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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Plant-food resources for waterfowl in the Pacific Northwest
No abstract available.
Authors
T.H. Scheffer, N. Hotchkiss
The aquatic and marsh vegetation of Minnesota and its value to waterfowl
No abstract available.
Authors
J.B. Moyle, N. Hotchkiss
Some recent publications on management and propagation of waterfowl
No abstract available.
Authors
R. B. Nestler
A comparison of the five major cereals in the maintenance diet for bobwhite quail
No abstract available.
Authors
R. B. Nestler, W. W. Bailey, W.D. Williams
Food habits of blue grouse
The food habits of Blue Grouse vary from a simple winter diet that is made up predominantly of coniferous needles to a complex diet during the summer months, characterized by great variety of foods including green leaves, fruits and seeds, flowers, animal matter and coniferous needles. The spring and fall, which represent the transition periods between these two, are characterized by feeding habit
Authors
R. E. Stewart
Wartime diet for growing bobwhite quail
Two experiments, using 784 bobwhite quail chicks, were conducted at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Bowie, Maryland, to find a growing diet that would meet wartime restrictions. In 1941 a diet containing 14 per cent sardine fish meal was formulated and gave satisfactory results from the standpoints of survival and growth. Since fish meal now is scarce, search was made for a diet without war-restrict
Authors
R. B. Nestler, L. Llewellyn, M. Benner