The Western North American Naturalist (formerly Great Basin Naturalist) publishes peer-reviewed experimental and descriptive research pertaining to the biological natural history of western North America.
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Current Issue: Volume 84, Number 4 (2024) — Issue in Progress
Articles
Parental aggression in the Texas cichlid: natural observations and experimental manipulations using model presentations
Will Frasier, Finley Lindsey, and Natalie A. van Breukelen
Age and growth of Green Suckers in the Teton River, Idaho
Andrew D. Suchomel, Hannah Swain-Menzel, Brett High, and Eric J. Billman
Integrating historical and contemporary data for narrow-foot hygrotus diving beetle (Hygrotus diversipes Leech, 1966): perspectives studying invertebrates of management and conservation concern
Lusha M. Tronstad, Audrey Lindsteadt, and Scott Hotaling
Limnological characteristics of, and ecology and diversity of Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) from, high alpine lakes of the Sangre de Cristo Range, Colorado, USA
Scott J. Herrmann, James E. Sublette, and Barbara L. Hayford
Notes
Camera trap surveys characterize a snake community from a Chihuahuan Desert shortgrass prairie
Corey M. Fielder, Wade A. Ryberg, Danielle K. Walkup, Toby J. Hibbitts, Katie Steffen, Paul S. Crump, Krysta Demere, and Russell Martin
First record of the white-sided jackrabbit (Lepus callotis) in the state of Querétaro, México
Diego Binnis-Dávalos, Itzel A. Novella-Erreguín, Diego A. Sánchez-Góngora, and Carlos A. López González
Rediscovery of a rare species of Paruroctonus (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from Big Bend National Park, Texas
Matthew Leister
Submergence behavior in June by female ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornata) from southern Kansas
Dawson V. Kosmicki, Joseph W. Paysen, Carter Kruse, and Keith Geluso