The following are citations for research conducted at Seney
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Peer-Reviewed Papers
Baker, B.W.,
B.S. Cade, W.L. Mangus, and J.L. McMillan. 1995. Spatial analysis of sandhill crane nesting habitat. Journal of Wildlife
Management 59:752-758.
Bart, J.,
R.A. Stehn, J.A. Herrick, N.A. Heaslip, T.A. Bookhout, and J.A. Stenzel. 1984. Survey methods for breeding yellow rails. Journal of Wildlife Management 48:1382-1386.
Baetsen,
R., B. Heuvelhorst, and T. Casselman. 2005. Nesting of the great gray owl,
Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Schoolcraft County, Michigan. Michigan
Birds and Natural History 12:2-5.
Beard (Losey),
E.B. 1953. The importance of beaver in waterfowl
management at the Seney National Wildlife Refuge (PDF file size 5.7MB). Journal of Wildlife
Management 17:398-436.
Beard (Losey),
E.B. 1964. Duck brood behavior at the Seney National
Wildlife Refuge (PDF file size 2.5MB). Journal of Wildlife Management 28:492-521.
Bookhout,
T.A., and J.R. Stenzel. 1987. Habitat and movement
of breeding yellow rails. Wilson Bulletin 99:441-447.
Corace, R.G. III, L.M. Shartell, L. A. Schulte, W.L. Brininger Jr., M.K.D. McDowell, and D.M. Kashian. 2012. An ecoregional context for forest management on National Wildlife Refuges of the Upper Midwest, USA. Environmental Management 49:359-371.
Corace, R.G. III, N.E. Seefelt, P.C. Goebel, and H.L. Shaw. 2010. Snag longevity and decay class development in a recent jack pine clearcut in Michigan (PDF file size 903KB). Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 27:125-131.
Corace, R.G. III, P.C. Goebel, and D.L. McCormick. 2010. Kirtland's Warbler habitat management and multi-species bird conservation: considerations for planning and management across jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) habitat types (PDF file size 1.01MB). Natural Areas Journal 30:174-190.
Corace, R.G. III, P.C. Goebel, D.M. Hix, T. Casselman, and N.E. Seefelt. 2009. Applying principles of ecological forestry at National Wildlife Refuges: experiences from Seney National Wildlife Refuge and Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife Management Area. The Forestry Chronicle 85:695-701.
Corace, R.G., III, D.J. Flaspohler, and L.M. Shartell. 2009. Geographical patterns in openland cover and hayfield mowing in the Upper Great Lakes Region: implications for grassland bird conservation (PDF file size 512KB). Landscape Ecology 24:309-323.
Corace, R.G.,
III., K.P. Leister, and B. Brosnan. 2008. Efficacy of different glyphosate concentrations in managing glossy buckthorn (Frangula
alnus L.) resprouts at Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Upper Michigan (PDF file size 1.03MB). Ecological Restoration 26:111-112.
Corace, R.G.,
III., B. Lundrigan, and P. Myers. 2006. Nest site
habitat characteristics and prey use of a breeding pair of great gray owls in
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Passenger Pigeon 68:353-360.
Corace, R.G.,
III., D.L. McCormick, and V. Cavalieri. 2006. Population growth parameters of a reintroduced trumpeter swan flock, Seney
National Wildlife Refuge, Michigan, USA (1991-2004). Waterbirds 29:38-42.
Corin, C.W. 1976. The land vertebrates of the Huron Islands, Lake Superior. The Jack-Pine Warbler 54:138-147.
Crozier, G.E.,
and G.J. Niemi. 2003. Using local patch and
landscape variables to model bird abundance in a naturally heterogeneous
landscape (PDF file size 529KB). Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:441-452.
Cuthbert,
F.J., L.R. Wires, and J.E. McKearman. 2002. Potential impacts of
double-crested cormorants on nesting great blue herons and black-crowned
herons in the U.S. Great Lakes. International Journal of Great Lakes
Research 28:145-154.
Cuthbert,
F.J. 1985. Interseasonal movement between
colony sites by Caspian terns in the Great Lakes. Wilson Bulletin 97:502-510.
Cuthbert,
F.J. 1985. Mate retention in Caspian Terns. Condor 87:74-78.
Cuthbert,
F.J. 1988. Reproductive success and colony site
tenacity in Caspian terns. Auk 105:339-344.
Davis, D.D.
2007. Ozone injury to plants within the Seney National
Wildlife Refuge in Northern Michigan. Northern Naturalist 14:415-424.
