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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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Age-specific survival and philopatry in three species of European ducks: A long-term study Age-specific survival and philopatry in three species of European ducks: A long-term study

Capture-recapture and band recovery models were used to estimate age-specific survival probabilities for female Northern Shovelers (Anas clypeata), Common Pochards (Aythya ferina), and Tufted Ducks (Aythya.fuligula) at Engure Marsh, Latvia, in 1964-1993. We banded more than 65,100 day-old ducklings of both sexes and captured 10,211 incubating females (3,713 new bandings and 6,498...
Authors
Peter Blums, Aivars Mednis, I. Bauga, J.D. Nichols, J.E. Hines

Trouble in paradise: The brown tree snake in the western Pacific Trouble in paradise: The brown tree snake in the western Pacific

The brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis) was recognized as a pest species by Congress in Section 1209 of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (NANPCA). Like aquatic pests, tree snakes are sometimes dispersed by ships, have wide-ranging effects on natural and human communities, and threaten to spread to other areas. The problems they are causing on Guam, a...
Authors
T. H. Fritts, G.H. Rodda

PCBs and dioxins in birds PCBs and dioxins in birds

No abstract available.
Authors
D. J. Hoffman, C.P. Rice, T.J. Kubiak

Foreword Foreword

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Authors
W. N. Beyer, G. H. Heinz, A.W. Redmon-Norwood

Records Records

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Authors
D. H. Ellis, J.A. Taylor, C.M. Mirande, J.A. Langenberg, M. Wellington, B.H. Powell, J.L. McMillen
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