Douglas Johnson
Douglas Johnson is a Research Statistician (Emeritus) for the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown, North Dakota.
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A stochastic population model of mid-continental mallards
We developed a simulation model that integrates infonnation on factors affecting the population dynamics of mallards in the mid-continental region of the United States. In the model we vary age, body mass, and reproductive and molt status of simulated females. Females use several types of nesting and foraging habitat in 15 geographic areas. Deterministic and stochastic events cause mortality or at
Authors
Rolf R. Koford, J.R. Sauer, D. H. Johnson, J. D. Nichols, M. D. Samuel
[Book review] Modern Elementary Probability and Statistics, by E. J. Dudewicz, P. Chen, and B. K. Taneja
Review of: Modern Elementary Probability and Statistics, by Edward J. Dudewicz, Pinyuen Chen, and Baldeo K. Taneja. Colombus, OH: American Sciences Press, 1989, ix + 372 pp., $34.50 (paperback).
Authors
D. H. Johnson
Breeding bird censuses 86-91: Kentucky bluegrass prairie and mixed prairie
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
D. H. Johnson, M.D. Schwartz
Ground motion
No abstract available.
Authors
Roger D. Borcherdt, N. C. Donovan, Mehmet Çelebi, A. Shakal, M. Huang, M. Reichle, C. Ventura, T. Cao, R. Bherburne, M. Savage, Robert B. Darragh, C. Petersen, David Boore, W. B. Joyner, E. V. Leyendecker, P. C. Thenhaus, Kimberly W. Campo, Margaret G. Hopper, S.L. Hanson, S. T. Algermissen, David M. Perkins, Susan E. Hough, D. Simpson, A. Lerner-Lam, P.A. Friberg, R. Busby, L. Shengold, M. Tuttle, Edward H. Field, K.H. Jacob, J. Pacheco, C. Estabrook, M. Peterson, D. H. Johnson, Arthur Frankel
Conditioning of sandhill cranes during fall migration
Body mass of adult female and male sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) increased an average of 17 and 20%, respectively, from early September to late October on staging areas in central North Dakota and varied by year. Increases in body mass averaged 550 and 681 g among female and male G. c. canadensis, respectively, and 616 and 836 g among female and male G. c. rowani. Adult and juvenile G. c. rowa
Authors
Gary L. Krapu, Douglas H. Johnson
Estimating nest success: When Mayfield wins
The Apparent estimator of nest success may be severely biased because unsuccessful nests are less likely to be found than are successful nests. The Mayfield estimator is a preferred alternative. The situation is somewhat different for nests in colonies or on islands because of greater visibility of nests, higher synchrony of nesting, and often higher hatch rates than dispersed mainland nests. Also
Authors
D. H. Johnson, T.L. Shaffer
Bird censuses 77-82: Kentucky bluegrass prairie and mixed prairies I-V
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
D. H. Johnson, M.D. Schwartz
[Book review] A new text on birds: Ornithology, by Frank B. Gill
Review of: Ornithology. Frank B. Gill. New York : W.H. Freeman, 1990. ISBN: 0716720655.
Authors
D. H. Johnson
Weights of wild mallard Anas platyrhynchos, gadwall A. strepera, and blue-winged teal A. discors during the breeding season
During 1976-81 we weighed several thousands of wild Mallard, Gadwall, and Blue-winged Teal in central North Dakota to examine duckling growth patterns, adult weights, and the factors influencing them. One-day-old Mallard and Gadwall averaged 32.4 and 30.4 g, respectively, a reduction of 34% and 29% from fresh egg weights. In all three species, the logistic growth curve provided a good fit for duck
Authors
John T. Lokemoen, Douglas H. Johnson, David E. Sharp
An empirical Bayes approach to analyzing recurring animal surveys
Recurring estimates of the size of animal populations are often required by biologists of wildlife managers. Because of cost or other constraints, estimates frequently lack the accuracy desired but cannot readily be improved by additional sampling. This report proposes a statistical method employing empirical Bayes (EB) estimators as alternatives to those customarily used to estimate population si
Authors
D. H. Johnson
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 311
A stochastic population model of mid-continental mallards
We developed a simulation model that integrates infonnation on factors affecting the population dynamics of mallards in the mid-continental region of the United States. In the model we vary age, body mass, and reproductive and molt status of simulated females. Females use several types of nesting and foraging habitat in 15 geographic areas. Deterministic and stochastic events cause mortality or at
Authors
Rolf R. Koford, J.R. Sauer, D. H. Johnson, J. D. Nichols, M. D. Samuel
[Book review] Modern Elementary Probability and Statistics, by E. J. Dudewicz, P. Chen, and B. K. Taneja
Review of: Modern Elementary Probability and Statistics, by Edward J. Dudewicz, Pinyuen Chen, and Baldeo K. Taneja. Colombus, OH: American Sciences Press, 1989, ix + 372 pp., $34.50 (paperback).
