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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Effects of radio packages on wild ducks Effects of radio packages on wild ducks
A total of 211 wild, free-flying mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) and wood ducks (Aix sponsa) were equipped with breast-mounted radio packages during the breeding seasons of 1968-72. Known predation loss was 7.6 and 12.0 percent for mallards and wood ducks respectively, 60 percent occurred within 3 weeks of instrumentation. The highest predation rate for mallards was 0.0048 kills per...
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D.S. Gilmer, I.J. Ball, L.M. Cowardin, J. H. Riechmann
Upland duck nesting related to land use and predator reduction Upland duck nesting related to land use and predator reduction
Duck nesting was studied during 1971 in north-central South Dakota under four conditions: in idle, five or six year old fields of domestic grass-legume mixtures in an area where predators including the red fox (Vulpes fulva), raccoon (Procyon lotor), striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis), and badger (Taxidea taxus) were (1) reduced and (2) not reduced. Nesting was also studied in tracts of...
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Harold F. Duebbert, H.A. Kantrud
Avian mortality from collisions with overhead wires in North Dakota Avian mortality from collisions with overhead wires in North Dakota
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Gary L. Krapu
Relationships between chemical structure and rat repellency. II. Compounds screened between 1950 and 1960 Relationships between chemical structure and rat repellency. II. Compounds screened between 1950 and 1960
Over 4,600 compounds, chiefly organic types, were evaluated using both a food acceptance test (Part A) and a barrier penetration bioassay (Part B), to correlate relationships between chemical structure and rodent repellency.These chemicals are indexed and classified according to the functional groups present and to the degree of substitution within their molecular structures. The results...
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W.A. Bowles, V. A. Adomaitis, J.B. DeWitt, J.J. Pratt
Breeding of the black guillemot in northern Alaska Breeding of the black guillemot in northern Alaska
No abstract available.
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G.J. Divoky, G.E. Watson, James C. Bartonek
Great horned owls and duck nest baskets Great horned owls and duck nest baskets
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Harold A. Doty, E.K. Fritzell
Use of small fences to protect ground bird nests from mammalian predators Use of small fences to protect ground bird nests from mammalian predators
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A.B. Sargeant, A.D. Kruse, A. D. Afton
Reproductive aspects, growth, and development of Greenland mallards Reproductive aspects, growth, and development of Greenland mallards
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R. J. Greenwood
The prairie: to know it is to appreciate it The prairie: to know it is to appreciate it
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J. T. Lokemoen, Gary L. Krapu
Ice on waterfowl markers Ice on waterfowl markers
Wild and captive giant Canada geese (Branta canadensis maxima) and captive mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) accumulated ice on neck collars and/or nasal saddles during winter storm periods in 1971 and 1972. Weather conditions associated with icing were documented, and characteristics of icing are discussed. Severe marker icing occurred during subfreezing weather when the windchill reached
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R. J. Greenwood, W.C. Bair
A biological survey of Kraft Slough A biological survey of Kraft Slough
Abstract has not been submitted
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Gary L. Krapu, Harold F. Duebbert