[Front cover] The prairie: past, present, and future : proceedings of the Ninth North American Prairie Conference

[Title Page] The prairie: past, present, and future : proceedings of the Ninth North American Prairie Conference, pp. [i]-ii

Contents, pp. iii-v

Reviewers, p. vi

Preface, Clambey, Gary K.; Pemble, Richard H. pp. vii-viii

Plants and people: past ethnobotany of the northeastern prairie, Shay, C. Thomas pp. 1-7

Prehistoric subsistence-settlement patterns in the Prairie Lake region, Anfinson, Scott F. pp. 8-15

The Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Indian fur trades, 1820-1838, Woolworth, Nancy L. pp. 15-20

Phytolith studies at Big Hidatsa, North Dakota: preliminary results, Mulholland, Susan C. pp. 21-24

Competitive, seed dispersal, and water relationships of winterfat (Ceratoides lanata) in western North Dakota, Iverson, Louis R. pp. 25-31

The phenology and pollination biology of Anemone patens (ranunculaceae) in western Minnesota, Ordway, Ellen pp. 31-34

Comparison of morphological characters between regional habitats of Cacalia plantaginea (asteraceae), Pippen, Richard W.; Chapman, Kim Alan pp. 34-43

Floristic and vegetational survey of the W. Pearl King Prairie Grove, a prairie remnant in Madison County, Ohio, Knoop, Jeffrey D. pp. 44-49

Floristic analysis of prairie fens in the southeastern Missouri Ozarks, Orzell, Steve L.; Kurz, Donald R. pp. 50-58

Flora of Lime Lake fen, Spring Arbor, Michigan, Thompson, Paul W.; Jaworski, Joseph E. pp. 58-60

Distribution of bryophytes in selected western Missouri and western Arkansas prairies, Timme, S. Lee pp. 61-64

Vegetation dynamics in the Delta Marsh, Manitoba, Shay, Jennifer M. pp. 65-70

Description of complexity in prairies through hierarchy theory, Allen, T. F. H.; Hoekstra, T. W. pp. 71-73

Development of a vegetation-based approach to site classification, Pfister, Robert D. pp. 74-76

The concept of habitat types in the classification of lands supporting grassland vegetation, Hoffman, George R. pp. 77-78

Selected habitat types of the Custer National Forest, Hansen, Paul L.; Hoffman, George R. pp. 79-81

The many faces of South Dakota rangelands: description and classification, Gartner, F. R. pp. 81-85

Railroad grasslands as bird and mammal habitats in central Iowa, Braband, Lynn pp. 86-90

Birds wintering on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Finck, Elmer J. pp. 91-94

Seasonal phenology and habitat selection of the sedge wren Cistothorus platensis in a restored tallgrass prairie, Schramm, Peter; Schramm, David S.; Johnson, Stephen G. pp. 95-99

Effects of vegetation, burning and mowing on soil macroarthropods of tallgrass prairie, Seastedt, T. R.; Hayes, D. C.; Petersen, N. J. pp. 99-102

Bee-flower interactions on an old field in southeastern Michigan, Evans, Francis C. pp. 103-109

The zoogeography of Andrena fabricius (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) of the Western Hemisphere, LaBerge, Wallace E. pp. 110-115

Evidence of the historical occurrence of woody plants in areas of North Dakota grasslands, Higgens, Kenneth F. pp. 115-117

The effect of 13 years of annual burning on an aspen-prairie ecotone in northwestern Minnesota, Svedarsky, W. D., Buckley, P. E.; Feiro, T. A. pp. 118-122

Eastern Redcedar's (Juniperus virginiana l.) expanded role in the prairie-forest border region, Blewett, Thomas J. pp. 122-125

Introduced seedlings of red oak in a prairie habitat, Lommasson, Robert C. pp. 125-126

Distribution patterns of prairie plant species in a closed-canopy forest situation, McCarty, J. Kenneth; Hassien, Fred pp. 127-130

