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    Arnold, T. W. and Higgins, K. F. (1986) Effects of shrub coverages on birds of North
Dakota mixed-grass prairies.  Can. Field-Nat. 100,10-14.

    Callow, J. M., Kantrud, H. A. and Higgins, K. F. (1992) First flowering dates and 
flowering periods of prairie plants at Woodworth, North Dakota.  Prairie Nat. 24,57-64.

    Dane, C. W. and Pearson, G. L. (1971) Effect of spring storm on waterfowl mortality and 
breeding activity.  Pages 258-267 in A. O. Haugen, ed.  Proc. Snow and Ice in Relation to 
Wildlife and Recreation Symp.  Iowa Coop. Wildl. Res. Unit and Iowa State Univ., Ames.

    Doty, H. A. (1974) Wood ducks in North Dakota.  Prairie Nat. 6,17-21.

    Duebbert, H. F. (1983) Seeded grasslands for wildlife habitat in the prairie pothole 
region.  Pages 27-28 in Management of public lands in the Northern Great Plains.  Wildl. Soc., 
N.D. Game Fish Dept., and U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv.

    Duebbert, H. F. (1984) Seeded grasslands for wildlife benefits.  Pages 43B-45B in F. R. 
Henderson, ed.  Guidelines for increasing wildlife on farms and ranches.  Kansas State Univ., 
Manhattan. 

    Duebbert, H. F. (1987) Planted grasslands for wildlife habitat in the prairie pothole 
region.  Proc. N.D. Acad. Sci. 41,41.

    Duebbert, H. F., Jacobson, E. T., Higgins, K. F. and Podol, E. B. (1981) Establishment of 
seeded grasslands for wildlife habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region.  U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. 
Spec. Sci. Rep. 234.

    Duebbert, H. F. and Lokemoen, J. T. (1977) Upland nesting of American bitterns, marsh 
hawks, and short-eared owls.  Prairie Nat. 9,33-40.

    Eagle, T. C., Choromanski-Norris, J. and Kuechle, V. B. (1984) Implanting radio 
transmitters in mink and Franklin's ground squirrels.  Wildl. Soc. Bull. 12,180-184.

    Eagle, T. C. and Sargeant, A. B. (1980) Learning about mink.  N.D. Outdoors 43,16-18.

    Eagle, T. C. and Sargeant, A. B. (1985) Use of den excavations, decoys, and barrier 
tunnels to capture mink.  J. Wildl. Manage. 49,40-42.

    Grue, C. E., DeWeese, L. R., Mineau, P., Swanson, G. A., Foster, J. R., Arnold P. M., 
Huckins, J. N., Sheehan, P. J. Marshall, W. K. and Ludden, A. P. (1986) Potential impacts of 
agricultural chemicals on waterfowl and other wildlife inhabiting prairie wetlands: an 
evaluation of research needs and approaches.  Trans. N. Am. Wildl. and  Nat. Resour. Conf. 
51,357-383.

    Grue, C. E., Tome, M. W., Swanson, G. A., Borthwick, S. M. and DeWeese, L. R. (1988) 
Agricultural chemicals and the quality of prairie-pothole wetlands for adult and juvenile 
waterfowl - what are the concerns?  U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Biol. Rept. 88.

    Grue, C. E., Tome, M. W., Messmer, T. A., Henry, D. B., Swanson, G. A. and DeWeese, L. R. 
(1989) Agricultural chemicals and prairie pothole wetlands: Meeting the needs of the resource 
and the farmer -- U.S. perspective.  Trans. N. Am. Wildl. Nat. Resour. Conf. 54,43-58.

    Higgins, K. F. (1971) Cowbird parasitism of an upland plover nest.  Prairie Nat. 3,79.

    Higgins, K. F. (1974) Prolonged incubation behavior by a marbled godwit.  Auk 91,167.

    Higgins, K. F. (1975) Shorebird and game bird nests in North Dakota croplands.  Wildl. 
Soc. Bull. 3,176-179.

