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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Populations and home range relationships of the box turtle, Terrapene c. carolina (Linnaeus)
SUMMARY: A population study of the box turtle (Terrapene c. carolina Linnaeus) was made during the years 1944 to 1947 at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland. A thirty acre area in well drained bottomland forest on the flood plain of the Patuxent River was selected for intensive study. Similarly forested land extended in all directions from the study plot. Markers were established at
Authors
Lucille F. Stickel
A selected bibliography of ecological life history material on North American birds
No abstract available.
Authors
Robert F. Stewart, John W. Aldrich
Pollution in the lower Columbia Basin in 1948 with particular reference to the Willamette River
Development of the salmon resources of the lower Columbia River Basin appears as sound insurance against the threat of a serious reduction in the runs to the upper river areas through the multiple-purpose programs of water development now under way by the Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, and private interests. Any comprehensive plan for the full development of the fisheries resources
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F. F. Fish, R.R. Rucker
Fourteenth breeding-bird census. 22. General farm land
No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Stewart, M.B. Meanley
[Book review] The Saga of the Waterfowl, by Martin Bovey
No abstract available.
Authors
R. E. Stewart
Toxicity and repellency to rats of actidione
The antibiotic actidione was found to be highly repellent to laboratory rats and to significantly reduce gnawing attacks upon treated paperboards. Rats refused to accept food or water containing this material even under conditions of acute starvation and died of starvation and thirst,rather than accept water containing l.0 mg. of actidione per liter. The compound is highly toxic to .rats with the
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R. Traub, J.B. DeWitt, J.F. Welch, D. Newman
Rat deterrents for paper packages
A report of the study to develop a treatment for paper and fabricating materials which will prevent or minimize damage be commensal rodents to stored package goods.
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J.F. Welch, J.B. DeWitt, E. Bellack