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.
Filter Total Items: 8128
Herons in North America, Central America and the West Indies Herons in North America, Central America and the West Indies
No abstract available.
Authors
Robert W. Butler, J.A. Kushlan, I.J. Davidson
The role of helicopters in seabird censusing The role of helicopters in seabird censusing
The advantages and disadvantages of fixed-wing, helicopter, photographic, vidoegraphic, and ground-count methods of surveying and censusing seabirds are described and compared. Critical terminology is distinguished, and use of small helicopters with multiple, trained observers is firmly recommended for work with diurnal, non-burrow-nesting seabirds in the West Indies and elsewhere...
Authors
P. A. Buckley, F. G. Buckley
Manual of Avian Medicine Manual of Avian Medicine
No abstract available.
Authors
Glenn H. Olsen, S.E. Orosz
Proceedings of the Ninth American Woodcock Symposium Proceedings of the Ninth American Woodcock Symposium
The Ninth Woodcock Symposium was held January 26-28, 1997 in Baton Rough, Louisiana. Contents include: American Woodcock Management, Past, Present, and Future; Current Population Status and Likely Future Trends for American Woodcock; American Woodcock Use of Reclaimed Surface Mines in West Virginia; Food Habits and Preferences of American Woodcock in East Texas Pine Plantations...
Authors
Daniel G. McAuley, John G. Bruggink, Greg F. Sepik
Impacts of cowbird parasitism on wood thrushes and other neotropical migrants in suburban Maryland forests Impacts of cowbird parasitism on wood thrushes and other neotropical migrants in suburban Maryland forests
During 1988-1993, we monitored nests of neotropical migrant birds in seven suburban Maryland forests to compare parasitism and predation rates in forests of different areas. Of 1,122 nests monitored, 672 were of Wood Thrush, the most commonly found nesting species. Study sites were forests that ranged in size from 21 ha to more than 1,300 ha in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions of...
Authors
B.A. Dowell, J.E. Fallon, C.S. Robbins, D.K. Dawson, F.W. Fallon
Relation of waterfowl poisoning to sediment lead concentrations in the Coeur d'Alene River Basin Relation of waterfowl poisoning to sediment lead concentrations in the Coeur d'Alene River Basin
For many years, waterfowl have been poisoned by lead after ingesting contaminated sediment in the Coeur d'Alene River Basin, in Idaho. Results of studies on waterfowl experimentally fed this sediment were combined with results from field studies conducted in the Basin to relate sediment lead concentration to injury to waterfowl. The first step in the model estimated exposure as the...
Authors
W. N. Beyer, D. J. Audet, G. H. Heinz, D. J. Hoffman, Daniel D. Day
A comprehensive monitoring program for North American shorebirds A comprehensive monitoring program for North American shorebirds
Anthropogenic changes to the biosphere, including widespread degradation and losses of habitats and ecosystems, are causing rapid and profound changes to bird and other wildlife populations throughout the world. Such changes have led to increasing risks and rates of extinction. As a consequence, information on how bird populations are changing is becoming increasingly important to...
Monitoring is not enough: on the need for a model-based approach to migratory bird management Monitoring is not enough: on the need for a model-based approach to migratory bird management
Informed management requires information about system state and about effects of potential management actions on system state. Population monitoring can provide the needed information about system state, as well as information that can be used to investigate effects of management actions. Three methods for investigating effects of management on bird populations are (1) retrospective...
Authors
J.D. Nichols
Handbook of Chemical Risk Assessment: Health hazards to humans, plants, and animals Handbook of Chemical Risk Assessment: Health hazards to humans, plants, and animals
Contents: v. 1, Metals ; v. 2, Organics ; v. 3, Metalloids, radation, cumulative index to chemicals and species. Update of the Contaminant Hazard Reviews report series.
Authors
R. Eisler
Hazards to wildlife from soil-borne cadmium reconsidered Hazards to wildlife from soil-borne cadmium reconsidered
Cadmium is a toxic element that should be included in environmental risk assessments of contaminated soils. This paper argues, however, that hazards to wildlife from cadmium have often been overstated. The literature contains only meager evidence that wild animals have been seriously harmed by cadmium, even at severely contaminated sites. Although some researchers have reported that...
Authors
W. N. Beyer