DiAllesandro, A. 2012. An assessment of foliar application of triclopyr of varying concentrations for managing glossy buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula) seedlings and resprouts (Michigan). Ecological Restoration 30:18-19.
Drobyshev, I., P.C. Goebel, D.M. Hix, R.G., Corace III, and M. Duncan. 2008a. Pre- and post-European settlement fire history of red pine-dominated forest ecosystems of Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Upper Michigan (PDF file size 1.55MB). Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38:2497–2514.
Drobyshev, I., P.C. Goebel, D.M. Hix, R.G., Corace III, and M. Duncan. 2008b. Interactions among forest composition, structure, fuel loadings and fire history: a case study of red pine-dominated forests of Seney National Wildlife Refuge (PDF file size 1.24MB). Forest Ecology and Management 256:1723–1733.
Drummer, T.D., R.G. Corace, III, and S.J. Sjogren. 2011. Sharp-tailed Grouse lek attendance and fidelity in Upper Michigan. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:311–318.
Duan, W.,
and T.A. Bookhout. 1997. Breeding behavior of
isolation-reared sandhill cranes (PDF file size 588KB). Journal of Field Ornithology 68:200-207.
Evers, D.C.,
K.M. Taylor, A. Major, R.J. Taylor, R.H. Poppenga, and A.M. Scheuhammer. 2003. Common loon eggs as indicators of methylmercury availability in North America. Ecotoxicology 12:69-81.
Evers, D.C.,
J.D. Kaplan, M.W. Meyer, P.S. Reaman, W.E. Braselton, A. Major, N. Burgess,
and A.M. Scheuhammer. 1998. Geographic trend in
mercury measured in common loon feathers and blood. Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry 17:173-183.
Evers, D.C., J.D. Kaplan, P.S. Reaman, J.D. Paruk, and P. Phifer. 1997. Demographic characteristics of the common loon in the Upper Great Lakes: old history and new findings. (PDF file size 3.66MB) In: Proceedings of Symposium of American Ornithologists' Union, 115th Meeting, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Evers, D.C. 1994. Activity budgets of a marked common loon (Gavia immer) nesting population. Hydrobiologia 279/280:415-420.
Field, R.J.
1970. Scavengers feeding on a Michigan deer carcass. The Jack Pine Warbler 48:73
Field, R.J.
1970. Winter habits of the river otter, Lutra
canadensis, in Michigan (PDF file size 662KB). Michigan Academician 3:49-58.
Fjetland, C.A. 1973. Long-term retention of plastic collars on Canada geese. Journal of Wildlife Management 37:176-178.
Fjetland, C.A. 1978. Giant Canada goose incubates eggless nest. Wilson Bulletin 90:456-457.
Frandsen,
W.R. 1997. Ignition probability of organic soils. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27:1471-1477.
Gates, F.C. 1950. Hat Island, Lake Michigan: its revegetation after bombing. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 53:217-228.
Heinselman,
M.L. 1965. String bogs and other patterned organic
terrain near Seney, Upper Michigan (PDF file size 1.16MB). Ecology 46:185-188.
Herman, C.W.,
J.H., Barrow Jr., and I.B. Tarhis. 1975. Leucocytozoonosis in Canada geese at
the Seney National Wildlife Refuge. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 11:404-411.
Johnson, C.S.
1947. Canada goose management, Seney National
Wildlife Refuge. Journal of Wildlife Management 11:21-24.
Kashian, D.M., R.G. Corace III, L.M. Shartell, D.M. Donner, and P.W. Huber. 2012. Variability and persistence of post-fire biological legacies in jack pine-dominated ecosystems of northern Lower Michigan (PDF file size 997 KB). Forest Ecology and Management 263:148-158.
Kowalski,
K., and D. Wilcox. 2003. Differences in sedge fen
vegetation upstream and downstream from a managed impoundment (PDF file size 627KB). The
American Midland Naturalist 150:199-220.
Lagler, K.F.
1956. The pike, Eso lucius (Linnaeus), in
relation to waterfowl on the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Michigan. Journal of Wildlife Management 20:114-124.
Lederle, P.E., W.C. Scharf, G. Shugart, and M. Fitch. 1985. Size variation in Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis from the Beaver Islands. The Jack-Pine Warbler 63:10-20
Losey, E.B.,
B.R. Deemer, and R.G., Corace III. 2007. History of
sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) at Seney National
Wildlife Refuge and surrounding areas, Schoolcraft County, Michigan (PDF file size 719KB). Passenger Pigeon 69:339-348.
