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1997 North Dakota Fishing Waters
Accuracy and Precision of Estimating Age of Gray Wolves by Tooth Wear
Acute Toxicity of Fire-Control Chemicals, Nitrogenous Chemicals, and Surfactants to Rainbow Trout
Age-Related Reproduction in Striped Skunks (
Mephitis mephitis
) in the Upper Midwest
Aging Antelope It's All in the Teeth
Aging Elk
Aging Moose
Alien Plant Invasion in Mixed-grass Prairie: Effects of Vegetation Type and Anthropogenic Disturbance
Alien Plants Ranking System
The Alkali (
Scirpus maritimus
L.) and Saltmarsh (
S. robustus
Pursh) Bulrushes: A Literature Review
Alpha Status, Dominance, and Division of Labor in Wolf Packs
Alpha
1
-Antitrypsin Polymorphism and Systematics of Eastern North American Wolves
America's Northern Plains An Overview and Assessment of Natural Resources
American Bittern Depredates Sora
American Wildcelery (
Vallisneria americana
) Ecological Considerations for Restoration
Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature Relative to Northern Grasslands in South-central Canada and North-central United States
Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology During a Simulated Botulism Epizootic in a Sacramento Valley Wetland
Aquatic Mollusks of North Dakota
Aquatic and Wetland Vascular Plants of the Northern Great Plains
Are Mallards Declining in North America?
Area Requirements of Grassland Birds: A Regional Perspective
Assessing Breeding Populations of Ducks by Ground Counts
Assessing Factors that May Predispose Minnesota Farms to Wolf Depredation on Cattle
An Assessment of Exotic Plant Species of Rocky Mountain National Park
An Assessment of Predator Barriers and Predator Control to Enhance Duck Nest Success on Peninsulas
Assessment of a Mallard Model in Minnesota's Prairie Coteau
Atlas of North Dakota Butterflies
Attracting Bluebirds and Other Cavity Nesting Songbirds in North Dakota
Attracting Wildlife to Your Back Yard: A Guide to Increasing Wildlife Diversity and Aesthetic Value Around Your Home
Avian Inventory of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas, 1998-1999
Avian Use of Forest Habitats in the Pembina Hills of Northeastern North Dakota
Avian Use of Purple Loosestrife Dominated Habitat Relative to Other Vegetation Types in a Lake Huron Wetland Complex
Avian Use of Sheyenne Lake and Associated Habitats in Central North Dakota
Avifauna of an Early Successional Habitat Along the Middle Missouri River
Backyard Bird Feeding in North Dakota
The Bald Eagle in Oklahoma
Behaviour Patterns of Mallard (
Anas Platyrhynchos
) Pairs and Broods in Minnesota and North Dakota
Bibliography for Aquatic Plants
Bibliography for Lesser Scaup (
Aythya affinis
)
Bibliography for Northern Pintails (
Anas acuta
)
Bibliography for Swift Foxes (
Vulpes velox
)
Bibliography of Fire Effects and Related Literature Applicable to the Ecosystems and Species of Wisconsin
Bibliography of Fisheries Biology in North and South Dakota
A Bibliography on Bison (
Bison bison
)
Biological Control of Leafy Spurge
Bird Checklists of the United States
Bird Use and Nesting in Conventional, Minimum-tillage, and Organic Cropland
Birders and U.S. Federal Laws
Birds and Mammals Observed by Lewis & Clark in North Dakota
Birds as Indicators of Riparian Vegetation Condition in the Western U.S.
