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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Lack of association among duck broodmates during migration and wintering
Male (Lensink, 1964: 19) and female ducks tend to return to the area where they last bred or were raised (Sowles, 1955). Band recovery data show a similar tendency for ducks to return to wintering areas (Stewart et al., 1958; Martinson, 1966). Wintering British Columbia Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) populations may be definite associations of birds that breed in the same general locality, migrate t
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R.K. Martinson, A.S. Hawkins
Singing behavior of the Swainson's warbler
Studies of the singing behavior of the Swainson?s Warbler were conducted mainly near Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, and in the Dismal Swamp, Nansemond County, Virginia, during the springs of 1965 and 1966. Singing behavior on the ground and in trees is discussed. Swainson?s Warblers sing vigorously from the time they arrive on the breeding ground until the latter part of June, when the singing of mo
Authors
B. Meanley
Yellow-headed blackbird at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
No abstract available.
Authors
B. Meanley
Collecting and rearing black flies
This paper, based on a study carried out at the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Seney, Michigan, and the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland, describes methods and techniques for collecting, storing, and rearing 8 species of Simuliidae. Included in the study were Cnephia dacotensis (Dyar & Shannon), C. mutata (Malloch), Prosimulium fuscum Syme & Davies, Simulium aureum Fries, S. de
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I.B. Tarshis
Vegetation used for nesting by the red-winged blackbird in Florida
During the breeding season of 1966, as an adjunct to a taxonomic study of Red-winged Blackbirds in Florida, 177 Redwin g nests were found. The general habitat types were noted, and the plant species harboring nests were listed.....Redwing nests were found in 30 genera of plants. Buttonbush was the primary choice; it was used to support 50 of the 177 nests. Silverling and willow were the next most
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J.F. Stowers, D.T. Harke, A.R. Stickley
Third cooperative survey of the California condor
No abstract available.
Authors
F.C. Sibley, R.D. Mallette, J.C. Borneman, P.S. Dalen