"These conflagrated prairies" a cultural fire history of the grasslands, Pyne, Stephen J. pp. 131-137

Fire effects on tallgrass prairie, Hulbert, Lloyd C. pp. 138-142

Vegetation responses to spring burning in western South Dakota, Gartner, F. R.; Lindsey, J. R.; White, E. M. pp. 143-146

Effect of eleven years of fire exclusion on the vegetation of a southern Illinois barren remnant, Schwegman, John E.; Anderson, Roger C. pp. 146-148

Response of sweet clover (Melilotus alba desr.) and associated prairie vegetation to seven experimental burning and mowing treatments, Kline, Virginia M. pp. 149-152

The impact of prescribed burning on ground-nesting birds, Kruse, Arnold D.; Piehl, James L. pp. 153-156

The effect of fall burning on small mammals in Blue Mounds State Park, Luverne, Minnesota, Chance, Robert L. pp. 157-159

Bluestem prairie inventory in the Red River Valley, North Dakota, Heidel, Bonnie L. pp. 160-162

A comprehensive survey for prairie remnants in Iowa: methods and preliminary results, Schennum, Wayne E. pp. 163-168

Characteristics and management of Missouri's public prairies, Solecki, Mary Kay; Toney, Tom pp. 168-171

Why bother to protect prairies along railroads?, White, John pp. 172-173

Missouri's prairie day: a targeted interpretive event, Thom, Richard H.; Catlin, David T.; Witter, Daniel J. pp. 174-178

One decade of research in prairie restoration at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) Batavia, Illinois, Betz, Robert F. pp. 179-185

Prairie restorations in southwestern Ohio: vegetation and soil characteristics after ten years, Huffman, Mary R., et al. pp. 185-189

Prairie restoration program at the International Crane Foundation, Liegel, Konrad; Lyon, Jonathon pp. 190-194

The effects of different seeding densities on establishment of grasses in a restored prairie at Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas, Dale, Edward E., Jr.; Smith, Thomas C. pp. 195-196

A comparison of transplanting times and methods for salvaging prairie forbs and grasses, Kearns, S. Kelly pp. 197-200

The role of state forest nurseries in prairie plant propagation, Wallace, Virginia K.; Pequignot, Stewart; Yoder, William pp. 201-203

Mowing as an alternative to spring burning for control of cool season exotic grasses in prairie grass plantings, Diboll, Neil pp. 204-209

The impact of deer on 24 species of prairie forbs, Englund, Judy Voigt; Meyer, William J. pp. 210-212

Large scale seed harvest of native tallgrass prairie, Olson, Wendell W. pp. 213-215

The performance of selected cultivars of warm season grasses in the northern prairie and plains states, Jacobson, Erling T., et al. pp. 215-221

Phenology of selected varieties of warm season native grasses, Olson, Wendell W. pp. 222-226

Variation in total nonstructural carbohydrate reserves in native warm-season grass varieties, Van Amburg, Gerald L. pp. 227-229

Productivity potential and classification of selected abandoned mine lands in western North Dakota, Jordan, Daniel R.; Nunna, Mal K.; Dancer, William S. pp. 230-235

Warm season grasses - new agricultural crop for the cornbelt, Gould, J. Michael; Dexter, Lee B. pp. 235-238

Madison, Wisconsin's "natural lawn ordinance": an historic overview, Diekelmann, John pp. 239-242

An approach to residential landscaping with prairie, Diekelmann, John; Howell, Evelyn A.; Harrington, John pp. 242-248

A design model to integrate prairie planting with non-biospheric landscapes, Skarphol, L.; Torgerson, M.; Burley, J. B. pp. 248-253

A roof of Wisconsin floral history, Fuchs, Carol M., et al. pp. 254-255

Influences on forb species' visibility, Harrington, John pp. 256-261

A Minnesota counterattack on purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), Harper, Bonnie L. pp. 262-264 ff.

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