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Stardom, R.R.P. 1975. Woodland caribou and snow conditions in southeast Manitoba. Proc. 1st Intl. Reindeer-Caribou Sympos. 324-334.
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Stardom, R.R.P. 1977. Winter ecology of woodland caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, and some aspects of winter ecology of moose, Alces alces andersoni, and whitetail deer, Odocoileus virginianus dacotensis (Mammalia: Cervidae) in southeastern Manitoba. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Manitoba. 157 pp.
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Penny, C.E. 1978. Subnivean accumulation of CO₂ and its effects on winter distribution of small mammals. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Manitoba. 106 pp.
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Pruitt, W.O. 1978. Boreal Ecology, Studies in Biology, No. 91. Edward Arnold, Ltd. London. 73 pp.
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Hill, E.L. 1979. Ecology of the Timber Wolf (Canis lupus Linn.) in Southern Manitoba - Wilderness, Recreational and Agricultural Aspects. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Manitoba. 163 pp.
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Darby, W.R. 1978. The Seasonal Movements and Population Ecology of Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Southeastern Manitoba. Final Report to Provincial Parks Branch, with Discussion and Recommendations Concerning Park Development. 34 pp. mimeo, plus maps.
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Darby, W.R. 1979. Seasonal Movements, Habitat Utilization and Population Ecology of Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou Gmelin) in the Wallace-Aikens Lake region of southeastern Manitoba. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Manitoba. 187 pp.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 1979. A numerical "Snow Index" for reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) winter ecology (Mammalia: Cervidae). Ann. Zool. Fennici 16(4): 271-280.
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Dick, T.A. and R.D. Leonard. 1979. Helminth parasites of fisher, Martes pennanti (Erxleben) from Manitoba, Canada. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 15: 409-412.
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Leonard, R.D. 1980. The Winter Activity and Movements, Winter diet, and Breeding Biology of the Fisher (Martes pennanti) in Southeastern Manitoba. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Manitoba. 181 pp.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 1981. Application of the Värriö Snow Index to Overwintering North American Barren Ground Caribou (Rangifer tarandus arcticus) (Mammalia: Cervidae). Canadian Field-Naturalist 95 (3): 363-365.
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Raine, Michael. 1981. Winter Food Habits, Responses to Snow Cover and Movements of Fisher (Martes pennanti) and Marten (Martes americana) in Southeastern Manitoba. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Manitoba. 145 pp.
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Powell, R.A., and R.D. Leonard. 1983. Sexual dimorphism and energy expenditure for reproduction in female fisher, Martes pennanti. Oikos 40: 166-174.
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Raine, R.M. 1983. Ranges of juvenile fisher, Martes pennanti, and marten, Martes americana, in southeastern Manitoba. Canadian Field-Naturalist 96 (4): 431-438.
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Raine, R.M. 1983. Winter habitat use and responses to snow cover of fisher (Martes pennanti) and marten (Martes americana) in southeastern Manitoba. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: (1): 25-34.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 1983. Wild Harmony; the cycle of life in the northern forest. Saskatoon, Western Producer Prairie Books: 179 pp. Book cover shown at left. (Edition 3 book cover shown at right, reprinted 1988 as Wild Harmony: Animals of the North by Lyons and Burford Publishers, New York and by Douglas & McIntyre Publishers, Vancouver).
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Martin, H.V.P. 1983. Impact of fire in the taiga of southeastern Manitoba on wildlife, vegetation and value to resource users. MNRM Practicum, Univ. of Manitoba 99 pp.
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Darby, W.R., and W.O. Pruitt, Jr. 1984. Habitat use, movements and grouping behaviour of Woodland Caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou, in southeastern Manitoba. Canadian Field-Naturalist 98 (2): 184-190.
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Penny, C.E., and W.O. Pruitt, Jr. 1984. Subnivean accumulation of C0₂ and its effects on winter distribution of small mammals. Spec. Publ. Carnegie Museum of Natural History, No. 10: 373-380.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 1984. Snow and Small Mammals. Spec. Publ. Carnegie Museum of Natural History, No. 10: 1-8.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 1984. Snow and Living Things. Chapter 4 (pp. 51-57) in: Olson R., F. Geddes and R. Hastings (Editors). Northern Ecology and Resource Management. Edmonton, University of Alberta Press, pp. xvi + 438.
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Leonard, R.D. 1986. Aspects of reproduction of the Fisher, Martes pennanti, in Manitoba. Canadian Field-Naturalist 100 (1): 32-44.
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Pruitt, W. O., Jr. and Hubert Pepper. 1986. "Pepper's Patches" on Rangifer pelage. Rangifer, Special Issue No.1: 227-234.
