Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
FY99 Publications
Migratory Bird Studies
Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Austin, J. E. 1998. Waterfowl in the Prairie Pothole Region. Pages 456-457
in M. J. Mac, P. A. Opler, C. E. Puckett Haecker, and P. D. Doran,
editors. Status and trends of the nation's biological resources. Vol.
2. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
Austin, J. E., D. D. Humburg, and L. H. Fredrickson. 1998. Habitat management
for migrating and wintering Canada geese: a moist-soil alternative.
Pages 291-297 in D. H. Rusch, M. D. Samuel, D. D. Humburg, and B. D.
Sullivan, editors. Biology and management of Canada geese. Proceedings
of the international Canada goose symposium, Milwaukee, WI.
Cox, R. R., Jr., A. D. Afton, and R. M. Pace, III. 1998. Survival of female
northern pintails wintering in southwestern Louisiana. Journal of
Wildlife Management 62:1511-1520.
Granfors, D. A., and L. D. Flake. 1999. Wood duck brood movements and habitat
use on prairie rivers in South Dakota. Journal of Wildlife Management
63:639-649.
Igl, L. D., and B. M. Ballard. 1999. Habitat associations of migrating and
overwintering grassland birds in southern Texas. Condor 101:771-782.
Igl, L. D., and D. H. Johnson. 1998. Wetland birds in the northern great
plains. Pages 454-455 in M. J. Mac, P. A. Opler, C. E. Puckett
Haecker, and P. D. Doran, editors. Status and trends of the nation's
biological resources. Vol. 2. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S.
Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
Igl, L. D., and D. H. Johnson. 1999. Le Conte's sparrows breeding in
Conservation Reserve Program fields: precipitation and patterns of
population change. Studies in Avian Biology 19:179-186.
Johnson, D. H., S. F. Browder, and M. Winter. In press. Grassland bird
communities and environmental health: the role of landscape features.
Proceedings of the symposium on ecosystem health, Sacramento, CA.
Kirby, R. E., and G. A. Sargeant. 1999. Survival of postfledging mallards in
northcentral Minnesota. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:403-408.
Koford, R. R. 1999. Density and fledging success of ground-nesting passerines
in Conservation Reserve Program fields in the northeastern Great Plains.
Studies in Avian Biology 19:187-195.
Krapu, G. L. 1999. Sandhill cranes and the Platte River. Pages 70-79 in K.
Able, editor. Gatherings of angels: migrating birds and their ecology.
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
Krapu, G. L. In press. Temporal flexibility of reproduction among temperate-
breeding dabbling ducks. Auk.
Krapu, G. L., P. J. Pietz, D. A. Brandt, and R. R. Cox. In press. Factors
limiting mallard brood survival in prairie pothole landscapes. Journal of
Wildlife Management.
Lercel, B. A., R. M. Kaminski, and R. R. Cox, Jr. 1999. Mate loss in winter
affects reproduction of mallards. Journal of Wildlife Management
63:621-629.
Miller, M. R., and W. E. Newton. 1999. Population energetics of northern
pintails wintering in the Sacramento Valley, California. Journal of
Wildlife Management 63:1222-1238.
Nelson, H. K., and R. B. Oetting. 1998. Giant Canada goose flocks of the
United States. Pages 483-495 in D. H. Rusch, M. D. Samuel, D. D.
Humburg, and B. D. Sullivan, editors. Biology and management of Canada
geese. Proceedings of the international Canada goose symposium,
Milwaukee, WI.
Pietz, P. J., and D. A. Buhl. In press. Behaviour patterns of mallard pairs
and broods in Minnesota and North Dakota. Wildfowl.
Pietz, P. J., and D. A. Granfors. In press. Identifying predators and fates
of grassland passerine nests using miniature video cameras. Journal of
Wildlife Management.
Powell, A. N. 1998. Western snowy plovers and California least terns. Pages
629-631 in M. J. Mac, P. A. Opler, C. E. Puckett Haecker, and P. D.
Doran, editors. Status and trends of the nation's biological resources.
Vol 2. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
Powell, A. N., and C. L. Collier. In press. Habitat use and reproductive
success of western snowy plovers at new nesting areas created for
California least terns. Journal of Wildlife Management.
Tucker, M. A., and A. N. Powell. 1999. Snowy plover diets in 1995 at a
coastal southern California breeding site. Western Birds 30:44-48.
Whitt, M. D. In press. Bufflehead brood in northeastern North Dakota.
Prairie Naturalist.
