Book Chapters

Science Quality and Integrity

The USGS provides unbiased, objective, and impartial scientific information upon which our audiences, including resource managers, planners, and other entities, rely.

Browse more than 5,500 book chapters authored by our scientists over the past 100+ year history of the USGS and refine search by topic, location, year, and advanced search.

Filter Total Items: 6173

Topics

Node Release Date

Fulltext search

Items per page

Advanced filters

Location(s)

January 1, 1981

Requirements of warmwater fish Requirements of warmwater fish

No abstract available at this time

Authors

N. C. Parker

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1981

Roads and roadside habitat in relation to small mammal distribution and abundance Roads and roadside habitat in relation to small mammal distribution and abundance

No abstract available.

Authors

L.W. Adams, A. D. Geis

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1981

Sampling in rugged terrain Sampling in rugged terrain

Work in rugged terrain poses some unique problems that should be considered before research is initiated. Besides the obvious physical difficulties of crossing uneven terrain, topography can influence the bird species? composition of a forest and the observer's ability to detect birds and estimate distances. Census results can also be affected by the slower rate of travel on rugged...

Authors

D.K. Dawson

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1981

Saving the Newell's shearwater Saving the Newell's shearwater

No abstract available.

Authors

J.L. Sincock

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 1981

Shorebirds of the eastern Bering Sea Shorebirds of the eastern Bering Sea

Largely on the basis of work conducted in western Alaska since 1975, we present an overview of the shorebird resources of the region and discuss their relationship to the littoral and supralittoral habitats of the area. Thirty species of shorebirds occur regularly and comprise an important component of the eastern Bering Sea ecosystem. For a third of these species the region supports the...

Authors

J.A. Calder, Donald W. Hood

Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Fisheries Research Center, Alaska Science Center

January 1, 1981