    Higgins, K. F. (1977) Duck nesting in intensively farmed areas of North Dakota.  J. Wildl. 
Manage. 41,232-242.

    Higgins, K. F. (1982) Principal flora and wildlife use of a 35-40 year old gravel pit in 
North Dakota.  Pages 159-161 in W. D. Svedarsky and R. D. Crawford, eds.  Proc. Wildlife 
Values of Gravel Pits Symp.  Univ. of Minnesota, Crookston.

    Higgins, K. F. (1984) Lightning fires in North Dakota grasslands and in pine-savanna lands 
of South Dakota and Montana.  J. Range Manage. 37,100-103.
Appendix 1.  (continued)

    Higgins, K. F. (1986) A comparison of burn season effects on nesting birds in North Dakota 
mixed-grass prairie.  Prairie Nat. 18,219-228.

    Higgins, K. F. (1986) Further evaluation of duck nesting on small man-made islands in 
North Dakota.  Wildl. Soc. Bull. 14,155-157.

    Higgins, K. F. (1986) Waterfowl nesting on an earth-filled cement culvert. Prairie Nat. 
18,115-116.

    Higgins, K. F., Arnold, T. W. and Barta, R. M. (1984) Breeding bird community colonization 
of sown stands of native grasses in North Dakota.  Prairie Nat. 16,177-182.

    Higgins, K. F. and Barker, W. T. (1982) Changes in vegetation structure in seeded nesting 
cover in the Prairie Pothole Region.  U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. Spec. Sci. Rep.--Wildl. 242.

    Higgins, K. F., Duebbert, H. F. and Jacobson, E. T. (1982) Successful establishment of 
stands of cool-season native grasses (North Dakota).  Restorat. and Manage. Notes 1,12.

    Higgins, K. F., Duebbert, H. F. and Oetting, R. B. (1969) Nesting of the upland plover on 
the Missouri Coteau.  Prairie Nat. 1,45-48.

    Higgins, K. F., Fellows, D. P., Callow, J. M., Kruse, A. D. and Piehl, J. L. (1989) 
Annotated bibliography of fire literature relative to northern grasslands in south-central 
Canada and north-central United States.  U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., and Coop. Ext. Serv., S.D. 
State Univ., U.S. Dept. of Agric. EC 762. 

    Higgins, K. F. and Kirsch, L. M. (1975) Some aspects of the breeding biology of the upland 
sandpiper in North Dakota.  Wilson Bull. 87,96-102.

    Higgins, K. F., Kirsch, L. M. and Ball, I. J., Jr. (1969) A cable-chain device for 
locating duck nests.  J. Wildl. Manage. 33,1009-1011. 

    Higgins, K. F., Kirsch, L. M. and Callow, J. M. (1980) Spring arrival of birds at 
Woodworth, North Dakota.  Prairie Nat. 12,89-91. 

    Higgins, K. F., Kirsch, L. M., Duebbert, H. F., Klett, A. T., Lokemoen, J. T., Miller, H. 
W. and Kruse, A. D. (1977) Construction and operation of cable-chain drag for nest searches.  
U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. Wildl. Leafl. 512.

    Higgins, K. F., Kirsch, L. M., Klett, A. T. and Miller, H. W. (1992) Waterfowl production 
on the Woodworth Station in south-central North Dakota, 1965-1981.  U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. 
Resour. Publ. 180.

    Higgins, K. F., Kirsch, L. M., Ryan, M. R. and Renken, R. B. (1979) Some ecological 
aspects of marbled godwits and willets in North Dakota.  Prairie Nat. 11,115-118.

    Higgins, K. F., Kruse, A. D. and Piehl, J. L. (1989) Effect of fire in the Northern Great 
Plains.  U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., and Coop. Ext. Serv., S.D. State Univ., U.S. Dept. of Agric. 
EC 761.