Birds of the St. Croix River Valley: Minnesota and Wisconsin
Breeding Birds of North Dakota
Breeding Birds of Wooded Draws in Western North Dakota
Breeding Birds of the Platte River Valley of Nebraska
Breeding Season of Wolves,
Canis lupus
, in Relation to Latitude
Brown-headed Cowbirds in Grasslands: Their Habitats, Hosts, and Response to Management
Bufflehead Brood in Northeastern South Dakota
Build a Birdhouse
Building Nest Structures, Feeders, and Photo Blinds for North Dakota Wildlife
Butterflies of Glacier National Park, Montana
Butterfly Surveys at Selected Sites in North Dakota
Canvasback Mortality from Illegal Hunting on the Upper Mississippi River
Carnivore Scent-station Surveys: Statistical Considerations
Caterpillars of Eastern Forests
Caterpillars of Pacific Northwest Forests and Woodlands
Cattail Management Symposium
Causes and Rates of Mortality of Swift Foxes in Western Kansas
The Challenge and Opportunity of Recovering Wolf Populations
Changes in Breeding Bird Populations in North Dakota: 1967 to 1992-93
Checklist and 'Pollard Walk' Butterfly Survey Methods on Public Lands
A Checklist of Manitoba Spiders (Araneae) with Notes on Geographic Relationships
The Clamor Over Clams
Classification of Natural Ponds and Lakes in the Glaciated Prairie Region
Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States
Climate of North Dakota
A Closer Look Series from
North Dakota Outdoors
Collecting and Analyzing Data from Duck Nesting Studies
Collecting on the Prairie: Early Oologists in North Dakota
Colonial and Non-colonial Waterbird Bibliography
Communal Roosting and Foraging Behavior of Staging Sandhill Cranes
A Comprehensive Review of Observational and Site Evaluation Data of Migrant Whooping Cranes in the United States, 1943-99
Computer Simulation of Wolf-removal Strategies for Animal Damage Control
Conditioning of Sandhill Cranes During Fall Migration
The Conservation Reserve Program Good For Birds of Many Feathers
Conservation Reserve Program Bibliography
The Conservation Reserve Program and Grassland Birds
Conservation Reserve Program: Benefit for Grassland Birds in the Northern Plains
The Conservation Reserve Program: Habitat for Grassland Birds
Contributions of the Conservation Reserve Program to Populations of Breeding Birds in North Dakota
Control of Invasive Exotic Plants in the Great Plains
Controlling Blackbird Damage to Sunflower and Grain Crops in the Northern Great Plains
Cottonwood Lake Study Area
Cowbird Parasitism in Grassland and Cropland in the Northern Great Plains
Coyote,
Canis latrans
, Use of Commercial Sunflower,
Helianthus
spp., Seeds as a Food Source in Western Kansas
Coyotes on the Move Changes in Distribution of Coyotes and Red Fox in North Dakota
The Cranes: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan
A Critique of Wildlife Radio-tracking and its Use in National Parks: A Report to the U.S. National Park Service
Cross the Wide Missouri: Significant Missouri River System Biological Sites
Daily Departure and Return Patterns of Wolves, Canis lupus, from a Den at 80°N Latitude
Death of a Wild Wolf from Canine Parvoviral Enteritis
Declines of Greater and Lesser Scaup Populations: Issues, Hypotheses, and Research Directions
Declining Scaup Populations: Issues, Hypotheses, and Research Needs
Demographic Response of Black Bears at Cold Lake, Alberta, to the Removal of Adult Males
Denning Behavior of Non-gravid Wolves
Density and Fledging Success of Grassland Birds in Conservation Reserve Program Fields in North Dakota and West-central Minnesota
Description and Identification of American Black Duck, Mallard, and Hybrid Wing Plumage
Details of Extensive Movements by Minnesota Wolves (
Canis lupus
)
Determinants of Breeding Distributions of Ducks
Determinants of Mallard and Gadwall Nesting on Constructed Islands in North Dakota
Diet of Canvasbacks During Breeding
Differential Effects of Coyotes and Red Foxes on Duck Nest Success
Differential Use of a Wolf,
Canis lupus
, Pack Territory Edge and Core
Dispersal Patterns of Red Foxes Relative to Population Density
Distribution and Abundance of Predators that Affect Duck Production - Prairie Pothole Region
Distribution and Dispersal of Fishes in the Red River Basin
Distribution of Fishes in the Red River of the North Basin on Multivariate Environmental Gradients
Do Mini-refuges Supply Wintering Northern Pintails with Important Diurnal Roost Sites? Response to Rave
Do Wolves Affect White-tailed Buck Harvest in Northeastern Minnesota?
