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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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[Book review] The youngest science: notes of a medicine-watcher, by Lewis Thomas [Book review] The youngest science: notes of a medicine-watcher, by Lewis Thomas

Review of: The youngest science: notes of a medicine-watcher. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Series. Lewis Thomas. Penguin Books, 1995. Pennsylvania State University. 270 pp. ISBN: 0140243275, 9780140243277.
Authors
Douglas H. Johnson

Swainson's hawk nesting ecology in North Dakota Swainson's hawk nesting ecology in North Dakota

Swainson's Hawks (Buteo swainsoni) were studied at 270 occupied nest sites in south-central North Dakota on a 1,259-km2 intensive study block and on a surrounding study area (16,519 km2) during three breeding seasons. On the intensive study block the number of occupied nests ranged from 46 in 1977 to 100 in 1979. Average nest densities were highest on ground moraine (0.119 nest/km2) and...
Authors
D.S. Gilmer, R. E. Stewart

Aquatic habitats--waterfowl Aquatic habitats--waterfowl

No abstract available.
Authors
J. T. Lokemoen, F.B. Lee, Harold F. Duebbert, G.A. Swanson

Effects of weather on habitat selection and behavior of mallards wintering in Nebraska Effects of weather on habitat selection and behavior of mallards wintering in Nebraska

Sex and age ratios, habitat selection, spatial characteristics, and time budgets of Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) wintering on the Platte River in south central Nebraska were studied from mid-December to early April 1978-1980. The proportion of females and subadults in the population increased substantially from a cold to a mild winter. Radio-tagged Mallards shifted from riverine to...
Authors
Dennis G. Jorde, Gary L. Krapu, R.D. Crawford, M.A. Hay
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