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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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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

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

Specimen records of greater scaup Specimen records of greater scaup

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
C.W. Dane, Harold F. Duebbert

New fashions for the duck marsh New fashions for the duck marsh

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
F.B. Lee, A.D. Kruse, W.H. Thornsberry

[Book review] Waterfowl--their biology and natural history, by Paul A. Johnsgard [Book review] Waterfowl--their biology and natural history, by Paul A. Johnsgard

Review of: Waterfowl. Their Biology and Natural History. Johnsgard, Paul A. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London 1968. XVIII+138 pages.
Authors
H.K. Nelson
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