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This is a list of publications written by Patuxent employees since Patuxent opened in 1939.  To search for Patuxent's publications by author or title, please click below to go to the USGS Publication Warehouse.

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Demography and natural history of the common fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis, on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Demography and natural history of the common fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis, on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Bats were marked and monitored on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, to study seasonal and annual variation in distribution, abundance, and natural history from 1975 through 1980. Data gathered advances our knowledge about flocking; abundance; feeding strategies; social behavior; species richness; population structure and stability; age and sex ratios; life expectancy and longevity; nightly...

Federal research on the conservation of migratory nongame birds in the United States Federal research on the conservation of migratory nongame birds in the United States

In the United States, the term 'nongame birds' applies to all bird species that are neither hunted nor legalIy endangered or threatened. Although ultimate responsibility for protection of migratory nongame birds lies with the federal government, research and management efforts by the key federal landholding agencies have historically emphasized species of economic importance, game birds...
Authors
M.A. Howe

Increased population densities of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) on Long Island, New York Increased population densities of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) on Long Island, New York

Lone star ticks, Amblyomma americanum comprised a significantly greater proportion of total ticks flagged on eastern Long Island and Fire Island, New York, in 1986 and 1990 than in samples reported by other authors from the 1940s (when A. americanum was not collected by flagging or from hosts) and the 1970s. Therefore, population densities of A. americanum apparently have increased in...
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg, C.P. Ewing, A.F. O'Connell, E.M. Bosler, James G. Daley, M. W. Sayre

Effects of submersed macrophytes on dissolved oxygen, pH and temperature under different conditions of wind, tide and bed structure Effects of submersed macrophytes on dissolved oxygen, pH and temperature under different conditions of wind, tide and bed structure

Seasonal data on diurnal dissolved-oxygen concentration (DO), pH, temperature and chlorophyll-a were collected and species composition and vertical structure of macrophyte beds were analyzed in the tidal Potomac River during the 1987 growing season. The relationships among these variables and physical and climatic factors were analyzed. Elevated surface temperatures, DO and pH were found...
Authors
V. Carter, N. B. Rybicki, R.S. Hammerschlag

Multifragment alleles in DNA fingerprints of the parrot, Amazona ventralis Multifragment alleles in DNA fingerprints of the parrot, Amazona ventralis

Human DNA probes that identify variable numbers of tandem repeat loci are being used to generate DNA fingerprints in many animal and plant species. In most species the majority of the sc rable autoradiographic bands of the DNA fingerprint represent alleles from numerous unlinked loci. This study was initiated to use DNA fingerprints to determine the amount of band-sharing among captive...
Authors
M.K. Brock, B.N. White
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