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.
Submissions are always welcome. Please submit manuscripts to our editorial management system here.
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Current Issue: Volume 84, Number 1 (2024)
Articles
Genotypic variation in cheatgrass germination strategies in contrasting climate conditions of the Great Basin and Mojave Deserts
Jeffrey Derek Dosdall, Rebekah Stanton, Nicholas Kendall, and Samuel B. St. Clair
Ultrasonic vocalizations of Humboldt’s flying squirrel (Glaucomys oregonensis)
Travis A. Farwell, Corinne A. Diggins, and Barbara Clucas
Winter activity of Perimyotis subflavus outside culverts in east Texas
Richard D. Stevens
Trends in the abundance of Bonneville cutthroat trout and nonnative trout in the Bear River basin of Idaho
Kevin A. Meyer, Ryan W. Hillyard, and Carson J. Watkins
First insights into the diversity of green algae from White Sands National Park and Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks National Monument
Karolina Fučíková, Victoria Williamson, Cameron Choquette, David Bustos, and Nicole Pietrasiak
New records and notes on the distribution of aquatic insects (Coleoptera, Hemiptera) in southeastern Arizona
Matthew R. Pintar
Notes
Three gastropod species reported in Utah for the first time: Arion fasciatus, Cepaea nemoralis, and Cryptomastix magnidentata
Eric Wagner and Christy Bills
Evidence of food-caching behavior in the American beaver (Castor canadensis) prior to and after pond drying in the San Pedro River, Arizona, USA
Steven Merkley, Frank Emanuele, Sergio Cebreros, and Lluvia Perez
Vocalization recordings of the Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis) in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico
Gonzalo De León-Girón, Tonatiuh Gaona-Melo, Gorgonio Ruiz-Campos, Stephanie A. Eyes, and Connor M. Wood
A temporal color variant in the Blunt-headed Salamander (Ambystoma amblycephalum) in west-central Mexico
Armando de Jesús Fraustros-Sandoval, Aldo Dávalos-Martínez, Verónica Carolina Rosas-Espinoza, Saulo Alfredo Cortés-Arévalo, José Luis Navarrete-Heredia, and Ana Luisa Santiago-Pérez