USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
8711 37th Street Southeast
Jamestown, North Dakota 58401
Phone: (701) 253-5500 Fax: (701) 253-5553
Email: npwrc@usgs.gov
2012
Development of Camera Technology for Monitoring Nests, W. Andrew Cox, M. Shane Pruett, Thomas J. Benson, Scott J. Chiavacci, and Frank R. Thompson III
Identification of Sprague's Pipit Nest Predators, Stephen K. Davis, Stephanie L. Jones, Kimberly Dohms, and Teslin Holmes
Nest Defense- Grassland Bird Responses To Snakes, Kevin Ellison and Christine Ribic
Ducks and Passerines Nesting in Northern Mixed-Grass Prairie Treated With Fire, Todd A. Grant, Terry L. Shaffer, Elizabeth M. Madden, and Gordon B. Berkey
Wolf Population Dynamics in the U.S. Northern Rocky Mountains Are Affected by Recruitment and Human-Caused Mortality, Justin A. Gude, Michael S. Mitchell, Robin E. Russell, Carolyn A. Sime, L. David Mech, and Robert R. Ream
Mapping Anuran Habitat Suitability to Estimate Effects of Grassland and Wetland Conservation Programs, David M. Mushet, Ned H. Euliss Jr., and Craig A. Stockwell
Hatching and Fledging Times from Grassland Passerine Nests, Pamela J. Pietz, D.A. Granfors, and Todd Grant
Knowledge Gained from Video-Monitoring Grassland Passerine Nests, P.J. Pietz, D.A. Granfors, C.A. Ribic, and F. R. Thompson
Predatory Identity Can Explain Nest Predation Patterns, Jennifer L. Reidy and Frank Thompson
Bird Productivity and Nest Predation in Agricultural Grasslands, C.A. Ribic, Michael Guzy, Travis Anderson, David Sample, and Jamie Nack
Nocturnal Activity of Nesting Shrubland and Grassland Passerines, Christy Slay, Kevin Ellison, C.A. Ribic, Kimberly Smith, and Carolyn Schmitz
Conservation Implications When the Nest Predators Are Known, Frank Thompson and C.A. Ribic
2011
A Multi-Year Comparison of IPCI Scores for Prairie Pothole Wetlands: Implications of Temporal and Spatial Variation, Ned H. Euliss Jr. and David M. Mushet
Integrating estimates of ecosystem services from conservation programs and practices into models for decision makers, Ned H. Euliss Jr., Loren M. Smith, Shuguang Liu, Walter G. Duffy, Stephen P. Faulkner, Robert A. Gleason, and S. Diane Eckles
Prototyping an online wetland ecosystem services model using open model sharing standards, Min Feng, Shuguang Liu, Ned H. Euliss Jr., Claudia Young, and David M. Mushet
Demonstration of a conceptual model for using LiDAR to improve the estimation of floodwater mitigation potential of Prairie Pothole Region wetlands, Shengli Huang, Claudia Young, Min Feng, Karl Heidemann, Matthew Cushing, David M. Mushet, and Shuguang Liu
Spring-migration Ecology of Northern Pintails in South-central Nebraska, Aaron T. Pearse, Gary L. Krapu, Robert R. Cox Jr., and Bruce E. Davis
Classifying the Hydrologic Function of Prairie Potholes with Remote Sensing and GIS, Jennifer Rover, Chris K. Wright, Ned H. Euliss Jr., David M. Mushet, and Bruce K. Wylie
2009
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Vulnerability of Rehabilitated Agricultural Production Systems to Invasion by Nontarget Plant Species, Sara G. Baer, David M. Engle, Johannes M. H. Knops, Kenneth A. Langeland, Bruce D. Maxwell, Fabian D. Menalled, and Amy J. Symstad
Wolf Use of Summer Territory in Northeastern Minnesota, Dominic J. Demma and L. David Mech
Feeding Ecology of Arctic-Nesting Sandpipers During Spring Migration Through the Prairie Pothole Region, Jan Eldridge, Gary Krapu, and Douglas Johnson
Body Size and Predatory Performance in Wolves: Is Bigger Better?, Daniel R. MacNulty, Douglas W. Smith, L. David Mech, and Lynn E. Eberly
Chapter 2: Long-Term Research on Wolves in the Superior National Forest, L. David Mech
Role of Invasive Melilotus officinalis in Two Native Plant Communities, Laura C. Van Riper and Diane L. Larson
2008
Using Plasma-Lipid Metabolites to Index Changes in Lipid Reserves of Free-Living Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis), Michael Anteau and Alan Afton
