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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A new insular subspecies of spiny pocket mouse (Mammalia: Rodentia)
No abstract available.
Authors
R.C. Banks
The Peromyscus guardia-interparietalis complex
Peromyscus interparietalis is considered to be specifically distinct from P. guardia, of which it was originally considered a subspecies. Each species includes three subspecifically distinct populations, each endemic to an island in the northern Gulf of California, Baja California, Mexico. Two subspecies of P. interparietalis and one of P. guardia are newly described here. The mice are widespread
Authors
R.C. Banks
Some supplementary records of birds in Baja California, Mexico
No abstract available.
Authors
R.C. Banks
The occurrence of lead in tissues of wild birds
No abstract available.
Authors
George E. Bagley, L. N. Locke
Lead poisoning in Canada geese in Delaware
Trainer and Hunt (9) stated that lead poisoning of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) had been reported from three states: North Carolina, Indiana, and Wisconsin. More recently, the Mississippi Flyway Council (8) cited suspected cases of lead poisoning of Canada geese in Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, and Maryland. Hanson and Smith (6) also cited cases in widely separat
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George E. Bagley, Louis N. Locke, Gordon T. Nightingale
Care, food consumption, and behavior of bald eagles used in DDT tests
Twenty-seven Bald Eagles captured in southeastern Alaska were used in feeding tests to determine the effects of DDT in the diet.....Trapping and housing of eagles are discussed. Various aspects of eagle behavior and handling techniques are also presented. Recommendations are made for preventing injuries and increasing the comfort of captive birds.....The 1962 test birds consumed an average of 274
Authors
N.J. Chura, P.A. Stewart
Trial monitoring of pesticides in wings of mallards and black ducks
No abstract available.
Authors
R.G. Heath, R. M. Prouty
Relative toxicity of lead and selected substitute shot types to game farm mallards
The acute toxicity of lead, three types of plastic-coated lead, two lead-magnesium alloys, iron, copper, zinc-coated iron, and molybdenum-coated iron shot were tested in year-old male game farm mallards. Mallards (Anus platyrhynchos) were fed eight number 6 shot of each type and observed for a period of 60 days. Ducks used totaled 230 and most shot types were tested in three replicates of 8 ducks
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H.D. Irby, L.N. Locke, George E. Bagley
Residues in fish, wildlife, and estuaries. Indicator species near top of food chain chosen for assessment of pesticide base levels in fish and wildlife--clams, oysters, and sediment in estuarine environment
Federal efforts to determine pesticide levels in fish and wildlife are being carried out by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, U. S. Department of the Interior. Monitoring estuarine pesticide levels in clams, oysters, and sediments is a joint endeavor of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, U. S. Department of the Interior, and the Water Supply and Sea Resources Program of the National Ce
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R.E. Johnson, T.C. Carver, E. H. Dustman