TABLE OF CONTENTS


No. Title Page


PART I
 An introduction to the amphibians and reptiles of the Katharine Ordway
 Preserve-Swisher Memorial Sanctuary, Putnam County, Florida
 R F ran z ..................................................................................................... 1
 1 The ecology of a sandhills population of the eastern narrow-mouthed
 toad, Gastrophryne carolinensis, during a drought
 C .K D odd, Jr. ..................................................................................... 11
 2 Seasonal abundance and habitat use of snakes in xeric and mesic
 communities of north-central Florida
 C.K D odd, Jr., & R Franz.....................................................................43
 3 Vegetation of selected upland ponds in north and north-central Florida
 L. LaClaire.......................................... .................. ........................... 69
 4 Nesting ecology, female home range and activity, and population
 size-class structure of the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus,
 on the Katharine Ordway Preserve, Putnam County, Florida
 L L Sm ith ......................................................................................... 97
 5 Home range, habitat use, and behavior of the eastern diamondback
 rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) on the Ordway Preserve
 W W Timm erm an.............................................. .......... 127

PART H
 An introduction to the mammalian species of Katharine Ordway
 Preserve-Swisher Memorial Sanctuary
 J.F. Eisenberg....................................................................................... 165
 6 Activity, movement, and home range of Virginia opossums
 (Didelphis virginiana) in Florida
 J.T R yser ....................................................................................... . 177
 7 Habitat use and home ranges of Podomysfloridanus on the
 Ordway Preserve
 C Jones.......................................................................................... . 195
 8 Neotomafloridanafloridana:: Natural history, ecology, and
 movements in north-central Florida
 L. H aySm ith ..........................................................................................211
 9 Habitat use by raccoons (Procyon lotor) in a sandhill/wetland mosaic
 of north-central Florida
 S. W alker ................................ ............................ 245