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Acoustic communication of the trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator)
(1992-04-01)Six cygnet calls, eight adult calls, and one nonvocal sound of Trumpeter Swans are categorized and described. Calls vary greatly in complexity. Many form graded series, while others are discrete. Most of the cygnet calls ... -
Additions to the fungi of the UWM Field Station
(1988-04-01)A preliminary checklist totaling 147 species of fungi identified from the Field Station was published recently (Parker, 1987). Extensive collecting in the beech-maple hardwoods and one trip into the cedar-tamarack swamp ... -
Alien plant species in Eastern Wisconsin Natural Areas
(1990-10-01)An expanded study of non-native plant species in eastern Wisconsin Natural Areas resulted in a total of 64 exotics being found. The most abundant were Rhamnus cathartica, Taraxacum officinale, and Berberis thunbergii. Sites ... -
Amphipods (exclusive of Pontoporeiidae) of Southeastern Wisconsin
(1995-04-01)Eight species of amphipods in the families Crangonyctidae (five species), Gammaridae (two species) and Hyalellidae (one species) are recorded here from a 21 county area in southeastern Wisconsin. Excluded from this survey ... -
An assessment of age determination methods for captured passerine birds
(1996-04-01)Various methods of determining age of passerine birds, using eye color, shape of flight feathers, plumage color patterns, etc. are presented in handbooks for bird banders, such as Pyle, et al., Identification Guide to North ... -
Analysis of four common play patterns in juvenile thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus)
(1976-10-01)Young mammals spend a considerable amount of time engaged in activities which are called "play". The ethological literature contains much controversy concerning the definition and adaptive significance of play. Fagen (1974) ... -
Aquatic Oligochaeta of Mud Lake, and its inlet and outlet stream
(1981-10-01)Aquatic invertebrates of Wisconsin have been studied extensively, but until recently, little work has been done with aquatic oligochaetes (segmented worms). Much of the previous work was primarily concerned with the tubificid ... -
Aquatic vascular plants in three bays of eastern Door County, Wisconsin
(1978-10-01)Aquatic macrophytes of the western shores of Lake Michigan have received little attention from Wisconsin botanists (Ross and Calhoun, 1951; Curtis, 1959), probably because few localities are available for study. Severe ... -
Autecological studies of Drosera linearis, a threatened sundew species
(1984-04-01)The linear-leaf sundew has been extirpated from several stations at the southern edge of Its range. Cedarburg Bog is believed to harbor the largest of the remaining southern colonies of this species. Drosera linearis has ... -
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 ...