Whitt, M. B., H. H. Prince, and R. R. Cox, Jr. 1999. Avian use of purple
loosestrife dominated habitat relative to other vegetation types in a Lake
Huron wetland complex. Wilson Bulletin 111:105-114.
Winter, M., D. H. Johnson, and J. Faaborg. In press. Evidence for edge
effects on multiple levels: artificial nests, natural nests, and
distribution of nest predators. Condor.
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Austin, J. E. 1999. Why are scaup declining? Workshop participants seek
answers. Waterfowl 2000 11:34.
Austin, J. E. 1999. With declining scaup populations, workshop participants
seek answers. Minnesota Waterfowler 32:46-47.
Cox, R. R., Jr. 1999. Spring-staging ecology of waterfowl in Nebraska then
versus now. Waterfowl 2000 12:18.
Cox, R. R., Jr., and A. D. Afton. In press. Do mini-refuges supply wintering
northern pintails with important diurnal roost sites?: response to Rave.
Wildlife Society Bulletin.
Igl, L. D. 1999. Le Conte's sparrow: ephemeral jewel of the northern Great
Plains. North Dakota Outdoors 61:10-14.
Johnson, D. H., and M. Winter. In press. Reserve design for grasslands:
considerations for bird populations. Proceedings of the tenth George
Wright Society biennial conference, Asheville, NC.
Krapu, G. L., and D. A. Brandt. 1999. Sandhill crane research in the Central
Platte Valley: a progress report [abstract]. In G. Lingle, editor.
Platte River symposium proceedings 10:6, Kearney, NE.
Krapu, G. L., and D. A. Brandt. 1999. Satellite telemetry--a promising tool
for addressing information needs on sandhill cranes. Waterfowl 2000 12:16.
Technical Reports
Austin, J. E., A. D. Afton, M. G. Anderson, R. G. Clark, C. M. Custer, J. S.
Lawrence, J. B. Pollard, and J. K. Ringelman. 1999. Declines of greater
and lesser scaup populations: issues, hypotheses, and research directions.
Summary report for the scaup workshop, Jamestown, ND. 28 pp.
Austin, J. E., T. Buhl, G. Guntenspergen, W. Norling, and H. T. Sklebar. 1999.
Duck populations and production as indicators of landscape condition.
EMAP II final report. 26 pp.
Krapu, G. L., and D. A. Brandt. 1999. Long-term changes in availability of
waste corn on cropland in the Central Platte River Valley,
Nebraska--significance to sandhill crane management. Summary report
delivered to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 21 pp.
Powell, A. N., and J. M. Terp. 1998. The status of western snowy plovers
(Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) at Marine Corps Base, Camp
Pendleton, 1998. Annual interim report, Environmental Security, Marine
Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, CA. 24 pp.
Powell, A. N., J. M. Terp, B. L. Peterson, and C. L. Collier. 1998. The
status of western snowy plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) in
San Diego County, 1998. Report to California Department of Fish and Game,
Sacramento, CA, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, OR. 30 pp.
Mammalian StudiesPeer-Reviewed Publications:
DelGiudice, G. D., K. D. Kerr, L. D. Mech, M. R. Riggs, and U. S. Seal. 1998.
Urinary 3-methylhistidine and progressive winter undernutrition in white-
tailed deer. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76:2090-2095.
Greenwood, R. J., D. G. Pietruszewski, and R. D. Crawford. 1998. Effects of
food supplementation on depredation of duck nests in prairies by striped
skunks. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26:219-226.
Greenwood, R. J., and M. A. Sovada. 1998. Population trends for prairie
pothole carnivores. Pages 461-466 in M. J. Mac, P. A. Opler, C. E.
Puckett Haecker, and P. D. Doran, editors. Status and trends of the
nation's biological resources. Vol. 2. U.S. Department of Interior, U.S.
Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
Mech, L. D. 1998. Estimated costs of maintaining a recovered wolf population
in agricultural regions of Minnesota. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26:817-
822.
Mech, L. D. 1999. Alpha status, dominance, leadership, and division of labor
in wolf packs. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77:1196-1203.
Mech, L. D. 1999. Gray wolf/Canis lupus. Pages 141-143 in D. E.
Wilson and S. Ruff, editors. The Smithsonian book of North American
mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C.
Mech, L. D. In press. Leadership in wolf, Canis lupus, packs. Canadian
Field Naturalist.
Mech, L. D. In press. Lack of reproduction in muskoxen and arctic hares caused
by early winter? Arctic.
Mech, L. D., and L. G. Adams. In press. Killing of a muskox, Ovibos
moschatus, by two wolves, Canis lupus, and subsequent caching.