Does Presence of Permanent Fresh Water Affect Recruitment in Prairie-Nesting Dabbling Ducks?
Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of the United States
Dramatic Increase of Le Conte's Sparrow in Conservation Reserve Program Fields in the Northern Great Plains
DualData Double Entry Program
Duck Identification Guide for Hunters
Duck Nest Success in the Prairie Pothole Region
Duck Nest Success on Conservation Reserve Program Land in the Prairie Pothole Region
Duck Nesting in the Northern Great Plains
Duck Populations as Indicators of Landscape Condition in the Prairie Pothole Region
Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide
Dynamics of Green Ash Woodlands in Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Early Nesting Record of Hooded Merganser in North Dakota
Earthworms of North Dakota
Eastern Bluebird (
Sialia sialis
)
Eastern South Dakota Wetlands
Ecological Effects of Fire Retardant Chemicals and Fire Suppressant Foams
Ecological Studies at the Woodworth Study Area
Ecology and Management of Islands, Peninsulas and Structures for Nesting Waterfowl
Ecoregions of North Dakota and South Dakota
Effects of Biodiversity on Ecosystem Functioning: A Consensus of Current Knowledge
Effects of Climate on Numbers of Northern Prairie Wetlands
Effects of Fire Retardant Chemical and Fire Suppressant Foam on Shrub Steppe Vegetation in Northern Nevada
Effects of Fire in the Northern Great Plains
Effects of Fire on Bird Populations in Mixed-grass Prairie
Effects of Food Supplementation on Depredation of Duck Nests in Upland Habitat
Effects of Grazing and Burning on Densities and Habitats of Breeding Ducks in North Dakota
Effects of Grazing on Nesting by Upland Sandpipers in Southcentral North Dakota
Effects of Harness Transmitters on Behavior and Reproduction of Wild Mallards
Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds
Effects of Management Practices on Wetland Birds
Effects of Predator Exclosure Design on Duck Brood Movements
Effects of Radio Transmitters on Nesting Captive Mallards
Effects of Roadside Transect Width on Waterfowl and Wetland Estimates
Effects of Section 404 Permits on Wetlands in North Dakota
Effects of Temperature Anomalies on the Palmer Drought Severity Index in the Central United States
Effects of Vegetation Manipulation on Breeding Waterfowl in Prairie Wetlands A Literature Review
Effects of Water Conditions on Clutch Size, Egg Volume, and Hatchling Mass of Mallards and Gadwalls in the Prairie Pothole Region
Effects of Weather on Breeding Ducks in North Dakota
Effects of a Legal Drain Clean-out on Wetlands and Waterbirds: a Recent Case History
Effects of the Herbicide Atrazine on
Ambystoma tigrinum
Metamorphosis: Duration, Larval Growth, and Hormonal Response
Endangered and Threatened Species Recovery Program
Environmental Characteristics Associated with the Occurrence of Avian Botulism in Wetlands of a Northern California Refuge
An Environmental Overview of North Dakota: Past and Present
Eskimo Curlew: A vanishing species?