Diets of Lesser Scaup during Spring Migration throughout the Upper-Midwest are Consistent with the Spring Condition Hypothesis, Michael J. Anteau and Alan Afton
Amphiod Densities and Indices of Wetland Quality Across the Upper-Midwest, USA, Michael J. Anteau and Alan D. Afton
Elk Calf Survival and Mortality Following Wolf Restoration to Yellowstone National Park, Shannon M. Barber-Meyer, L. David Mech, and P. J. White
Linking Ecosystem Processes with Wetland Management Goals: Charting a Course for a Sustainable Future, Ned H. Euliss Jr., Loren M. Smith, Douglas A. Wilcox, and Bryant A. Browne
Prairie Pothole Regional Studies, Robert A. Gleason
Ecosystem Services Derived from Wetland Conservation Practices in the United States Prairie Pothole Region with an Emphasis on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Conservation Reserve and Wetlands Reserve Programs, Robert A. Gleason, Murray K. Laubhan, Brian A. Tangen, and Kevin E. Kermes
A Two-Part Measure of Degree of Invasion for Cross-Community Comparisons, Qinfeng Guo and Amy Symstad
Effectiveness of Lethal, Directed Wolf-Depredation Control in Minnesota, Elizabeth Harper, William J. Paul, L. David Mech, and Sanford Weisberg
Soil Modification by Invasive Plants: Effects on Native and Invasive Species of Mixed-Grass Prairies, Nicholas R. Jordan, Diane L. Larson, and Sheri C. Huerd
Long-Term Dynamics of Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula) and its Biocontrol Agent, Flea Beetles in the Genus Aphthona, Diane L. Larson, James B. Grace, and Jennifer L. Larson
Crying Wolf: Concluding that Wolves were not Restored, L. David Mech
Restoration of Mangrove Plantations and Colonisation by Native Species in Leizhou Bay, South China, Hai Ren, Shuguang Jian, Hongfang Lu, Qianmei Zhang, Weijun Shen, Weidong Han, Zuoyun Yin, and Qinfeng Guo
Comparing Local vs. Global Visible and Near-Infrared (VisNIR) Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS) Calibrations for the Prediction of Soil Clay, Organic C and Inorganic C, Joel B. Sankey, David J. Brown, Melisa L. Bernard, and Rick L. Lawrence
Application of a Geomorphic and Temporal Perspective to Wetland Management in North America, Loren M. Smith, Ned H. Euliss Jr., Douglas A. Wilcox, and Mark M. Brinson
Impact of West Nile Virus and Other Mortality Factors on American White Pelicans at Breeding Colonies in the Northern Plains of North America, Marsha A. Sovada, Pamela J. Pietz, Kathryn A. Converse, D. Tommy King, Erik K. Hofmeister, Paulette Scherr, and Hon S. Ip
2007
Effects of Habitat Management Treatments on Plant Community Composition and Biomass in a Montane Wetland, Jane E. Austin, Janet R. Keough, and William H. Pyle
Sandhill Crane Abundance and Nesting Ecology at Grays Lake, Idaho, Jane Austin, Adonia Henry, and I. Joseph Hall
Interleukin-6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Values in Elk Neonates, Shannon M. Barber-Meyer, Craig R. Johnson, Michael P. Murtaugh, L. David Mech, and P. J. White
Survey of Selected Pathogens and Blood Parameters of Northern Yellowstone Elk: Wolf Sanitation Effect Implications, Shannon M. Barber-Meyer, P. J. White, and L. David Mech
Defining Space Use and Movements of Canada Lynx with Global Positioning System Telemetry, Christopher Burdett, Ron Moen, Gerald J. Niemi, and L. David Mech
Testing Global Positioning System Telemetry to Study Wolf Predation on Deer Fawns, Dominic Demma, Shannon Barber-Meyer, and L. David Mech
Protocol for Investigating Displacement Effects of Wind Facilities on Grassland Songbirds, Wallace Erickson, Dale Strickland, Jill A. Shaffer, and Douglas H. Johnson
Estimating Water Storage Capacity of Existing and Potentially Restorable Wetland Depressions in a Subbasin of the Red River of the North, Robert A. Gleason; Brian A. Tangen; Murray K. Laubhan; Kevin E. Kermes; and Ned H. Euliss, Jr.
