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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Prevalence of Toxoplasma antibodies in rabbits, squirrels, and raccoons collected in and near the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
No abstract available.
Authors
L. Jacobs, A.M. Stanley, C. M. Herman
Report of the National Mosquito Control-Fish and Wildlife Management Coordination Committee for 1961
No abstract available.
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P. F. Springer, R.L. Vannote, K.D. Quarterman, A.W. Lindquist, E.A. Seaman, I.N. Gabrielson
The role of birds in the epizootiology of eastern encephalitis
Eastern encephalitis is a disease of horses, man, birds, and reptiles caused by a virus that in some hosts results in an inflammation of the brain. The causative virus belongs to a group classified as mosquito-borne encephalitides. This disease, more commonly called eastern equine encephalitis in the past, occurs from Wisconsin and Texas to the Atlantic coast and is particularly prevalent on our e
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C. M. Herman
Feeding behavior of the red-winged blackbird in the Dismal Swamp region of Virginia
No abstract available.
Authors
B. Meanley
Pellet casting by king and clapper rails
The King Rail (Rallus elegans) and Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris), whose major food is crustaceans, reject the exoskeletal fragments of these animals through the regurgitation of pellets. Seven King Rail pellets collected in Dorchester County, Maryland, averaged 2.0 cm long by 1.5 cm wide.
Authors
Brooke Meanley
Cooperative redwing banding program
No abstract available.
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B. Meanley, J.S. Webb, D. P. Fankhauser
Trichomonad canker in the Inca dove, Scardafella inca (Lesson)
No abstract available.
Authors
L. N. Locke, P. James
Some current thoughts of wildlife biologists concerning mosquito control
No abstract available.
Authors
J.L. George
Determination of 2-isovaleryl-1,3-indandione with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine. Rodenticide Analysis.
At present, three 2-alkyl-1,3-indandiones (PMP, pival, and diphacinon) are widely used as rodenticides. Because analytical procedures now in use are empirical and do not furnish adequate or positive means for distinguishing among these closely related compounds, studies were undertaken to develop a sensitive and specific method for the determination of PMP. The relation between KCN and the 2,4-d
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C. M. Menzie, V. A. Adomaitis, W. L. Reichel
Residues of heptachlor epoxide in wild animals
No abstract available.
Authors
W. Rosene, P. Stewart, V. Adomaitis