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
2001
Evidence of American Woodcock Nesting in Southeastern South Dakota, Felicia Y. Sargeant and Glen A. Sargeant
Estimated Areal Extent of Colonies of Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs in the Northern Great Plains, John Sidle, Douglas Johnson, and Betty Euliss
Evaluation of the Bird Conservation Area Concept in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie: Annual Report 2001, Maiken Winter, Douglas H. Johnson, Jill A. Dechant, Therese M. Donovan, and W. Daniel Svedarsky
2000
Effects of Roadside Transect Width on Waterfowl and Wetland Estimates, Jane E. Austin, H. Thomas Sklebar, Glenn R. Guntenspergen, and Thomas K. Buhl
American Bittern Depredates Sora, Jane E. Austin and Michael V. Slivinski
Spring-staging Ecology of Waterfowl in Nebraska — Then Versus Now, Robert R. Cox Jr.
Waterfowl Research Priorities in the Northern Great Plains, Robert R. Cox Jr., Douglas H. Johnson, Michael A. Johnson, Ronald E. Kirby, Jeffrey W Nelson, and Ronald E. Reynolds
Waterfowl research priorities in the northern Great Plains, Robert R. Cox, Douglas H. Johnson, Michael A. Johnson, Ronald E. Kirby, Jeffrey W. Nelson, and Ronald E. Reynolds
Prolonged winter undernutrition and the interpretation of urinary allantoin:creatinine ratios in white-tailed deer, Glenn D. DelGiudice, Ken D. Kerr, L. David Mech, and Ulysses S. Seal
ACCURACY AND PRECISION OF ESTIMATING AGE OF GRAY WOLVES BY TOOTH WEAR, Philip S. Gipson, Warren B. Ballard, Ronald M. Nowak, and L. David Mech
A Surface-Associated Activity Trap for Capturing Water-Surface and Aquatic Invertebrates in Wetlands, Mark A. Hanson, Christiane C. Roy, Ned H. Euliss Jr., Kyle D. Zimmer, Michael R. Riggs, and Malcolm G. Butler
Temporal Flexibility of Reproduction in Temperate-Breeding Dabbling Ducks, Gary Krapu
A Record Large Wolf, Canis lupus, Pack in Minnesota, L. David Mech
Lack of Reproduction in Muskoxen and Arctic Hares Caused by Early Winter?, L. David Mech
Leadership in Wolf, Canis lupus, Packs, L. David Mech
Assessing factors that may predispose Minnesota farms to wolf depredations on cattle, L. David Mech, Elizabeth K. Harper, Thomas J. Meier, and William J. Paul
DO WOLVES AFFECT WHITE-TAILED BUCK HARVEST IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA?, L. David Mech and Michael E. Nelson
Details of Extensive Movements by Minnesota Wolves (Canis lupus), Samuel Merrill and L. David Mech
Proximity of White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus, Ranges to Wolf, Canis lupus, Pack Homesites, Michael E. Nelson and L. David Mech
Effects of Water Conditions on Clutch Size, Egg Volume, and Hatchling Mass of Mallards and Gadwalls in the Prairie Pothole Region, Pamela Pietz, Gary Krapu, Deborah Buhl, and David A. Brandt
Wolf-Bison Interactions in Yellowstone National Park, Douglas Smith, L. David Mech, Mary Meagher, Wendy Clark, Rosemary Jaffe, Michael Phillips, and John A. Mack
Evidence for Edge Effects on Multiple Levels in Tallgrass Prairie, Maiken Winter, Douglas H. Johnson, and John Faaborg
1999
Influence of Agriculture on Aquatic Invertebrate Communities of Temporary Wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota, USA, Ned H. Euliss Jr. and David M. Mushet
Habitat Associations of Migrating and Overwintering Grassland Birds in Southern Texas, Lawrence Igl and Bart Ballard
Habitat Associations of Migrating and Overwintering Grassland Birds in Southern Texas, Lawrence D. Igl and Bart M. Ballard
The Insignificance of Statistical Significance Testing, Douglas H. Johnson
Effects of Fire Retardant Chemical and Fire Suppressant Foam on Shrub Steppe Vegetation in Northern Nevada, Diane L. Larson, Wesley E. Newton, Patrick J. Anderson, and Steven J. Stein
Alpha status, dominance, and division of labor in wolf packs, L. David Mech
Alpha status, dominance, and division of labor in wolf packs, L. David Mech
