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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Breeding birds of wooded draws in western North Dakota Breeding birds of wooded draws in western North Dakota
No abstract available.
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C. A. Faanes
Problems and potentials for prairie ducks Problems and potentials for prairie ducks
No abstract available.
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L.M. Cowardin, A.B. Sargeant, Harold F. Duebbert
Preliminary report on exclusion fencing used in combination with lethal control for managing upland waterfowl nesting habitat Preliminary report on exclusion fencing used in combination with lethal control for managing upland waterfowl nesting habitat
No abstract available.
Authors
R. J. Greenwood, P.M. Arnold, B.G. McGuire
Environmental factors that influence prescribed burning in the Northern Plains Environmental factors that influence prescribed burning in the Northern Plains
Several environmental conditions were recorded and analyzed for 192 prescribed burns in the Northern Great Plains. The purpose of these burns was to improve wildlife habitat and manipulate native prairie vegetation. All of the fires occurred in grassland and shrubsteppe vegetation types. Fuels were predominantly grasses and forbs intermixed with patches of shrubs. Nearly all of the fuels...
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A.D. Kruse, K.F. Higgins, J.L. Piehl
Canvasback introduction in west-central Minnesota Canvasback introduction in west-central Minnesota
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
Harold A. Doty
Foraging dives by post-breeding northern pintails Foraging dives by post-breeding northern pintails
Dabbling ducks (Anatini), including Northern Pintails (Anas acuta), typically feed by “tipping-up” (Bellrose, Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America, Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1976) in shallow water. Pintails are not as adapted for diving as members of Aythyini or Oxyurini (Catlett and Johnston, Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 47A:925-931, 1974); however, incidents of foraging...
Authors
Michael R. Miller
Chemical characteristics of waters in northern prairie wetlands Chemical characteristics of waters in northern prairie wetlands
No abstract available.
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V. A. Adomaitis, G.A. Swanson, J.A. Shoesmith
Habitat suitability index models: redhead (wintering) Habitat suitability index models: redhead (wintering)
The redhead is a North American waterfowl species with economic as well as ecological importance. It is highly desired by hunters. Retrieved redhead kill in the United States averaged 143,000 birds during the three waterfowl seasons from 1975 to 1977 (U.S. Department of the Interior 1981a, 1981b). Populations on the principal breeding grounds of the redhead--the prairie and parkland...
Authors
Rebecca J. Howard, Harold A. Kantrud
[Book review] Ducks, geese and swans of North America [Book review] Ducks, geese and swans of North America
This is the 3rd edition of the classic work "The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America," which was first published in December 1942. The original edition was authored by Francis C. Kortright with color plates by T. M. Shortt. An authoritative reference on North American waterfowl for many years, the book had become outdated as a result of major advances in the field of waterfowl...
Authors
Gary L. Krapu
[Book review] Waterfowl ecology and management: Selected readings [Book review] Waterfowl ecology and management: Selected readings
This book is a compilation of papers from the extensive and varied published literature on the ecology and management of waterfowl. The 125 technical papers reprinted in this book are arranged in eight major sections and are from 21 journals, government reports, several books, and proceedings of symposia and annual conferences. The most frequent sources of papers are The Journal of...
Authors
Gary L. Krapu
Nesting ecology of red-tailed hawks and great horned owls in central North Dakota and their interactions with other large raptors Nesting ecology of red-tailed hawks and great horned owls in central North Dakota and their interactions with other large raptors
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
D.S. Gilmer, P.M. Konrad, R. E. Stewart
Water storage capacity of natural wetland depressions in the Devils Lake basin of North Dakota Water storage capacity of natural wetland depressions in the Devils Lake basin of North Dakota
Photogrammetric mapping techniques were used to derive the water storage capacities of natural wetland depressions other than lakes in the Devils Lake Basin of North Dakota. Results from sample quarter-section areas were expanded to the entire basin. Depressions in the Devils Lake Basin have a maximum storage capacity of nearly 811,000 cubic dekameters (657,000 acre-feet). The...
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A.P. Ludden, D.L. Frink, Douglas H. Johnson