Canadian Field Naturalist.
Mech, L. D., and H. J. Kurtz. 1999. First record of coccidiosis in wolves, Canis
lupus. Canadian Field Naturalist 113:305-306.
Mech, L. D., and M. E. Nelson. In press. Do wolves affect white-tailed buck
harvest in Minnesota? Journal of Wildlife Management.
Mech, L. D., P. C. Wolf, and J. M. Packard. 1999. The role of regurgitation
in food transfer among wild wolves. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77:1992-
1995.
Merrill, S. B., L. G. Adams, M. E. Nelson, and L. D. Mech. 1998. Testing
releasable GPS collars on wolves and white-tailed deer. Wildlife Society
Bulletin 26:830-835.
Nelson, M. E., and L. D. Mech. 1999. Twenty-year home range dynamics of a
white-tailed deer matriline. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77:1128-1135.
Sargeant, G. A., and R. L. Ruff. In press. Demographic response of black
bears at Cold Lake, Alberta, to removal of adult males. URSUS.
Sargeant, G. A., P. J. White, M. A. Sovada, and B. L. Cypher. In press.
Scent-station survey methods for swift and kit foxes. In
Proceedings of the first international swift fox symposium, Saskatoon, SK.
Sovada, M. A., J. M. Roaldson, and A. B. Sargeant. 1999. Foods of American
badgers in westcentral Minnesota and southeastern North Dakota during the
duck nesting season. American Midland Naturalist 142:410-414.
Sovada, M. A., C. C. Roy, J. B. Bright, and J. R. Gillis. 1998. Causes and
rates of mortality of swift foxes in western Kansas. Journal of Wildlife
Management 62:1300-1306.
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Mech, L. D. 1999. The wolf dilemma in Minnesota: can you help solve it?
International Wolf 9:18-20.
Grasslands and Vegetation ManagementPeer-Reviewed Publications:
Fellows, D. P. and W. E. Newton. 1999. Prescribed fire effects on biological
control of leafy spurge. Journal of Range Management 52:489-493.
Igl, L. D. In press. Range plant identification [Book Review]. Prairie
Naturalist.
Johnson, D. H. 1998. The tallgrass restoration handbook: for prairies,
savannas, and woodlands [Book Review]. Great Plains Research 8:339-341.
Lee, J., and E. C. Kung. In press. Seasonal-range forecasting of the Ozark
climate by a principal component regression scheme with antecedent sea
surface temperatures and upper air conditions. Atmosfera.
Royer, R. A., J. A. Austin, and W. E. Newton. 1998. Checklist and "Pollard
Walk" butterfly survey methods on public lands. American Midland
Naturalist 140:358-371.
Willson, G. D., and J. Stubbendieck. 1999. The effect of big bluestem on
post-fire smooth brome control. Pages 281-282 in D. Eldridge and
D. Freudenberger, editors. Proceedings of the VI international rangeland
congress. 2 vols. The Organizing Committee, VI international rangeland
congress, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Willson, G. D., and J. Stubbendieck. In press. A provisional burn-based model
for smooth brome management in degraded tallgrass prairie. Ecological
Restoration.
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Akyuz, F. A., G. D. Willson, and L. P. Thomas. 1998. Microclimate effects on
the population dynamics of the endangered Missouri bladderpod. Pages 175-
177 in 23rd conference on agriculture and forest meteorology.
American Meteorological Society, Albuquerque, NM.
Grabner, K., G. Hartmann, J. Dwyer, and B. Cutter. In press. Characterizing
fuel loading and structure using ecological land types (ELTs) in the
Missouri Ozarks. In J. D. Greer, editor. Proceedings of the joint fire
science conference and workshop. Crossing the millennium: integrating
spatial technologies and ecological principles for a new age in fire
management, Boise, ID.
Technical Reports:
Akyuz, F.A. 1999. Annual status report: 1998 weather monitoring for
Pipestone National Monument. Program report 98-002 to the National Park
Service. U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research
Center, Missouri Field Station, Columbia, MO. 9 pp.
Akyuz, F.A. 1999. Annual status report: 1998 weather monitoring for Wilson's
Creek National Battlefield. Program report 98-002 to the National Park
Service. U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research
Center, Missouri Field Station, Columbia, MO. 14 pp.
Grabner, K., G. Willson, E. Schneider, S. Jenkins, and R. Guyette. 1999.
Vegetation dynamics of the riparian corridor, Jacks Fork and Current
Rivers, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri. Final report to the
National Park Service. U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife
Research Center, Missouri Field Station. Columbia, MO. 91 pp.
