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Lesser prairie-chicken space use among landscapes in relation to anthropogenic structures

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Quantify the multiple services performed by wetland ecosystems in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States

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Northern Pintail

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Synthesis of climate and ecological science to support grassland management priorities in the North Central Region

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Spatial variation in keystone effects: Small mammal diversity associated with black-tailed prairie dog colonies

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Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)

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A multispecies approach to manage effects of land cover and weather on upland game birds

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Soil modification by invasive plants: Effects on native and invasive species of mixed-grass prairies

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Decision support for restoration and management of Service-owned native prairies: Implications for grassland bird communities

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Protecting Vulnerable Grassland Birds from Climate Change

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Drought and cooler temperatures are associated with higher nest survival in Mountain Plovers

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Landscape composition creates a threshold influencing Lesser Prairie-Chicken population resilience to extreme drought

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Climate Science Champions Season 3: Aparna Bamzai-Dodson, Deputy Center Director
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Influence of Old World bluestem (Bothrichloa ischaemum) monocultures on breeding density of three grassland songbirds in Oklahoma

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Assessing spring direct mortality to avifauna from wind energy facilities in the Dakotas

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High Resolution Climate Models to Benefit Avian Conservation
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Effects of prescribed fire on vegetation and passerine birds in northern mixed-grass prairie

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Spread of plague among black-tailed prairie dogs is associated with colony spatial characteristics

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Ground Water Atlas of the United States: Segment 2, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah

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Restoration of wetland invertebrates to improve wildlife habitat in Minnesota

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Bison in Badlands National Park

Integrated conservation of bison and native prairie at Badlands National Park, South Dakota

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Eastern U.S. Biological Carbon Storage Potential Assessment
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Data release for: Does the quality and quantity of honey bee-collected pollen vary across an agricultural land-use gradient?

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Using colony monitoring devices to evaluate the impacts of land use and forage quality on honey bee health datasets

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1988 GIS Man Nature and Technology Video
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Breeding ecology and demographics of least terns and piping plovers at the Central Platte River, Nebraska

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Finding compatibility between renewable energy and whooping crane habitat

Presentations and Events

Ecological Drought: Exploring impacts on natural/cultural resources
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One Way to Develop a Geologic Hazards Program: Lessons Learned and Anecdotes
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USGS scientist collecting a water-quality sample from Zollner Creek, Oregon

First National-Scale Reconnaissance of Neonicotinoid Insecticides in United States Streams

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