Establishing a Nest Box Program for American Kestrels Along an Interstate Highway
Establishment of Seeded Grasslands for Wildlife Habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region
Estimated Areal Extent of Colonies of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs in the Northern Great Plains
Estimated Costs of Maintaining a Recovered Wolf Population in Agricultural Regions of Minnesota
Estimating Big Game Weights
A Crash Course for the Curious
Estimating Nest Success: When Mayfield Wins
Evaluation of Restored Wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region: Research Design and Overview
Evaluation of a Mallard Productivity Model
Evaluation of the Bird Conservation Area Concept in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie: Annual Report 1998
Evaluation of the Bird Conservation Area Concept in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie: Annual Report 1999
Evaluation of the Bird Conservation Area Concept in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie: Annual Report 2000
Evaluation of the Bird Conservation Area Concept in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie: Annual Report 2001
Evaluations of Duck Habitat and Estimation of Duck Population Sizes with a Remote-Sensing-Based System
Evidence for Edge Effects on the Multiple Levels in Tallgrass Prairie
An Example of Endurance in an Old Wolf,
Canis lupus
Factors Associated with Autumn Rearing of Duck Broods in Temperate North America
Factors Associated with Duck Nest Success in the Prairie Pothole Region of Canada
Factors Influencing Summer Breeding in Prairie Ducks
Factors Limiting Mallard Brood Survival in Prairie Pothole Landscapes
Fall and Winter Foods of Northern Pintails in the Sacramento Valley, California
Fat Dynamics of Arctic-nesting Sandpipers during Spring in Mid-continental North America
Feeding Ecology of Northern Pintails and Green-winged Teal Wintering in California
Fire Effects on Four Growth Stages of Smooth Brome (
Bromus inermis
Leyss.)
Fire in North American Wetland Ecosystems and Fire-Wildlife Relations: An Annotated Bibliography
First Flowering Dates and Flowering Periods of Prairie Plants at Woodworth, North Dakota
First Record of Coccidiosis in Wolves,
Canis lupus
Fishes of North Dakota
Fishes of the Dakotas
The Fishes of the Upper Moreau River Basin
Fleas of North Dakota
Floristic Quality Assessment for Plant Communities of North Dakota, South Dakota (excluding the Black Hills), and Adjacent Grasslands
Floristic Quality Assessment of One Natural and Three Restored Wetland Complexes in North Dakota, USA
Food Habits of Diving Ducks in the Great Lakes After the Zebra Mussel Invasion
Foods and Foraging of Prairie Striped Skunks During the Avian Nesting Season
Foods of American Badgers in West-central Minnesota and Southeastern North Dakota During the Duck Nesting Season
Forecasting Production of Arctic Nesting Geese by Monitoring Snow Cover with Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Data
Forest and Rangeland Birds of the United States
Forum on Wildlife Telemetry Innovations, Evaluations, and Research Needs
Fragile Legacy Endangered, Threatened and Rare Species of South Dakota
Frequency of Egg and Nestling Destruction by Female Brown-headed Cowbirds at Grassland Nests
Fuel Model Selection for BEHAVE in Midwestern Oak Savannas
A Funnel Trap for Sampling Salamanders in Wetlands
Giant Canada Goose Flocks in the United States
A Glossary of Avian Terms for Use in Avian Conservation Biology
Grassland Bird Use of Conservation Reserve Program Fields in the Great Plains
Grassland Bird Use of Conservation Reserve Program Fields in the Great Plains: 2000-2005 Update
Grassland Management and Restoration for Breeding Birds: an Annotated Bibliography
Gray Wolf Occurrences in the Dakotas
Grays Lake Ecosystem
A Guide for Aging Duck Broods in the Field
Habitat Associations of Migrating and Overwintering Grassland Birds in Southern Texas
Habitat Distribution and Territoriality in the Dickcissel and Red-Winged Blackbird
Habitat Establishment, Enhancement, and Management for Forest and Grassland Birds in Illinois
Habitat Fragmentation Effects on Birds in Grasslands and Wetlands: A Critique of Our Knowledge
Habitat Management for Migrating and Wintering Canada Geese: A Moist-Soil Alternative
Habitat Use and Movements of Canvasback Broods in Southwestern Manitoba
Habitat Use and Reproductive Success of Western Snowy Plovers at New Nesting Areas Created for California Least Terns
Hawks, Eagles, and Falcons of North Dakota
Home Made Nest Sites for Mallards
Homemade Nest Boxes for Cavity-nesting Ducks
Homemade Nest Sites for Giant Canada Geese
Homing and Reproductive Habits of Mallards, Gadwalls, and Blue-winged Teal
House Bat Management
How Much Habitat Management is Needed to Meet Mallard Production Objectives?