Mahady, S., and D. Debinski. 1999. Habitat management plan for butterfly
species at Effigy Mounds National Monument. Report to U.S. Geological
Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Missouri Field Station,
Columbia, MO, and Midwest Regional Office, National Park Service, Omaha,
NE. 10 pp.
Mahady, S., and D. Debinski. 1999. Habitat management plan for butterfly
species at Homestead National Monument. Report to U.S. Geological Survey,
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Missouri Field Station,
Columbia, MO, and Midwest Regional Office, National Park Service, Omaha,
NE. 10 pp.
Mahady, S., and D. Debinski. 1999. Habitat management plan for butterfly
species at Pipestone National Monument. Report to U.S. Geological Survey,
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Missouri Field Station,
Columbia, MO, and Midwest Regional Office, National Park Service, Omaha,
NE. 10 pp.
Mahady, S., and D. Debinski. 1999. Habitat management plan for butterfly
species at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield. Report to U.S. Geological
Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Missouri Field Station,
Columbia, MO, and Midwest Regional Office, National Park Service, Omaha,
NE. 14 pp.
Willson, G. D. 1998. Annual status report: 1998 western prairie fringed
orchid monitoring for Pipestone National Monument. Program report 98-003
to the National Park Service. U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie
Wildlife Research Center, Missouri Field Station, Columbia, MO. 6 pp.
Wetland and Aquatic EcosystemsPeer-Reviewed Publications:
de Szalay, F. A., N. H. Euliss, Jr., and D. P. Batzer. 1999. Invertebrates in
seasonal and semi-permanent wetlands of California -- community ecology
and responses to management methods. In D. Batzer, R. B. Rader,
and S. A. Wissinger, editors. Invertebrates in freshwater wetlands of
North America - ecology and management. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
New York, NY.
Euliss, N. H. Jr., and D. M. Mushet. 1999. Influence of agriculture on
aquatic invertebrate communities of temporary wetlands in the Prairie
Pothole Region of North Dakota, USA. Wetlands 19:578-583.
Euliss, N. H. Jr., D. A. Wrubleski, and D. M. Mushet. 1999. Wetlands of the
Prairie Pothole Region: invertebrate species composition, ecology, and
management. In D. P. Batzer, R. B. Rader, and S. A. Wissinger,
editors. Invertebrates in freshwater wetlands of North America: ecology
and management. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY.
Keough, J. R., T. Thompson, G. R. Guntenspergen, and D. Wilcox. In press.
Physical forcing factors and ecosystem responses in coastal wetlands of
the Great Lakes. Wetlands.
Larson, D. L., M. J. Lannoo, N. E. Euliss, and D. Mushet. 1999. Amphibians of
the northern grasslands: what do we know? Pages 450-451 in M. J. Mac,
P. A., Opler, C. E. Puckett Haecker, and P. D. Doran, editors. Status and
trends of the nation's biological resources. Vol 2. Biological Resources
Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.
Rocke, T. R., N. H. Euliss, Jr., and M. D. Samuel. 1999. Environmental
characteristics associated with the occurrence of avian botulism in
wetlands of a northern California refuge. Journal of Wildlife Management
63:358-368.
Technical Reports:
Rizzo, W. M. 1999. Annual status report: 1998 stream macroinvertebrate
biomonitoring for Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Program report
98-001 to the National Park Service. U.S. Geological Survey, Northern
Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Missouri Field Station, Columbia, MO.
8 pp.
Rizzo, W. M. 1999. Annual status report: 1998 stream macroinvertebrate
biomonitoring for Homestead National Monument. Program report 98-001
to the National Park Service. U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie
Wildlife Research Center, Missouri Field Station, Columbia, MO. 7 pp.
Rizzo, W. M. 1999. Annual status report: 1998 stream macroinvertebrate
biomonitoring for Pipestone National Monument. Program report 98-001
to the National Park Service. U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie
Wildlife Research Center, Missouri Field Station, Columbia, MO. 7 pp.
Rizzo, W. M. 1999. Annual status report: 1998 stream macroinvertebrate
biomonitoring for Wilson's Creek National Battlefield. Program report
98-001 to the National Park Service. U.S. Geological Survey, Northern
Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Missouri Field Station, Columbia, MO.
7 pp.
Social Science Studies in the National ParksPeer-Reviewed Publications:
Anderson, D. H., R. Nickerson, T. Stein, and M. Lee. In press. Planning to
provide community and visitor benefits. In W. C. Gartner, and D. W.
Lime, editors. Trends in outdoor recreation, leisure and tourism. CAB
International, Wallingford, UK.
