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Behavioral studies of Black-capped Chickadees at the UWM Field Station
(1982-10-01)This report summarizes studies of the behavior of Black-capped Chickadees (Parus atricapillus) conducted at the UWM Field Station since 1970. Vocalizations and responses to predators are emphasized. Chickadees are very ... -
Benedict Prairie
(1968-10-01)The Benedict Prairie Unit of The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Field Stations consists of about six acres, actually 100 feet wide and one half mile long, on what was once a railroad right of way on the old Kenosha-Silver ... -
Bird Hybrids in the Kettle Moraine
(1968-10-01)Since hybridization in birds is so rare in nature, it is unusual to have the opportunity to study what happens when two species interbreed. Blue-winged Warblers (Vermivora pinus) and Golden-winged Warblers (V. chrysoptera) ... -
Black-capped Chickadee behavior-fledging to dispersal
(1973-04-01)Most studies of the family life of young birds after they leave the nest have been descriptive and anecdotal with little quantitative behavioral data, despite the many interesting problems involved in interactions of the ... -
Breeding birds of the forested portions of Cedarburg Bog
(1973-10-01)In 1971 the Wisconsin Scientific Areas Preservation Council inaugurated a program of annual breeding bird surveys in the various state scientific areas, carried out by members of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology and ... -
Browsing the bog
(2007-01-01)The Cedarburg Bog and its surrounding uplands provided a rich smorgasbord of plants to fill the many needs of its earliest human inhabitants. A flora of the area and a list of plant species that were employed in some manner ... -
Cedarburg Bog -A National Natural Landmark
(1974-04-01)The Cedarburg Bog and adjoining upland beech woods were designated, with nine other Wisconsin locations, as National Natural Landmarks. The other sites are the Wyalusing Hardwood Forest in Grant County, Summerton Bog in ... -
Change in the urban-rural ecotone
(1971-04-01)Conversion of the rural Wisconsin landscape from farms to housing poses serious wildlife management and utilization problems. The problems are aggravated by the unregulated and unplanned nature of the land use changes. ... -
Cold air drainage: a field experiment
(1975-10-01)The following descriptions of a 24-hour cycle of the flows of radiant energy in November 1974 were written as follow-up assignments to a class exercise measuring these energy flows at the Field Station (Meteorology 511 - ... -
Communication in ground squirrels
(1972-10-01)Thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Citellus tridecemlineatus) are among the more abundant and conspicuous Midwestern mammals, yet surprisingly little is known of their behavior under natural conditions, except for the study ... -
Comparison of Wisconsin terrestrial isopods and their life cycle traits
(1996-10-01)Seasonal reproductive patterns for the 11 terrestrial isopod species found in Wisconsin are presented. The pattern of the most widespread species, Trachelipus rathkei, is examined hi detail through a series of paired ... -
Daily organization of vocalizations of forest-edge birds in Wisconsin
(1986-10-01)The daily patterning of vocalizations was determined for 15 species of forest-edge birds at the UWM Field Station. Species that were predominately callers (gave few songs) had very erratic patterns of vocalizations. Species ... -
Degree of call synchrony during interactions between male snowy tree crickets
(1990-10-01)Call synchrony has been reported for the snowy tree cricket (Oecanthus fultoni), but the degree to which it occurs in natural interactions has not been previously investigated. I recorded acoustic interactions among ten ... -
Development of vegetation in wetlands restored on Ozaukee County Conservation Reserve Program Lands
(1990-10-01)We studied the natural revegetation of six wetlands created in 1988 and six wetlands created in 1989 in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. By describing the flora and vegetation of these two sets of wetlands we could compare the ... -
Development of vegetation over nine years in a planted field station prairie
(1994-10-01)We studied the development of vegetation in a small area at the UWM Field Station planted with prairie species in 1986. The species and quantities of seed and seedlings planted in 1986 were recorded. We sampled the vegetation ... -
Dispersal movements of juvenile Black-capped Chickadees
(1974-04-01)To learn more about Chickadee dispersal this study was undertaken from the summer of 1970 through the summer of 1973, involving the color-banded population of Black-capped Chickadees at the UW-M Cedar-Sauk Field Station ... -
Distribution and habitats of forked aster (Aster furcatus), a threatened Wisconsin plant
(1991-10-01)We describe the locations and habitat characteristics of 10 of the 14 known populations of Aster furcatus in Wisconsin. We were unable to identify any particularly unusual features of A. furcatus habitats which could be ... -
Distribution of ferns in the Maple-Beech Forest at the Cedar-Sauk Field Station
(1971-10-01)This report is another in a series of plant studies under investigation at the UWM Cedar-Sauk Field Station. Most of the previous studies were concerned with seed plants and only limited attention was given to the fern ... -
Dogwoods in Wisconsin
(1971-04-01)Many persons who have taken early spring trips to the southern and southeastern sections of our country frequently remark about the attractiveness of the Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida L.) which they observed in the ... -
Dragonflies at the UWM Cedar-Sauk Field Station
(1979-10-01)When visitors and classes utilize the Field Station facilities during the summer months, they seldom fail to notice dragonflies coursing the old fields or hawking mosquitoes over the little ponds. Their beauty and strong ...