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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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Methods of detecting and counting raptors: A review Methods of detecting and counting raptors: A review

Most raptors are wide-ranging, secretive, and occur at relatively low densities. These factors, in conjunction with the nocturnal activity of owls, cause the counting of raptors by most standard census and survey efforts to be very time consuming and expensive. This paper reviews the most common methods of detecting and counting raptors. It is hoped that it will be of use to the ever...
Authors
M.R. Fuller, J. A. Mosher

Discriminant analysis in wildlife research: Theory and applications Discriminant analysis in wildlife research: Theory and applications

Discriminant analysis, a method of analyzing grouped multivariate data, is often used in ecological investigations. It has both a predictive and an explanatory function, the former aiming at classification of individuals of unknown group membership. The goal of the latter function is to exhibit group separation by means of linear transforms, and the corresponding method is called...
Authors
B. Kenneth Williams

The fauna of bottomland hardwoods in southeastern United States The fauna of bottomland hardwoods in southeastern United States

No abstract available.
Authors
C.H. Wharton, V.W. Lambou, J. Newsom, P. V. Winger, L.L. Gaddy, R. Mancke

Reproductive success of screech owls fed Aroclor® 1248 Reproductive success of screech owls fed Aroclor® 1248

Aroclor® 1248 was fed to captive screech owls (Otus asio) at the rate of three ppm in the diet to determine if reproductive effects such as fewer eggs per clutch, lower hatchability, malformation of the chicks, or higher mortality rates of chicks would appear in this raptorial species as they did in chickens. There were no effects on eggshell thickness, number of eggs laid, young hatched...
Authors
M. Anne Ross McLane, Donald L. Hughes
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