Gartner, W. C., and D. W. Lime, editors. In press. Trends in outdoor
recreation, leisure and tourism. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.
Gartner, W. C., and D. W. Lime. In press. Big picture: a synopsis of
contributions. In W. C. Gartner and D. W. Lime, editors. Trends
in outdoor recreation, leisure and tourism. CAB International, Wallingford,
UK.
Gartner, W. C., and D. W. Lime. In press. So what: implication for management,
public policies, marketing, and planning. In W. C. Gartner and D. W.
Lime, editors. Trends in outdoor recreation, leisure and tourism. CAB
International, Wallingford, UK.
Wang, T. L., D. H. Anderson, and D. W. Lime. In press. New handbook aids
managers in maintaining the quality of park resources and visitor
experiences. Park Science.
Warzecha, C. A., D. W. Lime, and J. L. Thompson. In press. Visitors'
relationship to the resource: comparing place attachment in wildland and
developed settings. In D. N. Cole and S. F. McCool, editors.
Proceedings: wilderness science in a time of change. Proc. RMRS-P-000.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research
Station, Ogden, UT.
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Anderson, D. H., and P. Jakes. 1999. Understanding students' perceptions of
their control over environmental conditions. Page 7 in S. Brown,
editor. Abstracts of international symposium on society and resource
management. Application of social science to resource management in the
Asia-Pacific region, Brisbane, Australia.
Jakes, P., and D. H. Anderson. 1999. Perceptions of riparian areas: their
importance and use. Page 101 in S. Brown, editor. Abstracts of
international symposium on society and resource management. Application
of social science to resource management in the Asia-Pacific region,
Brisbane, Australia.
Lime, D. W., A. L. Lundgren, M. S. Lewis, and J. L. Thompson. 1999. Public
reactions to new and growing recreational fees on national park and
national forest lands in the United States. Page 116 in S. Brown,
editor. Abstracts of international symposium on society and resource
management. Application of social science to resource management in the
Asia-Pacific region, Brisbane, Australia.
Lime, D. W., A. L. Lundgren, and J. L. Thompson. 1999. Monitoring visitor
reactions to the National Park Service Recreational Fee Demonstration
Program: helping to understand Park Service customers. Pages 52-53 in
L. Benson and B. Gebow, editors. A century of parks in southern Arizona:
second conference on research and resource management in southern Arizona
national parks, extended abstracts. National Park Service, Southern
Arizona Office and USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, Tucson, AZ.
Thompson, J. L., D. H. Anderson, and P. J. Jakes. 1999. Promoting
environmental stewardship among youth: approaches for success. Page 201
in S. Brown, editor. Abstracts of international symposium on
society and resource management. Application of social science to
resource management in the Asia-Pacific region, Brisbane, Australia.
Pierskalla, C. D., D. H. Anderson, and D. W. Lime. 1999. Isle Royale National
Park social indicators and standards of quality as reported by hiking and
powerboating visitors. Cooperative Park Studies Unit Research Summary No.
14. University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources, Cooperative
Park Studies Unit, St. Paul, MN. 4 pp.
Wang, Theresa L. 1999. Developing and field testing a decision-making process
for managers of recreation areas. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of
Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
Technical Reports:
Warzecha, C. A., D. W. Lime, R. E. Manning, and W. A. Freimund. 1999.
Canyonlands National Park, 1998 friendship cruise survey. Technical
Report to the National Park Service, Canyonlands National Park.
University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources, Cooperative Park
Studies Unit, St. Paul, MN. 22 pp.
Warzecha, C. A., D. W. Lime, R. E. Manning, and W. A. Freimund. 1999.
Canyonlands National Park, 1998 jetboat survey. Technical report to the
National Park Service, Canyonlands National Park. University of
Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources, Cooperative Park Studies Unit,
St. Paul, MN. 26 pp.
Warzecha, C. A., J. L. Thompson, and D. W. Lime. 1999. Analysis of public
comments to the draft preferred management alternative for Tallgrass
Prairie National Preserve. Technical Report to the National Park Service,
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve General Management Planning Team.
University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources, Cooperative Park
Studies Unit, St. Paul, MN. 28 pp.
UnclassifiedPeer-Reviewed Publications:
Johnson, D. H. 1999. The insignificance of statistical significance testing.
Journal of Wildlife Management 63:763-772.
Johnson, D. H., S. C. Fowle, and J. A. Jundt. In press. The North American
Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations. In the proceedings
of the 1998 midwest declining amphibian populations conference,
Milwaukee, WI.
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