How Old is My Deer?
Human Disturbances to Waterfowl Annotated Bibliography
Identifying Predators and Fates of Grassland Passerine Nests Using Miniature Video Cameras
Impact of Red Fox Predation on the Sex Ratio of Prairie Mallards
Impact of the Conservation Reserve Program on Duck Recruitment in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region
Importance of Individual Species of Predators on Nesting Success of Ducks in the Canadian Prairie Pothole Region
The Importance of Replication in Wildlife Research
Improving Prairie Pond Counts with Aerial Video and Global Positioning Systems
Incidence of Mink,
Mustela vison
, and River Otter,
Lutra canadensis
, in a Highly Urbanized Area
Incidental Catch of Marine Birds in the North Pacific High Seas Driftnet Fisheries in 1990
Influence of Age and Selected Environmental Factors on Reproductive Performance of Canvasbacks
Influence of Agriculture on Aquatic Invertebrate Communities of Temporary Wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota, USA
Influence of Fire and Trapping Effort on Ground Beetles in a Reconstructed Tallgrass Prairie
Influences of Management Regimes on Breeding Bird Densities and Habitat in Mixed-Grass Prairie: An Example from North Dakota
Influences of Waterfowl Management on Nongame Birds: The North Dakota Experience
Insects and Related Arthropods of North America
The Insignificance of Statistical Significance Testing
Integrated Management of the Greater Prairie Chicken and Livestock on the Sheyenne National Grassland
Interpreting Carnivore Scent-station Surveys
Interpreting Evidence of Depredation of Duck Nests in the Prairie Pothole Region
An Introduction to Ants (Formicidae) of the Tallgrass Prairie
Inventory of Wintering Geese with a Multispectral Scanner
Is Incest Common in Gray Wolf Packs?
Key to the Skulls of North Dakota Mammals
Killing of a Muskox,
Ovibos moschatus
, by Two Wolves,
Canis lupus
, and Subsequent Caching
Lack of Reproduction in Muskoxen and Arctic Hares Caused by Early Winter?
Last Call for Tallgrass in North Dakota
Le Conte's Sparrow: Ephemeral Jewel of the Northern Great Plains
Le Conte's Sparrows Breeding in Conservation Reserve Program Fields: Precipitation and Patterns of Population Change
Leadership Behavior in Relation to Dominance and Reproductive Status in Gray Wolves,
Canis lupus
Leadership in Wolf,
Canis lupus
, Packs
Lewis and Clark in North Dakota: Wildlife Then & Now
Lions and Bears in North Dakota?
Locating and Managing Peninsulas for Nesting Ducks
Locating, Constructing, and Managing Islands for Nesting Waterfowl
Logistic-Exposure Analyses of Nest Survival
Long-term Declines in Nest Success of Prairie Ducks
Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands
Mallard Brood Survival in Prairie Pothole Landscapes
Mallard Duckling Growth and Survival in Relation to Aquatic Invertebrates
Mallard Model
Mallard Recruitment in the Agricultural Environment of North Dakota
Mallard Use of Nesting Islands Depends on Surrounding Upland Cover
Mammals of Southwestern North Dakota
Management of Agricultural Landscapes for the Conservation of Neotropical Migratory Birds
Management of Northern Prairies and Wetlands for the Conservation of Neotropical Migratory Birds
