Publications
This list of publications includes peer-review journal articles, official USGS publications series, reports and more authored by scientists in the Ecosystems Mission Area. A database of all USGS publications, with advanced search features, can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Book Review: The cultivation of animal and plant cells, P.R. White, ed.
Dr. White's book, now in the second edition, is one of the standard English language texts on the in vitro cultivation of plant and animal cells, the so-called methods of tissue culture.
Authors
K. Wolf
Correlation between chemical structure and rodent repellency of benzoic acid derivatives
Sixty-five benzoic acid derivatives were either prepared or obtained from commercial concerns, tested for rat repellency, and their indices of repellency computed. The data from these tests were considered analytically for any correlation between chemical structure and rat repellency. The results suggest a qualitative relationship which is useful in deciding probability of repellency in other co
Authors
J.E. Fearn, J.B. DeWitt
Sixty-fifth Christmas Bird Count. 228. Southern Dorchester County, Md
No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Robbins
Bird mortality after spraying for Dutch elm disease with DDT
In Hanover, New Hampshire, where elms were sprayed with DDT, 151 dead birds were found; 10 dead birds were found in Norwich, Vermont, where no DDT was used. Chemical analyses of dead birds, observation of symptoms of DDT poisoning, and a population decline after spraying all indicate severe mortality among certain species in Hanover.
Authors
C.F. Wurster, D.H. Wurster, W.N. Strickland
Body condition and response to pesticides in woodcocks
Response of woodcocks (Philohela minor) to heptachlor dosage was closely related to the physical condition of the birds, as reflected by body weight and by body weight in relation to capture weight: in a series of tests with underweight birds, nearly all woodcocks died at dosage levels well below those at which nearly all the birds in a normal-weight series lived. Heptachlor residues in tissues we
Authors
William H. Stickel, Wendell E. Dodge, William G. Sheldon, James B. DeWitt, Lucille F. Stickel
Effects of field applications of heptachlor on bobwhite quail and other wild animals
A study of the effects of field applications of heptachlor on bobwhite quail (Colinus uirginianus) and other animals was conducted on three similar areas, two in Decatur County, Georgia, and one in Escambia County, Alabama, from February, 1958, to March, 1962. Heptachlor in granules was applied by aircraft on the Georgia areas for eradication of the imported fire ant (Solenopsis saevissima). Appli
Authors
W. Rosene