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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Wood ducks in North Dakota Wood ducks in North Dakota
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Harold A. Doty
Great horned owls and duck nest baskets Great horned owls and duck nest baskets
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Harold A. Doty, E.K. Fritzell
Reproductive aspects, growth, and development of Greenland mallards Reproductive aspects, growth, and development of Greenland mallards
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R. J. Greenwood
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
Upland nesting. Creating a sea of grass Upland nesting. Creating a sea of grass
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Harold F. Duebbert
Prolonged incubation behavior by a marbled godwit Prolonged incubation behavior by a marbled godwit
On 9 May 1972 I flushed a Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) from a nest containing four eggs in a large field of mulched wheat stubble in northwestern Stutsman County, North Dakota. I revisited the nest on 31 May and on 7, 9, 12, 15, 16, 20, and 21 June, and found an incubating adult on the nest during all visits except 21 June. Another adult was seen near the nest site only on 9 May. On 12...
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K.F. Higgins
Social behavior of breeding gadwalls in North Dakota Social behavior of breeding gadwalls in North Dakota
Responses of duck pairs encountering other ducks were categorized by McKinney (1965a) as displays, attack, escape and avoidance, sexual pursuit, and sociability. Gadwalls (Anas strepera) show all these responses on the breeding grounds, and characteristic behavior patterns occur depending on the reproductive state of the birds involved. The responses of paired ducks to unpaired males on...
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T.J. Dwyer
Career opportunities in ornithology Career opportunities in ornithology
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F.C. James, F.G. Cooch, M.S. Ficken, C.E. Knoder
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
Summer birds for a South Dakota prairie Summer birds for a South Dakota prairie
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J. T. Lokemoen, Harold F. Duebbert
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
Utilization of ERTS-1 for appraising changes in continental migratory bird habitat Utilization of ERTS-1 for appraising changes in continental migratory bird habitat
No abstract available.
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E.A. Work, D.S. Gilmer, Albert T. Klett