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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An updated comprehensive annotated list of the butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) occuring at Sullys Hill National Game Preserve Benson County, North Dakota 1995-1996
A project to produce a comprehensive, site-specific butterfly list that could serve as a basis for future monitoring of butterfly populations and as an aid in making management decisions for the area.
Authors
Ron Royer
Waterfowl communities in the northern plains: Chapter 13
Features that determine the composition of avian communities have received extensive and enthusiastic attention, both empirically and theoretically (e.g., Cody 1974; Strong et al. 1984; Wiens, 1989a,b). Interspecific competition for limited resources is one influence widely regarded as critical, but others include species-specific responses to environmental conditions, predation, parasitism, comme
Authors
Douglas H. Johnson
The alkali (Scirpus maritimus L.) and saltmarsh (S. robustus Pursh) bulrushes : a literature review
No abstract available.
Authors
Harold A. Kantrud
Erosion and deposition at the riffle-pool scale in gravel-bed streams, Ozark Plateaus, Missouri and Arkansas, 1990-95
No abstract available.
Authors
R.A. McKenney, R. B. Jacobson
Management of northern prairies and wetlands for the conservation of neotropical migratory birds
Grasslands and wetlands of the northern prairies provide important breeding habitat for a number of birds. Deciding which species deserve most attention in managing those habitats depends, in part, on the importance of the area to the species. Many species in northern prairies are more common elsewhere and need no special consideration in that area. Several species, however, are critically depende
Authors
Douglas H. Johnson
Ranges of North American breeding birds: visualizing long-term population changes in North American breeding birds
These maps show changes in the distribution and abundance patterns of some North American birds for the last 20 years. For each species there are four maps, each representing the average distribution and abundance pattern over the five-year periods 1970-1974, 1975-1979, 1980-1984, and 1985-1989.
The maps are based on data collected by the USFWS/CWS Breeding Bird Survey (BBS). Only BBS routes that
Authors
Jeff Price
Valley Habitats: A technical guidance series for private land managers in California's Central Valley
No abstract available.
Authors
M. R. Miller, J. Fleskes, Michael L. Casazza, J. E. Austin
Point counts of birds: what are we estimating?
Point counts of birds are made for many reasons, including estimating local densities, determining population trends, assessing habitat preferences, and exploiting the activities of recreational birdwatchers. Problems arise unless there is a clear understanding of what point counts mean in terms of actual populations of birds. Criteria for conducting point counts depend strongly on the purposes to
Authors
D. H. Johnson
[Book review] Railroad Postcards in the Age of Steam, by H. Roger Grant
Book review: Railroad Postcards in the Age of Steam. H. Roger Grant. University Of Iowa Press. 1994. 217 pages. ISBN: 0877454655.
Authors
D. H. Johnson
[Book review] Skua and penguin: Predator and prey
The skua and penguin with title billing in this book are specifically the South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki) and the Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), More specifically, they are the populations of those two species that breed at Cape Bird on Ross Island, Antarctica (77°14'S, 16628'E), where the author and his students and colleagues conducted research during 1965-1970, Young presents th
Authors
P.J. Pietz