Loope, W.L., and J.B. Anderton. 1998. Human vs lightning ignition of presettlement surface fires in coastal pine forests of the Upper Great Lakes. American Midland Naturalist 140:206-218.
Lydick, C.
2008. Evaluating amphibian abnormalities on wildlife refuges. Endangered
Species Bulletin 33:34-35.
Mager, J.N.,
III, C. Walcott, and D. Evers. 2007. Macrogeographic
variation in the body size and territorial vocalizations of male common loons
(Gavia immer). Waterbirds 30:64-72.
Miller, M.P., S.M. Haig, T.D. Mullins, K.J. Popper, and M. Green. 2012. Evidence for population bottlenecks and subtle genetic structure in the Yellow Rail. The Condor 114:100-112.
Myers, P., B.L. Lundrigan, S. Hoffman, A.P. Haraminac, and S.H. Seto. 2009. Climate-induced changes in the small mammal communities of the Northern Great Lakes Region (PDF file size 660KB). Global Climate Change Biology 15:1434-1454.
Nagel, L.M.,
R.G., Corace III., and A.J. Storer. 2008. An
experimental approach to testing the efficacy of management treatments for
glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus) at Seney National Wildlife Refuge,
Upper Michigan. Ecological Restoration 26:136-142.
Palmer,
S.F., and D.O. Trainer. 1969. Serological study of
some infectious diseases of Canada geese (PDF file size 672KB). Bulletin Wildlife Disease
Association 5:260-266.
Palmer,
S.F., and D.O. Trainer. 1970. Serological evidence of
Newcastle disease virus in Canada geese. Avian Diseases 14:494-502.
Paruk, J.D. 2006. Testing hypotheses of social gatherings of common loons (Gavia immer). Hydrobiologia 567:237-245.
Risch, M.R., J.F. DeWild, D.P. Krabbenhoft, R.K. Kolka, and L. Zhang. 2011. Litterfall mercury dry deposition in the eastern US. Environmental Pollution XXXX.
Rist, S.G., P.C. Goebel, R.G. Corace, III, D.M. Hix, I. Drobyshev, and T. Casselman. 2011. Do partial cross sections from live trees for fire history analysis result in higher mortality 2 years after sampling? (PDF file size 1.16MB) Forest Ecology and Management 262: 940–946.
Rothstein,
D.E., Z. Yermakov, and A.L. Buell. 2004. Loss and
recovery of ecosystem carbon pools following stand-replacing wildfire in
Michigan jack pine forests (PDF file size 813KB). Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34:1908-1918.
Seefelt,
N.E., and J.C. Gillingham. 2004. Michigan Birds and Natural History 11:122-127.
Seefelt, N.E., and J.C. Gillingham. 2004. A new colony location for double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) and other waterbirds in the Beaver Archipelago, Northern Lake Michigan. Michigan Birds and Natural History 11:122-127.
Seefelt,
N.E., and J.C. Gillingham. 2006. A comparison of three methods to investigate
the diet of breeding double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus)
in the Beaver Archipelago, Northern Lake Michigan. Hydrobiologia (Special Publication) 567:57-56.
Seefelt,
N.E., and J.C. Gillingham. 2006. Foraging locations of double-crested
cormorants in the Beaver Archipelago of Northern Lake Michigan: implications
for smallmouth bass declines. Waterbirds 29:473-480.
Seefelt,
N.E., and J.C. Gillingham. 2008. Bioenergetics and prey consumption of
breeding double-crested cormorants in the Beaver Archipelago, Northern Lake
Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 34:122-133.
Seong, J.C.,
and A.C. Lucas. 2002. Characterizing human impacts on wetlands using satellite
imagery at Seney, Michigan, USA. The Geographical Journal of Korea 36:51-61.
Severud, W.J., J.L. Belant, J.G. Bruggink, and S.K. Windels. 2011. Predation cues reduce American beaver use of foraging trails. Human-Wildlife Interactions 5:296-305.
Shartell, L.M., L.M. Nagel and A.J. Storer. 2011. Multi-criteria risk model for garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (PDF file size 569 KB). American Midland Naturalist 165:116–127.
Sheesley,
R.J., J.J. Schauer, E. Bean, and D. Kenski. 2004. Trends in secondary organic
aerosol at a remote site in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Environmental
Science and Technology 38:6491-6500.
