Publications
This list of publications includes peer-review journal articles, official USGS publications series, reports and more authored by scientists in the Ecosystems Mission Area. A database of all USGS publications, with advanced search features, can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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The Literature of the Western Clapper Rails
No abstract available.
Authors
S.R. Wilbur, R. E. Tomlinson
Wildlife importation into the United States, 1900-1972
Data from Bureau of Biological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports show an overall increase in the number of birds and mammals imported from 1900 to 1972. The trend was interrupted by World War I, the economic depression of the 1930's, and World War II. Data are lacking for the years after World War II until 1968. Until 1942, domesticated canaries and a few species of game birds m
Authors
R.C. Banks
Methods for locating, trapping and banding band-tailed pigeons in Colorado
No abstract available.
Authors
C.E. Braun
Karyotypic variation in oryzomyine rodents (Cricetinae) with comments on chromosomal evolution in the neotropical cricetine complex
No abstract available.
Authors
A.L. Gardner, J.L. Patton
Newsletter for the Accelerated Research Program for migratory shore and upland game birds
No abstract available.
Authors
R.A. Coon
Sexual Size Dimorphism in Hawks and Owls of North America
No abstract available.
Authors
N.F.R. Snyder, J. W. Wiley
Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator Richardson
No abstract available.
Authors
W.E. Banko, A.W. Schorger
Incidence of lead shot in canvasbacks
During 1975 and 1976, 2,544 canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria) from North Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Maryland were flouroscoped to determine the incidence of body shot. A significant increase from west to east was detected in the incidence of shot for immatures from the four states. The incidence of shot in immatures after the 1975-76 hunting season was 18 percent in Maryland and 20 percent
Authors
M. C. Perry
Chemical pollutants in field-collected canvasback tissues, eggs, and food materials
In 1972 studies began on the levels of environmental pollutants in canvasback tissues, eggs, and food items. The purpose of the studies were to determine if the levels of toxic chemicals found in canvasbacks were of the magnitude to cause problems affecting reproduction and survival. Overall, levels of organochlorine pesticides and PCB's were low in canvasbacks and their eggs. Some individual b
Authors
D. H. White, M. P. Dieter, R.C. Stendell
Preliminary assessment of aerial photography techniques for canvasback population analysis
Recent intensive research on the canvasback has focused attention on the need for more precise estimates of population parameters. During the 1972-75 period, various types of aerial photographing equipment were evaluated to determine the problems and potentials for employing these techniques in appraisals of canvasback populations. The equipment and procedures available for automated analysis of
Authors
R. E. Munro, D.L. Trauger