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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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Peregrine falcon Peregrine falcon

Since 1975, 101 peregrine falcon breeding sites have been documented in Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas. Eyries were found in either riverine or montane canyons, habitats which supported dense and diverse avian prey and provided structural characteristics that may increase prey vulnerability. Approximately 85% of the sites visited each year were occupied. Egg-laying (mid-February...
Authors
R.W. Skaggs, D. H. Ellis, W.G. Hunt, T.H. Johnson

Raptors and aircraft Raptors and aircraft

Less than 5% of all bird strikes of aircraft are by raptor species, but damage to airframe structure or jet engine dysfunction are likely consequences. Beneficial aircraft-raptor interactions include the use of raptor species to frighten unwanted birds from airport areas and the use of aircraft to census raptor species. Many interactions, however, modify the raptor?s immediate behavior...
Authors
D.G. Smith, D. H. Ellis, T.H. Johnson

Atlas de aves: Un metodo para documentar distribucion y seguir poblaciones Atlas de aves: Un metodo para documentar distribucion y seguir poblaciones

Los Atlas de Aves son proyectos nacionales o regionalies para trazar en mapas la distribucion en reproduccion de cada especie de ave. Ese procedimiento se esta usando en Europa, Australia, Nueva Zelanda, Norteamerica, y partes de Africa. El tama?o de los cuadrados varia de medio grado de latitud y Iongitud hasta 5 x 5 km. El trabajo de campo de cada proyecto exige aproxlmadamente cinco a...
Authors
C.S. Robbins, B.A. Dowell, D.K. Dawson

Comparisons of winter bird populations in extensive neotropical forest and in isolated fragments Comparisons of winter bird populations in extensive neotropical forest and in isolated fragments

No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins, B.A. Dowell, D.K. Dawson, R. Coates-Estrada, J. Colon, F. Espinoza, J. Rodriguez, R. Sutton, T. Vargas, Dieter Weyer

Workshop summary: Habitat selection Workshop summary: Habitat selection

No abstract available.
Authors
R.M. Kaminski, A. D. Afton, B.W. Anderson, Dennis G. Jorde, J. R. Longcore

Environmental contaminants and the management of bat populations in the United States Environmental contaminants and the management of bat populations in the United States

Food-chain residues of organochlorine pesticides probably have been involved in declines of some U.S. bat populations; examples include free-tailed bats at Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico, and the endangered gray bat at sites in Missouri and Alabama. If a long-lived contaminant has not been dispersed in large amounts over large areas, its impact may be controlled by administrative action...
Authors
D. R. Clark

Effects of zinc smelter emissions on farms and gardens at Palmerton, PA Effects of zinc smelter emissions on farms and gardens at Palmerton, PA

In 1979, before the primary Zn smelter at Palmerton was closed due to excessive Zn and Cd emissions and change in the price of Zn, we were contacted by a local veterinarian regarding death of foals (young horses) on farms near the smelter. To examine whether Zn or Cd contamination of forage or soils could be providing potentially toxic levels of Zn or other elements in the diets of foals...
Authors
R. L. Chaney, W. N. Beyer, C.H. Gifford, L. Sileo
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