Sherwood,
G.A. 1965. Recent modifications in banding equipment for Canada geese (PDF file size 851KB). Journal of Wildlife Management 29:640-643.
Shugart, G.W.,
W.C. Scharf, and F.J. Cuthbert. 1979. Status and reproductive success of the
Caspian tern (Sterna caspia) in the U.S. Great Lakes (PDF file size 1.16MB). Colonial
Waterbirds 2:146-156.
Smith, L.M., N.H. Euliss, Jr., D.A. Wilcox, and M.M. Brinson. 2008. Application of a geomorphic and temporal perspective to wetland management in North America (PDF file size 678KB). Wetlands 28:563-577.
Stuht, J.N.,
W.W. Bowerman, and D.A. Best. 1999. Leucocytozoonosis in nesting bald eagles
in Michigan and Minnesota. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 35:608-612.
Sypulski,
J.L. 1943. The Seney bullrush picker. Journal of Wildlife Management 7:230-231
Tarshis, I.B.
1966. A method of shipping live larvae of Simulium vittatum long distances (PDF file size 953KB). Annals of the Entomological
Society of America 59:866-867.
Tarshis, I.B.
1966. A protective suit for aquatic research. Journal of Wildlife Management 30:421-422.
Tarshis, I.B.
1968. Collecting and rearing black flies (PDF file size 3.14MB). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61:1072-1083.
Tarshis, I.B.
1968. Use of fabrics in streams to collect black fly
larvae (PFD file size 974KB). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61:960-961.
Tarshis, I.B.,
and W. Neil. 1970. Mass movement of black fly larvae
on silken threads (PDF file size 2.76MB). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63:607-610.
Tarshis, I.B. 1971. An unusual fatality of a yearling Canada goose. The Jack-Pine Warbler 49:128.
Tarshis, I.B. 1971. Individual black fly rearing cylinders (Diptera: Simuliidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 64:1192-1193.
Tarshis, I.B., and T.R. Adkins, Jr. 1971. Equipment for transporting live black fly larvae (Diptera: Simuliidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 64:1194-1195.
Tarshis, I.B. 1972. The feeding of some ornithophilic black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the laboratory and their role in the transmission of Leucocytozoon simondi. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 65:842-848.
Taylor, Z.S. and S.M.G. Hoffman. 2012. Microsatellite genetic structure and cytonuclear discordance in naturally fragmented populations of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Journal of Heredity 103:71-79.
Taylor, Z.S. and S.M.G. Hoffman. 2010. Mitochondrial DNA genetic structure transcends natural boundaries in Great Lakes populations of woodland deer mice (PDF file size 523 KB). Canadian Journal of Zoology 88:404-415.
Vernier, M., M. Wierda, W.W. Bowerman, and R.A. Hites. 2010. Flame retardants and organochlorine pollutants in bald eagle plasma from the Great Lakes region. Chemosphere 80:1234-1240.
Walcott, C.,
J.N. Mager, and W. Piper. 2005. Changing
territories, changing tunes: male loons, Gavia immer, change their
vocalizations when they change territories. Animal Behaviour 71:673-683.
Walcott, C.,
and D. Evers. 1999. Individuality in “yodel” calls recorded from a banded
population of common loons, Gavia immer. Bioacoustics 10:101-114.
Walkinshaw, L.H. 1977. Sandhill Crane studies in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (PDF file size 1.52 MB). The Jack-Pine Warbler 56:107-121.
Walkinshaw,
L.H. 1937. Le Conte’s sparrow breeding in Michigan
and South Dakota (PDF file size 860KB). Auk 54:309-320.
Walkinshaw, L.H. 1937. The Virginia Rail in Michigan. Auk 464-475.
White, D.H. and E. Cromartie. 1977. Residues of environmental pollutants and shell thinning in merganser eggs. The Wilson Bulletin 89:532-542.
Wilcox,
D.A., M.J. Sweat, M.L. Carlson, and K.P. Kowalski. 2006. A water-budget approach to restoring a sedge fen
affected by diking and ditching. Journal of Hydrology 320:501-517.
Wilson, R.S., D.M. Hix, P.C. Goebel, and R.G. Corace, III. 2009. Identifying land manager objectives and alternatives for mixed-pine forest ecosystem management and restoration in eastern Upper Michigan (PDF file size 3.28MB). Ecological Restoration 27:407-416.
