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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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Thirty-seventh breeding bird census - mixed prairie

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
D. H. Johnson, G.L. Krapu

Horned grebe breeding records in north-central South Dakota

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
H. F. Duebbert, J. T. Lokemoen

High survival and homing rate of hand-reared wild-strain mallards

In the summer of 1970, 648 (329 males and 319 females) hand-reared wild-strain mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) were banded and released at the Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge, Edmunds, North Dakota. The females were also marked with numbered nasal saddles. Liberation was by the gentle release method, and no special effort was made to isolate or condition the ducklings prior to release. Ducklings
Authors
F.B. Lee, A.D. Kruse

Canada goose restoration in North Dakota

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
F.B. Lee, A.D. Kruse, C.H. Schroeder

Influence of radio packs on captive mallards and blue-winged teal

Back-mounted radio packs of three weights were attached to 30 captive mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) and 30 blue-winged teal (A. discors), and physical condition of the birds was evaluated for 12 weeks. All groups with radio packs lost more weight than did control groups. Feather wear often followed by skin irritation occurred in the axillary region of the wings on 90 percent of the treated birds w
Authors
R. J. Greenwood, A. B. Sargeant