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Outstanding Natural History Paper of 2011

The Western North American Naturalist (WNAN) is pleased to announce the 2011 award for the outstanding natural history paper of the year. This annual award was instituted to celebrate our authors’ achievements in creative and meaningful research, insightful interpretation, and articulate writing. Finalists were selected from the 37 regular articles published in Volume 71, and the WNAN Editorial Board members selected a winner by vote. The winning paper was Effects of wildfire and postfire floods on stonefly detritivores of the Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico by Nicole K. M. Vieira, Tiffany R. Barnes, and Katharine A. Mitchell (WNAN 71:257–270). Nicole Vieira, as senior author of the top paper, will receive a cash award of $300.00. Western North American Naturalist 72(4), © 2012, pp. 595