First Record of Corisella inscripta (Uhler) (Heteroptera: Corixidae) from North Dakota, Bruce A. Hanson, David M. Mushet, Ned H. Euliss Jr., and Steve W. Chordas III
Influence of Wind Generators on Grassland-Breeding Birds, Douglas H. Johnson and Jill A. Shaffer
Grassland Establishment for Wildlife Conservation, D. Todd Jones-Farrand; Loren W. Burger, Jr.; Douglas H. Johnson; and Mark R. Ryan
Review of Waterfowl Ecology and Management by Guy A. Baldassarre and Eric G. Bolen, Gary Krapu
Short-term Disruption of a Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula) Biocontrol Program Following Herbicide Application, Diane L. Larson, James B. Grace, Paul A. Rabie, and Paula Andersen
A Proposed Ethogram of Large-Carnivore Predatory Behavior, Exemplified by the Wolf, Daniel MacNulty, L. David Mech, and Douglas Smith
Femur-Marrow Fat of White-Tailed Deer Fawns Killed by Wolves, L. David Mech
2006
Conspecific Attraction in a Grassland Bird, the Baird’s Sparrow, Marissa A. Ahlering, Douglas H. Johnson, and John Faaborg
Are trans-Pacific invasions the new wave?, Ragan M. Callaway, Shi Li Miao, and Qinfeng Guo
Proximate and Landscape Factors Influence Grassland Bird Distributions, Mary Ann Cunningham and Douglas H. Johnson
Factors Influencing Soil Invertebrate Communities in Riparian Grasslands of the Central Platte River Floodplain, Craig A. Davis, Jane E. Austin, and Deborah A. Buhl
Factors Influencing Soil Invertebrate Communities in Riparian Grasslands of the Central Platte River Floodplain, Craig A. Davis, Jane E. Austin, and Deborah A. Buhl
North American Prairie Wetlands are Important Nonforested Land-Based Carbon Storage Sites, Ned H. Euliss Jr., R.A. Gleason, A. Olness, R.L. McDougal, H.R. Murkin, R.D. Robarts, R.A. Bourbonniere, and B.G. Warner
Survival of Adult Female Elk in Yellowstone Following Wolf Restoration, Shaney Evans, L. David Mech, P. J. White, and Glen A. Sergeant
Intercontinental biotic invasions: what can we learn from native populations and habitats?, Qinfeng Guo
Distributions of Exotic Plants in Eastern Asia and North America, Qinfeng Guo, Hong Qian, Robert E. Ricklefs, and Weimin Xi
Community Maturity, Species Saturation and the Variant Diversity–Productivity Relationships in Grasslands, Qinfeng Guo, Terry Shaffer, and Thomas Buhl
A Historical Perspective: Changes in Grassland Breeding Bird Densities Within Major Habitats in North Dakota Between 1967 and 1992-1993, Lawrence D. Igl, Douglas H. Johnson, and Harold A. Kantrud
The Many Faces of Replication, Douglas Johnson
Evidence of a Decline in Fat Storage by Midcontinental Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska During Spring: A Preliminary Assessment, Gary Krapu, David Brandt, Deborah Buhl, and Gary Lingle
Fat Dynamics of Arctic-Nesting Sandpipers During Spring in Mid-Continental North America, Gary Krapu, Jan Eldridge, Cherri Grato-Trevor, and Deborah Buhl
Mallard Brood Movements, Wetland Use, and Duckling Survival During and Following a Prairie Drought, Gary Krapu; Pamela Pietz; David Brandt; and Robert Cox, Jr.
Insect Visitation and Pollen Deposition in an Invaded Prairie Plant Community, Diane L. Larson, Ronald A. Royer, and Margaret R. Royer
A Preliminary Biological Assessment of Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex, North Dakota, Murray K. Laubhan; Robert A. Gleason; Gregory A. Knutsen; Rachel A. Laubhan; and N. H. Euliss, Jr.
