Linnaean Transactions

Contents

Foreword 

Acknowledgements 

Map of Central Park Ramble 
Map of Hempstead Lake Park 
Map of Pelham Bay Park 
Map of Prospect Park 
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Inwood Hill and Isham Parks: Geology, 
Geography and History
Sidney Horenstein
1
New York City’s Primeval Forest: A Review 
Characterizing the Type Ecosystem
Alexander R. Brash
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Forest Vegetation along an Urban-Rural Gradient 
in the New York City Metropolitan Area:
Patterns and Relationships to Ecosystem Processes
M.L. Cadenasso, S.T.A. Pickett, M.J. McDonnell, R.V. Pouyat
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Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of Forest Hills, 
Queens, 1984-2005
Guy Tudor
100
One Hundred Fifty Years of Change in the 
Orchid Flora of Brooklyn and Queens
Eric Lamont
123
The Butterflies of Staten Island Revisited 
Harry Zirlin
133
Fort Tilden Dragonfly Migration Watch, 1993-1995 
Steve Walter
147
Salamander Diversity and Distribution in 
New York City, 1880 to the Present
Ellen Pehek
157
Migratory Bird Mortality at the World Trade Center 
and World Financial Center, 1997-2001:
A Deadly Mix of Lights and Glass
Allison Sloan
183
Changes in Wildlife at Floyd Bennett Field 
over 20 Years with Emphasis on Birds
Jean Bourque
205
The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Colony 
at Rockaway Beach within a Regional Context
Theodore Boretti, Evelyn Fetridge, and Alexander R. Brash
213
The Colonial Waterbirds of Goose Island, 
Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, New York 1996-2006
David S. Kunstler
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The Influence of Urbanization, Patch Size, and Habitat 
Type on Small Mammal Communities in the New York
Metropolitan Region: A Preliminary Report
L. Stefan Ekernas and Katherine J. Mertes
238
Great Gull Island: A Short Report 
Helen Hays
265
Great Gull Island Project Bibliography 
Joseph DiCostanzo
280
Linnaean Society List of Publications 
Joseph DiCostanzo
298