Regurgitative food transfer among wild wolves, L. David Mech, Paul C. Wolf, and Jane M. Packard
Twenty-year home-range dynamics of a white-tailed deer matriline, Michael E. Nelson and L. D. Mech
1998
Mallard Duckling Growth and Survival in Relation to Aquatic Invertebrates, Robert R. Cox, Mark A. Hanson, Christianne C. Roy, Ned H. Euliss Jr., Douglas H. Johnson, and Malcolm G. Butler
Checklist and ‘‘Pollard Walk’’ Butterfly Survey Methods on Public Lands, Ronald Royer, Jane Austin, and Wesley Newton
Interpreting Carnivore Scent-Station Surveys, Glen A. Sargeant, Douglas H. Johnson, and William E. Berg
1997
Birds of Western North America, Lawrence D. Igl
Changes in Breeding Bird Populations in North Dakota: 1967 to 1992-93, Lawrence Igl and Douglas Johnson
Metapopulations and the Real World, Douglas H. Johnson
Pattern and Process in Biological Invasion, Diane L. Larson
Perspectives on the Diagnosis, Epizootiology, and Control of the 1973 Duck Plague Epizootic in Wild Waterfowl at Lake Andes, South Dakota, Gary Pearson and Delmar Cassidy
1996
Long-Term Declines in Nest Success of Prairie Ducks, Wendy D. Beauchamp, Rolf R. Koford, Thomas D. Nudds, Robert G. Clark, and Douglas H. Johnson
Western Meadowlark Impaled on Barbed-Wire Fence, Lawrence D. Igl
Survival of Radiomarked Canvasback Ducklings in Northwestern Minnesota, Carl E. Korschgen, Kevin P. Kenow, William L. Green, Douglas H. Johnson, Michael D. Samuel, and Louis Sileo
Second Record of White Ibis in North Dakota, Jennifer W. Marlow, Lawrence D. Igl, and Melody R. Hartman
1995
Ecological Genetics for the 21st Century, Bonnie S. Bowen
Factors Associated With Duck Nest Success in the Prairie Pothole Region of Canada, Raymond J. Greenwood, Alan B. Sargeant, Douglas H. Johnson, Lewis M. Cowardin, and Terry L. Shaffer
A Noteworthy Record and the Breeding Distribution of the Blue Grosbeak in North Dakota, Lawrence D. Igl
Dramatic Increase of Le Conte's Sparrow in Conservation Reserve Program Fields in the Northern Great Plains, Lawrence D. Igl and Douglas H. Johnson
Neotropical Migrant Birds, Douglas H. Johnson
Statistical Sirens: The Allure of Nonparametrics, Douglas H. Johnson
Contributions of the Conservation Reserve Program to Populations of Breeding Birds in North Dakota, Douglas H. Johnson and Lawrence Igl
Contributions of the Conservation Reserve Program to Populations of Breeding Birds in North Dakota, Douglas Johnson and Lawrence Igl
Using Known Populations of Pronghorn to Evaluate Sampling Plans and Estimators, Kathy M. Kraft, Douglas H. Johnson, Jack M. Samuelson, and Stephen H. Allen
Effects of Climate on Numbers of Northern Prairie Wetlands, Diane Larson
A Ten-Year History of the Demography and Productivity of an Arctic Wolf Pack, L. David Mech
The Challenge and Opportunity of Recovering Wolf Populations, L. David Mech
Modified Transmitter Attachment Method for Adult Ducks, Pamela J. Pietz, David A. Brandt, Gary L. Krapu, and Deborah A. Buhl
1994
Early History of the North Dakota Natural Science Society, John T. Lokemoen
Communal Roosting and Foraging Behavior of Staging Sandhill Cranes, Donald Sparling and Gary Krapu
1993
The Conservation Reserve Program and Grassland Birds, Douglas H. Johnson and Michael D. Schwartz
1991
Book Review: Modern Elementary Probability and Statistics, Douglas H. Johnson
Orphaned Mallard Brood Travels Alone from Nest to Water, Gary Krapu, Christopher Dwyer, and Carmen Luna
INTROGRESSION OF COYOTE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA INTO SYMPATRIC NORTH AMERICAN GRAY WOLF POPULATIONS, Niles Lehman, Andrew Eisenhawer, Kimberly Hansen, L. David Mech, Rolf O. Peterson, Peter J. P. Gogan, and Robert K. Wayne
1990
Estimating Nest Success: When Mayfield Wins, Douglas H. Johnson and Terry L. Shaffer
Conditioning of Sandhill Cranes During Fall Migration, Gary L. Krapu and Douglas H. Johnson
