1986 Personnel

Director's Report for 1986
Jennifer M. Shay and Spencer G. Sealy

Manager's Report for 1986
Russell G. Mead

Biologist Assistant's Report for 1986 (May to August)
Fernand Saurette

Biologist Technician's Report for 1986 (January to April): Winter birds of the Delta Marsh
James V. Briskie

Chandlerella bushi n. sp. and Splendidofilaria capereta Hibler, 1964 (Nematoda: Fiarioidea) from Fulica americana (Gruiformes: Rallidae) in Manitoba, Canada
Cheryl Bartlett and Roy Anderson, Department of Zoology, University of Guelph

The costs and benefits to barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) of using old nests
Robert Barclay, Department of Biology, University of Calgary

Roost selection by silver-haired bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans) during their northern migration through Delta Marsh, Manitoba
Paul Faure, Department of Biology, University of Calgary

Light penetration of a thick duckweed mat in a sheltered marsh channel
L. Gordon Goldsborough, Department of Botany, University of Alberta

Ecology of littoral zone micro-crustaceans: preliminary report
Brenda J. Hann, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba

Vegetation structure and dynamics of the barrier-beach ridge at Delta, Lake Manioba
Norman Kenkel, Department of Botany, University of Manitoba

Natural history of the Lemnaceae at Delta Marsh: preliminary observations
Alexander McIlarith, Department of Botany, University of Manitoba

Breeding strategies of riparian birds (Abstract)
Spencer Sealy, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba

Protection of parentage strategies in Yellow Warblers (Abstract)
Keith Hobson, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba

Age-related reproductive success in the Yellow Warbler (Abstract)
Dawn Sutherland, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba

Division of labor in the American Robin (Abstract)
Eduardo Wilner, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba

Responses of naive parental Yellow Warblers to a novel nest predator (Abstract)
Maureen Hendrickson, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba

Lepidurus couesii Packard (Crustacea, Notostraca) in temporary ponds in southern Manitoba: sexual dimorphism and behavioural interactions
Elizabeth Straszynski, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba

Parental care in Barn Swallows: patterns of allocation and mechanisms of solicitation
Douglas Torrance, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba

Application of Richards growth function to field populations of the hybrid cattail Typha glauca Godr
Isobel Waters, Department of Botany, University of Manitoba

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