use of a Highly Diverse Suite of Habitats by Irruptive Snowy Owls Jean-François Therrien, Scott Weidensau, David Brinker, Steve Huy, Trish Miller, Eugene Jacobs, Drew Weber, Tom McDonald, Mike Lanzone, Norman Smith, and Nicolas Lecomte	B81
Predicting Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Winter Mortality in Connecticut Forests by Climate Divisions Carole A.S.-J. Cheah	B90
Winter Quiescence, Growth Rate, and the Release from Competition in the Temperate Scleractinian Coral Astrangia poculata (Ellis & Solander 1786) Sean Grace	B119
Winter Movements of Sitta canadensis L. (Red-breasted Nuthatch) in New England and Beyond: A Multiple-scale Analysis W. Herbert Wilson Jr. and Bets Brown	B135
Escape into Winter: Does a Phenological Shift by Ellychnia corrusca (Winter Firefly) Shield It from a Specialist Predator (Photuris)? Stephen T. Deyrup, Riley G. Risteen, Kathareeya K. Tonyai, Madalyn A. Farrar, Bailey E. D’Antonio, Zenab B. Ahmed, Brian T. Christofel, Nicole R. Howells, and Scott R. Smedley	B147
Phytoplankton Seasonality Along a Trophic Gradient of Temperate Lakes: Convergence in Taxonomic Compostion during Winter Ice-Cover Emon Butts and Hunter J. Carrick	B167
High Rates of Winter Activity and Arousals in Two New England Bat Species: Implications for a Reduced White-nose Syndrome Impact? D. Scott Reynolds, Kevin Shoemaker, Susi von Oettingen, and Stephen Najjar	B188
Winter Climate Change Influences on Soil Faunal Distribution and Abundance: Implications for Decomposition in the Northern Forest Lynn Christenson, Hannah Clark, Laura Livingston, Elise Heffernan, John Campbell, Charles Driscoll, Peter Groffman, Timothy Fahey, Melany Fisk, Myron Mitchell, and Pamela H. Templer	B209
Distribution Data Support Warm Winter Temperatures as a Key Limit on the Range of a Goldenrod Gall Fly Host Race Amy V. Whipple, Jason T. Irwin, Paul L. Heinrich, and Warren G. Abrahamson	B235
HISTORICAL INSIGHTS
The Dog Days of Winter: Indigenous Dogs, Indian Hunters, and Wintertime Subsistence in the Northeast Strother E. Roberts	H1
Skiing Turns Through the Timber: Cutting a Trail toward Multi-Use, Ecological Forestry Christopher L. Pastore	H22
“Every Swamp is a Castle”: Navigating Native Spaces in the Connecticut River Valley, Winter 1675–1677 and 2005–2015 Lisa Brooks	H45
The Great Snow of 1717: Settler Landscapes, Deep Snow Cover, and Winter’s Environmental History Thomas Wickman	H81
Thinking with James Bay: Crees, English, and Cold Peter C. Mancall	H115