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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Report of state-wide bird count, May 4, 1957
No abstract available.
Authors
P.W. Jones, C.S. Robbins
Effects on wildlife of aerial applications of strobane, DDT, and BHC to tidal marshes in Delaware
The principal purpose of this study was to ascertain what effect on wildlife, if any, would result from the use of the new insecticide, Strobane, for mosquito control on tideland areas. Comparisons were made with DDT and BHC (43 per cent gamma isomer) commonly used in control operations. The investigation was carried out on the tidal marshes of Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna, Del
Authors
J.L. George, R.F. Darsie, P. F. Springer
The use of mist nets in trapping and banding migratory birds
No abstract available.
Authors
A.J. Duvall
Federal chemist reports on insecticide dangers
There's been much discussion, and considerable argument, in recent years regarding the effects of crop dusting on game populations. In an attempt to get some of the answers, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been conducting a series of experiments, using captive quail? and pheasants.....By. feeding. specified amounts??of various insecticides, they found how 'much it would take to kill outri
Authors
J.B. DeWitt
The occurrence of blood protozoa in North American birds
This report is based on review of literature and examination of a great number of blood smears from native birds in North America, particularly Passeriformes and Anseriformes. Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon occur most frequently, although various species of Plasmodium and, occasionally, other less known forms are recognized. Prevalence of these parasites in wild birds is related to season of yea
Authors
C. M. Herman
The prevalence of Eurytrema procyonis Denton (Trematoda:Dicrocoeliidae) in some mammals from Maryland
No abstract available.
Authors
C. M. Herman, P. M. Bauman, R.T. Habermann
Notes on the courtship behavior of the king rail
The King Rail (Rallus elegans) has been well known to collectors, hunters, and bird watchers ever since its discovery by Audubon in the early 1800's but few detailed behavior studies have been made of this species. The present paper, the third in a series based on observations in the rice fields of eastern Arkansas (Meanley, 1953 and 1956), presents information concerning the courtship behavior o
Authors
B. Meanley