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USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center staff publish results of their research in USGS series reports and in peer-reviewed journals. Publication links are below.  Information on all USGS publications can be found at the USGS Publications Warehouse.

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Thirty-seventh breeding bird census - mixed prairie

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
D. H. Johnson, G.L. Krapu

Horned grebe breeding records in north-central South Dakota

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
H. F. Duebbert, J. T. Lokemoen

High survival and homing rate of hand-reared wild-strain mallards

In the summer of 1970, 648 (329 males and 319 females) hand-reared wild-strain mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) were banded and released at the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge, Edmunds, North Dakota. The females were also marked with numbered nasal saddles. Liberation was by the gentle release method, and no special effort was made to isolate or condition the ducklings prior to release. Ducklings
Authors
F.B. Lee, A.D. Kruse

Canada goose restoration in North Dakota

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
F.B. Lee, A.D. Kruse, C.H. Schroeder

Mercury residues in pintails breeding in North Dakota

Livers of 42 pintail hens (Anas acuta) breeding in eastern North Dakota during the spring and early summer of 1969 and 1970 were analyzed for total mercury by the neutron activation technique. Mercury content on a wet weight basis ranged from 0.055 ppm to 9.512 ppm and averaged 0.888 ± 1.796 ppm (SD). Liver mercury levels of hens collected in early spring (prior to planting of crops) were signific
Authors
G.L. Krapu, G.A. Swanson, H.K. Nelson

An incident of fenthion mosquito control and subsequent avian mortality

Mass mortality among migratory birds at Grand Forks, North Dakota, was attributed to a mosquito control operation employing the insecticide fenthion. The factors involved may have included the toxicity of the pesticide for birds, the method of application and coincidence with the peak of the spring warbler migration.
Authors
R.W. Seabloom, G.L. Pearson, L.W. Oring, J.R. Reilly