Publications (Bold names signify Trust Staff)

Published or in Press:

Askins, R.A. , F. Chavez-Ramirez , B.C. Dale , C.A. Hass, J. Herkert , F. Knopf , and P.D. Vickery . 2007. Conservation of grassland birds in North America : Understanding  ecological processes in different regions. Ornithological Monographs No. 64: 46 pp.

Weir, E.H. , W. Contreras, and Gil-Weir, K. 2007. Biological control of Diatraea  spp. (Lepidoptera:Pyralidae) in sugarcane crops in Central Venezuela . Rev.Biol. Trop. (Int.J.Trop.Ecol) 55(2):655-658

Kim , D.H. , R. Douglas Slack , and F. Chavez-Ramirez .  2008. Impacts of El Nino/Southern Oscillation events on wintering distribution of raptors in the central United States of America.  Journal of Wildlife Management: 72(1):in press.

Garcia , Ma.Ch., C. Casler , E. H. Weir & Nancy Mendez . Avifauna del bosque de manglar del Refugio de Fauna Silvestre Cienaga Los Olivitos, Venezuela. Rev. Cen. Inv. Biol. 42(4): 521 -549

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Alexander , K. D. and M. R. Whiles. 2000. A new species of Ironoquia (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) from an intermittent slough of the central Platte River, Nebraska. Entomological News 111:1-7.

Currier, P. J. and C. A. Davis . 2000. The Platte as a prairie river: a response to Johnson and Boettcher. Great Plains Research 10:69-84.

Goldowitz, B. S. and M. R. Whiles. 1999. Investigations of fish, amphibians and aquatic invertebrate species within the middle Platte River system. Final report, US Environmental Protection Agency Cooperative Agreement X99708101, Kansas City . 32 pp.

Helzer, C. J. and D. E. Jelinski . 1999. The relative importance of patch area and perimeter-area ratio to grassland breeding birds. Ecological Applications 9:1448-1458.

Pfeiffer, K. 1999. Evaluation of wet meadow restorations in the Platte River valley. Pp. 202- 206 in J. Springer, ed. Proceedings of the Sixteenth North American Prairie Conference. University of Nebraska , Kearney .

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust. 2000. Crane and waterfowl migration report—spring 2000. Platte River Trust, Wood River . 8 pp.

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust. 2000. Migration report—fall 2000. Platte River Trust, Wood River . 4 pp.

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust. 2001. Crane and waterfowl migration report—spring 2001. Platte River Trust, Wood River . 8 pp.

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust. 2001. Migration report—fall 2001. Platte River Trust, Wood River . 2 pp.

Whiles, M. R. , B. S. Goldowitz and R. E. Charlton . 1999. Life history and production of a semi-terrestrial limnephilid caddisfly in an intermittent Platte River wetland. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 18:533-544.

WHOOPING CRANES

Faanes , C.A. , D.H. Johnson and G.R. Lingle . 1992. Characteristics of whooping crane roost sites in the Platte River. Proceedings North American Crane Workshop 6:90-94.

Lingle, G.R. , P.J. Currier and K.L. Lingle . 1984. Physical characteristics of a whooping crane roost site on the Platte River, Hall County, Nebraska. Prairie Naturalist 16:39-44.

SANDHILL CRANES

Armbruster, M.J. and A.H. Farmer . 1981. Draft sandhill crane habitat suitability model. Pp. 136- 143 in J.C. Lewis , ed. Proceedings 1981 Crane Workshop. National Audubon Society, Tavernier, FL.

Currier, P.J. and J.W. Ziewitz . 1987. The application of a sandhill crane model to the management of habitat along the Platte River. Pp. 315- 325 in J.C. Lewis , ed. Proceedings 1985 Crane Workshop. Platte River Trust, Grand Island , NE.

Davis , C.A. and P.A. Vohs . 1993. Availability of earthworms and scarab beetles to sandhill cranes in native grasslands along the Platte River. Prairie Naturalist 25:199-211.

Lingle, G.R. 1993. History and economic impact of crane-watching in Central Nebraska . Proceedings North American Crane Workshop 6:33-37.

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc. 1998. Crane and waterfowl migration report-spring 1998. Platte River Trust, Wood River . 6 pp.

OTHER ENDANGERED & THREATENED SPECIES

Currier, P.J. 1982. Prairie white-fringed orchid. Prairie/Plains Journal 4:31-33.

Lingle, G.R. 1993. Nest success and flow relationships on the Central Platte River. Pp. 69- 72 in K.F. Higgins and M.R. Brashler, eds. Proceedings of the Missouri River and its Tributaries, Piping Plover and Least Tern Symposium/Workshop, Lincoln, NE.

Lingle, G.R. 1993. Causes of nest failure and mortality of least terns and piping plovers along the central Platte River . Pp. 130- 134 in K.F. Higgins and M.R. Brashler, eds. Proceedings of the Missouri River and its Tributaries, Piping Plover and Least Tern Symposium/Workshop, Lincoln, NE.

Ziewitz, J.W. , J.G. Sidle and J.J. Dinan. 1991. Habitat conservation for nesting least terns and piping plovers along the central Platte River in Nebraska. Prairie Naturalist 24:1-20.

OTHER MIGRATORY BIRDS

Lingle, G.R. 1981. Status of American woodcock in Nebraska with notes on a recent breeding record. Prairie Naturalist 13:47-51.

Lingle, G.R. and P.A. Bedell . 1989. Nesting ecology of sedge wrens in Hall County, Nebraska. Nebraska Bird Review 57:47-49.

