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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
    • Alpha₁-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
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