Managing Habitat for Grassland Birds
A Guide for Wisconsin
Managing Minnesota's Recovered Wolves
Maps of Distribution and Abundance of Selected Species of Birds on Uncultivated Native Upland Grasslands and Shrubsteppe in the Northern Great Plains
Markov Chain Monte Carlo Estimation of Species Distributions: a Case Study of the Swift Fox in Western Kansas
Marshbirds and Shorebirds of North Dakota
Mate Loss in Winter Affects Reproduction of Mallards
Mayflies of the United States
Midwestern Wetland Flora
Migration of Birds
A Miniature Camera System for Studies of Grassland Passerine Nests
Minnesota Carnivore Population Index
The Missouri River System's Other Fish
A Model of the Productivity of the Northern Pintail
Modified Transmitter Attachment Method for Adult Ducks
Movements and Habitat Use of Franklin's Ground Squirrels in Duck-Nesting Habitat
Multiple Tube Sampler for Benthic and Pelagic Invertebrates in Shallow Wetlands
Native Plants and Shorebirds of the Chaplin Lake Area
Native Wildflowers of the North Dakota Grasslands
Natural Areas of North Dakota
Nest Structures for Ducks and Geese
Nesting Ecology and Nesting Habitat Requirements of Ohio's Grassland-Nesting Birds: A Literature Review
Nesting Waterfowl and Water Birds on Natural Islands in the Dakotas and Montana
A New Device for Collection of Interstitial Water from Wetland Sediments
A New Era for Carnivore Conservation
The New Mexico Breeding Bird Atlas Project
Nongame Birds, Small Mammals, Herptiles, Fishes: Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 1995-1996
The North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations (
article
)
North Dakota Bird Life: Tracking Changes Over a Quarter Century
North Dakota Fisheries Investigations
North Dakota Furtakers Educational Manual
North Dakota GAP Analysis Project
North Dakota Prairie Our Natural Heritage
North Dakota Vegetation Bibliography
North Dakota Wildlife Management Area Guide
North Dakota's Endangered and Threatened Species
North Dakota's Federally Listed Endangered, Threatened and Candidate Species 1995
Northeast Wetland Flora
Northern Prairie Herbarium
Northern Prairie Publications Database
Observed Interactions Between Coyotes and Red Foxes
Oklahoma Bats...Coming Out of the Dark
Oklahoma's Summer Jewels Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
Oklahoma's Tropical Ambassador The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Operation Crane Watch
The Owls of North Dakota
Parental Nest Defense on Videotape: More Reality Than Myth
Patch Size and Landscape Effects on Density and Nesting Success of Grassland Birds
Patterns of Prey Selection by Wolves in Denali National Park, Alaska
Patterns of Variation in Clutch Sizes in a Guild of Temperate-Nesting Dabbling Ducks
Piping Plovers and Least Terns of the Great Plains and Nearby: A Draft Protocol for Assessing Piping Plover Reproductive Success on Great Plains Alkali Lakes
Plant Community Patterns on Upland Prairie in the Eastern Nebraska Sandhills
Platte River Ecology Study
Platte River Ecosystem Resources and Management, with Emphasis on the Big Bend Reach in Nebraska
Platte Search - Platte River Basin Bibliographic Information Retrieval System
Point Counts of Birds: What Are We Estimating?