Influences of Management Regimes on Breeding Bird Densities and Habitat in Mixed-Grass Prairie: An Example from North Dakota, Andrea A. Lueders, Patricia L. Kennedy, and Douglas H. Johnson
Age-Related Body Mass and Reproductive Measurements of Gray Wolves in Minnesota, L. David Mech
Estimated Age Structure of Wolves in Northeastern Minnesota, L. David Mech
Prediction Failure of a Wolf Landscape Model, L. David Mech
A 3-Decade Dearth of Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in a Wolf (Canis lupus)–Dominated Ecosystem, Michael Nelson and L. David Mech
Avian Response to Meadow Restoration in the Central Great Plains, Rosalind B. Renfrew, Douglas H. Johnson, Gary R. Lingle, and W. Douglas Robinson
Patch Size and Landscape Effects on Density and Nesting Success of Grassland Birds, Maiken Winter, Douglas H. Johnson, Jill A. Shaffer, Therese M. Donovan, and W. Daniel Svedarsky
2005
Patterns of Habitat Use by Whooping Cranes During Migration: Summary from 1977-1999 Site Evaluation Data, Jane Austin and Amy Richert
Potential of Restored Prairie Wetlands in the Glaciated North American Prairie to Sequester Atmospheric Carbon, Robert A. Gleason; Ned H. Euliss, Jr.; Rhonda L. McDougal; Kevin E. Kermes; Edward N. Steadman; and John A. Harju
Inter-species variation in yolk steroid levels and a cowbird-host comparison, D. Caldwell Hahn, Jeff S. Hatfield, Mahmoud A. Abdelnabi, Julie M. Wu, Lawrence D. Igl, and Mary A. Ottinger
First Record of Graphoderus Liberus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in North Dakota, Bruce A. Hanson; Ned H. Euliss, Jr.; and David M. Mushet
Biotic Interactions as Determinants of Ecosystem Structure in Prairie Wetlands: An Example Using Fish, Mark A. Hanson, Kyle D. Zimmer, Malcolm G. Butler, Brian A. Tangen, Brian R. Herwig, and Ned H. Euliss Jr.
Causes of wolf depredation increase in Minnesota from 1979-1998, Elizabeth K. Harper, William J. Paul, and L. David Mech
The Quintessential Companion for North American Birders, Lawrence D. Igl
A Retrospective Perspective: Evaluating Population Changes by Repeating Historic Bird Surveys, Lawrence D. Igl and Douglas H. Johnson
A Fresh Look at the Taxonomy of Midcontinental Sandhill Cranes, Douglas Johnson, Jane Austin, and Jill Shaffer
Population Genetic Structure in Migratory Sandhill Cranes and the Role of Pleistocene Glaciations, Kenneth Jones, Gary Krapu, David Brandt, and Mary Ashley
Habitat Preferences of Migrant and Wintering Northern Harriers in Northwestern Texas, Caroll D. Littlefield and Douglas H. Johnson
Markov Chain Monte Carlo Estimation of Species Distributions: A Case Study of the Swift Fox in Western Kansas, Glen A. Sargeant, Marsha A. Sovada, Christiane C. Slivinski, and Douglas H. Johnson
Plains Harvest Mouse in North Dakota, Robert W. Seabloom and Terry L. Shaffer
Does Choice of Estimators Influence Conclusions from True Metabolizable Energy Feeding Trials?, Mark H. Sherfy, Roy L. Kirkpatrick, and Kenneth E. Webb Jr.
Variability in Vegetation Effects on Density and Nesting Success of Grassland Birds, Maiken Winter, Douglas H. Johnson, and Jill A. Shaffer
Habitat and nesting of Le Conte's Sparrows in the northern tallgrass prairie, Maiken Winter, Jill A. Shaffer, Douglas H. Johnson, Therese M. Donovan, W. Daniel Svedarsky, Peter W. Jones, and Betty R. Euliss
2004
Nutrient Reserves of Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) During Spring Migration in the Mississippi Flyway: A Test of the Spring Condition Hypothesis, Michael Anteau and Alan Afton
Nutritional Condition of Northern Yellowstone Elk, Rachel Cook, John G. Cook, and L. David Mech
Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds: American Bittern, Jill A. Dechant, Marriah L. Sondreal, Douglas H. Johnson, Lawrence D. Igl, Christopher M. Goldade, Amy L. Zimmerman, and Betty R. Euliss
The Wetland Continuum: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Biological Studies, Ned H. Euliss Jr., James W. LaBaugh, Leigh H. Fredrickson, David M. Mushet, Murray K. Laubhan, George A. Swanson, Thomas C. Winter, Donald O. Rosenberry, and Richard D. Nelson