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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Miniature camera system for studies of grassland passerine nests Miniature camera system for studies of grassland passerine nests
No abstract available.
Authors
P.J. Pietz, D. A. Granfors
Riparian-vegetation controls on the spatial pattern of stream-channel instability, Little Piney Creek, Missouri Riparian-vegetation controls on the spatial pattern of stream-channel instability, Little Piney Creek, Missouri
The role of riparian vegetation is assessed quantitatively by using a five-decade record of valley bottom vegetation and channel dynamics developed from historical aerial photography. A 12-kilometer reach of a typical Ozarks stream was mapped using aerial photographs from 1938, 1948, 1955, 1965, 1976, and 1989; maps were then analyzed in a digital geographic information system. Analysis...
Authors
Robert B. Jacobson, Aaron L. Pugh
Checklist and "Pollard Walk" butterfly survey methods on public lands Checklist and "Pollard Walk" butterfly survey methods on public lands
Checklist and “Pollard Walk” butterfly survey methods were contemporaneously applied to seven public sites in North Dakota during the summer of 1995. Results were compared for effect of method and site on total number of butterflies and total number of species detected per hour. Checklist searching produced significantly more butterfly detections per hour than Pollard Walks at all sites...
Authors
Ronald A. Royer, Jane E. Austin, Wesley E. Newton
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Sprague's Pipit Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Sprague's Pipit
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and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 5,500 published and unpublished papers.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 F. Sondreal, Douglas H. Johnson, Lawrence D. Igl, Christopher M. Goldade, Melvin P. Nenneman, Betty R. Euliss
Herpetofaunal surveys of the Fall River Ranger District, U.S. Forest Service, southwestern South Dakota, and Badlands National Park Herpetofaunal surveys of the Fall River Ranger District, U.S. Forest Service, southwestern South Dakota, and Badlands National Park
No abstract available.
Authors
Brian E. Smith, Dawn M. Browning, Emily N. Taylor, R.S. Ferguson, K. Yturralde
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Loggerhead Shrike Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Loggerhead Shrike
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, Melvin P. Nenneman, A.L. Zimmerman, Betty R. Euliss
Population trends for common prairie pothole carnivores Population trends for common prairie pothole carnivores
Since settlement of the prairie pothole region of the northern Great Plains by Europeans in the late 1800’s, carnivore populations have changed considerably—mostly due to habitat alteration and humaninflicted mortality. At least 19 species of carnivorous mammals once occurred in the prairie pothole region (Jones et al. 1983). Presently, only eight are common throughout the region—coyote...
Authors
Raymond J. Greenwood, Marsha A. Sovada
Mallard duckling growth and survival in relation to aquatic invertebrates Mallard duckling growth and survival in relation to aquatic invertebrates
Identification and assessment of the relative importance of factors affecting duckling growth and survival are essential for effective management of mallards on breeding areas. For each of 3 years (1993-95), we placed F1-generation wild mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) females on experimental wetlands and allowed them to mate, nest, and rear broods for 17 days. We manipulated invertebrate...
Authors
R. R. Cox, M.A. Hanson, C.C. Roy, N.H. Euliss, Douglas H. Johnson, Malcolm G. Butler
Status and trends of the nation's biological resources Status and trends of the nation's biological resources
This report is a comprehensive summary of the status and trends of our nation’s biological resources. The report describes the major processes and factors affecting biological resources, and it treats regional status and trends. Authors of the chapters and boxes in this two-volume report were drawn from federal and state agencies, universities, and private organizations, reflecting the U...
Bird use of fields enrolled in CRP Bird use of fields enrolled in CRP
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
Douglas H. Johnson
Western snowy plovers and California least terns Western snowy plovers and California least terns
No abstract available.
Authors
A.N. Powell
Interdecadal variations of annual precipitation in the central United States Interdecadal variations of annual precipitation in the central United States
Century-long annual precipitation time series at 168 stations in the central United States are analyzed with special attention given to interdecadal variations. The results show statistically significant precipitation variations of interdecadal timescales in the region. In particular, one variation has a quasi 20-yr period, and another one possesses a quasi 12-yr period.
Authors
Q. Hu, C.M. Woodruff, S.E. Mudrick