National atlas of coastal waterbird colonies in the contiguous United States, 1976-82
J. A. Spendelow, S.R. Patton
1988, Biological Report 88 (5).
Peregrine falcon
R.W. Skaggs, D. H. Ellis, W.G. Hunt, T.H. Johnson
Richard L. Glinski, Beth Giron Pendleton, Mary Beth Moss, Maurice N.= LeFranc Jr., Brian A. Millsap, Stephen W. Hoffman, editor(s)
1988, Book chapter, Proceedings of the Southwest Raptor Management Symposium and Workshop
Since 1975, 101 peregrine falcon breeding sites have been documented in Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas. Eyries were found in either riverine or montane canyons, habitats which supported dense and diverse avian prey and provided structural characteristics that may increase prey vulnerability. Approximately 85% of the sites visited...
Raptors and aircraft
D.G. Smith, D. H. Ellis, T.H. Johnson
Richard L. Glinski, Beth Giron Pendleton, Mary Beth Moss, Maurice N.= LeFranc Jr., Brian A. Millsap, Stephen W. Hoffman, editor(s)
1988, Book chapter, Proceedings of the Southwest Raptor Management Symposium and Workshop
Less than 5% of all bird strikes of aircraft are by raptor species, but damage to airframe structure or jet engine dysfunction are likely consequences. Beneficial aircraft-raptor interactions include the use of raptor species to frighten unwanted birds from airport areas and the use of aircraft to census raptor species....
Atlas de aves: Un metodo para documentar distribucion y seguir poblaciones
C.S. Robbins, B.A. Dowell, D.K. Dawson
Humberto Alvarez-Lopez, Gustavo Kattan, Carolina Murcia, editor(s)
1988, Book chapter, Memorias III Congreso de Ornitologia Neotropical.
Los Atlas de Aves son proyectos nacionales o regionalies para trazar en mapas la distribucion en reproduccion de cada especie de ave. Ese procedimiento se esta usando en Europa, Australia, Nueva Zelanda, Norteamerica, y partes de Africa. El tama?o de los cuadrados varia de medio grado de latitud y Iongitud...
Bias of animal population trend estimates
P.H. Geissler, W.A. Link
E.J. Wegman, D.T. Gantz, J. J. Miller, editor(s)
1988, Book chapter, Computing Science and Statistics: Proceedings of the 20th Symposium on the Interface
A computer simulation study of the population trend estimator used for the Mourning Dove Call-Count Survey, Woodcock Singing Ground Survey, Breeding Bird Survey and other surveys concluded that the estimator had negligible bias in most situations but that observer covariables should not be used with less than five years of...
An identifiable model for informative censoring
W.A. Link
E.J. Wegman, D.T. Gantz, J. J. Miller, editor(s)
1988, Book chapter, Computing Science and Statistics: Proceedings of the 20th Symposium on the Interface
The usual model for censored survival analysis requires the assumption that censoring of observations arises only due to causes unrelated to the lifetime under consideration. It is easy to envision situations in which this assumption is unwarranted, and in which use of the Kaplan-Meier estimator and associated techniques will...
Environmental contaminants and the management of bat populations in the United States
D. R. Clark Jr.
1988, Book chapter, Management of Amphibians, Reptiles, and Small Mammals in North America: Proceedings of the Symposium, July 19-21, 1988, Flagstaff, Arizona
Food-chain residues of organochlorine pesticides probably have been involved in declines of some U.S. bat populations; examples include free-tailed bats at Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico, and the endangered gray bat at sites in Missouri and Alabama. If a long-lived contaminant has not been dispersed in large amounts over large...
Overview of nongame bird research activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
R.M. Erwin
1988, Book chapter, Proceedings of the Region 3 Nongame Bird Management Workshop
Ferruginous hawk
R.S. Hall, R.L. Glinski, D. H. Ellis, J.M. Ramakka, D.L. Base
Richard L. Glinski, Beth Giron Pendleton, Mary Beth Moss, Maurice N.= LeFranc Jr., Brian A. Millsap, Stephen W. Hoffman, editor(s)
1988, Book chapter, Proceedings of the Southwest Raptor Management Symposium and Workshop
In the Southwest, the ferruginous hawk is a local and isolated breeder and an uncommon but consistent winter visitor. Apparently, the breeding range of this species in the Southwest was historically much greater than today. The ferruginous hawk is being considered for listing by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
Crested caracara
D. H. Ellis, D.G. Smith, W.H. Whaley, Catherine H. Ellis
Richard L. Glinski, Beth Giron Pendleton, Mary Beth Moss, Maurice N.= LeFranc Jr., Brian A. Millsap, Stephen W. Hoffman, editor(s)
1988, Book chapter, Proceedings of the Southwest Raptor Management Symposium and Workshop.
The crested caracara's range extends from the southern United States south to Tierra del Fuego. Although the caracara has been recorded in all of the southwestern states, it occurs regularly only in southern Arizona and central, southern and coastal Texas. Its distribution is closely linked to the availability of carrion....
Forest fragmentation and its effects on birds
C.S. Robbins
James E. Johnson, editor(s)
1988, Book chapter, Managing North Central Forests for Non-Timber Values
Fragmentation of forest land, whether by suburban development, highways, transmission lines, or poorly planned cutting regimes, seriously affects reproduction by the large numbers of obligate forest interior birds. Many of our warblers, vireos, thrushes, tanagers, and flycatchers are highly migratory insectivorous birds that spend more than half the year in...