Wires, L.R.,
and F.J. Cuthbert. 2000. Trends in Caspian tern
numbers and distribution in North America: a review (PDF file size 652KB). Waterbirds 23:388-404.
Wires, L.R.,
and F.J. Cuthbert 2006. Historical populations of the
double-crested cormorant: implications for conservation and management in the
21st century. Waterbirds 29:9-37.
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Theses/Dissertations
Abram, Z. 2003. The recovery of ecosystem processes
after wildfire in Michigan jack pine forests. Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI. (M.S. Thesis)
Ballantyne, D.M. 2010. The effects of long-term water table manipulations on carbon cycling in a Great Lakes peatland. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. (M.S. Thesis)
Bowerman, W.
1989. Bald eagle ecology and aquatic ecosystems at Seney National Wildlife
Refuge. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. (Ph.D.Dissertation)
Burkman, M.
1993. The use of prescribed fire to enhance nesting habitat for yellow rails
at Seney National Wildlife Refuge. Department of Biology, Northern Michigan
University, Marquette, MI. (M.S. Thesis)
Corin, C.W.
1975. Ecology of the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of the Huron Islands, Lake
Superior. Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI.
(M.S. Thesis)
Crozier, G.E.
1999. Using local patch and landscape variables to model bird abundance in a
naturally heterogeneous landscape. University of Minnesota- Duluth, Duluth,
MN. (M.S. Thesis)
Duan. W.
1994. Social and reproductive behavior of isolation-reared released sandhill
cranes (Grus canadensis). Department of Zoology, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH. (M.S. Thesis)
Field, R.J.
1970. A comparison of the activities of the river otter (Lutra Canadensis)
in two types of ecological habitats. Michigan State University, East Lansing,
MI. (M.S. Thesis)
Fjetland,
C.A. 1973. History of water management at the Seney National Wildlife Refuge.
Department of Resource Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing,
MI. (M.S. Thesis)
Harrington,
E. 2006. Small mammals, habitat, and forest
restoration at Seney National Wildlife Refuge. School of Natural Resources and
Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (M.S. Thesis)
Hartwig, T.J.
2003. A population survey and habitat assessment of secretive marsh birds in
Seney National Wildlife Refuge. Department of Biology, Northern Michigan
University, Marquette, MI. (M.S. Thesis)
Kainulainin
(Trudgeon), L. 2003. Cover map accuracy assessment and identification of
important beaver habitat variables at Seney National Wildlife Refuge.
Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI. (M.S.
Thesis)
Kearney, A.M. 2006. Impacts of beech bark disease on stand composition and wildlife resources in Michigan. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. (M.S. Thesis)
Kowalski,
K.P. 2000. Analysis of wetland plant communities and environmental conditions.
A wetland restoration project in Seney National Wildlife Refuge. Department of
Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI. (M.S.
Thesis)
Rist, S.G. 2008. Legacies of forest management and fire in mixed-pine forest ecosystems of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Eastern Upper Michigan,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (PDF file size 979KB). (M.S. Thesis)
Sarvis, J.E.
1972. The breeding biology and ecology of the ring-necked duck in Northern
Michigan. Utah State University, Logan UT. (M.S. Thesis)
Severud, W.J. 2011. American beaver foraging ecology: predation avoidance, diet, and forage availability (PDF file size 1.01 MB). Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI. (M.S. Thesis)
Sherwood,
G.A. 1966. Canada geese of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge. Utah State
University, Logan, UT. (Ph.D. Dissertation)
Skutek, S.A.
1980. Preliminary investigations of sandhill crane feather analysis. College
of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point, Stevens Point,
WI. (M.S. Thesis)
Stenzel, J.R.
1983. Ecology of breeding yellow rails at Seney National Wildlife Refuge.
Department of Zoology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. (M.S. Thesis)
Swanson, K.A.
2002. Movement, survival, and habitat relationships of snowshoe hare following
release in Northeast Ohio. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. (M.S.
Thesis)
Taylor, Z. S. 2010. Geographic heterogeneity and landscape-scale genetic patterns in Great Lakes populations of Peromyscus. Miami University, Oxford, OH. (Ph.D. Dissertation)
Timmer, D.R.
