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VIRGINIA JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE VIRGINIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

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Vol. 44                                                   No. 1                                               Spring 1993

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                          TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES                                                                                                        PAGE
Comparative Studies of Small Mammal Populations with Transects of Snap Traps and Pitfall Arrays in Southwest Virginia.
Elisabeth K. V. Kalko and Charles 0. Handley, Jr.

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A Short History of Pitfall Trapping in America, with a Review of
Methods Currently Used for Small Mammals. Charles 0. Handley, Jr. and Elisabeth K. V. Kalko.

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The Center for Systematics Collections at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, (1973-1991). Michael Kosztarab.
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Evaluation of Belgian Endive (Chicorium intybus) as an Alternative Vegetable Crop.  Tadesse Mebrahtu and Jimmy Mullins.


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Status and distribution of Phenacobius teretulus, Etheostoma
osburni, and "Rhinichthys bowersi' in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia.   Steve R. Chipps, William B. Perry and Sue A. Perry.


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Influence of Elaiosome Removal on Germination in Five Ant-
Dispersed Plant Species.   Marion Blois Lobstein, and
Larry L. Rockwood.


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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES
 73
COUNCIL MINUTES
 77
NEWS NOTES
 87