Population Energetics of Northern Pintails Wintering in the Sacramento Valley, California
Population and Movement Characteristics of Radio-Collared Striped Skunks in North Dakota During an Epizootic of Rabies
Potential Effects of Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases on Avian Habitats and Populations in the Northern Great Plains
Prairie Basin Wetlands of the Dakotas: A Community Profile
Prairie Duck Populations and Predation Management
Prairie Ecosystems: Wetland Ecology, Management and Restoration
Prairie Wildflowers and Grasses of North Dakota
Predation on Waterfowl in Arctic Tundra and Prairie Breeding Areas: A Review
Predictable Interregional Movements by Female Northern Pintails During Winter
Prefer Resource Selection Software
Prescribed Burning Guidelines in the Northern Great Plains
Prescribed Fire Effects on Biological Control of Leafy Spurge
Presettlement Wildlife and Habitat of Montana: An Overview
Prevalence of Giant Kidney Worm (
Dioctophyma renale
) in Wild Mink (
Mustela vison
) in Minnesota
Problems and Potentials for Prairie Ducks
Prolonged Winter Undernutrition and the Interpretation of Urinary Allantoin:Creatinine Ratios in White-tailed Deer
Promise for Plovers
A Provisional Model for Smooth Brome Management in Degraded Tallgrass Prairie
Proximate and Landscape Factors Influence Grassland Bird Distributions
Proximity of White-tailed Deer,
Odocoileus virginianus
, Ranges to Wolf,
Canis lupus
, Pack Homesites
Range Expansion of the Pileated Woodpecker in North Dakota
Ranges of North American Breeding Birds
The Rare Ones: The Uncommon Floral and Faunal Components of North Dakota
A Record Large Wolf,
Canis lupus
, Pack in Minnesota
Records of the Henslow's Sparrows in Day and McPherson Counties and the First Nest Record for the Species in South Dakota
Recovery Program: Endangered and Threatened Species, 1994
Red Fox Predation on Breeding Ducks in Midcontinent North America
Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin: A Working Map and Classification
Regurgitative Food Transfer Among Wild Wolves
Relationships of Habitat Patch Size to Predator Community and Survival of Duck Nests
Relative Effects of Litter and Management on Grassland Bird Abundance in Missouri, USA
Reproductive Success of Belding's Savannah Sparrows in a Highly Fragmented Landscape
Reptiles and Amphibians of North Dakota
Reptiles and Amphibians of Southwestern North Dakota
Research Access to Privately Owned Wetland Basins in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States
Research Techniques in Animal Ecology: Controversies and Consequences (Book Review)
Research and Management Techniques for Wildlife Habitats Geographic Information Systems
Reserve Design for Grasslands: Considerations for Bird Populations
Response of Nesting Ducks to Predator Exclosures and Water Conditions During Drought
A Retrospective Perspective: Evaluating Population Changes by Repeating Historic Bird Surveys
Return of the Wolf?
A Review of Wildlife Management Practices in North Dakota
A Review of the Problem of Lead Poisoning in Waterfowl
Revised Checklist of North Dakota Birds
The Ring-necked Pheasant in North Dakota
Riparian Areas of South Dakota
Riparian Communities and Related Topics: An Annotated Bibliography
Riparian Ecosystem Creation and Restoration: A Literature Summary
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in North Dakota
Sago Pondweed (
Potamogeton pectinatus
L.): A Literature Review
A Sampler for Quantifying the Vertical Distribution of Macroinvertebrates in Shallow Wetlands
Sampling Designs for Carnivore Scent-Station Surveys
Sandhill Cranes and the Platte River
Savanna Restoration Bibliography
The Science, Ethics, and Philosophy of Tooth Extractions from Live-captured White-tailed Deer: a response to Festa-Bianchet et al. (2002)
Seasonal Food Habits of Swift Fox (
Vulpes velox
) in Cropland and Rangeland Landscapes in Western Kansas
Seasonal Predator Removal Relative to Hatch Rate of Duck Nests in Waterfowl Production Areas
Sedimentation of Prairie Pothole Wetlands: The Need for Integrated Research by Agricultural and Wildlife Interests
Sedimentation of Prairie Wetlands
Selected Chapters From Ecology and Management of Breeding Waterfowl
A Simple Field Candler for Waterfowl Eggs
Small Mammals of North Dakota
Snow Goose Population Problem: Part I, II, III
Songbirds of North Dakota
South Dakota Breeding Bird Atlas
South Dakota Wetlands: A Guide to Wetlands Management & Development
Southern Wetland Flora
Sparrows of North Dakota
Species Abstracts of Highly Disruptive Exotic Plants
Species Composition and Trophic Structure of Insect Communities in Texas Prairies
Species Identification Guide: An Online Guide for Amphibians in the United States and Canada
Species, Age and Sex Identification of Ducks Using Wing Plumage
Spread, Impact, and Control of Purple Loosestrife (
Lythrum salicaria
) in North American Wetlands
Spring-staging Ecology of Midcontient Greater White-fronted Geese
Spring-staging Ecology of Waterfowl in Nebraska Then Versus Now
Standing Over and Hugging in Wild Wolves,
Canis lupus
Statistical Comparison of Nest Success Rates
Statistical Considerations in Monitoring Birds over Large Areas
Statistical Sirens: The Allure of Nonparametrics
Statistics for Wildlifers: How much and what kind?
Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources
Grasslands
Status of the Arkansas Darter in South-central Kansas and Adjacent Oklahoma
Stoneflies of the United States
Suggestions for Presenting the Results of Data Analyses
Summer Movements and Behavior of an Arctic Wolf,
Canis Lupus
, Pack without Pups
Suppression of Smooth Brome by Atrazine, Mowing, and Fire
A Surface-Associated Activity Trap for Capturing Water-Surface and Aquatic Invertebrates in Wetlands
Survey of Amphibians at Selected Sites in Nebraska
A Survey of the Herpetofauna of the Comanche National Grasslands in Southeastern Colorado
Surveys of Calling Amphibians in North Dakota
Survival of Adult Female Northern Pintails in Sacramento Valley, California
Survival of Postfledging Mallards in Northcentral Minnesota
Survival of Radiomarked Canvasback Ducklings in Northwestern Minnesota
Swift Fox Symposium
Symposium: Managing Predation to Increase Production of Wetland Birds
Techniques for Studying Nest Success of Ducks in Upland Habitats in the Prairie Pothole Region
Temporal Flexibility of Reproduction in Temperate-breeding Dabbling Ducks
A Ten-year History of the Demography and Productivity of an Arctic Wolf Pack
A Test of Vegetation-related Indicators of Wetland Quality in the Prairie Pothole Region
Testing Releasable GPS Radiocollars on Wolves and White-tailed Deer
Tiger Beetles of the United States
Time-specific Variation in Passerine Nest Survival: New Insights Into Old Questions
Tolerance by Denning Wolves,
Canis lupus
, to Human Disturbance
Tooth Extractions from Live-captured White-tailed Deer
Trends and Management of Wolf-Livestock Conflicts in Minnesota
Tundra Swan Habitat Preferences During Migration in North Dakota
Twenty-year Home-range Dynamics of a White-tailed Deer Matriline
U.S. Prairie Pothole Joint Venture Implementation Plan Update
Uncommon Breeding Birds in North Dakota: Population Estimates and Frequencies of Occurrence
A Unified Approach to Analyzing Nest Success
Upland Game Identification A Basic Guide for Aging and Sexing the Bird in Your Hand
Urinary 3-methylhistidine and Progressive Winter Undernutrition in White-tailed Deer
Use of Macroinvertebrates to Identify Cultivated Wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region
The Usefulness of GPS Telemetry to Study Wolf Circadian and Social Activity
Using Aquatic Invertebrates to Delineate Seasonal and Temporary Wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America
Using Candlers to Determine the Incubation Stage of Passerine Eggs
Using Known Populations of Pronghorn to Evaluate Sampling Plans and Estimators
Using Landscape Information Approaches to Increase Duck Recruitment in the Prairie Pothole Region
Variability in Nest Survival Rates and Implications to Nesting Studies
Variability in Vegetation Effects on Density and Nesting Success of Grassland Birds
Variation in Body Mass of Wild Canvasback and Redhead Ducklings
A Walk-in Trap for Nesting Ducks
Water-level Fluctuation in Wetlands as a Function of Landscape Condition in the Prairie Pothole Region
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Waterfowl Production on the Woodworth Station in South-central North Dakota, 1965-1981
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Waterfowl and Habitat Changes After 40 Years on the Waubay Study Area
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Wetlands: Losses in the United States 1780's to 1980's
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The Wolf Dilemma in Minnesota: Can You Help Solve It?
Wolf Management in the 21st Century: From Public Input to Sterilization
Wolf Pack Size and Food Acquisition
Wolf Restoration to the Adirondacks: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Public Participation in the Decision
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Aix sponsa
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