The editorial staff of Herpetological Conservation and Biology announces = the release of the inaugural issue on September 27, 2006. The first = issue is 70 pages long and contains 12 articles. We proudly invite = everyone to peruse the articles posted on the journal website = (http://www.herpconbio.org <http://www.herpconbio.org/> ) and welcome = feedback that might help improve the journal. Herpetological = Conservation and Biology is an international open-use electronic journal = published in partnership with PARC and the World Congress of = Herpetology. All material except Editorials and Announcements receive = anonymous peer review. The current acceptance rate for submitted = articles is ca. 50%. There are no page charges or download fees for HCB = users. Print versions of HCB are planned for release at the end of = each year. The journal is indexed by BioAbstracts and Zoological = Record. The current editorial staff is around 60 members and there are = plans to expand the International presence this fall. If you have any = questions or comments regarding the journal or its operations please = contact any member of the editorial staff. =20
=20 Below is a linked list of articles appearing in this first issue of = Herpetological Conservation and Biology. =20 Sincerely, =20 R. Bruce Bury, Editor-in-Chief ([EMAIL PROTECTED] = <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> )=20 Malcolm L. McCallum, Managing Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED] = <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> )=20 Raymond A. Saumure, Technical and Copy Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED] = <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> )=20 Stanley E. Trauth, Special Sections Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED] = <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> )=20 =20 Contents=20 Volume I, Issue I =20 Download Cover Pages for Volume 1, Issue 1 = <file:///G:/backup%20mal%20computer/herp%20journal/HCB/HCB%20webpage/HCB/= Cover_pages_V1_I1.pdf> =20 Editorial Dawning of Herpetological Conservation and Biology: A Special = Introduction to Your New Journal. = <file:///G:/backup%20mal%20computer/herp%20journal/HCB/HCB%20webpage/HCB/= volume_1/issue_1/Bury_et_al._2006.pdf> =20 R.Bruce Bury, Malcolm L. McCallum, Stanley E. Trauth, and Raymond A. = Saumure =09 Invited Forums Ecological Succession on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas from 1948 = to 2006. = <file:///G:/backup%20mal%20computer/herp%20journal/HCB/HCB%20webpage/HCB/= volume_1/issue_1/Fitch_2006.pdf> =20 Henry S. Fitch =20 =09 Dilemma of Name-Recognition: Why and When to Use New Combinations of = Scientific Names = <file:///G:/backup%20mal%20computer/herp%20journal/HCB/HCB%20webpage/HCB/= volume_1/issue_1/Smith_Chiszar_2006.pdf> =20 Hobart M. Smith and David Chiszar =20 =09 HerpSpectives Road Surveys for Turtles: Consideration of Possible Sampling Biases = <file:///G:/backup%20mal%20computer/herp%20journal/HCB/HCB%20webpage/HCB/= volume_1/issue_1/Steen_Smith_2006.pdf> =20 David A. Steen and Lora L. Smith =20 =09 Research Articles Evidence of a New Niche for a North American Salamander: Aneides vagrans = Residing in Old-Growth Redwood Forest Canopy = <file:///G:/backup%20mal%20computer/herp%20journal/HCB/HCB%20webpage/HCB/= volume_1/issue_1/Spickler_et_al._2006.pdf> =20 James C. Spickler, Stephen C. Sillett, Sharyn B. Marks, and Hartwell H. = Welsh, Jr =20 =09 Sexual Differences in the Ecology and Habitat Selection of Western Toads = (Bufo boreas) in Northeastern Oregon. = <file:///G:/backup%20mal%20computer/herp%20journal/HCB/HCB%20webpage/HCB/= volume_1/issue_1/Bull_2006.pdf> =20 Evelyn L. Bull =09 Habitat Suitability for Reptiles in the Gorvan Sands Sanctuary, Armenia. = <file:///G:/backup%20mal%20computer/herp%20journal/HCB/HCB%20webpage/HCB/= volume_1/issue_1/Tadevosyan_2006.pdf> =20 Tigran L. Tadevosyan =20 =09 Status and Geographic Expansion of the Mediterranean Gecko, Hemidactylus = turcicus, in Louisiana: Implications for the Southeastern United States = <file:///G:/backup%20mal%20computer/herp%20journal/HCB/HCB%20webpage/HCB/= volume_1/issue_1/Meshaka_et_al._2006.pdf> =20 Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., Samuel D. Marshall, Jeff Boundy and Avery A. = Williams =20 =09 A Novel Facultative Mutualistic Relationship Between Bufonid Tadpoles = and Flagellated Green Algae = <file:///G:/backup%20mal%20computer/herp%20journal/HCB/HCB%20webpage/HCB/= volume_1/issue_1/Tumlison_Trauth_2006.pdf> =20 Renn Tumlison and Stanley E. Trauth =09 Natural History, Field Ecology, Conservation Biology and Wildlife = Management: <http://www.herpconbio.org/volume_1/issue_1/Bury_2006.pdf>=20 Time to Connect the Dots = <http://www.herpconbio.org/volume_1/issue_1/Bury_2006.pdf>=20 R. Bruce Bury =09 Publication Trends of Natural History and Field Studies in Herpetology = <http://www.herpconbio.org/volume_1/issue_1/McCallum_McCallum_2006.pdf>=20 Malcolm L. McCallum and Jamie L. McCallum =09 Classics in HCB A Personal Glimpse into Natural History and a Revisit of a Classic Paper = by Fred Cagle = <file:///G:/backup%20mal%20computer/herp%20journal/HCB/HCB%20webpage/HCB/= volume_1/issue_1/Trauth_2006.pdf>=20 Stanley E. Trauth =20 =09 Complimentary PDF reprint of "An Outline for the Study of a Reptile = Life History. = <file:///G:/backup%20mal%20computer/herp%20journal/HCB/HCB%20webpage/HCB/= volume_1/issue_1/Cagle_HCB.pdf> "=20 (Originally published in Tulane Studies of Zoology and Botany) Fred Cagle =20 =09