Bioassay for phytotoxicity of toxicants to sago pondweed
W. James Fleming, J.J. Momot, M.S. Ailstock
Maurice T. Lynch, Elizabeth C. Krome, editor(s)
1988, Book chapter, Understanding the Estuary: Advances in Chesapeake Bay Research.
Some considerations in modeling the mallard life cycle
Douglas H. Johnson, J.D. Nichols, M.J. Conroy, L.M. Cowardin
Milton W. Weller, editor(s)
1988, Book chapter, Waterfowl in Winter
We outline a population model proposed to accommodate the full life cycle of the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos}. Events during the breeding season are better understood than events at other times of the year, but recent findings suggest the importance of phenomena away from the breeding grounds. Several processes are discussed...
Alternative sampling strategies for a survey of submerged aquatic vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay
P.H. Geissler
M.P. Lynch, E.C. Krome, editor(s)
1988, Book chapter, Understanding the Estuary: Advances in Chesapeake Bay Research
Developing of 10-year EEZ seafloor mapping and research program
M. Lockwood, G. W. Hill
1988, Marine Geodesy (12) 167-175
Mapping and research on the seafloor adjacent to the United States has been a national effort involving elements of the Department of the Interior, the Department of Commerce, certain academic institutions, and private industry, the latter primarily for the exploration for oil and gas. These activities were accelerated by...
FOLD, federally owned Landsat data, April 1988
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1988, Report
The FOLD data base lists all Landsat CCT's held by participating agencies. Duplicate CCT listings are maintained when more than one agency holds identical CCT's; this permits the user to select the most convenient site to obtain a copy. Copies of the listing are distributed by EDC to contributing agencies...
Landforms of the United States
John T. Hack
1988, Report
The United States contains a great variety of landforms which offer dramatic contrasts to a cross-country traveler. Mountains and desert areas, tropical jungles and areas of permanently frozen subsoil, and deep canyons and broad plains are examples of the Nation's varied surface. The presentday landforms the features that make up...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Red king crab
Stephen C. Jewett, Christopher P. Onuf
1988, FWS/OBS 82/10.153
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop a Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model for evaluating habitat of different life stages of red king crab (Paralithodes camtschatica). A model consolidates habitat use information into a framework appropriate for field application, and is scaled to produce an index...
A comparison of coupled freshwater-saltwater sharp-interface and convective-dispersive models of saltwater intrusion in a layered aquifer system
Mary C. Hill
1988, Developments in Water Science 211-216
Simulated results of the coupled freshwater-saltwater sharp interface and convective-dispersive numerical models are compared by using steady-state cross-sectional simulations. The results indicate that in some aquifers the calculated sharp interface is located further landward than would be expected....
Generalized potentiometric surface of shallow aquifers in southern Mississippi, 1982
E. H. Boswell, J. K. Arthur
1988, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4257
Age and height distribution of holocene transgressive deposits in eastern North Island, New Zealand
Y. Ota, K.R. Berryman, A.G. Hull, T. Miyauchi, N. Iso
1988, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (68) 135-151
Holocene transgressive deposits are frequently exposed near the present-day coastline of the study area along eastern North Island, New Zealand. They occur in sites of former estuaries that were filled during the postglacial rise in sea level. We present one hundred radiocarbon dates of Holocene transgressive deposits from the study...
Wind directions predicted from global circulation models and wind directions determined from eolian sandstones of the western United States - A comparison
Judith T. Parrish, F. Peterson
1988, Sedimentary Geology (56) 261-282
Wind directions for Middle Pennsylvanian through Jurassic time are predicted from global circulation models for the western United States. These predictions are compared with paleowind directions interpreted from eolian sandstones of Middle Pennsylvanian through Jurassic age. Predicted regional wind directions correspond with at least three-quarters of the paleowind data from...
Aftershocks of the western Argentina (Caucete) earthquake of 23 November 1977: Some tectonic implications
C.J. Langer, G. A. Bollinger
1988, Tectonophysics (148) 131-146
An aftershock survey, using a network of eight portable and two permanent seismographs, was conducted for the western Argentina (Caucete) earthquake (MS 7.3) of November 23, 1977. Monitoring began December 6, almost 2 weeks after the main shock and continued for 11 days. The data set includes 185 aftershock hypocenters that...
Suspended sediment transport under estuarine tidal channel conditions
R.W. Sternberg, K. Kranck, D.A. Cacchione, D.E. Drake
1988, Sedimentary Geology (57) 257-272
A modified version of the GEOPROBE tripod has been used to monitor flow conditions and suspended sediment distribution in the bottom boundary layer of a tidal channel within San Francisco Bay, California. Measurements were made every 15 minutes over three successive tidal cycles. They included mean velocity profiles from four...
Pennsylvanian to Jurassic eolian transportation systems in the western United States
F. Peterson
1988, Sedimentary Geology (56) 207-260
The direction of sediment transport in eolian sandstones of Pennsylvanian to Jurassic age was interpreted from crossbedding resultants (vector means) obtained from studies of eolian rocks in the western U.S., supplemented by data from the few eolian units of eastern North America. These were compiled from the published or...