Publications
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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This week?s Citation Classic: 'Stickel, L. F. A comparison of certain methods of measuring ranges of small mammals. J. Mammalogy 35: 1-15, 1954.' This week?s Citation Classic: 'Stickel, L. F. A comparison of certain methods of measuring ranges of small mammals. J. Mammalogy 35: 1-15, 1954.'
During my first employment as a junior biologist conducting food habits analyses at the Patuxent Research Refuge (now Patuxent Wildlife Research Center) of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the first station director, Arnold L. Nelson, gave each staff biologist the opportunity to spend a little time conducting field studies on the 2,600-acre research area. These studies were to help in...
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L.F. Stickel
Habitat change and its effects on Puerto Rican raptors Habitat change and its effects on Puerto Rican raptors
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J. W. Wiley
Growth of shiny cowbird and host chicks Growth of shiny cowbird and host chicks
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J. W. Wiley
An ecological model of the effects of exotic factors on limiting Hawaiian honeycreeper populations An ecological model of the effects of exotic factors on limiting Hawaiian honeycreeper populations
No abstract available.
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Stephen Mountainspring
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Section 4.3.1 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Section 4.3.1
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Charles J. Henny
Esterase-D and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase polymorphisms in Whooping Cranes Esterase-D and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase polymorphisms in Whooping Cranes
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H.C. Dessauer, G.F. Gee
Winter distribution and oiling of common terns in Trinidad: A further look Winter distribution and oiling of common terns in Trinidad: A further look
Common Terns were studied during January and March 1985 in Trinidad as part of wintering terns in Latin America. Eighty-nine birds were captured, 33 in January, 56 in March. Terns averaged 102 .+-. 0.9 g, with March birds weighing more than those caught in January. This weight is similar to that reported earlier by Blokpoel et al. (1982, 1984) and is considerably less than weights of...
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R.M. Erwin, G. J. Smith, R. B. Clapp
The use of natural vs. man-modified wetlands by shorebirds and waterbirds The use of natural vs. man-modified wetlands by shorebirds and waterbirds
The loss of wetlands continues world-wide. The impact especially has been felt in coastal areas, but water management elsewhere has resulted in marked reductions of aquatic bird populations. Concern for wetland management led to the convocation of a symposium on waterbird and shorebird use of natural and man-modified wetlands in December 1985 at the first joint meeting of the Colonial...
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R. Michael Erwin, Malcolm Coulter, H. Cogswell
Bird poisoning from misuse of the carbamate Furadan in a Texas rice field Bird poisoning from misuse of the carbamate Furadan in a Texas rice field
More than 100 birds consisting largely of dickcissels and savannah sparrows, as well as 9 other species of songbirds and sandpipers, died from feeding on planted rice seed treated illegally with Furadan 4F. Brain ChE activity was depressed between 32-85% in 44% of the birds. Carbofuran residues in GI tract contents of birds averaged 3.4 ppm (0.54-10 ppm). Two samples of planted rice seed...
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Edward L. Flickinger, C. A. Mitchell, Donald H. White, E. J. Kolbe
Radiotelemetry locates wintering grounds of DDE-contaminated black-crowned night-herons Radiotelemetry locates wintering grounds of DDE-contaminated black-crowned night-herons
This study was designed to determine if night-herons nesting at Ruby Lake, Nevada, shared a common wintering area with lesser contaminated night-herons nesting farther north in Oregon and Idaho. Radiotelemetry (29 transmitters) and banding studies indicated that the lesser-contaminated Oregon-Idaho night-herons wintered primarily in coastal Mexico (mean 22-23'N latitude), while the Ruby...
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Charles J. Henny, L. J. Blus