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“The Big Levels Region of Virginia: Aspects of Natural History and Management of a Unique and Imperiled Area” – Proceedings of a Symposium Convened at Charlottesville, Virginia October 16, 1998 Under the Auspices of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, and the Virginia Natural History Society
Introduction to the symposium on the natural history of the Big Levels area: Shenandoah Valley sinkhole ponds and St. Marys River – Joseph C. Mitchell, Dawn M. Kirk, and Daniel M. Downey (Full Article)
Wildlife management activities in Big Levels, Augusta County, Virginia: an overview – Roy E. Swartz and David M. Kocka (Full Article)
Climate characteristics of the Big Levels region, Augusta County, Virginia – Scott D. Klopfer (Full Article)
Descriptive ecology of the Shenandoah Valley sinkhole pond system in Virginia – Kurt A. Buhlmann, Joseph C. Mitchell, and Lawrence R. Smith (Full Article)
Water chemistry assessment of the Shenandoah Valley sinkhole ponds in Virginia – Daniel M. Downey, Sara Wirtz, Kevin R. Kruer, and Sean P. Douglas (Full Article)
Plant communities and floristic features of sinkhole ponds and seepage wetlands in southeastern Augusta County, Virginia – Gary P. Fleming and Nancy E. Van Alstine (Full Article)
Factors controlling the distribution and abundance of the narrow endemic, Helenium virginicum (Asteraceae): antiherbivore defense? – John S. Knox, Frank W. Stearns, Jr., and Charles K. Dietzel (Full Article)
Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of the Shenandoah Valley sinkhole pond system and vicinity, Augusta County, Virginia – Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Amphibians and reptiles of the Shenandoah Valley sinkhole pond system in Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell and Kurt A. Buhlmann (Full Article)
Observations on small mammals in the Maple Flats sinkhole pond complex, Augusta County, Virginia – Richard J. Reynolds, Andrew K. Zadnik, and John F. Pagels (Full Article)
Hydrology and geomorphology of Green Pond – a high-elevation depressional wetland in the Blue Ridge of Virginia – G. Richard Whittecar and James R. Lawrence (Full Article)
Quaternary erosional history of the St. Marys River, western Virginia – Gregory Bank, David Harbor, and D. Whit Morriss (Full Article)
The acid-base status of the St. Marys River: the Virginia trout stream sensitivity study results – R. Webb and Frank A. Deviney, Jr. (Full Article)
Effects of acidification on benthic fauna in St. Marys River, Augusta County, Virginia – John W. Kauffman, Larry O. Mohn, and Paul E. Bugas, Jr. (Full Article)
Impacts of acid deposition on fish populations in St. Marys River, Augusta County, Virginia – Paul E. Bugas, Jr., Larry O. Mohn, and John W. Kauffman (Full Article)
Streamside salamanders in an acidic Blue Ridge Mountain stream: historical comparisons and relative abundance – Dawn M. Kirk and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Long term vegetation and fire histories at Spring Pond, Virginia – Jason A. Lynch and James S. Clark (View Abstract)
Prehistory of Big Levels: 12,500 years of cultural evolution – George A. Tolley and Michael B. Barber (View Abstract)
Late Cenozoic history of alluvial fans near Stuarts Draft, Virginia – G. Richard Whittecar, Debra F. Duffy, and Ali A. Nowroozi (View Abstract)