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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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Do you really know your geese?

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
G.A. Sherwood

The black footed ferret in South Dakota

No abstract available.
Authors
F. Robert Henderson, Paul F. Springer, Richard Adrian

Ecological relationships of breeding blue-winged teal to prairie potholes

Ecology of breeding blue-winged teal (Anas discors) was studied on the Waubay Study Area in Day County, South Dakota, in 1965 and 1966. Breeding pair use of the wetland habitat and importance of Type 1 ponds in the wetland complex were evaluated. Changes in breeding pair densities and wetland habitat conditions on the study area were compared for the 16-year period, 1950-66.Blue-winged teal pair d
Authors
R.C. Drewien, P. F. Springer

Food habits of canvasbacks, redheads, and lesser scaup in Manitoba

No abstract available.
Authors
James C. Bartonek, Joseph J. Hickey

A comparison of methods used to obtain age ratios of snow and Canada geese

The validity of group counts, cannon-net catches, and hunter-bag checks for estimating productivity of lesser snow geese (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) and small Canada geese (Branta canadensis hutchinsii-parvipes complex) was studied at Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge during the falls of 1965 and 1966. Age ratios of snow geese obtained from net-trapped samples were significantly higher (P <
Authors
K.F. Higgins, R. L. Linder, P. F. Springer

[Book review] Waterfowl--their biology and natural history, by Paul A. Johnsgard

Review of: Waterfowl. Their Biology and Natural History. Johnsgard, Paul A. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London 1968. XVIII+138 pages.
Authors
H.K. Nelson

Age determination of blue-winged teal

Primary feather length, markings on the greater secondary coverts, and the degree of bill spotting were evaluated as characters for use in the spring to distinguish first-year, blue-winged teal (Anas discors) females from older ones. The length of the 10th primary feather did not prove suitable to separate different aged females. Extreme primary lengths might be used to determine the age of some m
Authors
C.W. Dane

Specimen records of greater scaup

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
C.W. Dane, H. F. Duebbert

Nesting baskets for ducks

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
H. A. Doty