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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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Characteristics of central North Dakota wetlands determined from sample aerial photographs and ground study

Wetland characteristics were assessed from a systematic sample of 66 plots, 3.22 km2 each, drawn from a 10,041-km2 study area in central North Dakota. Each plot was visited once and 8 sets of aerial photographs were obtained in 3 years. Density of wetland basins was 11.00 ha/km2, and area averaged 9.7 ha/km2. Seasonal and temporary wetlands were most abundant; semipermanent wetlands occupied the g
Authors
L.M. Cowardin, D.S. Gilmer, L.M. Mechlin

Road casualties of prairie nesting ducks

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
A. B. Sargeant

Determination of age and whelping dates of live red fox pups

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
A. B. Sargeant, S.H. Allen, D. H. Johnson

The winter season - Northern Great Plains

This winter was hardly a winter by usual standards. At Grand Forks six record highs were set in February, a month which averaged 11°F above normal, and a -20° reading was not recorded the entire season for the first time in 50 years. Fort Peck Lake in Montana finally iced over February 12, only to begin reopening three days later (CMC). Temperatures reached into the 70s in South Dakota and that st
Authors
David O. Lambeth, Craig A. Faanes

Birds of the St. Croix River valley: Minnesota and Wisconsin

The St. Croix River Valley encompasses nearly 11,550 km2 in east-central Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. A wide range of habitats are available for birds including upland oak, lowland deciduous, maple-basswood, lowland and upland coniferous forests, natural basin wetlands, and grasslands. Situated in the north-central region of the United States, the valley is a biological 'crossroads' for m
Authors
Craig A. Faanes

Occurrence of twin gadwall embryos

No abstract available. 
Authors
J. T. Lokemoen, D.E. Sharp

A long-term resource monitoring plan for the Upper Mississippi River System

No abstract available.
Authors
G. A. Jackson, C. E. Korschgen, P. A. Thiel, J. Besser

Improved population estimates through the use of auxiliary information

When estimating the size of a population of birds, the investigator may have, in addition to an estimator based on a statistical sample, information on one of several auxiliary variables, such as: (1) estimates of the population made on previous occasions, (2) measures of habitat variables associated with the size of the population, and (3) estimates of the population sizes of other species that c
Authors
D. H. Johnson