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Raine, R.M. 1987. Winter food habits and foraging behaviour of fisher (Martes pennanti) and marten (Martes americana) in southeastern Manitoba. Canadian Journal of Zoology 65, (3): 745-747.
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Schaefer, J.A. 1988. Fire and woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou): an evaluation of range in southeastern Manitoba. M.Sc. thesis, University of Manitoba. 144 pp.
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Wheatley, M. 1989. Ecology of beaver (Castor canadensis) in the taiga of southeastern Manitoba. M.Sc. thesis, University of Manitoba. 164 pp.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 1989. Address at the Northern Science Award Presentation, 9 November 1989. Canadian Field-Naturalist 103 (4): 606-609.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 1989. Application of the Värriö Snow Index to Overwintering Wild Forest Caribou Rangifer tarandus fennicus, in Eastern Finland (Mammalia: Cervidae) Aquilo, Ser. Zool. 24: 13-20.
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Schaefer, J. 1990. Canopy, Snow and Lichens on Woodland Caribou Range in Southeastern Manitoba. Lakehead Centre for Northern Studies, Research Report No. 20: 15 pp.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 1990. Clarification of some api characteristics in relation to caribou (Rangifer tarandus). Rangifer, Special Issue No. 3: 133-137.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 1990. Review of: Winter; an ecological handbook, by J.C. Halfpenny and R.D. Ozanne. Arctic 43 (4): 409-410.
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............ Pruitt 1991. The Northern Environmental Imperative. pp. 163-174 in: Morrison, W.R. (Editor) The Role of Circumpolar Universities in Northern Development. Proc. First Annual Conf. Assoc. Circumpolar Universities. Thunder Bay, Ontario. Lakehead Centre for Northern Studies, Occ. Paper. No.4:328 pp.
((tbspub32)) ............ Pruitt 1991. Importance of Forest and Bogs in the Ecology of Northern Regions. pp. 129-149 in: Heinenen, L. and J. Käkonen (Editors) Arctic complexity. Essays on Arctic Interdependencies. Tampere (Finland) Peace Research Institute. Occ. Paper No. 44:153 pp.
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Aitchison-Benell, C.W., and C.D. Dondale. 1990. (Publ. 1992). A checklist of Manitoba Spiders (Araneae) with notes on geographic relationships. Naturaliste Can. (Rev. Ecol. Syst.) 117: 215-237.
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Schaefer, J.A., and W.O. Pruitt, Jr. 1991. Fire and Woodland Caribou in Southeastern Manitoba. Wildlife Monographs. No. 116:39 pp.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 1992. Quantitative differentiation of types of feeding craters of Rangifer tarandus fennicus. Rangifer 12 (1): 29-32.
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............ Pruitt 1993. Possible Greenhouse-Induced Habitat and Faunal Changes in the Taiga of Central Canada. pp. 67-84 in: Riewe, R. and J.Oakes (Editors) Human Ecology: Issues in the North 2 117 pp. Edmonton University of Alberta, Canadian Circumpolar Institute.
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Schaefer, J.A. 1993. Spatial patterns in taiga plant communities following fire. Can. Journ. Botany 71: 1568-1573.
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Wheatley, M. 1993. Report of two pregnant beavers, Castor canadensis, at one beaver lodge. Canadian Field-Naturalist 107 (1): 103.
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Wheatley, M. 1994. Boreal Beavers (Castor canadensis): Home Range, Territoriality, Food Habits and Genetics of a Mid-continent Population. Unpubl. PhD. Thesis, University of Manitoba: 350 pp.
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Aitchison-Benell, C. W. 1994. Bog Arachnids (Araneae, Opiliones) from Manitoba taiga. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 169: 21-31.
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Aitchison-Benell, C. W. 1994. Responses to fire by taiga spiders. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Ontario 125: 29-41.
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Villard, Pascal. 1994. Foraging behavior of Black-backed and Three-toed woodpeckers during spring and summer in a Canadian boreal forest. Canadian Journal of Zoology 72 (11):1957-1959.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 1995. Entries entitled "Habitat Loss in North America" (pp. 339-342) and "Snow as Habitat" (pp. 593-594) in: Paehlke, R. (Editor): Conservation and Environmentalism, An Encyclopaedia. Garland Publ. Co., New York and London: 771 pp.
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Schaefer, J.A. 1996. Canopy, snow and lichens on woodland caribou range in southeastern Manitoba. Rangifer, Special Issue No. 9:239-243.
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Wheatley, Michelle. 1996. Nature's Winter laboratory in the far north. University of Helsinki Quarterly XVI:10-13.
