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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Decline in greater and lesser scaup populations: issues, hypotheses, and research directions. Summary report of the Scaup Workshop 9-10 September 1998, Jamestown, ND Decline in greater and lesser scaup populations: issues, hypotheses, and research directions. Summary report of the Scaup Workshop 9-10 September 1998, Jamestown, ND
No abstract available.
Authors
J. E. Austin, A. D. Afton, M.G. Anderson, R. G. Clark, Christine M. Custer, J.S. Lawrence, B. Pollard, J.K. Ringelman
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Short-eared owl Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Short-eared owl
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and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 5,500 published and unpublished papers.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...
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Jill A. Dechant, Marriah L. Sondreal, Douglas H. Johnson, Lawrence D. Igl, Christopher M. Goldade, Melvin P. Nenneman, Betty R. Euliss
Effects of capture and handling on survival of female northern pintails Effects of capture and handling on survival of female northern pintails
Identification of capture and handling procedures that influence survival of waterfowl has important research and management implications. We captured 347 female Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) using rocket nets, fitted them with harness (backpack-type) radio transmitters, and monitored their survival during the first 10 d following release. Females were 16 times more likely to die during...
Authors
R. R. Cox, A. D. Afton
Effects of management practices of grassland birds: Savannah Sparrow Effects of management practices of grassland birds: Savannah Sparrow
Information on the habitat requirements and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 4,000 published and unpublished papers.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
David A. Swanson
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Henslow's sparrow Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Henslow's sparrow
Information on the habitat requirements and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 4,000 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
James R. Herkert
[Book review] Stokes field guide to birds, by Donald Stokes and Lillian Stokes [Book review] Stokes field guide to birds, by Donald Stokes and Lillian Stokes
Review of: Stokes field guide to birds. Donald Stokes and Lillian Stokes.
Authors
L.D. Igl
[Book review] The tallgrass restoration handbook: For prairies, savannas, and woodlands, by Stephen Packard and Cornelia F. Mutel [Book review] The tallgrass restoration handbook: For prairies, savannas, and woodlands, by Stephen Packard and Cornelia F. Mutel
The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook: For Prairies, Savannas, and Woodlands edited by Stephen Packard and Cornelia F. Mutel.
Authors
Douglas H. Johnson
Sedimentation of prairie wetlands Sedimentation of prairie wetlands
Many wetlands in the prairie pothole region are embedded within an agricultural landscape where they are subject to varying degrees of siltation. Cultivation of wetland catchment areas has exacerbated soil erosion; wetlands in agricultural fields receive more sediment from upland areas than wetlands in grassland landscapes and hence are subject to premature filling (i.e., they have...
Authors
Robert A. Gleason, Ned H. Euliss
Wetland birds in the northern Great Plains Wetland birds in the northern Great Plains
When the Wisconsin glacier retreated about 10,000 years ago, it left innumerable depressions scattered throughout the northern Great Plains. These depressional wetlands, called prairie potholes, contain water for various lengths of time in most years (Kantrud et al. 1989). Their size, permanence, hydrology, water chemistry, plant associations, and invertebrate communities vary widely...
Authors
Lawrence D. Igl, Douglas H. Johnson
*d13C composition of primary producers and role of detritus in a freshwater coastal ecosystem *d13C composition of primary producers and role of detritus in a freshwater coastal ecosystem
Stable-isotope ratio signatures of primary producers in a coastal wetland and in adjacent offshore waters of western Lake Superior indicated that phytoplankton are the primary source of carbon for the grazing food web of this ecosystem. This study outlines the possible roles of other autotrophs in this regard. Isotopic signatures of macrophytes reflected their life-form-associated...
Authors
J.R. Keough, C.A. Hagley, M. Sierszen
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Northern Harrier Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Northern Harrier
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, Betty R. Euliss
Lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) Lesser scaup (Aythya affinis)
Abstract not submitted to date
Authors
J. E. Austin, Christine M. Custer, A. D. Afton