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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Fall migration at the Washington Monument
Mortality of migrating birds due to lighting of the Monument at night.
Authors
C.S. Robbins
Effects on forest birds of DDT used for gypsy moth control in Pennsylvania
1. Systematic censuses of the birds on three 40-acre tracts of forest near Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, were made between May 1 and June 27, 1945, to determine the breeding populations....2. Between May 24 and June 1 a 600-acre area enclosing the first (Mile Square) was sprayed by airplane with DDT in oil solution at 5 pounds per acre. On June 9 a 350-acre area enclosing the second t
Authors
N. Hotchkiss, R.H. Pough
Effects of DDT on birds at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge
The spraying of DDT at the rate of 2 pounds per acre on a tract of land within the well-drained bottomland forest at the Patuxent Research Refuge on June 5, 1945, had little or no effect on the bird population of the area, with the possible exception of the redstart (Setophaga ruticilla). Considerable evidence was accumulated showing that this species was probably somewhat reduced. The effective
Authors
R. E. Stewart, J.B. Cope, C.S. Robbins, J.W. Brainerd