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CONTENTS OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTH NORTH AMERICAN CRANE WORKSHOP
held 3-5 October 1991 in Regina, Saskatchewan

Editors: Dale W. Stahlecker and Richard P. Urbanek

CONSERVATION ISSUES
   Associate Editors: James C. Lewis and Anne S. Wenner
MANAGING NATURE RESERVES FOR CRANES IN CHINA
    James Harris
THE PLIGHT OF CRANES: A CASE STUDY FOR CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY
    J. Christopher Haney and Mark E. Eiswerth
WHOOPING CRANES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA: HISTORY AND HUMAN ATTITUDES
    Gay M. Gomez
POPULATION STATUS, HUNTING REGULATIONS, HUNTING ACTIVITY, AND HARVESTS OF MID-CONTINENT SANDHILL CRANES
    David E. Sharp and William O. Vogel
HISTORY AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CRANE-WATCHING IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA
    Gary R. Lingle

TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES
    Associate Editor: Thomas C. Tacha
GENDER PREDICTION FROM BODY MEASUREMENTS OF TWO SUBSPECIES OF SANDHILL CRANES
   Stephen A. Nesbitt, Clinton T. Moore, and Kathleen S. Williams
CAPTURING WHOOPING CRANES AND SANDHILL CRANES BY NIGHT-LIGHTING
   Roderick C. Drewien and K. R. Clegg
BEHAVIOR OF SANDHILL CRANES HARNESSED WITH DIFFERENT SATELLITE TRANSMITTERS
    Glenn H. Olsen, David H. Ellis, Steven E. Landfried, Linda J. Miller, Susan S. Klugman,
    Mark R. Fuller, and Charles H. Vermillion
PROGRESS IN SATELLITE TRACKING CRANES
    David H. Ellis, Dwight G. Smith, Glenn H. Olsen, Mark R. Fuller, Steven E. Landfried,
    Hiroyoshi Higuchi, and Charles H. Vermillion

MIGRATION AND POPULATIONS
    Associate Editors: Mary Anne Bishop and Alan J. Bennett
USING NATIONAL WETLANDS INVENTORY MAPS TO QUANTIFY WHOOPING CRANE STOPOVER HABITAT IN OKLAHOMA
    Dale W. Stahlecker

BREEDING BIOLOGY OF GREATER SANDHILL CRANES ON THE ROSEAU RIVER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, MINNESOTA
    Jodie L. Provost, Thomas A. Provost, Stephen J. Maxson, and Richard D. Crawford

BLACK-NECKED CRANES NESTING IN TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA
   Nancy C. Dwyer, Mary Anne Bishop, Jim S. Harkness, and Zhang Yao Zhong

HABITAT USE
   Associate Editor: Roderick C. Drewien
SANDHILL CRANE HABITAT USE IN NORTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING
   Donald E. McIvor and Michael R. Conover
FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF RELEASED FLORIDA SANDHILL CRANES
    Christine R. Rucker

CHARACTERISTICS OF WHOOPING CRANE ROOST SITES IN THE PLATTE RIVER
    Craig A. Faanes, Douglas H. Johnson, and Gary R. Lingle

BEHAVIOR
    Associate Editor: Craig A. Faanes
UNUSUAL MOVEMENTS AND BEHAVIORS OF COLOR-BANDED WHOOPING CRANES DURING WINTER
   Thomas V. Stehn
BEHAVIOR OF WHOOPING CRANES DURING INITIATION OF MIGRATION
    Thomas V. Stehn

TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF SANDHILL CRANE ROOST SITE USE IN THE PLATTE RIVER
   Bradley S. Norling, Stanley H. Anderson, and Wayne A. Hubert
SOCIAL PREFERENCE OF FOUR CROSS-FOSTER REARED SANDHILL CRANES
   Thomas A. Mahan and Brenda S. Simmers

CAPTIVE PROPAGATION AND RELEASE
   Associate Editor: Scott Swengel
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ISOLATION-REARING/GENTLE RELEASE PROCEDURE FOR REINTRODUCING MIGRATORY CRANES
    Richard P. Urbanek and Theodore A. Bookhout

WINTER RELEASE OF ISOLATION-REARED GREATER SANDHILL CRANES IN SOUTH TEXAS
   Meenakshi Nagendran
TECHNIQUES FOR REARING AND RELEASING NONMIGRATORY CRANES: LESSONS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI SANDHILL CRANE PROGRAM
    David H. Ellis, Glenn H. Olsen, George F. Gee, Jane M. Nicolich, Kathleen E. O'Malley,
    Meenakshi Nagendran, Scott G. Hereford, Peter Range, W. Thomas Harper, Richard P.
    Ingram, and Dwight G. Smith
POPULATION RECOVERY OF THE WHOOPING CRANE WITH EMPHASIS ON REINTRODUCTION EFFORTS:
PAST AND FUTURE
    David H. Ellis, James C. Lewis, George F. Gee, and Dwight G. Smith

SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM AND SIZE INDICES OF SIX SPECIES OF CAPTIVE CRANES AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION
    Scott Swengel

MORTALITY FACTORS
   Associate Editor: Glenn H. Olsen
CONTAMINANTS IN HABITAT, TISSUES, AND EGGS OF WHOOPING CRANES
   James C. Lewis, Roderick C. Drewien, Ernie Kuyt, and Charlie Sanchez, Jr.
CONTAMINANT RESIDUES IN SANDHILL CRANES KILLED UPON STRIKING POWERLINES IN CENTRAL
NEBRASKA
    Timothy E. Fannin

NOTES
IDENTIFICATION OF SEGREGATING HAPLOTYPES OF THE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX IN
CRANES
    Susan I. Jarvi, George F. Gee, W. Elwood Briles, and Marcia M. Miller

SATELLITE TELEMETRY REVEALS WINTER HOME OF EURASIAN CRANE FROM NORTHWESTERN SIBERIA
    David H. Ellis, Yuri M. Markin, Charles H. Vermillion, Charles M. Hoisington, Alexander
    G. Sorokin, and Grey W. Pendleton

ABSTRACTS
SATELLITE TRACKING OF A GREATER SANDHILL CRANE
    Meenakshi Nagendran

DISTRIBUTION OF SANDHILL CRANES IN THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER VALLEY: 1980 AND 1989
   Martin J. Folk and Thomas C. Tacha
SANDHILL CRANE SURVEYS IN THE NORTHERN INTERIOR HIGHLANDS OF MEXICO
   Roderick C. Drewien, Wendy M. Brown, and Elwood G. Bizeau
SANDHILL CRANES IN THE MID-PECOS VALLEY OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO, 1989-91
    James B. Montgomery, Jr.
HABITAT USE BY FLORIDA SANDHILL CRANES ON THE KISSIMMEE PRAIRIE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA
   Mary Anne Bishop
THE ECOLOGY OF NATIVE GRASSLAND MACROINVERTEBRATES AND FEEDING ECOLOGY OF SANDHILL CRANES
    Craig A. Davis and Paul A. Vohs

INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFICATION AND SEX DETERMINATION OF WHOOPING CRANES BY ANALYSIS OF VOCALIZATIONS
    Glenn Carlson

WHOOPING CRANE RESPONSE TO DISTURBANCES AT THE ARANSAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
   Thomas E. Lewis and R. Douglas Slack
MARKING POWER LINES TO REDUCE AVIAN COLLISION MORTALITY IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY, COLORADO
    Wendy M. Brown and Roderick C. Drewien

BEHAVIOR OF SANDHILL CRANES NEAR POWERLINES MARKED WITH YELLOW AVIATION BALLS
   Anne E. Morkill and Stanley H. Anderson

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