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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Aspects of the nesting ecology of least terns and piping plovers in central Nebraska
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Authors
C. A. Faanes
The nesting season - Northern Great Plains Region
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Authors
C. A. Faanes
Foraging dives by post-breeding northern pintails
Dabbling ducks (Anatini), including Northern Pintails (Anas acuta), typically feed by “tipping-up” (Bellrose, Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America, Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1976) in shallow water. Pintails are not as adapted for diving as members of Aythyini or Oxyurini (Catlett and Johnston, Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 47A:925-931, 1974); however, incidents of foraging dives by
Authors
Michael R. Miller
Migration and winter distributions of canvasbacks staging on the Upper Mississippi River
Fall and winter distribution patterns of canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria) staging on the upper Mississippi River near LaCrosse, Wisconsin (navigational Pools 7 and 8) and Keokuk, Iowa (Pool 19) were studied during 1973-77. Sightings and recoveries obtained from 1,488 color-marked males during 1973-75 and 3,789 banded males and females during 1973-77 suggested 2 principal migration corridors: 1 ext
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J.R. Serie, D.L. Trauger, D.E. Sharp
Water storage capacity of natural wetland depressions in the Devils Lake basin of North Dakota
Photogrammetric mapping techniques were used to derive the water storage capacities of natural wetland depressions other than lakes in the Devils Lake Basin of North Dakota. Results from sample quarter-section areas were expanded to the entire basin. Depressions in the Devils Lake Basin have a maximum storage capacity of nearly 811,000 cubic dekameters (657,000 acre-feet). The depressions store ab
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A.P. Ludden, D.L. Frink, D. H. Johnson
Chemical characteristics of waters in northern prairie wetlands
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V. A. Adomaitis, G.A. Swanson, J.A. Shoesmith
Preliminary report on exclusion fencing used in combination with lethal control for managing upland waterfowl nesting habitat
No abstract available.
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R. J. Greenwood, P.M. Arnold, B.G. McGuire
Environmental factors that influence prescribed burning in the Northern Plains
Several environmental conditions were recorded and analyzed for 192 prescribed burns in the Northern Great Plains. The purpose of these burns was to improve wildlife habitat and manipulate native prairie vegetation. All of the fires occurred in grassland and shrubsteppe vegetation types. Fuels were predominantly grasses and forbs intermixed with patches of shrubs. Nearly all of the fuels were 50 p
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A.D. Kruse, K.F. Higgins, J.L. Piehl
Afternoon closure of hunting and recovery rates of mallards banded in Minnesota
No abstract available.
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R.E. Kirby, J. E. Hines, J. D. Nichols
Changes in vegetation structure in seeded nesting cover in the prairie pothole region
A sample of 365 stands of seeded nesting cover (mixtures of cool-season grasses and legumes) was studied in the glaciated prairie pothole region during 1977-79. Measurements of species composition, canopy cover, plant height, and visual obstruction values differed with stand age but only in a general way when results from over the entire region were pooled. Maximum values for plant height and visu
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K.F. Higgins, W.T. Barker