    Higgins, K. F., Kruse, A. D. and Piehl, J. L. (1989) Prescribed burning guidelines in the 
Northern Great Plains.  U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., and Coop. Ext. Serv., S.D. State Univ., U.S. 
Dept. of Agric. EC 760.

    Johnson, D. H. (1976) Effects of grassland burning on breeding birds--preliminary report.  
Proc. N.D. Acad. Sci. 30,24.

    Johnson, R. F., Jr. and Kirsch, L. M. (1977) Egg movement by a female gadwall between nest 
bowls.  Wilson Bull. 89,331-332.

    Johnson, R. F., Jr., Woodward, R. 0. and Kirsch, L. M. (1978) Waterfowl nesting on small 
man-made islands in prairie wetlands.  Wildl. Soc. Bull. 6,240-243.

    Kantrud, H. A. and Higgins, K. F. (1992) Nest and nest site characterisitcs of some 
ground-nesting, non-passerine birds of northern grasslands.  Prairie Nat. 24,67-84.

    Kirsch, L. M. (1969) Waterfowl production in relation to grazing.  J. Wildl. Manage. 
33,821-828.

    Kirsch, L. M., Duebbert, H. F. and Kruse, A. D. (1978) Grazing and haying effects on 
habitats of upland nesting birds.  Trans. N. Am. Wildl. Nat. Resour. Conf. 43,486-497.

    Kirsch, L. M. and Higgins, K. F. (1976) Upland sandpiper nesting and management in North 
Dakota.  Wildl. Soc. Bull. 4,16-20.

    Kirsch, L. M. and Kruse, A. D. (1973) Prairie fires and wildlife.  Proc. 1972 Annu. Tall 
Timbers Fire Ecol. Conf. 12,289-303.

    Klett, A. T., Duebbert, H. F., Faanes, C. A. and Higgins, K. F. (1986) Techniques for 
studying nest success of ducks in upland habitats in the Prairie Pothole Region.  U.S. Fish 
Wildl. Serv. Resour. Publ. 158.

    Klett, A. T. and Kirsch, L. M. (1976) Diurnal use of small wetlands by ducks.  J. Wildl. 
Manage. 40,351-353.

    Lee, F. B., Schroeder, C. H., Kuck, T. L., Schoonover, L. J., Johnson, M. A., Nelson, H. 
K. and Beauduy, C. A. (1984) Rearing and restoring giant Canada geese in the Dakotas.  N.D. 
Game Fish Dept., Bismarck.

    Lokoemon, J. T., Duebbert, H. F. and Sharp, D. E. (1990) Homing and reproductive habits of 
mallards, gadwalls, and blue-winged teal.  Wildl. Monogr. 106.

    Meyer, M. I. (1985) Classification of native vegetation at the Woodworth Station, North 
Dakota.  Prairie Nat. 17,167-175.

    Meyer, M. I. (1987) Planting grasslands for wildlife habitat.  U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., N. 
Prairie Wildl. Res. Ctr., Jamestown, ND.

    Preston, E. M. (1975) Home range defense in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes L.).  J. Mammal. 
56,645-652.

    Renken, R. B. and Dinsmore, J. J. (1982) A Henslow's sparrow in North Dakota.  Prairie 
Nat. 14,98.

    Renken, R. B. and Dinsmore, J. J. (1987) Nongame bird communities on managed grasslands in 
North Dakota.  Can. Field-Nat. 101,551-557.

    Rudzinski, D. R., Graves, H. B., Sargeant, A. B. and Storm, G. L. (1982) Behavioral 
interactions of penned red and arctic foxes.  J. Wildl. Manage. 46,877-884.

    Sargeant, A. B. and Eberhardt, L. E. (1975) Death feigning by ducks in response to 
predation by red foxes (Vulpes vulpes).  Am. Midl. Nat. 94,108-119.

    Sargeant, A. B., Sovada, M. A. and Greenwood, R. J. (In Press) Collecting and interpreting 
evidence of predation of duck clutches.  Ducks Unlimited, Inc.