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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Weather monitoring protocol for two prairie parks
No abstract available.
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F.A. Akyuz, P. Guinan, G.D. Willson
Ecological classification of riparian areas in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways
No abstract available.
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C.E.B. Buck, K.W. Grabner, T.A. Nigh
1997-1998 butterfly monitoring at Homestead National Monument of America
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W.M. Rizzo
Wolf restoration to the Adirondacks: the advantages and disadvantages of public participation in the decision
The first time I ever saw a wolf in New York State's Adirondack Mountains was in 1956. It was a brush wolf, or coyote (Canis latrans), not a real wolf, but to an eager young wildlife student this distinction meant little. The presence of this large deer-killing canid let my fresh imagination view the Adirondacks as a real northern wilderness.
Since then I have spent the last 40 years studying the
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L. David Mech
Butterfly monitoring protocol for four prairie parks
No abstract available.
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D. Debinski, S. Mahady, W.M. Rizzo, G.D. Willson
Cowbird parasitism in grassland and cropland in the northern Great Plains
The landscape of the Great Plains has been greatly altered by human activities in the past century, and several grassland passerines have experienced significant population declines in recent decades. We explore here whether brood parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds, which are abundant in the Great Plains, has contributed to these declines. We measured the frequency of cowbird parasitism of passer
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Rolf R. Koford, B. S. Bowen, John T. Lokemoen, Arnold D. Kruse
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Eastern Meadowlark
Information on the habitat requirements and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 4,000 published and unpublished papers. A range map is provided to indicate the relative densities of the species in North America, based on Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data. Although birds frequently are observed outside the breeding range indicated, the maps a
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Scott D. Hull
Description and identification of American Black Duck, Mallard, and hybrid wing plumage
We developed a key to identify wings of hybrids between American Black Ducks (Anas rubripes) and Mallards (A. platyrhynchos). Material for analysis included review of historical descriptions dating from the late 1700's, older museum collections in Europe and North America, wings collected from hunters in North America and Great Britain, birds banded in Canada and the United States, and a flock of
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Ronald E. Kirby, Austin Reed, Pierre Dupuis, Holliday H. Obrecht, Walter J. Quist
Estimated costs of maintaining a recovered wolf population in agricultural regions of Minnesota
The annual costs of maintaining Minnesota gray wolves (Canis lupus), now numbering about 2,500, under 2 plans are compared: (1) maintaining a population of about 1,400 primarily in the wilderness and semi-wilderness as recommended by the Eastern Timber Wolf Recovery Plan, and (2) allowing wolves to continue colonizing agricultural areas for 5 years after removal from the endangered species list, a
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L. D. Mech
The mathematics of movement
Review of: Quantitative Analysis of Movement: Measuring and Modeling Population Redistribution in Animals and Plants. Peter Turchin. 1998. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA. 306 pages. $38.95 (paper).
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D. H. Johnson
[Book review] Range Plant Identification, by United States Forest Service
Review of: Range plant identification. United States Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 1979. Washington, D.C.
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L.D. Igl