Authors
D. H. Johnson
Breeding bird censuses 86-91: Kentucky bluegrass prairie and mixed prairie
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
D. H. Johnson, M.D. Schwartz
Ground motion
No abstract available.
Authors
Roger D. Borcherdt, N. C. Donovan, Mehmet Çelebi, A. Shakal, M. Huang, M. Reichle, C. Ventura, T. Cao, R. Bherburne, M. Savage, Robert B. Darragh, C. Petersen, David Boore, W. B. Joyner, E. V. Leyendecker, P. C. Thenhaus, Kimberly W. Campo, Margaret G. Hopper, S.L. Hanson, S. T. Algermissen, David M. Perkins, Susan E. Hough, D. Simpson, A. Lerner-Lam, P.A. Friberg, R. Busby, L. Shengold, M. Tuttle, Edward H. Field, K.H. Jacob, J. Pacheco, C. Estabrook, M. Peterson, D. H. Johnson, Arthur Frankel
Conditioning of sandhill cranes during fall migration
Body mass of adult female and male sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) increased an average of 17 and 20%, respectively, from early September to late October on staging areas in central North Dakota and varied by year. Increases in body mass averaged 550 and 681 g among female and male G. c. canadensis, respectively, and 616 and 836 g among female and male G. c. rowani. Adult and juvenile G. c. rowa
Authors
Gary L. Krapu, Douglas H. Johnson
Estimating nest success: When Mayfield wins
The Apparent estimator of nest success may be severely biased because unsuccessful nests are less likely to be found than are successful nests. The Mayfield estimator is a preferred alternative. The situation is somewhat different for nests in colonies or on islands because of greater visibility of nests, higher synchrony of nesting, and often higher hatch rates than dispersed mainland nests. Also
Authors
D. H. Johnson, T.L. Shaffer
Bird censuses 77-82: Kentucky bluegrass prairie and mixed prairies I-V
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
D. H. Johnson, M.D. Schwartz
[Book review] A new text on birds: Ornithology, by Frank B. Gill
Review of: Ornithology. Frank B. Gill. New York : W.H. Freeman, 1990. ISBN: 0716720655.
Authors
D. H. Johnson
Weights of wild mallard Anas platyrhynchos, gadwall A. strepera, and blue-winged teal A. discors during the breeding season
During 1976-81 we weighed several thousands of wild Mallard, Gadwall, and Blue-winged Teal in central North Dakota to examine duckling growth patterns, adult weights, and the factors influencing them. One-day-old Mallard and Gadwall averaged 32.4 and 30.4 g, respectively, a reduction of 34% and 29% from fresh egg weights. In all three species, the logistic growth curve provided a good fit for duck
Authors
John T. Lokemoen, Douglas H. Johnson, David E. Sharp
An empirical Bayes approach to analyzing recurring animal surveys
Recurring estimates of the size of animal populations are often required by biologists of wildlife managers. Because of cost or other constraints, estimates frequently lack the accuracy desired but cannot readily be improved by additional sampling. This report proposes a statistical method employing empirical Bayes (EB) estimators as alternatives to those customarily used to estimate population si
Authors
D. H. Johnson