1989
An Empirical Bayes Approach to Analyzing Recurring Animal Surveys, Douglas H. Johnson
Least Squares Estimation of Avian Molt Rates, Douglas H. Johnson
PRAlRlE BASIN WETLANDS OF THE DAKOTAS: A COMMUNlTY PROFILE, Harold L. Kantrud, Gary L. Krapu, and George A. Swanson
Wolf Population Survival in an Area of High Road Density, L. David Mech
Accumulation of Lead and Organochiorine Residues in Captive American Kestrels Fed Pine Voles from Apple Orchards, Rey C. Stendell, W. Nelson Beyer, and Robert A. Stehn
1988
The Influence of Diet Quality on Clutch Size and Laying Pattern in Mallards, Jan Eldridge and Gary Krapu
Size differences in migrant sandpiper flocks: ghosts in ephemeral guilds, Jan L. Eldridge and Douglas H. Johnson
Determinants of Breeding Distribution of Ducks, Douglas H. Johnson and James W. Grier
Duck Nest Success in the Prairie Pothole Region, Albert T. Klett, Terry L. Shaffer, and Douglas H. Johnson
Ingestion of Lead Shot and Aluminum Bands by Bald Eagles During Winter in Nebraska, Gary Lingle and Gary Krapu
WOLF DISTRIBUTION AND ROAD DENSITY IN MINNESOTA, L. David Mech, Steven H. Fritts, Glenn L. Radde, and William J. Paul
1987
Book Review: Statistics in Omithology, Douglas H. Johnson
Are Mallards Declining in North America?, Douglas H. Johnson and Terry L. Shaffer
1986
MORTALITY OF WHITE-TAILED DEER IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, Michael E. Nelson and L. David Mech
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SNOW DEPTH AND GRAY WOLF PREDATION ON WHITE-TAILED DEER, Michael E. Nelson and L. David Mech
1985
Evaluation of Mark-Recapture for Estimating Striped Skunk Abundance, Raymond J. Greenwood, Alan B. Sargeant, and Douglas H. Johnson
Quick Estimates of Success Rates of Duck Nests, Douglas H. Johnson and Albert T. Klett
An Evaluation of Condition Indices for Birds, Douglas H. Johnson, Gary L. Krapu, Kenneth J. Reinecke, and Dennis G. Jorde
Fat Deposition and Usage by Arctic-Nesting Sandhill Cranes During Spring, Gary Krapu, George Iverson, Kenneth Reinecke, and Cheryl Boise
1984
Simulation analyses of space use: Home range estimates, variability, and sample size, Marc Bekoff and L. David Mech
Effects of Weather on Habitat Selection and Behavior of Mallards Wintering in Nebraska, Dennis Jorde, Gary Krapu, Richard Crawford, and Miriam Hay
Ecological Distribution and Crude Density of Breeding Birds on Prairie Wetlands, Harold A. Kantrud and Robert E. Stewart
Habitat Use by Migrant Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska, Gary Krapu, Douglas Facey, Erik Fritzell, and Douglas Johnson
1983
Breeding Birds of Wooded Draws in Western North Dakota, Craig A. Faanes
Book Review: Animal Population Dynamics, Douglas H. Johnson and James W. Grier
Avian Associations of the Northern Great Plains Grasslands, Harold A. Kantrud and Russell L. Kologiski
The Effect of Variable Spring Water Conditions on Mallard Reproduction, Gary Krapu, Albert Klett, and Dennis Jorde
Survival of Mallard Broods in South-Central North Dakota, Larry Talent, Robert Jarvis, and Gary Krapu
1982
Revised Checklist of North Dakota Birds, Craig A. Faanes and Robert E. Stewart
AN ANALYSIS OF HOWLING RESPONSE PARAMETERS USEFUL FOR WOLF PACK CENSUSING, Fred H. Harrington and L. David Mech
Book Review: Estimating the Size of Animal Populations, Douglas H. Johnson
Book Review: Populist Systems: A General Introduction, Douglas H. Johnson
Variability in Nest Survival Rates and Implications to Nesting Studies, A. T. Klett and Douglas H. Johnson
Sandhill Cranes and the Platte River, Gary L. Krapu, Kenneth J. Reinecke, and Charles R. Frith
Sandhill Cranes and the Platte River, Gary L. Krapu, Kenneth J. Reinecke, and Charles R. Frith
1981
DYNAMICS, MOVEMENTS, AND FEEDING ECOLOGY OF A NEWLY PROTECTED WOLF POPULATION IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA, Steven H. Fritts and L. David Mech