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Editors: Richard P. Urbanek and Dale W. Stahlecker

BREEDING BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR
   Associate Editor: Douglas H. Johnson
HISTORY OF BREEDING PAIRS AND NESTING SITES OF THE MISSISSIPPI SANDHILL CRANE
   Jacob M. Valentine, Jr., and Scott G. Hereford
MONOGAMY AND PRODUCTIVITY IN SANDHILL CRANES
    Stephen A. Nesbitt and Thomas C. Tacha
MORTALITY OF RADIO-EQUIPPED SANDHILL CRANE COLTS AT MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, OREGON
    Gary L. Ivey and Eric J. Scheuering
SURVIVAL AND HABITAT USE OF GREATER SANDHILL CRANE COLTS ON MODOC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CALIFORNIA
    Kevin J. DesRoberts
PAIR FORMATION BY COLOR-MARKED WHOOPING CRANES ON THE WINTERING GROUNDS
   Thomas V. Stehn
VOCALIZATIONS OF SANDHILL CRANES
    Stephen A. Nesbitt and Richard A. Bradley

CAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND GENETICS
   Associate Editor: Glenn H. Olsen
MICROSATELLITE DNA LOCI FOR GENETIC STUDIES OF CRANES
   Travis C. Glenn, Ryan S. Ojerio, Wolfgang Stephan, and Michael J. Braun
RECENT ADVANCES IN SCHEDULING STRATEGIES AND PRACTICAL TECHNIQUES IN CRANE ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
    Scott R. Swengel and Monica L. Tuite
THE EFFECT OF DISTURBANCE ON THE REPRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF CAPTIVE CRANES
   Claire M. Mirande, James W. Carpenter, and Ann M. Burke

REINTRODUCTION TECHNIQUES
Associate Editor: Richard P. Urbanek
HOME RANGE AND HABITAT USE BY ISOLATION-REARED SANDHILL CRANES
   Wenrui Duan, Theodore A. Bookhout, and Richard P. Urbanek
AN EXPERIMENTAL RELEASE OF WHOOPING CRANES IN FLORIDA - THE FIRST THREE YEARS
    Stephen A. Nesbitt, Martin J. Folk, Marilyn G. Spalding, James A. Schmidt, Stephen T.
    Schwikert, Jane M. Nicolich, Marianne Wellington, James C. Lewis, and Tom H. Logan
USE OF CROSS-FOSTERED WHOOPING CRANES AS GUIDE BIRDS
   Roderick C. Drewien, Wendy L. Munroe, Kent R. Clegg, and Wendy M. Brown
A REINTRODUCTION TECHNIQUE FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS: LEADING CANADA GEESE AND ISOLATION-REARED SANDHILL CRANES WITH ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT
    William A. Lishman, Tighe L. Teets, Joseph W. Duff, William J. L. Sladen, Gavin G. Shire,
    Kirk M. Goolsby, Wayne A. Bezner Kerr, and Richard P. Urbanek
USE OF ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT FOR INTRODUCING MIGRATORY CRANE POPULATIONS
   Kent R. Clegg, James C. Lewis, and David H. Ellis
RESULTS OF AN EXPERIMENT TO LEAD CRANES ON MIGRATION BEHIND MOTORIZED GROUND VEHICLES
   David H. Ellis, Brian Clauss, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, R. Curt Mykut, Matthew Kinloch, and
    Catherine H. Ellis

MIGRATION AND WINTERING BIOLOGY
   Associate Editor: Thomas V. Stehn
HABITAT USE BY MIGRANT WHOOPING CRANES IN SASKATCHEWAN
   Brian W. Johns, Eric J. Woodsworth, and Ed A. Driver
AVAILABILITY OF STOPOVER HABITAT FOR MIGRANT WHOOPING CRANES IN NEBRASKA
   Dale W. Stahlecker
WOODY VEGETATION EXPANSION AND CONTINUING DECLINES IN OPEN CHANNEL HABITAT ON THE PLATTE RIVER IN NEBRASKA
    Paul J. Currier
HARTS BASIN, COLORADO: A SPRING MIGRATION STOPOVER AREA FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN SANDHILL CRANES AND WHOOPING CRANES
    Melvin K. Peterson and Roderick C. Drewien
SANDHILL CRANE USE OF THE MID-PECOS VALLEY OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO
    James B. Montgomery, Jr.

