Publications
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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Food habits of canvasbacks, redheads, and lesser scaup in Manitoba Food habits of canvasbacks, redheads, and lesser scaup in Manitoba
No abstract available.
Authors
James C. Bartonek, Joseph J. Hickey
Selective feeding by juvenile diving ducks in summer Selective feeding by juvenile diving ducks in summer
Waterfowl often fail to use foods that seem plentiful to the investigator. The extent to which selective feeding or rejection of foods is a function of behavioral and morphological adaptations of the species, conditioned behavior of the individual, or individual preference for certain foods has not been appraised. The objectives of our study were to determine: (1) the extent of selective...
Authors
James C. Bartonek, J.J. Hickey
The black footed ferret in South Dakota The black footed ferret in South Dakota
No abstract available.
Authors
F. Robert Henderson, Paul F. Springer, Richard Adrian
Rapid method for filtration of marsh waters Rapid method for filtration of marsh waters
No abstract available.
Authors
V. A. Adomaitis, J.A. Shoesmith
Build-up of grit in three pochard species in Manitoba Build-up of grit in three pochard species in Manitoba
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
James C. Bartonek
Additional breeding birds in Roscoe area Additional breeding birds in Roscoe area
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
Harold F. Duebbert
Use of flooded timber by waterfowl at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge Use of flooded timber by waterfowl at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
Waterfowl use of bottomland hardwood timber stands which were flooded and killed was studied at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, Seneca Falls, New York, from 1962 to 1964. Comparisons of use were made among six habitat types containing dead timber, stumps, and no timber, and with and without emergent vegetation. An index to waterfowl use was derived by direct counts and by counts...
Authors
L.M. Cowardin
Do you really know your geese? Do you really know your geese?
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
G.A. Sherwood
Nesting of the upland plover on the Missouri Coteau Nesting of the upland plover on the Missouri Coteau
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
K.F. Higgins, Harold F. Duebbert, R.B. Oetting
Age determination of blue-winged teal Age determination of blue-winged teal
Primary feather length, markings on the greater secondary coverts, and the degree of bill spotting were evaluated as characters for use in the spring to distinguish first-year, blue-winged teal (Anas discors) females from older ones. The length of the 10th primary feather did not prove suitable to separate different aged females. Extreme primary lengths might be used to determine the age...
Authors
C.W. Dane
Nesting baskets for ducks Nesting baskets for ducks
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
Harold A. Doty