Duck Nesting in the Northern Great Plains

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center is host to an extensive inventory and monitoring effort of duck nest success in the northern Great Plains. Information on duck nests are collected annually by Center biologists and State, Federal, Provincial and private cooperators using standardized procedures developed at Northern Prairie.

Northern Prairie furnishes data forms to interested cooperators. Cooperators send completed data forms to Northern Prairie where data are entered, error-checked, summarized and archived.

Center statisticians and biologists periodically analyze the data to provide up-to-date information for assessing status and trends in duck nest success and for use as input in various population models.

This resource should be cited as:

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center.  1995.  Duck nesting in the Northern 
     Great Plains.  Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.  
     http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/ducknest/index.htm
     (Version 02SEP99).

Related Literature
Becoming a Cooperator
Information about Cooperators
Habitat Classification
Distribution of Nests
Nest Success
- Dakotas and Minnesota, 1966-94
- Prairie Canada, 1982-85
- By Habitat Class, North Dakota, 1990-94
Outcomes of Nesting Attempts, North Dakota, 1990-94
Nest Initiations by Habitat Class, North Dakota, 1990-94

For further information:: Terry L. Shaffer; Biological Resources Division; Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center; 8711 37th Street SE; Jamestown, North Dakota; 701-253-5522 (phone); terry_shaffer@usgs.gov (e-mail)

Downloading Instructions -- Instructions on downloading and extracting files from this site.

ducknest.zip (165K) -- Duck Nesting in the Northern Great Plains Installation: Extract all files and open index.htm in a web browser.

Duck Nesting in the Northern Great Plains

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