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Wiebe, H. 1996. The Importance of Trees to the North American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus): A Three Dimensional Home Range Analysis. B.Sc. Honours Thesis, University of Manitoba: 64pp.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. (Editor). 1996. The Caribou Commons. A Project to Protect the Caribou of Manitoba (Boreal Ecology 1995 Class Project). Wild Earth 6 (2):70-78.
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Wheatley, Michelle. 1997. Beaver, Castor canadensis, home range size and patterns of use in the taiga of southeastern Manitoba: I. Seasonal variation. Canadian Field-Naturalist 111:204-210.
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Wheatley, Michelle. 1997. Beaver, Castor canadensis, home range size and patterns of use in the taiga of southeastern Manitoba: II. Sex, age and family status. Canadian Field-Naturalist 111:211-216.
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Wheatley, Michelle. 1997. Beaver, Castor canadensis, home range size and patterns of use in the taiga of southeastern Manitoba: III. Habitat variation. Canadian Field-Naturalist 111:217-222.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 1997. Threats to Woodland Caribou and the Taiga. Global Biodiversity 7 (2):25-31.
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Puttenham, R. 1997. Population fluctuations in Mink (Mustela vison), with comparisons to Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) and Ermine (Mustela erminea) in Southeastern Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. M.Sc. thesis, University of Manitoba: 516 pp.
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Wheatley, M. 1997. A new surgical technique for implanting radio transmitters in Beavers, Castor canadensis. Canadian Field-Naturalist 111 (4):601-606.
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Sahulka, D. 1998. Food Habits and Nightly Emergence Activity in a Family of Beavers (Castor canadensis) in the Taiga of Southeastern Manitoba. University of Manitoba, MSc. Thesis:142 pp.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 1999. Formozov-inspired Concepts in Snow Ecology in North America. Bulletin Moscow Society of Naturalists, vol.104, No.3:pp.13-22. (Memorial Volume on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Alexander Nikolaevich Formozov; in Russian and English).
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Simpson, H., 2000. Habitat Relationships of Sciurids in the Continental Taiga. Trent University, Hons. BSc. Thesis:44 pp.
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Aitchison, C. W. and Glenn D. Sutherland. 2000. Diversity of Forest Upland Arachnid Communities in Manitoba Taiga (Araneae, Opiliones). Canadian Field-Naturalist 114(4): 636-651.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 2001. Review of: Snow Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Snow-Covered Ecosystems. Edited by: H.G. Jones, J. W. Pomeroy, D. A. Walker and R. W. Hoham. Cambridge and New York; Cambridge University Press. US$80.00. xx + 378 pp. + 4 pl; illus; index. ISBN:0-521-58483-3,2001. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 2001, 76(4):513-514.
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Pruitt, W. O., Jr. 2002. Japanese translation of "Animals of the North" (Original title of "Wild Harmony"); Tokyo, Schinshosha Publishers: 208 pp. ISBN:4-10-523501-XC0045.
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Reid-Wong, Monica. 2003. Small Mammal Responses to Habitat Changes Following Fire in the Taiga of Southeastern Manitoba. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Manitoba:384 pp.
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Pruitt, W. O., Jr. and L.M. Baskin. 2004. Boreal Forest of Canada and Russia.; Bilingual, English and Russian with parallel texts. 163 pp. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria. Price: Euros 28.90, ISBN: 954-642-199-5.
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Pruitt, W. O., Jr. Translation of "Wild Harmony" into the Korean language by Ida Media, Seoul, Korea through Eric Yang Agency, 2006.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 2005. Why and How to Study a Snowcover. Canadian Field-Naturalist 119 (1): 118-128.
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Pruitt, W. O., Jr. 2006. Translation of "Wild Harmony" into the German language by Madeline and Bernd Grasshof, with title of "Harmonie der Wildnis; Tiere des Nordens. 181 pp. Published by: Verlag Axel Gierspeck, Göttingen, Germany.
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Pruitt, William O., Jr. and R. E. Wrigley. 2007. Entry for "Snow Ecology" pp. 643-644 in "The Encyclopedia of Manitoba." Great Plains Publishing Co., Winnipeg, MB.
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Pruitt, William O., Jr. 2007. Entry for "Quinzhee" p. 566 in "The Encyclopedia of Manitoba." Great Plains Publishing Co., Winnipeg, MB.
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Pruitt, William O., Jr. 2007. Entry for "Taiga Biological Station" p. 670 in "The Encyclopedia of Manitoba." Great Plains Publishing Co., Winnipeg, MB.
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Pruitt, W.O., Jr. 2008. Deer, Wolves and Power Lines. Manitoba Naturalists Society Bulletin Cover.
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