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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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Loss of bands from adult herring gulls

No abstract available.
Authors
J.A. Kadlec, W.H. Drury

Growth and mortality of herring gull chicks

No abstract available.
Authors
J.A. Kadlec, W.H. Drury, D.K. Onion

Lead poisoning and aspergillosis in an Andean condor

No abstract available.
Authors
L. N. Locke, George E. Bagley, D.N. Frickie, L. T. Young

Survival in wood duck broods

Mortality of wood ducklings (Aix sponsa) from hatching to 6 weeks of age averaged 47 percent during a 4-year study at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Over 90 percent of the total mortality occurred during the first 2 weeks of life. Brood bonds began to dissolve after the fifth week. hlortality after 2 weeks was so low that Class I1 broods were believed to provide reliable estimates of produ
Authors
F. B. McGilvrey

Pre-nesting and nesting behavior of the Swainson's warbler

The Swainson?s Warbler is one of the least known of southern birds. Although fairly common in some parts of its summer range, observations of its breeding biology have been made by very few persons. The present study was conducted mostly at Macon, Georgia; Pendleton Ferry, Arkansas; and Dismal Swamp, Virginia....In central Georgia and east-central Arkansas, Swainson?s Warblers usually arrive on th
Authors
B. Meanley

Swainson warbler in the Dismal Swamp

No abstract available.
Authors
B. Meanley

Bird records from Nevada

No abstract available.
Authors
R.C. Banks, D.E. Lewis