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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Postfledging survival and recruitment of known-origin roseate terns (Sterna dougallii) at Falkner Island, Connecticut Postfledging survival and recruitment of known-origin roseate terns (Sterna dougallii) at Falkner Island, Connecticut
From 1981-1990, 166 (10.1%) of 1636 Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) chicks banded from 1978-1985 at Falkner Island, Connecticut, [USA] and 68 (1.0%) of 6904 chicks banded during the same time period at all other colony sites in Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts, were recaptured as breeding adults at Falkner Island. An analysis of the recapture data of the natal-site recruits...
Authors
J. A. Spendelow
Remembering Francis Morley Uhler Remembering Francis Morley Uhler
No abstract available.
Authors
Matthew C. Perry
Breeding bird census, 1990: 9. Mature beech-maple-oak bottomland forest Breeding bird census, 1990: 9. Mature beech-maple-oak bottomland forest
No abstract available.
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C.S. Robbins
In memoriam: Frank C. Richardson In memoriam: Frank C. Richardson
No abstract available.
Authors
P.W. Sykes
The Bodie-Pea Island Christmas bird count: A 25-year summary The Bodie-Pea Island Christmas bird count: A 25-year summary
No abstract available.
Authors
P.W. Sykes
Cryopreservation of crane semen Cryopreservation of crane semen
The method for the cryopreservation of crane semen at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center is described in detail. Cryopreservation is useful for the long-term storage of crane semen and for specialized propagation needs. A 50% fertility rate from most sandhill cranes, Grus canadensis, inseminated with frozen-thawed semen can be expected. Additional research should improve the fertility...
Authors
G.F. Gee
Approaches to the conservation of coastal wetlands in the Western Hemisphere Approaches to the conservation of coastal wetlands in the Western Hemisphere
Coastal wetlands rank among the most productive and ecologically valuable natural ecosystems on Earth. Unfortunately, they are also some of the most disturbed. Because they are productive and can serve as transportation arteries, coastal wetlands have long attracted human settlement. More than half of the U.S. population currently lives within 80 km of its coasts, and one estimate places...
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K.L. Bildstein, G.T. Bancroft, P.J. Dugan, D.H. Gordon, R.M. Erwin, E. Nol, L.X. Payne, Stanley E. Senner
Breeding Bird Census, 1990: 49. Mixed oak-Virginia pine forest Breeding Bird Census, 1990: 49. Mixed oak-Virginia pine forest
No abstract available.
Authors
D.K. Dawson, B. Dowell