HABITAT STATUS, RESTORATION & MANAGEMENT

Currier, P.J. 1989. Plant species composition and groundwater levels in a Platte River wet meadow. Pp. 19- 24 in Proceedings of the 11th North American Prairie Conference, 1988, Lincoln , Nebraska .

Currier, P.J. 1991. Reclamation of crane roosting habitat on the Platte River and restoration of riverine wetlands. Pp. 403- 407 in Proceedings of the International Crane Workshop, May 1-10, 1987, Qiqihar , Peoples Republic of China .

Currier, P.J. 1995. Relationships between vegetation, groundwater hydrology, and soils on Platte River wetland meadows. Cooperative Agreement 14-16-0006-90-917, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Proceedings of the Platte River Basin Symposium 1996. 23 pp.

Currier, P.J. 1997. Woody vegetation expansion and continuing declines in open channel habitat on the Platte River in Nebraska . Proceedings North American Crane Workshop 7:141-152.

Currier, P.J. 1998. Wetland restoration on the Platte River floodplain in Nebraska . Pp. 611- 627 in S.K. Majumdar , E.W. Miller and F.J. Brenner , eds. Ecology of Wetlands and Associated Systems. Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences.

Currier, P.J. and B.S. Goldowitz . 1994. Artificially constructed backwaters and their impact on groundwater levels beneath an adjacent wet meadow on the Platte River in central Nebraska. Final report, contract study 14-16-0006-90-917, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 20 pp.

Currier, P.J. , G.R. Lingle and J.G. VanDerwalker . 1985. Migratory bird habitat on the Platte and North Platte rivers in Nebraska. Platte River Trust, Grand Island. 177 pp. $11.00 soft cover.

Goldowitz, B.S. 1996. Qualitative comparison of long term changes in the habitats and fish species composition of the Platte and North Platte rivers of Nebraska. Final report, Platte River Biodiversity Studies, US Fish & Wildlife Service cooperative agreement #14-16-0006-90-917. 15 pp.

Jones, S.M. , R.E. Ballinger and J.W. Nietfeldt . 1981. Herpetofauna of Mormon Island preserve, Hall County, Nebraska. Prairie Naturalist 13:33-41.

Pfeiffer, K. 1998. Evaluation of wet meadow restorations in the Platte River valley. Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conference, Kearney (in press).

Roedel, M. 1990. Unionid molluscs in the Big Bend reach of the Platte River, Nebraska . Prairie Naturalist 22:27-32.

Sidle, J.G., E.D. Miller and P.J. Currier. 1989. Changing habitats in the Platte River valley of Nebraska. Prairie Naturalist 21:91-104.

Sidle, J.G. and J.W. Ziewitz. 1990. Use of aerial videography in wildlife habitat studies. Wildlife Society Bulletin 18:56-62.

VanDerwalker, J.G. 1981. The Platte River Whooping Crane Critical Habitat Maintenance Trust. Pp. 4- 6 in J.C. Lewis , ed. Proceedings 1981 Crane Workshop. National Audubon Society, Tavernier, FL.

VanDerwalker, J.G. 1987. Preservation of crane habitat on the Platte River . Pp. 425- 437 in G. Archibald and R. Pasquier , eds. Proceedings 1983 International Crane Workshop. International Crane Foundation, Baraboo , WI .

Whiles, M.R. and B.S. Goldowitz . 1998. Biological responses to hydrologic fluctuation in wetland sloughs of the central Platte River. Proceedings of the Ninth Platte River Basin Ecosystem Symposium, pp. 3-18.

INSTREAM FLOWS REQUIRED FOR HABITAT MAINTENANCE

Goldowitz, B.S. 1996. Summer fish kills in the central Platte River: a summary of events, 1974-1995. Platte River Trust, Grand Island. 18 pp.

O'Brien , J.S. and P.J. Currier . 1987. Platte River channel morphology and riparian vegetation changes in the Big Bend Reach and minimum streamflow criteria for channel maintenance. Platte River Trust, Grand Island. 47 pp.

VanDerwalker, J.G. 1982. Instream flows: the next step towards protection. Prairie/Plains Journal 4:26-30.

VanDerwalker, J.G. 1988. Instream flows for the Big Bend reach of the Platte River. American Society of Civil Engineers, Irrigation and Drainage Division, Specialty Conference, Lincoln , NE.

OTHER INFORMATION

Bedell, Paul. 1993. Natural history notes: sedge wrens and wet meadows. The Braided River 8:4-5.

Currier, P.J. 1991. Natural history notes: western prairie fringed orchid. The Braided River 1:9-10.

Currier, P.J. 1993. Chapter 2: riparian forest. Pp. 36- 48 in K. Bouc , ed. Nebraskaland Magazine's Walk in the Woods, Nebraskaland 71. Lincoln, NE.

Currier, P.J. 1994. Managing Platte River grasslands with fire. The Braided River 9:4-9.

Goldowitz, B.S. 1992. Natural history notes: fishes of the Platte River. The Braided River 3:7-9.

Nagel, H.G. 1992. Natural history notes: the link between Platte River flows and the regal fritillary butterfly. The Braided River 4:10-11.

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc. 1998. 1997 Annual Report. Platte River Trust, Wood River .

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc. 1999. 1998 Annual Report. Platte River Trust, Wood River .

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc. 2000. 1999 Annual Report. Platte River Trust, Wood River .

Whitney, W.S. 1991. Restoring Platte River grasslands, part 1. The Braided River 2:4-6.

Whitney, W.S. 1992. Restoring Platte River grasslands, part 2. The Braided River 3:6.