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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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1965 experimental September hunting season on teal 1965 experimental September hunting season on teal

No abstract available.
Authors
R. K. Martinson, M.E. Rasasco, E.M. Martin, M.G. Smart, S.M. Carney, C.F. Kaczynski, A. D. Geis

Second nestings of the wood ducks Second nestings of the wood ducks

This is a description of the renesting of two Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) after hatching broods. I can find but two previous records of such behavior. Barnes (Auk, 65: 449, 1948) reported an incident of a hand-reared bird nesting in the wild in Indiana. This female was unable to get her brood out of the nest box, and subsequently hatched a second brood. Hester (SE Wildlife Conf., 1962; 8 pp...
Authors
Frank B. McGilvrey

Red-winged blackbirds searching beneath pine bark for insects in winter Red-winged blackbirds searching beneath pine bark for insects in winter

Most observers usually associate the Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) with open country such as marshes or upland fields and their wooded or brushy borders. On the wintering grounds in the coniferous belt of the southeastern United States, however, Red-wings spend some of their time feeding in pine forests. In the course of a day's feeding they move back and forth between pine...
Authors
B. Meanley

Methodology for determining toxicity of pesticides to wild vertebrates Methodology for determining toxicity of pesticides to wild vertebrates

The effects of pesticidal contamination of wildlife habitats may be expected to be proportional to the toxicity of the compounds, the rate and manner of application, persistence of the basic chemical and/or any toxic metabolites, and the extent to which these substances are stored in animal tissues or concentrated by successive elements of wildlife food chains. Measurement of these...
Authors
James B. DeWitt

Monitoring wildlife for pesticide content Monitoring wildlife for pesticide content

In May 1963, the President's Science Advisory Committee issued a report entitled Use of Pesticides.17 the President already had requested the responsible federal agencies to implement the recommendations in the report. One of these recommendations was to provide for the development and coordination of a pesticide-monitoring program conducted on a continuing basis, by federal agencies to...
Authors
E. H. Dustman
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