2005. Small mammal community response to prescribed burns in Seney National
Wildlife Refuge. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (M.S. Thesis)
Tucker, T. 2011. Changing movements of Double-creasted Cormorants in the Beaver Archipelago, northern Lake Michigan (PDF file size 3.16MB). Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. (M.S. Thesis)
Van Guilder, M.A. 2011. Changes in Double-creasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) reproductive success and chick bioenergetics after the invasion of the round goby (Appollonia melanostomus) (PDF file size 16.13MB). Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI. (M.S. Thesis)
Welsh, S. 2011. Hydrological and ecological assessment of the impacts of the Walsh Ditch drainage plugs (PDF file size 3.38 MB). Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. (M.S. Thesis)
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Miscellaneous Reports
Anderson,
S.H. 1982. Effects of the 1976 Seney National Wildlife Refuge wildfire on
wildlife and wildlife habitat (PDF file size 6.66 MB). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Resource
Publication 146.
Beard (Losey),
E.B. 1947, 1948, 1949. Report of waterfowl studies made at the Seney National
Wildlife Refuge. Unpublished Report, Seney National Wildlife Refuge.
Bookhout, T.
1979-1994. Population status and habitat use by breeding yellow rails at Seney
National Wildlife Refuge. Ohio Co-Op Fish and Wildlife Unit, Columbus, OH.
Bowerman,
W.W. 2003. Bald eagles, woodland raptors, and other studies associated with
wildlife ecology and toxicology: results from 1985-2003. Department of
Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
Bowerman, W.
1988. Survey of xenobiotics in biota on Seney National Wildlife Refuge. Ohio
Co-Op U.S. Fish and Wildlife Unit, Columbus OH.
Burkman, P.
1991. Nesting of black terns on Seney National Wildlife Refuge. Seney, MI.
Carnes, Rachael. 2011. FWS National Wildlife Refuge System Wilderness Fellows Report on Wilderness Character Monitoring. Seney, NWR.
Corace, R.G. III, H.A. Petrillo, and L.M. Shartell. 2011. Rapid Ecological Assessment of Forests in the Laurentian Mixed Forest-Great Lakes Coastal Biological Network, Midwest Region, National Wildlife Refuge System, US Fish & Wildlife Service: SUMMARY TABLES AND FIGURES, SENEY NWR. Published by Seney NWR for the Midwest Regional Office, Fort Snelling, MN.
Corace, R.G. III, Shartell, L.M., Brininger, W.L. Jr. and R.S. King. 2009. Assessment of ecoregional spatial patterns for National Wildlife Refuges of the Great Lakes Biology Network (PDF file size 31.01MB). Seney, NWR.
Cuthbert,
F.J., and L.R. Wires. 2003. Prioritization of waterbird colony sites for
conservation in the U.S. Great Lakes. Final report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
Cuthbert,
F.J. 1999. Wildlife issues on Great Lakes islands. State of Great Lakes
Islands: Proceedings from 1996 U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Island Workshop (K.
Vigmostad ed.), Michigan State University Department of Resources and
Development, East Lansing, MI, 47-51.
Cuthbert,
F.J., and L.R. Wires.1999. Caspian tern (Sterna caspia). The Birds of
North America (A. Poole and F. Gill ed.).
Duan, W.,
T.A. Bookhout, and R.P. Urbanek. 1996. Home range and habitat use by
isolation-reared sandhill cranes. Proceedings of the Seventh North American
Crane Workshop. North American Crane Working Group. Biloxi, MS, 72-78.
Evers, D.C.
Date Unknown. A replicable capture method for adult and juvenile common loons
on their nesting lakes. American Loon Conference Proceedings, Publication 13:214-219.
Evers, D.C.
1992. Population ecology of the common loon at Seney National Wildlife Refuge,
Seney Michigan: Results from the first color-marked breeding population.
American Loon Conference Proceedings 12:202-212.
Evers, D.C.
1992-1995. Northern Great Lakes common loon monitoring program. Field Season
Report.
Evers, D.C.
1993. Population ecology of the common loon at the Seney National Wildlife
Refuge, Michigan: Results from the first color-marked breeding population.
Proceedings 1992 Conference on the Loon and its Ecosystem: Status, management,
and environmental concerns (L. Morse, S. Stockwell, and M. Pokras ed.), U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Concord, NH, 202-213.
Evers, D.C.
2000. An update of North America’s common loon breeding population. Loons: Old
History and New Findings (J.W. McIntyre and D.C. Evers ed.), Proceedings of a
symposium from the 1997 meeting, American Ornithologists Union, North American
Loon Fund, Holderness, NH, 91-94.
Evers, D.C.,
O.P. Lane, C. De Sorbo, and L. Savoy. 2002. Assessing the impacts of
methylmercury on piscivorous wildlife using a wildlife criterion value based
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