Publications
USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center staff publish results of their research in USGS series reports and in peer-reviewed journals. Publication links are below. Information on all USGS publications can be found at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Avian use of Sheyenne Lake and associated habitats in central North Dakota Avian use of Sheyenne Lake and associated habitats in central North Dakota
A study of avian use of various habitats was conducted in the Sheyenne Lake region of central North Dakota during April-June 1980. Population counts of birds were made in wetlands of various classes, prairie thickets, upland native prairie, shelterbelts, and cropland. About 22,000 breeding bird pairs including 92 species that nested occupied the area. Population means for most species...
Authors
Craig A. Faanes
Effects of soils and grazing on breeding birds of uncultivated upland grasslands of the Northern Great Plains Effects of soils and grazing on breeding birds of uncultivated upland grasslands of the Northern Great Plains
The principal use of uncultivated upland grasslands in the northern Great Plains is for livestock production. However, on lands set aside for wildlife or for scientific or recreational use, grazing by livestock may be used as a management measure to enhance populations of game species or to create conditions that increase the diversity of plant or animal species. To determine the effects...
Authors
H.A. Kantrud, R.L. Kologiski
[Book review] Where the sky began: land of the tallgrass prairie, by John Madson [Book review] Where the sky began: land of the tallgrass prairie, by John Madson
Review of: Where the sky began: land of the tallgrass prairie. John Madson. Houghton Mifflin, 1982. 321 pages.
Authors
C. A. Faanes
[Book review] Population Systems: a General Introduction, by Alan A. Berryman [Book review] Population Systems: a General Introduction, by Alan A. Berryman
Review of: Population Systems: A General Introduction. By Alan A. Berryman. Plenum Press, New York, N.Y. and London, U.K. 1981. xv, 222pp. $16.95 (cloth).
Authors
Douglas H. Johnson
Revised checklist of North Dakota birds Revised checklist of North Dakota birds
No abstract available.
Authors
C. A. Faanes, R. E. Stewart
Successful establishment of stands of cool-season native grasses (North Dakota) Successful establishment of stands of cool-season native grasses (North Dakota)
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
K.F. Higgins, Harold F. Duebbert, E.T. Jacobson
Forty-fifth breeding bird census - mixed prairie Forty-fifth breeding bird census - mixed prairie
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
Douglas H. Johnson, C. A. Faanes, J.M. Andrew
Land stewardship and wildlife Land stewardship and wildlife
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Authors
Harold F. Duebbert
Nesting of waterfowl on islands in Lake Audubon, North Dakota Nesting of waterfowl on islands in Lake Audubon, North Dakota
Nesting waterfowl were studied in 1978 and 1980 on 15 newly established islands with an area of 19 ha in 7,430-ha Lake Audubon in the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), North Dakota. Islands ranged in size from 0.2 to 5.0 ha and were 60-1,600 m from the mainland. Cover available for nesting waterfowl was composed of grasses, legumes, and forbs with abundant residual plant material...
Authors
Harold F. Duebbert
Gray gophers and prairie ducks Gray gophers and prairie ducks
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Authors
J. Choromanski, A.B. Sargeant
Some conceptual and semantic problems in wetland classification and inventory Some conceptual and semantic problems in wetland classification and inventory
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Authors
L.M. Cowardin
Forty-fifth breeding bird census - Low arctic tundra Forty-fifth breeding bird census - Low arctic tundra
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
C. A. Faanes