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Experimental analysis of methods for measuring small mammal populations

SUMMARY: The Peromyscus leucopus on a 17-acre study area were live-trapped, marked, and released over a seven-day period. On the three following nights intensive snap-trapping was done on the central acre of the study plot. The animals caught by snap traps in the central acre represented the population of the central acre and several surrounding acres. By the currently accepted methods of
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L. F. Stickel
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Experiments on toxicity of DDT to wildlife

No abstract available.
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D.R. Coburn, R. Treichler
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Fall migration at the Washington Monument

Mortality of migrating birds due to lighting of the Monument at night.
Authors
C.S. Robbins
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

Field studies of a Peromyscus population in an area treated with DDT

No abstract available.
Authors
L. F. Stickel
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

General statement on the Cedar Creek slide, Montrose, Colorado

The Cedar Creek slide is located about ten miles east of Montrose in southwestern Colorado, along the Denver Rio Grande and Western Railroad. It occupies an area about 1,000 feet square and has a maximum height above the railroad grade of more than 300 feet. The slide occurred on the north edge of a large undulated mesa composed of massive to thin-layered Mancos shale capped by 15 to 25 feet of co
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Helen D. Varnes

Geochemistry of beryllium

No abstract available.
Authors
Michael Fleischer, E.H. Cameron

Geologic mapping by means of graphic locator

No abstract available.
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David J. Varnes

Geological Survey's studies and potential reserves of natural gas

No abstract available.
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Hugh D. Miser

Geology and associated mineral deposits of some ultrabasic rock bodies in southeastern Alaska

No abstract available.
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George Clayton Kennedy, Matt S. Walton

Geology and ground-water resources of Box Butte County, Nebraska

No abstract available.
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Richard Carlysle Cady, Oliver Joseph Scherer

Geology and ground-water resources of Cedar City and Parowan Valleys, Iron County, Utah

Cedar City Valley and Parowan Valley are situated in the eastern part of Iron County, in southwestern Utah. Both valleys are traversed by United States Highway 91, which skirts the west base of the High Plateaus of Utah. The sparse population of the valleys is chiefly dependent upon agricultural products for its livelihood. The climate of the region ranges from arid to semiarid, and the agricultur
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H. E. Thomas, G.H. Taylor
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Water Resources Mission Area, Utah Water Science Center

Geology and ground-water resources of Grant, Haskell, and Stevens Counties, Kansas

No abstract available.
Authors
Thad G. McLaughlin
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Water Resources Mission Area, Kansas Water Science Center
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