POPULATION DYNAMICS
   Associate Editor: Roderick C. Drewien
SPRING POPULATION ESTIMATES OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN GREATER SANDHILL CRANES IN COLORADO
   Douglas S. Benning, Roderick C. Drewien, Douglas H. Johnson, Wendy M. Brown, and
    Erwin L. Boeker
MODELING THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF GULF COAST SANDHILL CRANES
   Douglas H. Johnson and William L. Kendall
COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF POSSIBLE FUTURES FOR TWO FLOCKS OF WHOOPING CRANES
    Claire M. Mirande, John R. Cannon, Kimberly Agzigian, Roxanne E. Bogart, Sarah
    Christiansen, Jason Dubow, A. Katya Fernandez, Dustin K. Howarth, Claudia Jones,
    Katherine G. Munson, Sonal I. Pandya, Gina Sedaghatkish, Kevin L. Skerl, Susan A.
    Stenquist, and Jennifer Wheeler

HARVEST
   Associate Editor: Roderick C. Drewien
SUBSPECIES COMPOSITION OF SANDHILL CRANE HARVEST IN NORTH DAKOTA, 1968-94
    William L. Kendall, Douglas H. Johnson, and Stanley C. Kohn
SUMMARY OF SANDHILL CRANE HUNTING SEASONS IN NORTH DAKOTA, 1968-94    David E. Sharp and John E. Cornely
SANDHILL CRANE HUNTS IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO
   C. Gregory Schmitt and Barry Hale

DISEASE AND MORTALITY
   Associate Editor: James C. Lewis
LONG BONE FRACTURE MANAGEMENT IN A SANDHILL CRANE: A CASE REPORT
   Patrice N. Klein and Dorothy Thompson
METAL CONSUMPTION BY WHOOPING CRANES AND POSSIBLE ZINC TOXICOSIS
   Marilyn G. Spalding, Stephen A. Nesbitt, Martin J. Folk, Lee R. McDowell, and María S.
    Sepúlveda
WHOOPING CRANE MORTALITY AT PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER, 1982-95
    Glenn H. Olsen, Joanna A. Taylor, and George F. Gee
CAUSES OF MISSISSIPPI SANDHILL CRANE MORTALITY IN CAPTIVITY, 1984-95
    Glenn H. Olsen and George F. Gee
AVIAN TUBERCULOSIS IN A WHOOPING CRANE: TREATMENT AND OUTCOME
    S. Bret Snyder, Michael J. Richard, and Carol U. Meteyer

NOTES
IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL REINTRODUCTION SITES FOR WHOOPING CRANES IN THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES OF CANADA
    Dale G. Hjertaas, Brian W. Johns, and Wendy J. Lyon

ABSTRACTS
SEMEN COLLECTION AND FERTILITY IN NATURALLY-FERTILE SANDHILL CRANES
    Guojun Chen, George F. Gee, Jane M. Nicolich, and Joanna A. Taylor
RESULTS OF EIGHT YEARS OF PREDATOR CONTROL TO ENHANCE SANDHILL CRANE PRODUCTION ON MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, OREGON
    Gary L. Ivey
FOOD AND ENERGY INTAKE RATES OF WINTERING WHOOPING CRANES FORAGING ON TWO SELECTED FOOD ITEMS
    Felipe Chavez-Ramirez, Jay T. Nelson, and R. Douglas Slack

CORRIGENDUM
CRANE MIGRATION IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
    Dale W. Stahlecker