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 management practices on grassland birds: Long-billed Curlew Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Long-billed Curlew
Information on the habitat requirements and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 5,500 published and unpublished papers. A range map is provided to indicate the relative densities of the species in North America, based on Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data. Although birds frequently are observed outside the breeding range indicated...
Authors
Jill A. Dechant, Marriah L. Sondreal, Douglas H. Johnson, Lawrence D. Igl, Christopher M. Goldade, Paul A. Rabie, Betty R. Euliss
The wolf dilemma in Minnesota: can you help solve it? The wolf dilemma in Minnesota: can you help solve it?
No abstract available.
Authors
L. David Mech
The mathematics of movement The mathematics of movement
Review of: Quantitative Analysis of Movement: Measuring and Modeling Population Redistribution in Animals and Plants. Peter Turchin. 1998. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA. 306 pages. $38.95 (paper).
Authors
Douglas H. Johnson
Habitat management plan for butterfly species at Effigy Mounds National Historical Site Habitat management plan for butterfly species at Effigy Mounds National Historical Site
No abstract available.
Authors
S. Mahady, D. Debinski
Regurgitative food transfer among wild wolves Regurgitative food transfer among wild wolves
Few studies of monogamous canids have addressed regurgitation in the context of extended parental care and alloparental care within family groups. We studied food transfer by regurgitation in a pack of wolves on Ellesmere Island, North West Territories, Canada, during 6 summers from 1988 through 1996. All adult wolves, including yearlings and a post-reproductive female, regurgitated food...
Authors
L. David Mech, Paul C. Wolf, Jane M. Packard
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Willet Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Willet
Information on the habitat requirements and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 5,500 published and unpublished papers. A range map is provided to indicate the relative densities of the species in North America, based on Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data. Although birds frequently are observed outside the breeding range indicated...
Authors
Jill A. Dechant, Marriah L. Sondreal, Douglas H. Johnson, Lawrence D. Igl, Christopher M. Goldade, Barry D. Parkin, Betty R. Euliss
Habitat management plan for butterfly species at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Habitat management plan for butterfly species at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
No abstract available.
Authors
S. Mahady, D. Debinski
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: McCown's Longspur Effects of management practices on grassland birds: McCown's Longspur
Information on the habitat requirements and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 5,500 published and unpublished papers. A range map is provided to indicate the relative densities of the species in North America, based on Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data. Although birds frequently are observed outside the breeding range indicated...
Authors
Jill A. Dechant, Marriah L. Sondreal, Douglas H. Johnson, Lawrence D. Igl, Christopher M. Goldade, Paul A. Rabie, Betty R. Euliss
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Bobolink Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Bobolink
Information on the habitat requirements and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 5,500 published and unpublished papers. A range map is provided to indicate the relative densities of the species in North America, based on Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data. Although birds frequently are observed outside the breeding range indicated...
Authors
Jill A. Dechant, Marriah L. Sondreal, Douglas H. Johnson, Lawrence D. Igl, Christopher M. Goldade, Amy L. Zimmerman, Betty R. Euliss
Foods and foraging of prairie striped skunks during the avian nesting season Foods and foraging of prairie striped skunks during the avian nesting season
Food habits of prairie skunks are not well understood, yet such knowledge might provide insight into factors influencing nest depredation. We studied food habits of radiocollared adult striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) during 1976-78 in North Dakota, where skunks are regarded as important predators of ground-nesting birds. Plant foods, primarily grain and sunflower seeds, occurred in a...
Authors
R. J. Greenwood, A.B. Sargeant, J.L. Piehl, D. A. Buhl, B.A. Hanson
Habitat associations of migrating and overwintering grassland birds in Southern Texas Habitat associations of migrating and overwintering grassland birds in Southern Texas
We report on the habitat associations of 21 species of grassland birds overwintering in or migrating through southern Texas, during 1991-1992 and 1992-1993. Ninety percent of our grassland bird observations were made during winter and spring, and only 10% occurred during fall. Grassland species made up a high proportion of the total bird densities in grassland and shrub-grassland...
Authors
Lawrence D. Igl, Bart M. Ballard
Estimated costs of maintaining a recovered wolf population in agricultural regions of Minnesota Estimated costs of maintaining a recovered wolf population in agricultural regions of Minnesota
The annual costs of maintaining Minnesota gray wolves (Canis lupus), now numbering about 2,500, under 2 plans are compared: (1) maintaining a population of about 1,400 primarily in the wilderness and semi-wilderness as recommended by the Eastern Timber Wolf Recovery Plan, and (2) allowing wolves to continue colonizing agricultural areas for 5 years after removal from the endangered...
Authors
L.D. Mech